Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-09

ment, who died on the field and
whose cross had been taken from him
and sent to Paris. II was sold to
my friend, with statements as to
whom II had belonged, and my friend
sent 1t TO me. l sent 1t to Bernstorff
with q letter, saying that that mark
Of honorable distinction of q man
who had done his duty for his eoun-
try belongs to his family; gave the
name Of the man and the name Of
the faAily, and begged him to take
care of the cross so that it could be
sent back after the war or at some
time to the mans people.
"The ambassador tore the note to
pieces, threw the note in the face Of
the man I sent, and threw the cross
on the floor, saying that, after hav-
ing been defiled by the hands of
American dogs that cross was Of
no use to anybody In Germany. 1
knew my man was telling the truth,
because the man / had I'm there re.
ported the incident to me exactly the
way he did. Incidentally ! might
say that individual to whom / refer
was In the German embassy seven
teen months as one of the ambasa-
doris secretaries, and the ambassador
had no knowledge that he was not
what he pretended to be until the
Frederick VIII left New York for
Halifax. He said to my man: you
had better get aboard or you will
lose your boat" and he replied: Il
am safer on this side" Mr.. Bern
81 that ma NJ
identity or who he was serving until
he left New York. And he wrote
letter from Halifax to a friend in
New York which he attempted to
get sent back, but which was inter-
cepted, telling some of his: friends
what he thought OF this individual.
When Huerta Met Boyd
"The famous Huerta case, the at.
tempt Of the German government to
eTnbroil US with Mexico, an attempt
that the recent Zimmerman letter
proved beyond any doubt to be true,
was already proved by Us long time
before. Early in the war my man in
the embassy say my man; you
must pardon me for that; mean
our man, because / am not the Prov
idence Journal--was ordered by Capt.
Boyd to 60 to New York and get
q suite of six quiet rooms in hotel
where Boyd and his people could
meet Huerta. Naturally enough, my
man, being loyal, could do nothing
else than select the rooms we Sc
lected for him, 30 he went to the
Manhattan Hotel and got a suite OF
rooms which we rugged up with the
apparatus ] spoke OF; and to make
assurance doubly sure, ! got another
man to act as chauffeur on the auto
that Brought Huerta They had their
conference, and at the conclusion OF
that conference every word that was
uttered through an interpre-
ter, because Boyd cid not speak
Spanish--was sent down to the De-
partment of State the next morning.
They had the entire facts before
them, and knew everything, and for
several months later, when Boy Ed
and Bernstorff were frothing at the
mouth and uttering denials, the State
had the very words that
were uttered. "
Romance Among the spies
Another incident" he continued,
that 10 Of great interest came when
one Of our most valued and keenest
In our own office, q
girl that came to us seven years ago
from about twenty miles outside of
was given position in |
the office Of the Austrian Consul. |
General In New York City. She had |
never been In New York before, but
the was head Of number Of people |
n competition, and the man choosing |
The stenographer they wanted, q cap
able girl able to do his work and to |
Keep her mouth shut, had been in
Iormed that she was the party to |
other friends Of ours. One |
lay about five or six weeks after |
The got there she informed Us that |
j great packing case was being filled |
ID with propaganda documents and /
Nth bills of expense In connection /
With explosions In munition plants
md other vital and valuable things,
md was to be shipped off the follow
ng week right straight to England
ID Swedish ship and from there
% Germany - =
"The only thing we could possibly
10 was to identity the package. One
lay when they were about to close
he package up this girl, under In
tructions and may say incidental
y she Is now back at work getting
Ter SIC q week--sat on this box eat
ng her lunch Nearly everybody else
lad gone, but, Won Papen, rather de-
,onair, and fond Of ladies, wandered
b and sat on the packing box and
sked il he could share her lunch
nth her. She said certainly, and
vhile they were sharing the sand
riches he made some sentimental ad.
ances and she in rather a dreamy
ray took out a large red pencil and
rev two big red hearts on this
acking case. It was Capt. Won Papen
imself who put the arrow through
hem. And, ladies and gentlemen.
1hen the ship Austria II reached
falmouth they picked that package
ut of the hold from about $50 others
nd Identified it by the two big red
carts. And yet they say there are
o brilliant people but the Germans.
II. Albert,s Portfolio
Another incident, the loss Of q
ortfolio belonging to DR.. Heinrich