The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-09-27

records" the committee says, we
found indication-in some instances
of the vaguest nature, in some others,
of most damning conclusiveness-
that the German imperial govern
ment, through it's representatives IN
then friendly nation, was concerned
with:
violation of the laws of the Unit
ed States. Destruction Of lives and
property on merchant vessels on the
high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
"Fomenting ill-feeling against the
United States in Mexico.
"Subornation of American writer's
and lecturers.
Enhancing of propaganda.
Maintenance of a spy system un-
der the guise of commercial investi-
cation bureau.
"Subsidizing of a bureau for the
purposes of stirring up labor troubles
in munition plants.
tsThe bomb industry and other re-
lated activities"
Holland Way Station.
The committee, of which Secre-
taries Lansing, Baker and Daniels are
members, and George Creel chair
man, has this to say concerning Hol-
land:
+, stIt has long been an open secret
that Holland is merely a way sta
ton for shipments of contraband into
Germany. Here is official confrma-
tion from the Won Igel records, which
would seem to indicate suspicious
and confidential relation between the
Holland Commission and the Ger
man official accredited to this coun-
try, or possibly a belief by the Ger
mans that they could not successfully
get the munitions to their own
country. The message, in code
with interlinear translation, is
entered as 'A-2493, and head
ed German Embassy, Wash
ington, D. c., April 26, 1916 1t
runs as follows:
"'Telegram from Berlin by secret,
roundabout way for Carl Heysen:
Censign Holland 100000 chests
(cartridges) and 200 tons powder.
Please get in touch with Holland
commission. Sender, war minister,
foreign Office, in representation.
(signed) 'Hatzfeldt.' "
Prince Hatzfeldt was an official of
the German embassy
Secret Service Headquarters.
In the Hamburg-American lines
bureau of investigation, the commit
tee states, an innocent pretending
agency was at the outset the secret
service of the Hamburg-Amerlcan
Steamship Company. Under Paul
Koenig, it's manager, it became an
adjunct of the German diplomatic
secret service
A,letter dated July 20, 1915, from
80. R." one of it's operatives, to 49,
O0O' characterized by the committee
as Captain Won Papen, former Ger
man military attache), tells of the
payment of $3.50 to an unnamed per-
son. under peculiar precautions, after
the recipient had made this state
ment:
II intend to cause serious damage
to vessels of the allies leaving ports
of the United States by placing bombs,
which 1 am making myself, on
board. These bombs resemble ordi-
nary humps of coal and l am planning
to have them concealed in the coal
to be laden on steamers of the allies. y
Money apparently went from Ger
man sources in the United States
through the embassy channel to Sir
Roger Easement.
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments, the statement continues.
"John Devoy, Of New York, now edl-
tor of The Gaelic American, vlo-
lentlv anti-British paper, was one of
the active agents of this connection.
Court Judge Involved.
The following reference to Su-
preme Court Judge Daniel F. CO.
hallen, of New York, is contalneo'
the committee states, in a letter