The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-27
UNITED STATES EXPOSES HUGE
GERMAN PLOTS
(csnsinusd frea Pa0s ons)

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tne herman I'M
oer,a, government, through its repre-
sentatives in q then friendly nation,
was concerned with
violation Of laws Of the United
States.
Destruction Of lives and property In
merchant vessels on the high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
Fomenting ill.feeling against the
United States In MEXICO.
Subornation Of American writer's
and lecturers
Financing OF propaganda.
Maintenance Of a spy system under
the guise OF a commercial investiga-
ton bureau.
Substituting Of a bureau for the pur-
pose Of stirring up labor troubles In
munition plants.
The bomb Industry and other related
activities
Briefly Germany's spy plots against
the United States. as made public by
committee on public Information. are
as follows:
In the fall oFI 1914. shortly after
the outbreak OF the war. the Ger
man embassy established a publicity
department Mt 90 Wall street. under
the direction Of Wolf Won Igel.
About two years later this once
was rnided and documentary proof
obtained that Wolf Won Igel was the
chief spy and plotter Of a vast sys-
TEN maintained In the United
States under Ambassador Won Bern
storff"s general direction.
Paul Koenig. pretending TO cod
duct the secret service Of the Ham
burg American Steamship company
from a New York Office. was discov-
cred TO be In reality one Of the d.
rectors Of the German spy system
In the United Stntes. lie 10 now
informed Mt Fort Oglethorpe. In Won
Bernstorfr's code he was known as
MN"
In report by Koenig to his boss,
Captain Won Papen Of the German en-
bassy. Koenig describes an agent
who has made bombs TO resemble
Jumps Of coal to be placed on board
merchantmen sailing from New
York for the purpose of blowing
them up while nj sea.
James r. J. Archibald. magazine
writer and war correspondent. ac-
knowledged receipt Of 5000 from the
German embassy for propa Sanda work.
Edwin Emerson. another correspond
ent, got $1,000.
John Dewey Of New York city. pro-
fessional Irish patriot. and now editor
Of the Gaelic-American. was the active
agent Of Germany In this country In
promoting the recent revolution In Ire
land. He was the go-between for
Bernstorfr and Sir Roger Easement,
executed for treason by the British
government. Dewey handled check
for $1,000 from the German embassy
for Easement.
Daniel r. Cohalun. justice Of the
New York supreme court, asked the
German embassy TO telegraph 10 Berlin
advice on the Irish revolution. as ";he
services OF this revolution may decide
the war"
The Chicago branch OF the German
and Austro- Hungarian Labor Informa-
ton and Relief bureau was active In
promoting labor disorder. DIR. Max
Nlven Of Chicago received SEQ for the
Tabor fund"
Completeness. OF the German spy
system was due To loyalty 10 the kaiser
Of Americans of German extraction
who were willing to betray the coun-
try OF their adoption.
Canada was also the object of Ger
man conspirators operating In the
United States under the direction Of
the German embassy. There were I'M
successful plots to destroy the welland
canal and TO accomplish the separa-
ton Of Canada from the British en-
pire.
q. =. viereck. editor OF the Father
land. now changed In title (but not In
purpose) to vierick's Weekly. offered
help In supplying picric acid. con-
stituent Of many high explosives.
william J, Run Of Quincy. H.. want
ed TO help "save lives" by providing
the Germans with device to blow up
trenches and destroy ships.
Ray Beyeridge, California artist. re-
ceived 5000 from the German en-
bassy for "A pro-German lecture tour.
masQueratding In part as a Red Cross
feature.
Bernstorff's staff was busy also with
promoting the transportation Of num-
tons through Holland. supposedly q
neutral.
Wolf Won Igel's spy system produced
a secret code message April II. 1919,
10 this effect: Herewith respectfully
send an extract regarding troops sta