The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-04
IneXhauStibIe Millions for Ger
man Propaganda Work.
German Foreign Office Put Fund
in DeutSches Bank of n. Y.
MUCH WENT TO AMERICANS
81, 100000 to BOIO Pasha To
SubSidize French Press.
Alleged Spy Intimate With Edi-
tor Hearst During Visit.

| New York, Oct. 4.-The unlimited
! flow of. gold with which Ambassador
| Won Bernstorff carried on his prOpa-
ganda and intrigue against the United
| States while American and Germany
were still at peace, was revealed this
/ afternoon as having its source direct
| from the Berlin foreign office.
| These revelation came on the heels
| of the disclosures which showed Bolo
Pasha now imprisoned in France
| traitor, came to this country to carry
on his work of influencing newspa pers
in behalf of Germany.
New York, Oct. 4.-The well of
gold from which German Ambassador
Bernstorff drew apparently inexhaust-
ible millions for Germany's propa-
ganda work here and abroad is be-
| lieved by New York legal authorities
to have been located at last.
| In statements to the press today
the authorities indicated that trace
had been found of a pouring out of
literally millions of dollars-much of
it to Americans-on Count Won Bern
storffs orders thru the Deutsches
bank. Hugo Schmidt, prominent Ger
man banker here and head of the
Deutsches bank, first mentioned thru
the Bolo Pasha intrigues, is to be ex-
amined by those probing the case this
afternoon.
millions upon millions of dollars
and securities have passed thru the
| Deutsches bank" said Perley Morse,
expert accountant entrusted with in
vestgation of the Bolo Pasha and
other intrigues. 'If the source and
; destination of these sums and securi-
ties became known, the information
would no doubt be valuable for the
apprehension of many men closely
connected with Germany
~ Fertile Field for SIeutIls
The widest possible search for just
this Information is now under way by
New York authorities Officials in
d1cated that the new government in
quisitorial powers conferred in the
1 trading with the enemy act might be
turned over for the present exclusively
toward running down the leads" al
ready uncovered in the Deutsches
bank.
"A thoro investigation of the books
' and dealings of the Deutsches bank
and the activities of Hugo Schmidt
offers an unlimited field for the
United States authorities which has
not been exploited" said ATTORNEY
General Lewis of New York TODAY.
t Lewis has been specially entrusted
/ with the preliminary investigation by
the state and the government as well
as Dy the French ambassador who is
, | interested in the matter because of
: the completely of Bolo Pasha, now a
| prisoner in Paris
= we are leaving no stones un-
\ turned said Albert Becker. deputv
attorney general ito uncover the
whole matter, and have found MANY
, crossing trails A report of all in
Lorfnatlon we obtain regarding other
iihancidI transactions of a suspicious
character is being made directly to
- Washington" ~
1t was not definitely disclosed to-
gay whether Attorney General Lewis
d mas been authorized to go further
= than investigation of the RoIo Pasba
n intriguing which he fornaI1v die
closed last night. This showed that
Bernstorff, thru financial fra nsfers
cleVerIy cloaked thru the Deutsches
d S@i6h; oao mac naa paid Bolo Pasha nearly
e press. '-'e I ieiich
n Money Furnishes CTews.
= me system of German propaganda
u needed a strong financial backinp :,
: +raat7S Nurse SAID The best way OF
= tracing the whole scheme. in nv
= Hllnd' is thru the money end. .
. what makes the investigation nj
a immediate IllIIieulate and prime Importance as n
war measure is the belief hinted al
: by officials today that Rernstorff g, a
only one of the active heads Of ~
. German espionage and propapande
system. Thru full stigation- if i,
hoped that other agents NAV be mn.
= earthed uH
II lin,
ing many witnesses at his headouar.
ters IN the Murray Hill hotel
< Ihe investigation of Attorney Cen.
erad Lewis disclosed that William Ran.
dolph Hearst, the newspaper publish.
s er, attended a dinner given in thi,
city by Bolo in March. 1916, accord.
l. ing TO the attorney general
Hearst Guest of Master Spies.
There were present at this dinner
h Mr. Lewis told newspaper men, AdoI
= Pavenstedt who figured as an inter
nediary for the transfer of German
o funds into New York banks to be sen
n to Paris for peace propaganda amonl
;. French newspapers, Captains Boyle
and Won Papen, naval and military at
taches of the German EN- bassy AM
n Jules Bois, a French lecturer, who /
I was revealed. received money from
Bolo Pasha.
Sometime prior to this dinner. Mr.
Lewis said, Mr.. Hearst had entertain
ed Bolo at the editors home It wa
explained by the attorney general tha
the editors relations with Bolo wer
purely social as far as he was aware.
The attorney general was busy todal
examining further witnesses in th'
n Bolo Pasha matter. Further dis
N closure are. expected
Foreign office Furnished Funds.
70 Evidence indicating that German
II funds held by New York banks TO
the Deutsches bank of Berlin ant
which were employed to pay Bol,
as Pasha, German spy and peace propa
of gandist, were placed at the disposa
Of of Count Won Bernstorff by wireless
messages from the German foreign of