The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-22

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country. Entrenched and fortified,
uhe feit that Russias effectiveness as
m Ally was ended. Japan was too Tar
AWAY TO be of material momentary aAu'
fcit Time Had Come TO WIN.
with this situation before her. Ger
many felt that she could win through
her submarine campaign. which was
to be pushed 10 extremities OF inhu-
mainly never before heard OF IN war
Fare. Her prcpaganaists in THIS
country had been hard at Work. when
on January %, President Wilson SEM
hts address to congress. he Appealed
to the warning nations to enter INTO
peace negotiations tie sought pe@S"
without victory"
Th.n Count Won BernstorT sent his
message. II was said today that ii
did not go direct from the German
Nmbassy here. but that II passed
through some neutral nation. Inc
possibility of Sweden having been
used in this instance. as she had been
IN others, was suggested, but no reply
was Forthcoming from the state de-
partrrert officials. Secretary Lansing
would not say when the United States
rzruA into possession OF TIE message
but the fact that the state depart
r1ert has had it for some time and
What II followed the othsrs in which
Sweden was implicated led TO be-
lief that there was a connection be-
tween this message and some Swedish
~hannel
Had Been Under suspicion.
Count Won Berrsturff had been stls-
pected before OF influencing the Ger
man propaganda here. In the at
tesup.s to blow Up ammunition plants
throughout the country, in the plot
TO DESTROY the Welland canal and
pther schemes TO hamper. the allies
work in this country, there was
always the suspicion that the men
higher up who were sought included
The ambassador.
But the first time that the ambas-
sador's name was brought out was
when Lieutenant Albert Fay and his
companion, SchoILz, were arrested In
Hcbcken, accused Of attempting 10
blow up American ships that we're
carrying munitions to the allies. The
government secret agents seized sew
eral hundred pounds OF high explo-
Eves
Fay said he had intended merely TO
blow the rudGers of the vessels. but
1t was shown that his internal ma
chimes would have taken OF about
forty feet Of the vessels Fay said
that when he came here re reported
TO Captain Kari Boy-Ld and Captain
Franz Won Pspen, attaches OF the Ger
man embassy He said they knew
OF his plans bur they had given him
no orders. Boyd and Won Papen
were In constant touch with the am
bassader, and the government 1I%est!-
gators felt that il was inconceivable
that the ambassador was not fully
aware OF what was being done. But
nothing WAS brought out until the two
men were on trial and sentenced to
prison. The various instances Of de
struction OF sugar CargoeS shipped to
the allies were also traced back to
German influence in high circles.
Reference "a Mystery.
But just the organization that the
ambassador referred to is q mystery.
Department Of justice officials init
mated that the investigations of the
National Labor Peace council had led
10 evidence that possibly ii was the
organization you know of" This was
three Of the ringleaders were sent to
prison. The department listed two orr
CARNATIONS in this country as most
active in spreading anti-war propa-
ganda. II also Is stated that the in
designations made at the time included
The National Truth society. OF which
Jeremiah O'Ieary and Justice Daniel
cohalan were the leaders. 1t was the
activity OF the Labor Peace council in
directing peace lobby in Washing
ton that first attracted the attention
NJ the department of Justice
Attempted TO Mobilize Sentiment
The members OF the organization
used every means known TO the lob
bying fraternity to mobilize sentiment
against war with Germany and sue
cecded in calling several conventions
which adopted resolutions protestins
against any active opposition to Ger.
many's war program by the United
States.
1t was following these exposures
that Representative Frank Buchanan
H Robert F'cwler. Herman ~schureis
Jacob c. Taylor. David Lamar ('tht
wolf OF Wall Street"), Henry F. Mar,
tin, Franz Won Rintelen with a string
OF aliases, and Frank Monnet, former
attorney general OF Ohio. were men.
toned in the Investigations OF the de
partment OF this number, Lamar
Martin and Won Rintelen are nov
serving penitentiary sentences for con
spring against the government.
In the cases OF Taylor buchanan
Fowler apd schulteis the Jury dis
agreed ard the cases are still pend
Ing. Monnet was discharged for lacl
nf evidence.