Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-03

cess 10 the great sources OF BriUSn ana
French official information. He wants to
| go across to Europe and serve secretly
| for 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 Familiarity
| accepted name OF the "Liebau Employ
| ment agency"
That the Austro- Hungarian embassy
/ had taken Official cognizanee 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:
IT 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 OF
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-
iished which provides employment for
persons who have voluntarily given up
their places. and it 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. 1916. in
letter to the German ambassador. Won
Bernstorff
Engineers and persons in the better
class of positions. and who had means
of their own. were persuaded by the
propaganda of the bureau to leave war
material factories"
Cause of Strikes.
The report comments with uncon-
cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns tnnocently wrote the
bureau for workmen (Which of course
were not furnished) and continues in
reviewing later conditions in the NUM-
tons industry
The commercial employment bureaus
of the country have no supply of unem-
pIoyed technieians. 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, cften led TO long strikes
may be attributed to the energetic
propaganda OF the eaIplC yment bureau"
Won IgePs close connection with the
enterprise is indicated by a number of
items. For exSmple there is a nota-
tion to the effect that z. Samson had
established a LiebaI branch Office in
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 bureau official to Won Igel.
asking whether the Bosch magnetic
works manufactured fuses for shells.
the bureau having evidently been APP
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 "rish 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-Brftish paper was one of
the active agents of this connection.
Significant entries appear here and
there; references TO MESA ges from the
German embassy at Washington and
the German consulate at New York;
mention of a secret code to be employed
in communicating with him and of a
cipher Dewey" also a notation the
details of which remain undiscovered.
concerning communication re manu-
facture hand grenades"
Dewey it was who acted. for a time at
least, as go-between for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roger
Easement. executed by the British for
treason There are several references
to money and messages for Sir Roger
Easement. or. more briefly "R. c." and
one record of a check for $1,000 for Case
ment evidently handled by Dewey.
Letters to 5ernstorff.
Devoy's intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
to Ambassador Won Bernstorff. the texts
of which follow:
New York. April s. 1916.
The following communication from
confidential man John Dewey was Gully
transmitted:
Letter dated March %. delayed oy
censor. seems conclusive that first mes
senger arrived safe with proposal to seAd
supplies and that cable was suppressed.
Second also safe Third. with change of
plans. due about April Is"
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatched to Sir
Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible. All funds
sent home. Sister and MS family WE'LL
Should Sir Roger be absent or III. then
J. D. requests that the telegram be de-
hvered to John Monteith.
KIN. St
To His Excellency. the Imperial Ambas-
sador. Count Won Bernstorf. Washing
ton. D. c.
New York. April IS. 1916
Herewith inclosed a report re-
ceived 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. IS. copy)
To the Imperial Ambassador. Count Won
Bernstorf. Washington. D. c."
As TO arrest of Roger Easement
In view of the involvement of these
prominent Irish-American leaders in the
Easement plot and its German ramifica-
lions, II is little to be wondered at that
they should have endeavored to shout
der upon the American government the
responsibility for the arrest Of Easement.
The Gaelic-Americap nevoy's paper. and
tNe sympathetic Gerruan-Amerlcan press
charged this government with having on
the strength of information obtained from
he seized Won 1gel papers. advised the
British government OF the revolutionary
plot and Easements part therein.
The department Of state and the de-
partment Of justice promptly refuted the
charges. When the Won Igel papers
were seized in New York the district
attorney and HIS assistants busted them
selves In a search for Information to