Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-04


ing seditlous matter.
Enter Viereek: George Sylvester.
Many inventors, some of them obvious
ly cranks, are represented either by cor
respondence or notation as having plans
involving the use OF sundry devices Of
destruction. One entry of the sort mer-
its special attention because of the no.
toriety of the individual involved. Hero
Il is translated from the German record
of correspondence:
June 10, 1915. Sender, q. 8. Viereck,
Contents, inquiry as to bombs;2 supply
offer. Told to send further details"
Possibly the further details are ind.-
Gated in another entry of four months
later
Slender, viereck. Contents, offer Of
picric acid"
Picric acid is a constituent Of many
high explosives. Mr. Viereck is some
thing of a high explosive himself, having
been editor OF the virulently prO-GermaR
weekly Fatherland of New York, now
changed in title (but not In purpose) to
"Viereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DR.. l.. A. Dessar of
% Broad street, New York city, had in
German aerial warfare is q matter for
speculation.
In the Won Igel archives appears a
letter from X. L. Scovile of SewickIey
Pa. ana New York city urging the mer-
its Of the Semple aerogrenade. Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where he thought 1t would do the most
good viz, to Won Igel
The following curious entry appears In
Won Igels records:
Journalists, lecturers, and publishers
were literally employed by Won Igel and
his associates for the purposes OF Ger
man propaganda. Among those thus
tainted with the stigma OF dishonorable
professional conduct are two magazine
y-tN a
F. ]. Archibald now in Washington and
Edwin Emerson said to be in Africa.
"Pure War Expenses
Edward Emerson ......................s1,00O 900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .................s 1900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. 1900
marcus Braun ''''''.'...'''..s.'...-..... LOO
]. Archibald ........................... 5000
Concerning the identity of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for a signed receipt from J. F. J. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
ganda work. What return Archibald
ever made in service is not clear except
that certain war correspondence for
which he contracted with New York
newspapers was so obviously prejudiced
on the side OF the central powers that
they declined to accept II.
That Emerson also overdid the cause
10 WnlCn ne SOld MS pen ana his pFOfeS
sional honor (the record Indicates that
he was paid $1,000 for "traVeling ex-
penses'D is suggested by the fact that
he was expelled, or alleged to have been
expelled, from Berlin for a violent at
tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Emerson
has had a picturesque career in many
parts OF the world and once cabled to
a New York newspaper a picturesque but
imaginative account OF his own death in
the far East under painful and inter-
esting conditions. He was born in Dres-
den, Of American parents. and is now
travelling under American passport OBJ
tanned by false representations.
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that msnamed organ of
Teutonic inspiration appears to have
been subsidized quite dlsproportlonately
to its value. since 1t received in all a.
800 In the course of a few months in
1915 Marcus Braun, who appears as
It's editor, is known as political leader
among the Hungarians of lower Second
avenue. In New York, and has been
variously connected with the fringes of
| the publication world. He IL supposed
himself to be a Hungarian. His asso-
| ciate in Fair Play was one J. p Bryan.
Even with such liberal support Fair
Play" did not fill the bill. for in Janu-
ary. 1915, a letter was written by F.
Schroeder, German newspaper oorre-
matte representatives lamentlng the
lack of genuinely influential weekly
in New York devoted to Teutonic inter
ests, and suggesting that one Borsodi
| might be the right man to conduct such
a publication.
Viereck and Others.
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
Viereck's journalistic activities appear.
and there are few notations OF Pear
| son: Subject, Press" which may refer
! to Pearson's Magazine, OF which the
editor. Frank Harris. is strongly pro-
| German, or may indicate secret agent
named Pearson, who is the subjet of
| other entries.
The lecture platform is represented
| by Ray Beveridge, the California artist
and sister of Kuehne Beveridge, the
prominent sculptor. In one entry Privy
| Councillor Albert acknowledges receipt
| of $4,000 from the embassy TO finance
Miss Beveridge's lecture tour. German
| war pictures were also to be furnished
though the alleged scope of the lectures
was to be comprised in topics allied to
| Red Cross work.
other figures of more vague import
| drift into light here and there in the
| Won Igel papers or the bureau OF in
| vestigation reports. Col. e. G. Wood
! ford an old British hater. appears to
have received sundry sums of money
! for service unSpeclned. The Following
letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland a Way Station.
1t has long been an open secret that
| Holland is merely a way station for
shipments OF contraband into Germany.
| Here is official confirmation from the
| Won Igel records which would seem to
| indicate a suspicious and confidential
| relation between the Holland commits
| sion" and the German diplomatic off,
clals accredited to this country, or pos
| sibly a belief by the Germans that they
| could not successfully get the muni-
| tions to their own country. The mes
sage in code, with interlinear transla-
| tion, is entered as "A 2493" and headed
| German Embassy, Washington, d. c.,
April g. 1915" 1t runs as follows:
Telegram from Berlin by secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen; Con-
| sent sale Holland 100000 chests (car-
tridges) and 200 tons powder. Please
get in touch with Holland commission.
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