Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-09
Providence Journals Staff SHOWS Up" Bernstorf Dmba
and others; Bares Mnition Intrigues Supposedly
Astute Teuton Agents Completely Fooled

I peror to . major Of q German regi
ment, who died on the field and
whose cross had been taken from him
4 and sent to Paris. Il was sold 70
my friend, with statements - "a
whom Il had belonged, and my friend
sent IL 20 me. ] SAINT Il % BernStoffi
with Q letter, saying that that mari
Of honorable distinction Of . man
who had done his duty for his eoun.
try belongs 70 his family; I gave the
name Of the man and the name OF
the family, and begged him 70 take
care Of the cross % that It could Be
sent back after the war OF at some
time to the mans people.
The ambassador tore the note to
pieces, threw the note IN the face Of
the man sent, and threw the cross
on the floor, saying that, after hay.
ing been defiled by the hands Of
American dogs that cross was Of
no use to anybody In Germany. ]
knew my man was telling the truth,
because the man ] had IN there re.
! ported the incident to me exactly the
way he did. Z. Incidentally might
say that individual to whom ] refer
was in the German embassy seven
teen months a. one Of the amhAsa-
dor,s secretaries, and the ambassador
had no knowledge that he was not
what he pretended 20 be until the
Frederick VIII left New York for
Halifax. He said TO my man: you
had better get aboard or you viii
lose your boat" and he replied: Il
am safer on this side" Mr.. Bern.
storff had NO idea Of that mans
Identity or who he was serving until
| he left New York. And be wrote q
letter from Halifax to a friend in
New York which he attempted to
get sent back. but which was inter
cepted, telling some Of his friends
what he thought 6f this individual.
When Huerta Met Boyd
"The famous Huerta case, the at.
tempt OF the German government 70
embroil auG with. Mexico, an attempt
/ that the recent Zimmerman letter
proved beyond any doubt 20 be true,
was already proved by % . long time
before. Early in the war my man In
the embassy--I say my man; you
must pardon me for that ] mean
our man, because ] am not the Prov
idence Journal-was ordered By Capt
Boy I'd 10 60 TO New York and get
d suite of SIX quiet rooms In . hotel
whore Boyd and his people could
meet HuSrta. Naturally enough, my
man, being loyal, could do nothing
else than select the rooms we Be-
lected for him. % he went to the
Manhattan Hotel and got suits Of
rooms which we rugged mp with the
apparatus ] spoke Of; and to make
assurance doubfy sure, cot another
man to act % Chauffeur On the euto
that brought Huefta. They had their
conferences, and at the conclusion OF
that conferences every word that was
uttered uttered through an inteTpre-
ter, because Boyd did not speak
6panish--1was sent down to the De.
Epartment OF State the next morning.
They had the entire facts before
them. and knew everything, and for
several months later, when Boy-Ed
and Bernstorff were frothing at the
mouth and uttering denials, the State
Department had the very words that
were uttered. s,.a s.
Homancs Among che spies
y Another Incident he continued.
that % Of great interest came when
one Of our most valued and keenest
stenographers IN our own office, q
girl that came 70 M seven years ago
from about twenty miles outside Of
Providence, was given Q position IN
the Offices Of the Austrian Consul.
General IN New York City. she had
never been IN New York before, but
she Vas head Of o number Of people
m competition. and the man choosing
the stsnographer they wanted cap.
able girl able 20 DO his work and to
keep her mouth shut, had been IN.
formed that she was the party 20
choose -by other friends Of ours. One
day about five or six weeks altar
she cot there she informed % that
q great packing case was being Killed
up with propaganda Documents and
with bills Of expense IN connection
with explosions IN niunition plants
and other vital and valuable things,
and was to be shipped of the follow.
INK WGOk ItGBb 8tI0AG0b " 008l00Q
on Swedish ship and from there
to Germany.
'sThs only thing we could possibly
do was to Identity the package. One
day when they were about to close
the package. up this girl, under IN.
structions I may say incidental |
" she Is now back &C work getting |
her SIC q week-sat ON this box eat |
ING her lunch. Nearly everybody else
had gone, but Won Papen, rather de- |
bonair, and fond Of ladies', wandered
In and sat on the packing box and
asked II he could share her lunch
with her. She said certainly, and
while they were sharing the sand |
wiches he made some sentimental I'd.
vances and she In rather q dreamy
way took out q large red pencil and |
drew two big red hearts ON this |
packing case. II was Capt Won Pspen |
himself who put the arrow through |
them. And. ladies and gentlemen,
when the ship Austria II reached |
Falmouth they picked that package
put of the hold from about 150 others
md identified It BY the two big red |
hearts. And yet they say there are |
10 brilliant people but the Germans.