Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-25

up on activities OF munitions plants in
8 his vicinity The Liebau employment
agency was shown as aiding the 2nti-
labor work, while one letter revealed
that the Teutons hoped TO thwart NUM-
tons manufactures by strikes.
John Dewey. now editor OF the Gaelic
American. New York. Is represented as
communicating with Easement via
Bernstorn Judge COhalan is quoted as
sending remarks 10 Bernstorn tnclud-
1hx advice for an expedition in Ireland
while German Zeppelins bombed Eng
. land
The German activities extended TO
canada as proved by the Welland canal
cdDnspiracy. Captain Boehm, 8 spy. is
N Revealed as watching the Mexican situa-
~Gon and forecasting Wilson's position
inward Mexico.
- The American Truth society of which
Jeremiah O'Leary is a member. was
tfamed as having an indirect connection
With the expose. while q. 3 Niereck
was shown to have inquired" about
nombs and to have talked about picric
ncid. a bomb content
Men who would destroy allied instru-
nentalities were uncovered by CORES
rpondencs with Bernstorff as including
~. J. DowIin. IO7 Franklin avenue.
Hartford; and William ]. Run, Quincy.
Illinois.
lions, the expose charged that the Teu-
tons even tried TO operate on big Amer
lean military men in tuI thering their
schemes.
Counsellor HatzfeIdt, Of the German
embassy. signed TO one message indi-
8 eating shipment OF munitions via Hol-
land, while many other unexplained en-
tries are listed in this remarkable col
Election.
These and other facts are contained
in the following detailed account given
out by the committee on public infor-
nation:
- STORY IN DETAIL.
Within a few days a German news
paper published in this country en-
4 ployed as the headline TO an article deal
ing with a rumor Of Gtrman-American
disaffection in this country the derisive
lsgsn. -Lieb' Washington. magst ruhig
sein-"
This is. OF course, a parady on the re-
n frain OF die wacht am Rhein." the Ger
man national hymn:
"Lieb vaterland. magst ruhig sein."
Loved fatherland, be restful Cor I'M
disturbed"
In the paradoy II carries a sneer COM
prehensible only TO one who understands
the German mode OF speech and thought
OF itself the instance is slight But it
typihes a certain important phase of the
German propaganda which subtly but
persistently seeks TO present Germany's
rrOurse in America in tht most favorable
light. even to the extent of defending
the improper activities of the TeutOnic
diplomatic representatives before their
passports were given them Because
OF this continuing prOpa ganda certain
documents in the possession Of the de-
partment Of justice now assume peculiar
Importance, in that they prove undeni-
ably the intimate relations between the
accredited representatives of the kaistr
in the United States and plOtters against
the laws and the security Of this cOun-
try. whose enterprise did not fall short
of projected wholesale destruction OF
life and property
Such Of these documents as were es-
sentiaI to legal proceedings brought
against the Germans have been pub
lished Others are here made public for
the first time They form a curious. IL
disiOintsd. chapter in the diplomatic his
tory OF the war.
Won IGEL'S AGENCY.
In the fall OF 1914. when the German
plots against Canada were fomenting
IN this country. there was established.
at so Wall street. an advertising" Of
nee presided over by a big. suave man
OF Teutontc aspect named Wolf Won
IgeL There were two peculiar features
-about this Office One was that 1t was
freQuented during two years Of singu-
1arly quiet and unbusinesslike exis-
tence chiefly by Germans who had
nothing whatsoever 20 do with adver-
Using. The other was a large safe.
bearing the insignia OF the German
imperial government. To this Office
there came one morning in April, 1916.
while Won Igel was preparing a mass
OF papers which he had taken from the
q N1-
Ey in Washington. four United States
secret service agents from the depart
Snent OF justice. who made their way
asst the guardians always on dirty put
on Igel under arrest and undertook to
eize the papers The German was large
owerful. and brave With the aid OF
ne associate he stubbornly fought the
fficers. striving to rescue the papers
close the safe. to get to the telephone
nd communicate with his superiors
REVIEWERS were drawn by the secret
Service men They produced no effect
upon the intrepid Won IgeL
This is German territory" he shout
ed. shoot me and you will bring on
war
There was no shooting But after
a prOtracted struggle the defenders
were OverpCweTed and the papers seiz-
ed The German embassy at once en-
tered It's protest These We're official
4 papers. They were sacrosanct The
diplomatic preroga+sve of a friendly ma
fion had been Overridden and the person
OF its representative insulted. To this
the state department replied that the
invaded premises at so Wall street were
described in the contract as a private
business office for the carrying on of
advertising. and that Won Igel had not
been formally accredited as German
representative When the papers were
examined by the department of Justice
tne reason for Won Igels determined
hight became apparent Here. in the
N-hAeE ColeS
form OF letters. kilograms. notations.
checks. receipts. ledgers. cashbooks.
cipher codes. lists OF spies and other
memoranda and records. were found in
dicatiOns-in some instances of the
vaguest nature, IN others OF the most
damning cOnclusivness-that the Ger
man imperial government. through its
representative IN then friendly na-
ton. was concerned with
VIOLATIONS CHARGED.
Violation OF the laws OF the United
States.
Destruction OF lives and propertv I'm
merchant vessels on the high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against Great