The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-24

Washington, Sept. "a. Teuton
diplomacy, stretching its claws out
from Wilhelmstrasse to all the world,
was revealed Saturday night in an
official expose as plotting "frightful-
ness" within this nation.
From the Won Igel papers," long
in the possession of the government,
the committee on public investiga-
ton pieced together a story stranger
and more startling than fiction show
ing that Germany, through her en-
bassy, was concerned with:
Destruction of lives and prop
erty in merchant vessels on the
Violation of the laws Of the
United States.
Irish revolutionary plpts
against Great Britain.
Fomenting III feeling against
the United States in Mexico.
Subornation of American
writer's and lecturers.
Financing Of propaganda.
Maintenance Of a spy system
under the guise of q commercial
Investigation bureau.
Substituting q bureau TO stir up
labor troubles in munitions
plants.
The bomb industry and other
related activities.
Across the page streaked the name
Of Count Johann Won Bernstorff,
former German ambassador, and his
aids. Won Papen and Boyd, at
taches Of the embassy. The story
recalls the revelations in the Con
fessions Of Won der Goltz."
Won lgel Defies v. S. Agents.
Out Of the Won Igel expose may be
detailed this brief, though perhaps
disjointed account Of Teuton plotting
within a nation with which Germany
and Austria were at peace.
In April, 1915, secret service men
raided the advertising office" of Won
Igel in New York. He claimed to be
on German territory and defied the
officers to shoot him, saying war
would result. They did not shoot, but
they got his papers-damning evil
dences Of a direct chain between the
Germany embassy and plotters WHO
would bomb munitions ships, who
would upset ITeland-papeTs that
showed Judge Daniel F. Cohalan of
New. York as a direct aid of the
embassy in its anti-British work;
checks that showed embassy pay
ments to Teuton helpers such as for
eign language newspaper editors;
documents that convicted the Teu-
tons of fomenting the Sir Roger
Easement Irish rebellion; along with
ly Work, such as blasting munitions
plants.
American Writers Named.
Marcus Braun, editor Fair Play.
figured in the committee expose.
Other newspaper yaen named were
Viereck Of Viereck's Weekly; Edwin
Emerson, noted journalist: J. Archi-
bald, already exposed as an aid to
Austrian Vaccinations.
jeremiah O'Leary, editor of Bull,
and Irish American publication, bar
red from the mails and excoriated
during the campaign by President
Wilson, also is named in the expose.
Bombs Like Lumps of Coal.
Check 146" on the Riggs bank,
Washington, is behind the story of
Paul KONG Hamburg American line
secret service mans connection with
Won Papen in a deal whereby bombs
like Jumps Of coal were to be placed
aboard munition ships at New York.
DR.. Theodore Otto. Allentown, Pa,
was pictured as aiding Germany in
checking up on activities of NUM-
tions plants in his vicinity. The
Liebau employment agency" was
shown as aiding the anti-labor work
while one letter revealed that the
Teutons hoped to thwart munitions
manufacturers by strikes.
Judge Advises Zeppelin Raid.
John Dewey, now editor of The
Gaelic American, New York, is
represented as communicating with
Easement, via Bernstorff. Judge
TzEA
marks to Bernstorff. including advice
for an expedition in Ireland while
German Zeppelins bombed England.
The German activities extended to
Canada as proved by the Welland
canal conspiracy. Captain Bohm, a
spy, is revealed as watching the
Mexican situation and forcasting
Wilson's position toward Mexico.
Viereck Has Bomb Inquiry.
- The American Truth society, of
which jeremiah O'Leary is a mem
Der. was named as having an indi-
rect connection with the expose,
while G. s. Viereck was shown to
have inquired about bombs and to
have talked about picric acid, a bomb
content.
Men who would destroy allied in
strumentalities were uncovered by
including T. ]. Bowling. 107 Franklin
avenue, Hartford. and William j.
Ruff. Quincy, Ill.
Aside from all these sinister rev.
Citations, the expose charged that the
Teutons even tried to operate on
high American military men in fur
thering their schemes.
Counsellor Patzfeld Of the German
embassy signed one message indi-
eating shipment of munitions via
Holland. while many other unex-
planned entries are listed in this re-
markable collection.
Senator Reveals Payment to Press.
Atop of this new revelation link
ing the German embassy with throt-
Ting designs against the United
States, came Senator w. H King of
Utah in the upper congress branch,
revealing letters that proved Fair
Play and other radical newspapers
had fattened on the largesse of Ger
man and Austrian agents. He advis-
ed wedding out the propagandists
and counselled making war on Aus
tria, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Senator Kings expose showed
checks direct from the German en-
bassy to Marcus Braun. a letter from
Braun acknowledging receipt of
payments, and subsidies to foreign
language papers from Charge zwie-
denik OF the Austrian embassy. in
GLIDING Telegram Cozienny, Illu-
strovany List and Fair Play.
Congress sizzled over the state
departments expose of Bernstorff' s
attempt to get $4,000 for influencing
congress "as on former occasions"
Lansing Absolves Congressman.
Secretary Of State Robert Lansing
issued the following statement,
which explains the purpose of the
government in making public the
Bernstorff communication:
"If there is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
wish to say very e1phatieally
do not zee how the BernstorH
message IN any way reflects