The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-04
TO REVEAL PLOTTING.

New York, Oct 4.-The investiga.
tion of Paul Bolo Pasha's secret &C.
tivities and bank accounts here by Il.
W.. Lewis, state attorney general, is
expected to go far to revealing the
entire structure Of German plotting in
the United States. a..
Proof that German money was sup.
piled in this country by Count Won
RernstOrif, former German ambassa-
dor to EOlO Fasha was to be given
today by Jules Jusserand, the French
ambassador, to be forwarded by him
to his government. 'Bolo Pasha is un-
der arrest in Paris as a spy, his de-
tention following the disclosures con-
tanned in Mr.. Lewis preliminary report
to Ambassador Jesserand on; Pasha's
activities here. Included in the docil-
mentary proof, according to Mr.. Lewis,
are Photographic reproductions 7 6f,
checks, bank. records, letters; cable
grams and other evidences Of the dis.
position of the German money fQr.
nished BolQ, Pasha in this: country by,
exsambassador Won Bernstorif..f,,455, !; :
" Investigation started II. r;
The investigation by Mr.. Lewis be-
gan II days ago. The amount Qf
money, which Bernstorn, through chfs
financial agent, Hugo hSohmidt, turned :
over. TO- Pasha. totaled $lj6S3,5O0, the
money coming into possession" On
'Pashah after lit had passed through ~
carefully prearrangedtB system Of'tra1s. J
ffers from one bank " toaanotherlhtp
hide its prigin:d ''lltHH22o d@J!1S -
The r. banking institutions which
formed what the attorney general
terms the "circle around which the
money Travelled on its way to I'Pasha'"
are the Deutsches bank the NATIONAL
Park bank, the Guaranty Trust COM
pany, J. p Morgan & Co. and the Roy
al bank of Canada. &c.,, i
A statement given out by Mr.. Lewis
brings into the affair besides Count
Won Bernstorff, Hugo Schmidt, Ger
man banker and agent in New York
up to the break with Germany, of the
Deutsches bank of Berlin; Adolph
Pavenstedt, former head of the New
York banking house of G. Amsinck e
Co., who was questioned yesterday by.
Mr.. Lewis and a number of other per.
sons whose names are withheld. 81
a The evidence shows, according TO-,
Mr.. Lewis, that it was through
Schmidt that Bernstorff advanced
money to Pasha, Pavenstedt appear
ing as the go-between. 49,
The state department does not feel
justified in revealing it's facts at this
time. -, .r -.
1t was said that of the large finan.
cial transactions conducted by the
German agents and representatives.
many were wholly legitimate, although
there are records of many entirely im'
proper from an international aspect
The part played by banking houses it
was indicated in many cases was justl'
fable.
Evidence indicating that. the Ger
man funds held by the New York
bank, the Deutsches Bank Of Berlin,
and which were employed to pay Bolo
Pasha. German spy and peace propa-
gandist. were placed at the disposal
Of Count Won Bernstorff by wireless
from the foreign office, was
obtained today by NJ. E. Lewis, state
attorney general This evidence con-
.lusively proves. according to the at
.orney general that Count Won Bern
storff had a direct hand in directing
he activities of Eolo Pasha who Is
now under arrest in Paris. Il