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munication, which we print with pleasure
together with other documents of interest
tn the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Senator J. Hamilton Lewis has got
b;s references badly mixed in connection
with the quotation which he gave your speelai
correspondent in Washington yesterday anu
which is REPRODUCED in The Tribune and The
World" this morning. The source OF 'he
Itgs, as given, is entirely wrong. 90 not
know whether any critically disposed person
will notice it. but | think it well that you
should know the facts as early as possoie'
Personally. I have only a passing interest,"
in the matter; but those who write history
Of course wish to make IL correct.
The alleged disclosure" Of Senator Lewis
!, based wholly upon the letter from me
which The New York Tribune published on
August H. 1915, under the caption Ter
many's Designs on Us, as Explained by an
Amiable Army Officer Seventeen Years Ago
Tn. same letter was published during the
same week by "The Army and Navy Jour
nal"
II YOU are interested in the matter and
refer 20 your files. you will see that Admiral
Deweys quotation from the alleged Admiral
won Goetzen" is copied word for word. with
ont the slightest change. from the story that
was told to me by Major II. A. Barber
L. A. (retired), and who died last year.
Major Barber sat down in my office and
started 70 tell me this story. ! interrupted
him when he was half way through, and said:
await moment want 10 call my stenog
1.pher and have you dictate this TO her"
Ny stenographer came and he dictated TO
her in my presence. He did so without re-
ferring to any memorandum or record what
ever. lie waited until the transcript was
brought in. and corrected IL, changing few
words The next day sent my letter contain
rig It 10 The Tribune.
If any one makes use Of Senator Lewiss
disclosure. 70 will be unfortunate TO have him
credited as he was. because there was no
admiral Won Goetzen" at Manila in 1898,
and Admiral Dewey could not by any posi-
bilty have given the story TO the United
States government as frst-hand personal
knowledge communication. lie undoubtedly
eopied IL from The Tribune or "The Army
Navy Journal" and transmitted IT as OF i'm
portance TO the government,
New York Geological Park, Sept. 25, 1917.
This second document submitted is the
Washington dispatch printed in The Trib-
n une Of Tuesday and referred to by Mr..
HOrnad'y;
Especial CorrespondenceI
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-Pronouncing the
kaiser's reply TO the Pope's peace note a
deliberate and studied effort TO ignore and
pFront the United States, Senator Lewis, Of
Illinois, in the Senate to-day uttered the hope
that America will not sheathe the sword I'M
Ill its purpose is fully achieved.
To substantiate the charge that the Prus-
sian autocracy set out TO crush first England,
then the United States and dominate the
world, Senator Lewis quoted soma unpub
lished history.
an the record Of Admiral Dewey" said Mr..
Lewis, I'VE find the statement made by Ad-
piral Won Goetzen TO Admiral Dewey at
Manila in 1898. As quoted by Admiral
Dewey. Won Goetzen said:
about fifteen years from now my coun-
try will start great war She will be in
Paris about two months after the commence
rent Of hostilities. Her move on Paris will
be but a step to her real object-the crush
ing Of England Some months after we finish
cur work in Europe we will take New York,
and probably Washington, and hold them for
some time. We will put your country in it's
place with reference TO Germany. We do not
purpose 10 take any of your territory, but
we do intend 70 take billion of your
dollars from New York and other places.
The Monroe Doctrine will be taken charge of
~ us, and we will dispose Of South America
as we wish Don't forget this about fifteen
years from now
"This is part Of the communication
which Admiral Dewey submitted TO this coun-
try and is TO be found in the naval and mill
tsry records Of our government, No. 80, Vol
ume b2, page 55s. never understood why my
government never allowed this to be pub
lished; / never understood why 1t WAS never
sent broadcast to our country, TO our coun-
trymen, who heretofore had been in doubt
as to their duty"
The third and final document is the
letter Of Mr.. Hornaday, printed on the
editorial page Of The Tribune on August
II, 1915. 1t follows:
GERMANY'S DESIGNS on Us
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Three months ago passing events
firmly convinced me that if Germany is vic
torious over the Allies she will at once de-
rand Of the United States huge indem-
nifty, amounting 10 billions Of dollars, on
account OF our sales of war supplies 10 the
Allies.
While this thought was daily revolving in
my mind | received a call from an army
officer, an old friend whose blankets shared
IL wild Western camps more than thirty
years ago. His veracity is as unimpeacha-
bic a. 1, that Of Dr. Lyman Abbott In dis
oussing the Spanish American War and his
adventure. therein, by the merest chance he
related the following story of Germany's
Intentions toward the United States in Sep
gixto 70 II