Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-02
NORWAY ENRAGED
BY GERMAN PLOTS
AND BOMB ORGIES
I'VE Do AS Berlin Tells us to
d." Says Convicted Potter,
All Germans Are Suspects

CHRIsTIANIA. Sept. l6.-lCorre
spondence of the Associated Press. -
German cOnspirators. spies and propa-
gandists. formerly 40 active I'm the Unit
ed States seemed 10 have transferred
their attention TO Norway. A series OF
iires in steamships and manufactures
is blamed on the plotters. Others are
charged with helping informed German
sailors TO escape. Espionage is freely
engaged in and some Germans have been
caught at II and sent to Jail. Propa-
gandists for many months have been
trying TO spread a thick layer OF pro-
Germanism over the country.
Every day plots or some assault
against Norwegian institutions. citizens
or property are brought to light. The
situation has become such that pa
triotic Norwegians have come 20 look
upon every German with more or less
suspicion. This feeling is the result.
primarily. of the admission made by two
German spies, Captain Lowen and Petty
Officer Schwartz. who were tried, con-
victed and sentenced to five and four
years. respectively. I'm the penitentiary.
They said that no matter how they felt
about the matter, a German must DO
anything he was ordered to do by Ber-
lin. The newspapers have warned Nor
wegians to distrust every German. and
the warning in many cases Is being
needed.
The police now charge that they know
the correspondent in Christiania Of the
rrankfurter Zeitung, who has been re-
ceived by government officers, has been
closely associated with German spies
here and with a Norwegian named Hagn
urrN - ~
correspondent Of the Zeitung is now on
a vacation in Stockholm and the po>
lice declare that If he returns to the
country he will be arrested.
The other day the newspapers were
filled with articles dealing with one
Of the professors OF the polytechnical
college OF Trondhjem, a native of Ger
many, who for the last few years has
been in the service of the Norwegian
government He admitted freely that he
had dealings with members Of the crew
Of the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin,
which is interned there. The professor
confessed having assisted members OF
the crew to pass letters into Germany
without being censored. Moreover, he
employs a member of the crew as a
tanitor in the college, thereby giving the
man opportunity TO move around the
CITY al viii ana keep IN communication
with German steamers leaving port, who,
in turn. report anything of value to Ger
man submarines off the coast. In ad-
dition. several citizens of Trondhjem
have been sent to jail or fined for help
ing officers from the Berlin to escape
It is not long since a fire in Trondh-
jem harbor destroyed a large warehouse
where provisions from England. destined
for Russia were stored. No Norwegian
doubts for a moment that this fire was
started by German agents.
Another fire destroyed a factory and
4 million cans Of condensed milk and
cream which were to be shipped to Eng
land. No direct evidence against Ger
mans has been. found in this case. but
the circumstances lead to strong suspi-
cions.
A series of mysterious fires and ex-
plosions have damaged Norwegian ships
carrying cargoes for England and there
Is no doubt that internal machines have
been employed.
The police are virtually certain that
the bombs used were somewhat similar
TO those placed aboard British ships
leaving New York by Germans