The Washington times., 1917-10-06

Disclosures barring Count won Bern
storfrs secret means OF communica-
tion with Berlin are promised as the
next sensational development In con-
nection with the Bernstorff- -Bolo
Pasha plot to buy a separate peace
between France and Germany.
Secretary Lansing has barred In
nermost details OF a plot Matched by
Bolo Pasha. a renegade Frenchman.
and Count Won Bernstorff, through
which the German government was
I: induced to provide a sIush fund Of
: ;1,7oo,o00 to finance Bolo Pasha's
treacherous activities in France.
Gives TeIesrams.
Secret cipher kilograms passing be-
tween Bernstorff and Herr Won ia
cow, the German foreign minister.
were given to the press, showing how
Bernstorn got this money from Berlin
and had It credited to Bolo Pasha at
New York banks.
These kilograms did not pass over
| State Department wires because Sec
retary Lansing had q German code
book and examined everything Bern
! storff sent to Berlin They did not
go by wireless.
This traces responsibility to neutral
legations, particularly since earlier
utilized the Swedish governments
diplomatic pouches and wires to reach
Berlin.
AbsoIVes Sweden.
Secretary Lansing today absolved
the Swedish legation here Of respon-
sibility for acting as the medium Of
exchange.
There is no Justification for the
statement that these kilograms went
through the Swedish legation in
Washington" Secretary Lansing said.
Mr.. Lansing would go no further
at this time In barring the exact un-
derground passage which Bernstorff
found between Washington and Ber-
lin.
In the absence of official expIana- !
ton 1t is assumed that these tele- !
grams were first sent to Buenos Aires |,
and thence cabled to Stockholm under l
the arrangement, previously de-
nounced, by which Count Luxburg, ]
the German charge at Buenos Aires,
utilized Swedish cables to send plot I
messages to Berlin.
Third Disclosure.
This is the third OF the sensational |
Bernstorff disclosures made by secre-
correspondence passing through the |
German embassy before Bernstorff /
was recalled.
The nrst was the Zimmerman plot |
to Cmbroil Mexico and Japan with
Germany against the United States.
The second was the request made
by Bernstorff for a big Slush fund
from Berlin to influence the Amsri- I
can Congress.
Secretary Lansing's disclosures fur
nish the last link in the chain Of
events connected with the abortive
plot of Bolo Pacha, now jailed in
Paris as a German spy. to betray his
country into a German peace plot
Testimony previously brought out
In a New York investigation showed
how Bolo Pacha- by a clever series OF
financial manipulations, transferred
this enormous slush fund to France
and attempted to spread his vicious
propaganda by subsidIzing powerful
French papers.
BernstOrff Caught.
Bernstortt 10 caught red-handed as
the go-between in inducing the Ger
man government to finance the
renegade Frenchman. The German
government Is shown as willing to
furnish the money without question
as to Its purpose, with only the
question. ~WiI it pay?"
The exchange OF kilograms covers
the period from February 26, 1916,
to May 81, 1916.
On the first named date Bernstorff
telegraphed his government concern
ing "a political action in one OF the
enemy countries which would bring I
about peace" and sought for zone OF ,
the leading political personalities OF ,
the country in question" a loan" of
81. 5000.
Three days later. on February 2s. ,
Bernstorff received a reply from Herr ,
Won Jagow agreeing to send the !
money of "the peace action seems a s
really serious project" !
But Won Jagow was cautious. He I
told Bernstorff to have nothing to do I
with the project IL 1t referred to Rus c
sia 'aS the sum OF money is too
small to have any serious effect In !
that country"
This passage In Won Jagow's tele-
gram led to speculation as to just
how much more than $1.T00.0O0 the
German government found 1t neces-
sary to spend in Russia to bring
about the complete Generalization OF
the Russian armies. spd the subse
luent peace without annexation"
in the Russian capital.
Not Worth While.
The Won Jagow telegram added the :
caution that IL Italy were the coun-
Try involved. ait would not be worth
while to spend so much" n
This was considered in the light OF r
1 betrayal OF Austria, as 1t placed 4
iermany In the position OF spending a
huge sums for separate peace with c
France, but refusing to relieve the a
pressure on its ally. Austria-Hungary. 5
by attempting to force Italy into sep :
lrate peace.
The remaining kilograms show that
Bernstorff Induced his government to
place 1000 900 marks at the disposal