New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24


many sanctioned what these men
had been doing. He replied that Ger
many approved everything they had
done because they had done nothing
more than try TO keep America out of
the war; to prevent American goods
reaching the Allies and to persuade
Germans and those Of German descent
not to work in ammunition factories
The same week overheard in Ber-
lin cafe two reserve naval officers dis
cuss plans for destroying Allied ships
sailing from American ports. One OF
these men was an escaped officer OF
an interned liner at Newport News.
He had escaped to Germany by way OF
Italy. That afternoon when I saw Am
bassador Gerard I told him Of the
conversation Of these two men. and
also what Zimmerman had said. The
ambassador had just received instrue-
tons from Washington about Boyd
and Won Papen.
= Gerard was furious.
SEQ tell Zimmerman" he SAID
"for Gods sake TO leave America alone
II ne keeps this UP he'll drag US into
the war. The United States wont
stand this sort OF thing indefinitely
That evening ! went back 70 the For
eign Office and saw zimmerman Tor a
few minutes. | asked him why 1t was
that Germany, which was at peace with
the United States, was doing every
thing within her power 70 make war.
why, Germany is not doing any
thing TO make you 60 TO war, he re-
Piled. "Your President seems TO want
war. Germany is not responsible Tor
what the COMMUNICATIONS are DONG
1 They are your citizens, not ours; Ger
many must not be held responsible for
what those people do
Carried Letter from Bryan
Had il not been for the fact that
/ the American government was fully al
vised about Zimmermann's intrlgues IN
the United States this remark might De
accepted on its face. The United states
I knew in the Niebuhr case and In otner
cases that Germany was having direct
negotiations with German American 5
| in the United States. In the Medium
/ case this man came 70 Germany with
I letters of introduction from William ):
| BRYAN. former Secretary of State, and
/ from all the leading German-Americans
/ here. with the expressed purpose OF
! irving to get Germany to stop ITS
propaganda here. What he did do was
TO assure Germany that the German
| Americans would never permit the
| United States TO be drawn into the war.
Because of his high recommendations
| from Germans here he had an audience
with the Kaiser at Great Headquarters
at time when the Foreign Once was
refusing to permit the official repre-
| sentative of America, Mr.. Gerard, 70
see the Kaiser.
When Gerard learned his majesty
had received Niebuhr he went TO the
Foreign Office and asked for an eX-
PLANTATION. Count MOntgelas, chief OF
the American department, replied that
Mr.. Niebuhr had not seen the Kaiser;
/ Gerard replied he knew Niebuhr had
/ been at Great Headquarters as the
guest Of Admiral Won Mueller, chief OF
/ the Naval Cabinet, and that Won Mueller
/ had introduced Niebuhr to the Kaiser
one day while his majesty was out
walking. so that there would be no
/ fornoal record of the conversation.
/ Gerard told the Foreign Office that he
would be satisfied that an audience was
not granted Niebuhr only when "Ad.
miral Won Mueller gave his word OF
! honor as an officer and gentleman that
/ he had not introduced Niebuhr TO the
Kaiser" Gerard waited patiently for a
reply. Finally Count Montgelas sent
/ him a note from Major Deutelmoser,
chief of the Intelligence department OF
/ the General staff in Berlin, saying Ad-
/ nniral Won Mueller reported that Mr..
/ Niebuhr did not have an audience with
! the Kaiser. True. he did not have an
audience; he just met the Kaiser by
I accident.
Germany Paid for Spy Work
So much for the ENJOYS of the Ger
rnan-Americans at this time. Germany
/ has been supporting them financially, as
/ the State Department has proof OF
/ checks which have been given to Amer
| lean citizens for propaganda and spy
work. The State Department has
/ photographs Of checks from the. Ger
/ man government to James F. Archi-
bald. the writer. and Edwin Emerson,
| former correspondent. Archlbald's
check reads for propaganda" and
amounted TO $4,000. Emerson's check
] called for 81 900 for expenses
/ know personally of one instance where
/ General Director Heinicken Of the
/ North German Lloyd gave an Amer
! ican in Berlin one thousand dollars for
/ his reports on American conditions.
/ The name cannot be mentioned because