Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-29

re ~ an INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIST OF great
repute for years a; the head OF a news
paper organization in England
He has a personal reason to be very
bitter against England. because two
wears ago dhis letter appears to heve
! been written about June l. 1915 which
would make the date referred to the
early summer of 1879 certain attack
was made against him over commercial
matters in Great Britain. and 1t was
only by appealing to the United States
department OF state and writ OF habeas
corpus before the lord chief justice Of
England that he escaped successfully
He in England and France
at the outbreak OF the war: he has ae-
cess 70 the great sources of British and
French official information. He wants TO
go across TO Europe and serve secretly
for Germany"
Here's Pseudo Labor Agency
Closely related to and to some extent
/ under the guidance Of Won Igel was the
German and Austro- Hungarian labor
informat ton and relief bureau. with
central headquarters at 1876 Liberty
street. New York city. and branches in
Cleveland Detroit Bridgeport Pitts
/ ourgh Philadelphia and Chica go. The
mead OF this enterprise was Hans lie
bau. from whom it took it's Familiarity
accepted name Of the 'Liebau Employ
ment agency"
That the Austro- Fungarian embassy
had taken Official cognizance of the bu-
reau is disclosed in the letter written
by the amba ssador 10 the Austro- Hun
! sarian minister for foreign affairs
/ which was found in the possession of
James F. J. Archibald by the British
authorities August 80. 1915
After Ammunition Plants.
In this letter the ambassador stated
1t lis my Impression that we can dis
| organize and hold mp for months. If not
| entirely prevent the manufacture OF
munitions In Bethlehem and the middle
West, which in the opinion of the Ger
man military attache is OF Importance
and amply outweighs the comparative
ly small expenditure OF money involved:
but even II the strikes do not come off
il is probable that we should extort
under pressure of circumstances, more
favorable conditions of labor for our
poor. dOwntrOddeu fellow cOuntrymen
SO far as German workmen are
found in the skilled hands. means Of
/ leaving win be provided Immediately
Tor them Besides this private Ger
/, man employment ONCE has been estab-
ished which provides employment for
persons who have voluntarily given UP
their places. and il is already working
Wen. We shall also join in and the
widest support is assured US"
The following representation on be-
/ half of the bureaus efficiency were
made, under date of March "a, 1918, in
a letter to the German amba ssador Won
Bernstorf
Engineers and persons in the better
class Of positions, and who had means
Of their own. were persuaded by the
| propag anda of the bureau to leave war
material factorie s."
Cause of Strikes.
The report comments with uncon-
cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns innoeently wrote the
| bureau for workmen (Which. of course
were not furnished) and continues in
reviewing later conditions in the NUM-
tons 6dustry.
The commercial employment bureaus
of the country have no supply of unem-
ployed technicians Many dis
turbances and suspensions which war
| material factories have had 10 suffer
| and which 1t was not always possible
to remove quickly. but which. on the
contrary. often led to long strikes
may be attributed to the energetic
propa ganda OF the employment bureau"
Won Igels close connection with the
enterprise is indicated by a number of
items. For example. there is a nota-
ton to the effect that II. Samson had
esta blisbed a Liebau branch office in
Detroit. an entry OF $50 paid to DR. Max
Niven Of Chica go in February. 1918. for
the Tabor fund and inquiry ad-
dressed by a bureau official to Won Igel
asking whether the Bosch magnetic
works manufactured fuses for shells
the bureau having evidently been APP
piled to for workmen for the Bosch
plant. The reply. in the negative
stated that the company was 'univer-
sally known for it's friendly attitude
for the Germans"
John Dewey and Irish Revolution"
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
II ents John Dewey OF New York city
now editor OF the Gaelic American a
violent anti British paper was one OF
the active agents Of this connection.
Significant entries appear here and
there; references to messages from the
German embassy al Washington and
the German consulate at New York;
mention of secret code to he employed
IN communicating with him and of a
! cipher Dewey also a notation. the
details Of which remain undiscovered
concerning communication re manu-
facture hand grenades."
Dewey it was who acted for time at
least as go-between for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roger
Easement. executed by the British for
treason. There are several references
to money and messages for Sir Roger
Easement or more briefly r c." and
one record Of a check for loo for Case
ment. evidently handled by Dewey.
Letters to Bernstorff.
Devoys intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
to Ambassador Won Bernstorn, the texts
of which follow:
New York, April S. 1916
The following communication from
| confidential man John Dewey was duly
transmitted;
Letter dated March q delayed by
censor seems conclusive that FIRST mes
senger arrived safe with proposal to send
supplies and that cable was suppressed.
Second also safe Third, with change Of
E plans due about Apnl Is.
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatched TO Sir
I Roger Easement;
NO letter now possible All funds
sent home Sister and " s family well"
Should Sir Roger be absert or H. then
/ J. D. requests that tine telegram be de-
livered TO John Munteith.
KIN. St
To His Excetlency. the Imperial Ambas-
ssdor. Count Won Bernstorff. Washing
ton D. c.
New York. April Is. .9l6