Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-09-28
SPIES AND TRAITORS
WORK IN HARMONY
GOVERNMENT BAREs MORE
PLOTS AGAINST UNITED STATES
BEFORE THE WAR.
Money Furnished by oermany's An
bassador FOR the Purpose Of De,
strOyin0 Life and Property, u
Is Charged.

Washington Further disclosures OF
far-reaehing German propaganda, in
trigues and plots In this country prior
20 the diplomatic break with Ger
many, were made on Saturday by the
committee on public Information.
In bulletin styled official expose
the committee quotes numerous let
ters and extracts from letters seized
by the department of justice In April
1916. In a raid upon the New York
office Of Wolfe von Igel. Won Igcl,
In carrying on his manifold pro-Ger.
man and anti-Amerlcan activities. the
documents show, was In constant
touch with the German embassy and
with Count won BernstorfT. Germa~
ambassador to the United States.
I'm the form OF letters. telegrRms,
notations, checks. receipts, registers,
cash books, cipher codes. lists of spies
and other memoranda and records"
the committee says, "were found indl
cations--ln some Instances of the
yaguest nature In others Of the most
aAmnlng conclusiveness--that the Ger
man imperial government. through Its
representatives Ia n then friendly na-
tion, was concerned with
violations OF the laws OF the Unit
ed States.
OBSTRUCTION of lives and property
In merchant vessels on the high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
"Fomenting ili-feellng against the
United States In Mexico.
''Suhornation of American writer's
and lecturers.
Enhancing Of propaganda.
Maintenance of spy system under
he guise OF commercial investiga.
don bureau.
"Subsidizlng OF bureau for the pur-
lose OF stirring up labor troubles In
ruunitions plants.
"The bomb industry and other relat.
cd activities"
Case OF Holland.
The committee, Of which Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels are mem.
bers, and George Creel, chairman. has
this 10 say concerning Holland:
1T has long been an open secret
that Holland is merely a way station
for shipments OF contraband into Ger.
many. Here Is official confirmation
from the Won Tgel records which would
seem to Indicate suspicious and con.
fidentlal relation between the Holland
commission and the German diplomat.
ic officials accredited TO this country
or possibly belief by the Germans
that they could not successfully get
the munitions to their own country
The message in code, with interllneHi
translation, IL entered as "A 249J aud
headed German embassy, Washington
u. c., April 9, 1916 II runs as fol
/ lows:
"'Telegram from Berlin by secret
roundabout why for Carl Heysen: Con
sent sale Holland three hundred thou
sand chests (cnrtridgesl and two hun
dred tons powder. Please get In touch
with Holland commissioner. Sender
war minister, foreign office. Ia repre-
sentation.
(Signedl 'HATZFELDT.'
Prince Hatzfeldt was an official oil
the German embassy.
The Hamburg-Ameriean line bureau
OF Investigation. the committee states
an innocent pretending agency, wa
at the outset the secret service OF the
Hamburg. American Steamship com
pany. Under Paul koenig. It's mana
ger. Ii became an adjunct Of the Ger
man diplomatic secret servite.