The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-10
NEW EXPOSE
BARES PLOTS
FORWRECK|NG.
Of RAILROAD
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
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anything else. In fact, his attack on
Sir Edward Grey, while America was
neutral, first brought him into dis
favor at the White House because
Of the feeling that a man who had
once performed a confidential mission
for the President, a man who had
written q biography OF Mr.. Wilson
and had edited the book The New
Freedom" thereby enjoying to an IN
usual degree the confidence OF the
President of the United States, was
compromising, that friendship. But Dr.
Hale felt so strongly about the issues
Of the war that he continued con-
spicuous in the public prints as an
opponent Of American neutrality
policies and took 10 small interest in
pushing the embargo campaign. I'm
til the revelations today, il had not
been generally suspected that DIR.
Hale's position on war matters had
any connection with Count Won Bern
storf or the German foreign office,
and beyond the published telegram,
1t was not disclosed what Is known
Of DR.. Hale's activities. whether he
was simply given as reference by the
German ambassador to bolster up a
request for financial support for the
CALDoA PEOpAe OF "nelnET ne
actually participated in the embargo
campaign while still in the United
States.
HustinE knew of Plot.
The ofiee OF Senator Husting OF
Wisconsin was able to throw some
light on this, for q letter sent out by
the American Embargo Conference,
advertised a book by. William Bayard
Hale, being a compilation Of argu-
ments in connection with the Nc
Lemore resolution warning Americans
not to sail on belligerent ships.
In fact as news OF the State De-
partmentE revelations spread through
out Washington, everyone recalled
that it was Senator HustinE of Wis
eonsin who exposed the inner work
ings OF the embargo propaganda in a
famous speech in the Senate on April
-. 1915. He showed then that the
Aforesaid organization sent from tel
egrams to various communities and
agreed to pay the tolls so as to ue-
luge Congress with hundreds of
thousands of messages giving the I'm
preston that a nationwide demand
for an embargo on arms existed.
The Department OF Justice knew
that the American embargo confer
ouCe WIS BpuTlOuS organization ana
that similar efforts to influence Con-
Eress by the Women's Embargo Coun-
Gil were made possible by German
funds. Not until today, however,
was the German ambassadors con-
nection definitely established. 1t was
recalled that when the American En-
barge Conference went out Of bust
ness about the time that Congress
refused to listen TO its pleas, the
American Independent Conference
was created with the same officers
and stan. Headquarters were main
tanned in several large cities.
Inquiries at the State Department
whether any other OF these men were
implicated brought the reply that |
the Department OF Justice alone could |
say and that its action or Inaction
in these matters would be an index
later on as TO the evidence against |
them. 4
O'LeAry Revelation Pleasing.
With the exception OF DR.. William !
Bayard Hale, none OF the men mem
TONED in todRy's exposure is as well
know mas Jeremiah o'Leary of New
York. Particularly gratifying was
IL to the Administration to discover
in the secret correspondence a mes
sage that tends to substsntIate the
charge Of Immortality against
oLesry and President wilson's |