New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

American name. and none Of his as
sociates suspects his German birth
or antecedents. lie is an interna-
tional journalist of great repute, for
years Mt the head Of new paper o.
g8nization in England. lie has
personal reason 20 be very bitter
against England. because two year,
ago this letter appears to have been
written about June ], 1915, which
would make the date referred 20 the
carly sumner Of 1913 certain at
tack was made against him over com
mercial matters in Great Britain, and
II was only by appealing to The
United States Department of State
and writ OF habcas CORPUS before
the Lord Chief Justice of England
that he escaped successfully. d.
lie was in England and France ut the
outbreak OF the war; he has access
70 the great sources of British and
French official information. He
wants TO go across 10 Europe and
serve secretly for Germany
Tabula,ed Muni.ion Contracts
OF the completeness and skill Of
Gcrmanv's spy system in this country
a glimpse is afforded through the vol
luminous correspondence of Or. TheO-
dOre Otto, Of Allentown, Penn. DR..
Otto's special concern was 70 ascertain
the nature of the contracts for mum
lions and arms upon which the various
factories IN the ncighborhood were en-
gagged and reuort them 90 the German
Embassy. His work was such - 10
earn him special commentator, for
which he expresses himself in one of
mis- letters as duly apprcciative. fe
was abe. he states, "ir my capacity
as physician TO establish relations
with officials Of almost all Of the mu-
nti0ns factories situated IN this yicin-
ity"
Either Dr.. Otto substitutes fancy CO..
fact OF n" was able 70 obtain CIr.out'E
exact information IN many instances,
such as the number Of foreign 90. ~
ment inspectors; the character. cal'bre
and quantity Of guns ordered By for
eign governments. and other valuable
details. OF the TrayloT Engineering
Company, of Allentown, he writes IN
April Of last year:
"An English inspector is present In
the department, and he most rigor-
ously tests the work; but ! was as
sured that he seemed to be incompe-
tent, inasmuch as he had been repeat
eddy duped. Obviously the manage
mens Of the concern attaches i'm
portance to creating 3 belief that all
proieetiles being produced were in
tended for the United States govern
mcnt"
This. he comments, is belied by the
presence of foreign government in
spectOrs.
In these activities there was, cf
course, nothing Illegal. DR.. Otto ia
still practising his profession in Allen
town. He claims to be an American
citizen, though his claim is not clear,
and declares himself thoroughly loyal
TO this country.
Labor Bureau Established
Closely related TO and TO some ex-
tent under the guidance IF Won lgel
was the German and Austro-H Hungarian
Labor Information and Relief Bureau,
with central headquarters at I36 Lib
erty Street, New YORK City, and
branches in Cleveland, Detroit, Bridge
port, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Chi
cago. The head of this enterprise was
Hans Liebau, from whom it took its
Familiarity accepted name Of the "Liebau
Employment AgenCy." During the try
ing days which followed the arrest of
the Welland Canal conspirators IL was
unwaveringly asserted that the Liebsu
concern was bona fde employment
agency and nothing else, with no object
other IMAM 10 secure positions for Ger
man, Austrian. or Hungarian workmen
seeking employment. That was for
publication only. In von lgePs pa,
pers the truth appears, brought out by
the refusal Of the Austro- Hungarian
Embassy TO continue its subsidies 10
the bureau.
That the Austro- Hungarian Embassy
had taken official cogniZance Of the
bureau previously, however, is dis
closed i'm the letter written by the am
bassador TO the Austro- Hungarian Min.
istor for Foreign Affairs which was
found in the possession Of James f. 7.
Archibald by the British authorities
August 80. 1915. In this letter the am
bassador stated:
To Hold Up Steel Output
at 10 my impres sion that we can
disorganize and hold up for months,
If not entirely prevent, the manufac-
ture of munitions in Bethlehem and
the Middle West, which, in the opin-
ion of the German military at
taChe, Is OF importance ana amply
outweighs the comparatively small
expenditure of money involved; but
even if the strikes DO not come of il
is probable that we should extOrt,
under pressure of circumstances,
more favorable conditions of labor
for our poor, down-trodden fellow
countrymen. So far as German
workmen are found in the skilled
hands. means Of leaving will be pro-
vided Immediately for them. Besides
this, a private German employment
office has been established which
provides employment for persons
who have voluntarily given up their
places, and it is already working
well. We shall also join in, and the
widest support is assured US"
The following representations on be-
half Of the bureaus efficiency were
made. under date Of March -, 1916,
in letter to the German ambassa dor,
Won Bernstorf.
Engineers and persons in the bet
ter class Of positions, and who had
means of their own, were persuaded
by the propaganda of the bureau 70
leave war material factories
The report comments with uuccl-