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ssgss 10 the White House and Capitol,
carrying appeals to stop or to check
the movement of supplies to the allies
Secretary Lansing adhered to the
same policy of silence today as has
characterized previous disclosures.
adding this last chapter of German
perfdy without comment or interDre-
tation. 1t has been Understood that the
state Department and the Department
of Justice have other records of Count
BernstorH's activities.
publication OF the German foreign
of1ces message referring to jeremiah
@ Leary caused many smiles of grim
satisfaction at the White House 1t
was recalled that during the last presi-
Dental campaign o'Leary, as presi-
dent of the American Truth Society.
telegraphed the President that he and
many other Americans would not vote
for Mr.. Wilson on account of his inter-
national policy
The President replied from his sum-
mer home at Shadow Lawn, under date
of September 90. 1916:
our telegram received. ] would
leeI deeply mortified to have you or
ANYBODY like you vote for me. Since
Americans and / have not, / will ask
you to convey this message to them
tSigned) WOODROW WILSON,"
Was Advocate of Munitions Embargo
Information at the Office Of Senator
Husttng of Wisconsin regarding John
+. Heating was to the effect that he
was at one time identified with the So
called American embargo conference.
Whlch put up the money for a flood of
telegramS sent to members of Congress
early in 1916 advocating a munitions
embargo. senator Husting exposed the
he
speech in the Senate. showing letters
sent TO persons throughout the country
offering to pay for kilograms
records at the department fail to in
o oiGate that Heating. McGharrity or
Leary ever We're arrested. Although
OLeary's publication, Bull" recently
was suppressed.
Boehm German Secret Agent.
Capt Boehm. mentioned in the dis
patch OF January 3. was a German Sc
cret agent. who operated for some time
in the United States His activities in
cluded an investigation of the Mexican
crisis. on which he made a lengthy
memorandum March 1, 1915. purport-
ing to outline President Wilson's ex
pected message to Congress He pre-
olcted that the President would at
tribute MeNico'S anti-American actiyi-
ties to German money and Indictment
and call Congress to support him in
radical measures. The memorandum
attempted to paraphase the languages
to be employed by President Wilson
and said Congress would indorse the
Presidents stand. S
Boehm's activities were brought to n
close because his tongue was too loose
for the good of the German service
Information Bureau Report.
The government files here contain a
report of the German military infor-
nation bureau. dated March q. 1916.
which says:
Capt Boehm decided to leave after
reports received here were submitted
to him to the effect that members Of
the press were informed as to his per
sonanty and the purpose of his being
mere Too great confidence in the silence
OF his fellow-men, especially the mem
bers of the American Truth Society
was probably the cause of his be-
coming quickly known here"
Won Bernstorf's reference to measures
TO lnhuence Congress revived specula-
ton as TO the amount of money snent
oy Germany for that purpose. One of
the counts messages to the foreign Of
nee previously made public by Score
tary Lansing asking authority to use
$4,000 to influence legislation through
certain organization, led to the dis
pute on the floor of the House in which
Representative Hehin declared that GER
tain members had been acting sus-
piciouSly