The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-11
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ROAD EXPOSED
Germany Ordered Destruction 0i
Canadian Pacific in 1916.
u. S. Proves.
TELECRAMS PUBLISHED
Secret Messages Between Bernstorfi
and Berlin Propose Sabotage and
to Get Majority in Congress
Favorable to Germany.


Favorable to Germany.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE German
general staff in January, 1916, pro-
posed that the Canadian Pacific rail.
way be destroyed at several points;
sabotage was proposed in the United
States; and Count Johann Won Bern
storff proposed to get a majority in
both houses of congress favorable to
Germany in September, 1916, accord
ing to fresh plot revelations just made
by the state department
O'Leary Mentioned.
The name of jeremiah O'Leary OF
New York, editor of Bull, an Irish
American publication, is mentioned in
one of the kilograms and the name Of
Hale, a Berlin correspondent also APP
pears in the messages.
Zimmerman Orders Crime.
The state departments announce
ment said
The secretary of state publishes the
following two kilograms from the Ger
man foreign Office to Count Bernstorff
In January, 1916:
Jan. 3 Secret General staff
desires energetic action in regard
to proposed destruction of Cana
dian Pacific railway at several
points with a view to complete a
protracted interruption of traffic.
Captain Boehm, who is known
on your side and is shortly return
ing. has been given instructions.
Inform the military attache and
provide the necessary funds.
Zimmerman"
"ReIiabIe ConspIrators."
January 26. For military attache
You can obtain particulars as to per-
sons suitable for carrying on sabotage
in the United States and Canada from
the following persons: f. Joseph Mac
Garrity, Philadelphia, Pa; 2. John p
Heating, Michigan avenue. Chicago; 8.
Jeremiah OLeary, No. 16 Park Row,
New York.
lone and two are absolutely reli-
able and discreet No 3 is reliable but
not always discreet. These persons
were indicated by Sir Roger Easement.
In the United States sabotage can be
carried out on every find of factory
for supplying munitions of war Rafl-
way embankments and bridges must
not be touched. Embassy must in no
circumstances be compromised Simi-
lar precautions must be taken in re-
gard to Irish pro-German propaganda.
Representative of General Staff !"
Tries to influence Congress.
"The following telegram from Count
Bernstorff to the foreign Office In Ber-
I'm was sent in September, 1915:
"'Sept. 15-Whh reference to report
A. N. Two hundred and sixty-six OF
May tenth, nineteen sixteen. The en-
barge conference in regard to whose
earlier fruitful cooperation DR.. Hale
can give information is just about to
enter upon vigorous campaign to Sc
cure majority in both houses of con-
gress favorable to Germany, and re-
quests further support. There is no
possibility of our being compromised.
Request telegraphic reply"
Secretary Lansing said the tele.
grams had not been sent through the
state department, thus leaving the in
ference that they must have moved
through one of the neutral legations.
Proves Bernstorff Was Director.
In this latest exposure the state de-
partment believes it has removed the
last doubt that Count Won Bernstorff
was the directing head in America OF
the German machine for espionage.
The revelations of the part played by
Jeremiah OLeary was not unexpected
and the fact that his name was sug-
gested by Sir Roger Easement, who
later was executed in England for
treason, already had been indicated in
earlier disclosures made by the de-
partment.
May Be wilson's Biographer."
The injection of the name "Dr.
Hale" into the German organization
was something of surprise, however
and gave immediate rise to specula'
tion as to just what individual was
meant. DR.. William Bayard Hale, act
Ing as a newspaper correspondent,
was then in Germany and admittedly
close to the Berlin government.
Dr. William Bayard Hale was a spe
cial representative OF President VIII.
son in Mexico in 1913 and was fre
quently referred to as the president 4
biographer. Early in the war his ar
ticles from Berlin attracted attention
by reason of the intimate relations he
seemed to have with high officials oi
the German foreign Office.
Mrs. Hale was with him IN Ger
many. She also wrote many articles
that were calculated to give the world
the most favorable impression of Ger