The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-22
Senator overman and Representa-
tive Flood Arrange 10 Visit the
State Department to Obtain Ad-
ditional Information.
NO REFLECTION CAST ON
LAWMAKERS, is ASSERTED
Was the Purpose to B; ing Influ-
ence to Bear Of Which They
Would Have No Knowledge, Is
View of Secretary Lansing.
BULLETIN.
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Washington. sept -. senator
King OF Utah read into the senate
record today correspondence and pho.
iogrTphir copies of checks To- show
payments aggrcgating s8SO0 by the
German embassy here to the Fair-
play Publishing company with receipts
signed by Marcus Braun and ,. q.
Bryan.
scuator King did not disclose the
source of his documents hut Vouchcd
for their authenticity. They ai-o
showed payments by the AUSTRIAN en-
bassy To small foreign language news
paprrs. M the payments wcrc for
propaganda.
We VIII soon have Ia recognize"
lie said. IN state of war viii. Austria,
bulgaria aud Turkey. because they
are aidinSg Germany and using their
iuflucn'r against us."
Othcr revelations. hc predicted.
would ir made of the sinister and
Shiny course of German diplomacy in
this and other countries"
MANY more revelations viii come
Of the intrigue aud criminal conspir-
acics of which Germany and also OF
Nustria- Hungary ror the purpose OF
cmbroiiing this country in war with
other nations" he sai-. Efforts have
been made tn stir up the people OF
this country against Japan. . thinnk
W. viii learn the source al very much
of tl,at ACTIVITY"
tmong the letters wcrc -onic signed
by Isaron Zwicdinck, former charge
Of the Austrian embassy. transmitting
| checks for Polish aud l,umanian
newspapers aud Also from the AUS
trinn Vice con-ni ~ New Nork,
When the tlah senator concluded
: inserting tho correspondence the scn-
ate adjonrned until Monday.
BULLETIN.
/ Chicago. sept. a2.-Jasprr q. Dari.
ing. onc time president oI the tmcr-
lean Embargo conference. aroused by
! the rctcIiIioI- made by the state de-
! partnncnt. regarding former Ambassa-
! dor ,un Bcrn>gurff, la n signed state
! mcni today. said Inc was ConNi intrd
that hc had been madc me tool uI
{ German plOttcrs.
/ Darling, long prominent In g.. \. n.
! circles, said that nc was con, ,inccd
/ lac was >CIC,trd aud mislcd by the
! pluttcr~ bcCau~, of hi- reputation for
patriotism lie said that the -our-t.
al mOn's wa- always mystery tu
him and that "a grrdt deal of II passed
through his hands la opIu-ing the cN-
port of munitions and other acts
which hc feared Would draw the
United states into the war.
Washington sept - Further de
tails or Count won Bcrnstorffs plot
Ia influence congress through "a sub
sidizcd pro-Gcrmm organization wer,
sought today hy Senate" ONerman
p chairman of the senate lobby commit
tee aud Representative Flood, chair.
man of the house foreign affair
= committee both uf whom arraugct
tu visit the state department
Whether congress will order an in
p vcstEatlon viii depend Go "a great eN
p tent It is believed on the result o.
, todays conference with Secrctar'
- Lansing
After his conference with chair
! man Flood Secretary Lansing autho
q rized the following statement
"lf there be- auS misunderstanding
Z ! wish 90 say vcr5 emphdtcally ! d'
r not see how the Bcrnsturff message IA
ana way rcflccts upon congress OF an
p member Nppareutk Il WINS the pur
@ pose to employ agencies to influerc
' them of which they would have ~
Il knowledge aud in ease they were In
8 fluruced would bee entirely innoceni
h do not know what the orEanizatio
was This expose - upropos of Ger
man methods of peace propaganc
aud there is no intention Of castin
suspicion ON members ~ congress. "
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