The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20

| information. Another was directed to
put deleterious substances into the
product so as to impair It's usefulness
Undoubtedly many Of the complaints
that have come from France, England
and Russia concerning imperfections
in American shipments ara U
directly to Germanic Vaccinations.
Explosions in ammunition plants.
fires I'm big machine shops-whle
some of them may be due purely to
accident-have been in innumerable
instances the result Of plots framed
and undertaken by German reservists.
Men working In such factories have
been arrested and In their possession
have been found various kinds Of ex-
plosives. Furthermore. lectures On
high explosives n the scientific
method of making them LAY been
given under the auspices OF Germans.
Pamphlets bearing on that subject
have been printed and circulated by
Germans. Such pamphlets have fallen
, into the hands Of Federal authorities.
Men IN worked In shops where ex-
blossoms and fires havc occurred had
come from South American and other
foreign countries to the United State&
and after their disappearance have
been followed pack to those places
again. where clues Of them were lost.
The manner in which orders have
been mixed up and shipments COZ.
fused is another phase Of German &C.
tivity. Carloads ready for shipment
1" New York to be loaded on steamerD
belonging to the Allies rave been
tagged for points on the Pacific coo0t.
Hundreds OF incidents have occurred
where through some apparent over.
sight of the order clerk or the ship.
ping agent ladies' dresses have been
slowed away in the holds OF ships
bound for France. or babies shoes
have gone to soldiers at the front IN
France.
The line Of attack against the
Allies war orders extended from he
ome the work OF filing them was
begun until the goods reached theer
destination. There has been a system.
atizcd onslaught on cargoes pr.
chased for the soldiers. While the
goods were subject to plots Of mis-
handling and misshipment by rail-.
road. the ome they reached he
per another group OF men were
ready to damage IL not completely
destroy taem.
In passing. it may be well to ~.
~i,erate that so welt organized is the
German espionage system in America
that the chief spies in New York
knew promptly OF the starting oG
train loads of goods for this port for
the Allies. They got the information
IN various ways. one was through q
clerk in a bank where payment for
orders nas made upon receipt OF tho
.ili of lading. With this information
a. to the railroad and the number OF
tie freight cars. the character Of the
goods and their destination. plans
iinmedia tely were formulated for q
secret attack.
shipments Of automobiles were
damaged. In some mysterious man.
ncr the magnetos were stolen from
many Of the cars. A magnetic has
to he adjusted to the engine and It
is not possible when the machine
reaches the other side to install q
new magnetic without great delay ana
trouble. The aNles Of other automo.
biles were sawed almost through and
then carefully painted. The moment
tho rar was loaded IL would collapse.
Likewise an organized raid was made
on the the shipments from New
York.
Here. as in a number Of other in.
I stances. ;erman agents hired thugs.
tlicNes and others to go out and com.
NIT dcpIcdatipns on the cargoes or ON
good for which the Allies had paid.
That Was another principle which
Germany has followed in America.
The opportunity for theft, fire or ex-
r."sion was carefully developed
through tho spies; the situation
clearly MAPPED and as many dangers
- possible er1dicated Then thugs
We're sent to commit the crime with
the understanding tina IN addition to
the fee for the job they also got the
profits from tho sale Of the goods
which they stole.
In this campaign came tho destruc.
ton Of the sugar ships and various
other vessels which. carrying cargoes
for Gcrman,'s enemies, were set on
TIRE, one vessel carrying thousands Of
magnet"s was almost shattered by an
explosion on July ) last. Tho bomb
lad ocea placed in the hold carrying
tn" magnctns. Before the ship sailed.
however. many Of the magnetos we're
stolen. In he same way carloads
Of automobile tres were stolen in the
North River as floats were moving the
, cars To the side Of the ship.
Take a. many AZ you want. Take
moro. This ship Will never get to the
othcr SIDE anyways"
y similar remark vas overheard by
q man who has confessed To the theft
> of hundreds Of bags ot sugar. Tho
man who was speaking vas helping
shift bags of sugar from a barge into
It motor boat. The sugar was sup
posed I" lie loaded on vessels bound
/, for France. These sugar ships have
been the special object of attack on
ia" part Of men who have placed
{ mysterious bombs on board: bombs
that explode after a certain time and
ignite the bags. Even though
tn" blaze may he c~XtinguishSl | n
! lew minutes, no trace reluaAro of the
bomb or the mysterious assistance,
Whatever II may be. that vas used in
starting Ia" fire. one OF the thieveS
confessed that he hoped to make $780,.
ooo through the theft of sugar alone.
one Of the most emphatic and dis.
: trvt instances If the War Staff's
J mailed fist working in America is re-
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