Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28

paper OEBaHiLAtlon In England.
He has a personal reason to be vary
bitter against England, because two
years ago (this letter appears to have
been written about June l. 1915. whicI,
would make the date referred to the
early summer Of 1879 a certain attach
was made against him over commercial
matters In Great Britain, and IL was
only by appealing to the United States
Depart lent of slate and writ of habeas
corpus before the lord chief Justice NJ
England that he escaped successfully
He was in England and France
al the outbreak of the war: he has ac-
cess to the great sources of British ana
French official information. He wants 10
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 I9ei was the
German and Austro- Hungarian labor
information and relief bureau, with
central headquarters at 1876 Liberty
street New York city and branches in
Cleveland. Detroit Bridgeport, Pitts
ourgh. Philadelphia and Chicago The
head OF this enterprise was Hans Lie
pau from whom 1t took its Familiarity
accepted name of the "Liebau Employ
merit agency"
mat the Austro- Hungarian embassy
had taken official cognizance of the bu-
reau is disclosed in the letter written
by the ambassador to the Austro-Hun-
garlan minister FOR foreign affairs
Whlch 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.
IT is my impression that we can dis
organize and hold up 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
~ small expenditure of money involved
but even If the strikes do not come off
IT is probable that we should extort
under pressure of circumstances. more
favorable conditions of labor for our
poor, downtrodden fellow countrymen
SO far as German workmen are
found in the skilled hands. means of
leaving will be provided Immediately
TOT them Besides this a private Ger
man emp loyment Office has been estab-
lfshed 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 "a. 1916, in
letter to the German ambassador, Won
Bernstorff
Engineers and persons in the better
class OF positions. and who had means
of their own. were persuaded by the
propaganda of the bureau to leave war
material factories"
Cause of Strikes.
The report comments with uncon-
cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns innocently wrote the
bureau for workmen (Which. of course
were not furnished) and continues in
reviewing later conditions in the NUM-
| tions industry.
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 to suffer
| and which II was not always possible
to remove quickly, but which. on the
contrary. often led to long strikes
may be attributed to the energetic
| propaganda of the employment bureau"
Won Igels close connection with the
| enterprise Is indicated by number of
| items. For example. there is a nota-
| ton to the effect that H. Samson had
| established Liebau branch Office in
Detroit an entry of $50 paid to Dr. Max
Niven Of Chicago in February 1918, for
the labor fund and an inquiry adj
dressed by 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 its friendly attitude
for the Germans"
John Dewey and "lrish Revolution"
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments. 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 at Washington and
the German consulate at New York:
mention of a secret code to be employed
in communicating with him and of a
cipher Devoy;" 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 $1,000 for Case
ment, evidently handled by Dewey.
Letters to Bernstorff.
Devoy's intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
to Ambassador Won Bernstorff. the texts
of which follow:
New York. April s, 1916
The following communication from
confidential man John Dewey was duly
transmitted:
Letter dated March %. 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
plans. due about April IS"
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatched to Sir
Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible All funds
sent home. Sister and NJ. s family we'll"
Should Sir Roger be absent or ILL., then