Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-22
bERNSTORFF
DEF F|N|TELY
PLACED WITH.
GER|NANPLOT
Spotlight of Publicity Again
Turned on Teutonic Ma
chinations. Ambassador
Wanted Money to Use
Here.
tBy Review Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, Sept Il. - The
American governments publicity spot
light revealing German intrigue in
neutral lands turned today upon the
expenditure of money by the Berlin
foreign office in an effort to influence
congress on the eve of the ruthless
submarine campaign which drove the
United States to war.
Asks for $4,000
Secretary Lansing made public with
out comment the text of a message
sent b yCount Won Bernstorff to Ber-
lin last January, asking authority to
use $4,000 to influence congress
through an organization which the for
eign Office was reminded had per-
formed similar service before. To sup
plement this move, Won Bernstorff
suggested an official declaration in ia
vor of Ireland for its effect here.
Organization Not Named
The organizatio to be employed
was not named in the message, and
Mr.. Lansing did not discuss its identi-
ty. 1t was freely suggested among
otherhs, however, that it was one of
the various societies which flooded
members of the house and the senate
with peace messages when President
Wilson was asking that state of war
be recognized.
Won Bernstorff Connected
This disclosure adds another chap
ter to the amazing story begun with
publication of the famous thinner
mann note, in which Germany pro-
posed an alliance with Mexico nd
Japan against the United States, and
which has included the German-Swed-
ish breaches of neutrality in Argen-
tine and Mexico. 1t connects the Ger
man government and Count Won Bern
storff directly and conclusively with
Vaccinations whish the American
public had assumed was a part of the
worldwide Teuton intrigue, but which
many people firmly firmly believed
were carried on or financed in this
country by eGrman-Americans without
actual authority from Berlin.
Little surprise eVinceo
Little surprise was occasioned either
in official circles or at the capitol,
although members of congress were
highly indignant. There was some
talk at the capitol of demanding an
investigation, and Senator Overman,
chairman of the senate lobby commit
tee, and Representative Flood, chair
man of the house foreign affairs COM
mittee, arranged to go TO ene state
department tomorrow for further in
formation.
Suggests investigation
On the hoor of the house Represen-
tative Hefin of Alabama asserted that
he could name thirteen or fourteen
members of the two branches of con-
gress who had acted suspiciously, and
expressed the opinion that they should
be investigated. Generally, however,
the disposition was to regard as abb
surd any suggestion that any part of
the $4,000 sought by Won Bernstorff
was intended for members of con-
gress.
The Message
4 request authority to pay out up
to $4,000 (ffty thousand doilars) in
order, as on former occasions, to in
fiuence congress through the organiza-
tion you know of, which can perhaps
prevent war.
Il am beginning in the meantime
to act accordingly.
In the above circumstances a pub
lie official German declaration in IA
vor of Ireland is highly desirable, in
order to gain the support of Irish in
fuence here"
Teutonic Perfidy
This message was sent out nine
days before the German government
proclaimed its unrestricted submarine
warfare When he wrote that, Count
Won Bernstorff was assuring the Amer
ican government and press that under
no circumstances would Germany vio-
late her pledges of the Sussex or do
anything that might draw the United
States into the list of her enemies
With the Lusitania and other cases in
allowance, the American government
had made no move since the Sussex
pledge, and there was nothing on the