Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-26
(By @. S. Strandyold, Herald
stan Writer.)

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The imperial German government
nas ion followed the insidious policy
OF committing crimes and apologigine
profoundly for them afterward, The
United States has had some expert.
ence with Berlin In that direction,
n the neutral nations Of Europe
AVE time and again been made ia
suIer because Germany's ends had to
pc served. An apology offeredH after
the accomplishment 81 the particular
deed OF darkness was thought to be
quite proper and as a rule was as-
to do.
The latest edition of the ofacial
German "Entschuldigung'' was the
apology sent to the Norwegian gov
eminent a little more than q week
ago. Certain bomb plots had been
unearthed In Ch%rfstiania. and 1t was
courier, Rautenfels by name, had
some bombs in his possession. The
Berlin government followed it's usual
procedure Of expressing regrets and
az the same time disavow the acts of
It's W functionary. Many German
omclals have had to be sacrificed be-
cause they implicitly followed orders
from Inter den Linden.
The Rautenfels affair followed
ANVIL NIlC a6ApOSuI0 OIL aIlOl4lcT
and far more widespread plot. Four
teen men were implicated IN an
espionage conspiracy, and when the
case closed recently, ten Of these men
we're found guilty while the remain.
ing four were acquitted.
Entangle Norway Citizens.
Despite the particularly mean and
wicked nature of the spy conspiracy,
Il Inc Germs n 10 rNyyn,. , ~ ant = hoo 40 .r,nk
IN this case, deemed it necessary to
orer any expression Of official regrets,
perhaps because several Of the men
involved in the sordid business were
natives Of Norway.
During the fall OF 1915, A. M. Mon.
sen. a stock broker In Bergen, held a
conference with a German-American
by, the name Of Rusch and a German
named Westedt who desired to estab-
Watching shipping on the North Sea.
A. NJ. Monson agreed to aid the Ger
mans n promised to submit reports
Of hours OF departure and arrival of
ships at English ports; he also con-
tracted to furnish information regard
Ing the signals employed by certain
English ships, their appearance, their
color, number of tunnels, etc. Re-
garding men-of-war Monsen was in
srructed to reporter their maneuvers,
repairs and anchorage. Special care
formation about British mine fields
and about the cargo and ultimate des-
ttnation of ships arriving in the port
Of Bergen.
In accordance with this agreement.
Monsen employed an agent by the
name Of Moe, another, named
oegaard, Bookkeeper Hansen. Cap
tain Brunn, a merchant by the name
of strandwitz, Captain Kappelen and
a stewart named Eriksen. These men
were promised certain amounts Sof
money for obtaining the information
which Monsen wanted for his German
conferees. $50.
During the latter part of 1915 and
the beginning Of 1915 full reports of
the desired nature were transmitted
regularly by way of Thomson Fac
tories, Ltd. G~othenburg, Sweden" a
fictitious address, and during the
summer of 1916 the information was
directed to a we'll known German
scientist, Dr.. Kitchener who appears
to have played an especially unsym-
pathetic part in the plot.
No Limit to Plottings.
DR.. Kitchener had come to Norway
for the avowed purpose Of DOING. all
uC COulu 10 CeLlont LIE De-
tween Norway and Germany. He said
that he owed Norway so much and he
would do everything possible to be
Of service to the nation whose hos.
pitality he enjoyed. Consequently he
was allowed to pass in and out Of the
Norwegian editorial Offices and was q
constant caller at the homes OF Nor.
wegian scientists. Despite these
facts, it has now been proved that he
was in constant communication dur.
ing 1915 with the Wolff Press bureau
in Berlin and that his scientific re.
searches really were Vaccinations o.
the ugliest kind.
"Bergens Annoncetidende," a lead.
ing paper, says about DR.. Kitchener:
AFTER what has happened we have
no reasons to believe the stories o,
the Wolff bureau, the official German
source Of information. DIR. Kitchener
the Thibet traveller and Antarctic x.
plorer. of the most widely famou.
men in Germany who was supported
by leading scientists Of his own coun'
try and connected with prominent
politicians there, has played a YER,
d~istasteful part In this sorry bust
ness"
And "Morgenbladet." an infiuentia
Christiania paper, has this to say:
"It is no tempting to dwell a