The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-27

He has a personal reason to be verl
bitter against England because TIVE
years ago (thIs lie ter appears to have
been written about June l, 1915, which
would make the date referred to thu
early summer OF 1879 a certain attacl
was made against him over commercial
matters In Great Britain, and II wa.
only by appealing to the United States
department of state and a writ OF habea'
corpus before the lord chief justice d
England that he escaped successfully
.,. He was in England and France
al the outbreak OF the war. he has &C
cess to the great sources of British anc
French official information He wants tC
go across to Europe and serve secretly
Tor Germany"
Here's Pseudo Labor Agency
Closely related to and to some extent
under the guidance of Won Igel was the
! German and Austro- Hungarian labor
| information and relief bureau. with
central headquarters at 1876 Liberty
street New York city and branches In
| Cleveland Detroit. Bridgeport, Pitts
burgh. Philadelphia and Chicago The
head OF this enterprise was Hans Lie
| bau. from whom II took its famillarly
| accepted name OF the "Liebau Employ
ment agency"
That the Austro- Hungarian embassy
| had taken official cogniZance OF the bu-
reau is disclosed in the letter written
by the ambassador to the Austro- Hun
| garian minister for foreign affairs
which was found in the possession of
James f. j. Archibald by the British
| authorities August 30 1915.
After Ammunition Plants.
In this letter the ambassador stated:
1T is my impression that we can dis
organize and hold up for months, II not
entirely prevent the manufacture OF
! munitions in Bethlehem and the middle
| West, which. in the opinion of the Ger
man military attache is of Importance
and amply outweighs the comparative
ly small expenditure Of money involved;
but even II the strikes do not come off
IL IS probable that we should extort
under pressure Of circumstances, more
| favorable conditions OF labor for our
poor downtrodden fellow countrymen.
so far as German workmen are
found In the skilled hands. means Of
leaving Will be provided Immediately
for them. Besides this. a private Ger
man employment Office has been estab-
lished which provides employment for
persons who have voluntarily given up
their places. and IL is already working
well. We shall also join in, and the
widest support is assured us"
The following representations on be-
half of the bureaus efficiency were
made, under date of March "a. 1915, in
letter to the German ambassador. Won
BernstorT.
Engineers and persons in the better
class of positions. and who had means
OF their own. were persuaded by the
propa ganda OF the bureau to leave war
material factories"
Cause of Strikes.
The. report comments with uncon-
cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns innocently wrote the
bureau for workmen (Which. of course
were not furnished) and continues in
reviewing later conditions in the NUM-
lions industry.
THE commercial employment bureaus
OF the country have no supply of unem-
ployed techncians Many dis
turbances and suspensions which war
material factories have had to suffer
and which il was not always possible
to remove quickly. but which. on the
contrary. often led TO long strikes
may be attributed to the energetic
propaganda OF the employment bureau"
Won IgeIs close connection with the
enterprise IS indicated by number Of
Items For example there is a nota-
tion 10 the effect that H. Samson had
established a Liebau branch office i'm
Detroit, an entry of $50 paid to DR. Max
Niven Of Chicago in February 1913, for
the labor fund" and an inquiry ad-
dressed by a bureau official to Won Igel
asking whether the Bosch magnetic
works manufactured fuses for shells.
the bureau having evidently been ap-
piled to for workmen for the Bosch
plant The reply, in the negative
stated that the company was "univer-
sally known for its friendly attitude
for the Germans"
John Dewey and Irish Revolution"
Several lines OF communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments. John Dewey OF New York city,
now editor Of the Gaelic American a
violent anti British paper was one OF
the active agents Of this connection.
Significant entries appear here and
there; references to messages from the
German embassy at Washington and
the German consulate at New York;
mention of a secret code to he employed
In communicating with him and OF a
cipher Dewey" also II notation. the
details of which remain undiscovered.
concerning communication re manu-
facture hand grenades."
Dewey IL was who acted for time at
least. as go-between for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roger
Easement. executed by the British Cor
treason There are several references
to money and messages for Sir Roger
Easement. or. more briefly "R. c." and
one record of check for $1,000 for Case
ment evidently handled by Dewey,
Letters to Bernstorff
DeVoys intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
to Ambassador Won Bernstorff. the texts
OF which follow:
New York. April 5, 1916
The following communication from
confidential man John Dewey was duly
transmitted
II .etter dated March %. delayed by
censor, seems conclusive that first mes
seuger arrived safe with proposal to send
supplies and that cable was suppressed
Second also safe. Third, with change of
plans. due about April 49,"
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatched to Sir
Roger Easement:
"No letter now possible All funds
sent home, Sister and M, family Well"
Should Sir Roger be absent or III, then
j. D. requests that the telegram be de-
llvered to John Monteith.
To His Excellency, the Imperial Ambas-
sador. Count Won BernsorG. Washing
ton. u. c.
New York, April 49, 1916
Herewith lnclosed report re-
cplved by us today from John Dewey
Kindly order further steps to be taken.
The important parts OF the report were
sent there today per telegram. -. copy
To the Imperial Ambassador, Count Won
Bernstorff, Washington, d, C."
AS to ,rrest Of Roger Easement.
In view OF the involvement OF these
prominent Irish-American leaders IN the
Easement plot and its German ramihca-
lions. II IS little to be wondered at that