The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-23

sAsNk was printed -German Embassy.
MsDhinston."
"a day or two ago publication was
xna1e that the former German am
6a6sAdor at Washington had asked
fer . large sum OF money for use in
this country" said Senator King.
s'Nserybcdy who Is familiar with cur
rout affairs and has followed the sin
iatr ana Shiny course of Germany
and German diplomacy here and else
whore was not at all sstounded at
this revelation. can state and ] am
conAdent that am within the bounds
at truth that more revelations will
soon be made public indicating the
intrfwper, the cabals and the criminal
conepiracies of Germany and Austria
insthis country against the tranquil
iHy%and peace of our nation and for
the purpose of embroiling this coun-
try IN war. We know that for
number OF years there have crept
Into the public press statements to
the effect that Japan has sinister pur-
poses towards this republic and con-
templ8tcd an invasion Of Mexico or
the Central American republics
Attempt to Stir Up Trouble.
EFFORTS were made to incite feel
Ing Of hostility upon the part Of the
American people toward Japan.
think information win soon be given
to the American people that will be
convincing of the perhdy of Germany
II such conviction does not now exist,
And We win soon learn that the
source OF very much of the activity
that brought about the condition to
which have referred was in Ger
many and with her diplomatic corps.
~Cur situation so far aa Bulgaria.
n al
seSths to be anomalous to say the
leeGt- II appears 20 me that the day
- not very far distant when we must
rocoErixs q state OF war between this
ccuntry and Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey. They are making war in
directly II not directly against this
na41cn. They are using their forces
against allies and In support of Ger
many. with whom we are at war"
President Against It.
Vhether there will be a congress
ai0nal investigation of the Bernstorff
$4,000 slUsh fund remained the big
question in Washington tonight
OPINION and the demands made in the
capitol are that there must be one
~ the other end of Pennsylvania ave-
n0e, whore the administration mind
= reflected. there is q decided feeling
thax there shall be no investigation.
4ArnheEB OF congress say that an In
Quiry In required to clear the good
name OF the legislative body.
Some OF them are already making
unAuthenticated declarations that they
know OF members. of congress who
have been approached that private
citizens have been arrested for re-
peating statements made by senators
and representatives on the floor. But
up around the state department and
the White House the broad question
- asked, What good will be an tn
vesttSation %
would Please Enemy Too Wei.
Administration officials apparently
will fight any probe. They believe
that II Will brook no good for this
country to give Germany the satisfac-
ton OF believing she has precipitated
Z scandal in congress.
Nsverth eiess. whether the state de-
partfnent likes 1t or not--and Secre-
tary Lansing indicated plainly that hes
does not-nlernbers of congress said
today they were going 10 probe the
scandal to the bottom. II they are
not able TO get the information they
desire TO make their inquiries thor
ouxh in any other manner, they say
they probably will require the state
department and the department OF
Justice TO produce any German propa !
ganda evidence they may have been
working on.
Possibly perturbed by the storm of
Indignation aroused by the Bernstorfr
announcement OF yesterday, Secretary
Lansing today sent the following mes
sage to Chairman Flood OF the house
committee on foreign relations:
Doesn't Reflect ON Congress,
sTf there ts any nlisunderstnnd-
tng, wish to say very cunphatt-
CnIIy / do not see how the Bern
Eorn message In any way re-
decas ON congress or any member
", OF tlaHx body, Apparently III Was .
The purpose OF Won Bernstorf 10
employ agencies to influence con-
grces. members of which they
would have no knowledge, and In
case they were influenced would
be entirely innocent.
81 do not know what the or
SANITATION was. This expose is
aprcpos of Germany's methods of
peace propa ganda and there Is no
intention Of casting suspicion on
members of congress"
At first this was taken TO mean that |
the state department absolutely was
against an investigation, bur a later
interpretation was that Secretary
Lansing personally would take no po-
sition for or against the inquiry.
1T seems to me the state depart
ment has either said too much or too
little As the situation Is now Il is
too little"
This declaration by Representative
Henry w Temple OF Pennsylvania, /
member OF the foreign affairs conf |
rntrtae. was echoed by many others
Everything that is known about