The Arvada enterprise., 1917-09-27
MORE GERMAN
PLOTS EXPOSED
PAPERS sElZEo IN Y. .. EXPOSE
ORDERS FROM KAISER
TO PLoTTERs.
PLAN IRISH REBELLION
DuPLIciTY, sPYINo, DEsTRUc.
TON OF LIFE AND PROPERTY,
AIMS OF BERNsToRFF
BUREAUS.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

BUREAUS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Sept. 24.-Further dis
closures Of far-reaching German prop
uganda. intrigues and plots in this
country prior to the diplomatic break
with Germany were made Saturday by
the committee on public information.
In bulletin styled official expose
the committee quotes numerous letters
and extracts from letters seized by the
Department of Justice in April, 1916,
H. raid upon the New York office of
Wolf Won Igel. Won Igel in carrying
on his manifold pro German and anti.
American activities, the documents
show, was in constant touch with the
German embassy, and with Count Won
Bernstorff, German ambassador to the
United States.
In the form Of letters, kilograms.
notations, checks, receipts, registers.
cash books, cipher codes, lists Of spies
and other memoranda and records. .
the committee says, were found indi.
cations-in some instances of the
vaguest nature, in others of the most
damning conclusiveness-tha the
German imperial government, through
its representatives in = then friendly
nation, was concerned with:
violation of the 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.
Enhancing Of propaganda.
Maintenance Of . spy system un.
der the guise Of . commercial inves-
tigation bureau.
"subsidixing Of . bureau for the pur.
pose Of stirring up labor troubles in
munition plants.
"The bomb industry and other re-
lated activities"
The committee. Of which secreta,
ries Lansing. Baker and Daniels are
members. and George Creel, chair.
man, has this to say concerning Hol.
land:
ut has long been IN open secret
that Holland II merely . way-station
for shipments Of contraband into
Germany. Here 10 official confirma.
ton from the Won Issl records, which
would seem to indicate . suspicious
and confidential relation between the
Holland Commission and the German
diplomatic officials accredited to this
country. or possibly . belief by the
Germans that they could not success.
fully get munitions to their own coun.
try. A message In code with interline'
ary TRANSLATION 10 entered - 'a1l9S'
and headed German Embassy. Wash
inston. D. c.. April 8. 1915
It runs % follows:
TELEGRAM from Berlin BY secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen:
Consent sale Holland three hundred
thousand chests (cartridges) and two
hundred tons powder. Please get In
touch with Holland Commission.
Sender. War Minister. Foreign OF.
flee. In representation. Signed: Hats.
feldt.'"
Prince Hatsfeldt was an official Of
the German embassy.
The Hamburg American lines bu.
reau Of Investigation. the committee
states. an "innocent.pretendins assu.
cy." WAS at the outset the secret ssrv'
ice Of the Hamburg American Steam
ship Company under Paul Koenig. the
manager. Il became an adjunct Of tho
German diplomatic secret service. A
letter dated July 20. 1915. from 20. r."
Zone Of it, operatives) to "700o" (char'
scterised BY the committee ~ Gap
tain Won Papen." former German mill
tary attacht). tells Of tho payment Of
$50 to IN unnamed person. under Pc.
culiar precautions. after the recipient
had made this statement:
II intend to cause serious damage
to vessels Of the allies leaving ports
OF the United States by placing bombs.
which I am making myself. on board.
These bombs resemble ordinary Jumps
Of coal and I am planning to have
them concealed In the coal to b lad.
sned on steamers Of the allies"
Money apparently went from Ger.
man sources In the United States
through embassy channels to sir
Roger Easement. the Irishman exscut.
Cd IN London.
Lines q Communication.
"eeveral lines Of communication b.
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated IN the captured doca.
msnts," the statement continues.
John Dewey q New York. now sdi'
tor Of the Gaelic American, Q violent.
~ anti.British paper. was one Of the
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