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them in the vicinity of the Govern
ment piers. Ii was reported that two
men were taken into custody on the
piers and that Cne OF them was
member of the crew of an overseas
transport Federal officers would
not discuss this report. Another re-
port, which was not verified, was that
a German was arrested On the East
River front with bomb in his pos
session.
Every merchant ship arriving in
New York is imm ediately boarded by
Government agents and every mem
Der of the crew subjected to an eX-
animation. Four Germans have
been found among the crews of yes
sells plying between New York and
coastwise ports. and West Indian
ports, this week. Every German
found in these crews is Immediately
arrested and taken to Ellis Island.
A sugar-laden ship arrived from
Matanzas, Cuba. Thursday, and Gov
ernment agents found in the crew
German who gave his name as Geo.
Plexnies. At first the man refused
to admit he was German, but finally
made the admission that he was
German subject. He is now in the
internment prison.
Another man arrested Thursday
was Max Juetner. member of the
crew of one OF the seized German
ships. He was found on an East
River pier and was taken to Ellis Is
land.
Franz. Johann Dorl, former editor
of the ,pro-German publication known
as Issues and Events, who is a friend
of Won Bernstorff and who during the
first two years of the European war
was one of the most bitter OF the pro-
German writer's working for the Ger
man propa gandists in the United
States, was arrested on Wednesday
night and ordered interned for the
period of the war. Dorl is native
of Berlin and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Berlin. He has lived in
the United States for more than Is
years, but has not become a citizen.
AS a Government agent put it, He
has made his living here for all
these years, has enjoyed the protec-
ton OF our laws, but remains to this
day loyal subject of the King OF
Prussia"
Dorl was arrested by Inspector
Tunney of the Police Headquarters
Bomb Squad. He appeared greatly
surprised when told he was to be
interned, and when asked why he
had been so active in the United
States in behalf of Germany replied
that he had worked to keep the
United States out of the war" He
protested that his activities ceased
when Congress declared war in Ger
many Dorl had an office at 271
Broadway. In that office the police
found four cabinets of letters and
other documents, all of which were
seized. They also found some chemi-
Gals, which Dorl explained were used
in a process for hardening concrete.
Dorl is also chemist.
When Dorl edited the paper now
known as Issues and Events it was
called The Vital Issue. The Vital
Issue was weekly, and during the
months it was published it had
large circulation among Germans
and German sympathizers in the
EJnite4 States. In It's columns Dorl
and other German propagandists de-
tended the German way of making
war and defended the activities OF
Bernstorff, Dernburg, and other
heads of the German propaganda.
At the office of Issues and Events,
which is now published at 25 West
Broadway, it was said that Dorl sew
cred his connection with the paper
several months ago. The present
editor of the paper is F. F. Schrader,
4 former associate of George Sylves-
Ter Viereck, and for many months
prior to the entrance of the United
States into the war one of the prin-
cipal contributors to Viereck's paper
The Fatherland, which, like Issues
and Events, was one of the stanchest
defenders OF Bernstorff and the Ger
man propaganda in this country.
In it's edition dated Saturday Is
sues and Events will appear with
'front.' cover which shows a salaried
worker trying to escape from a pack
Of hungry dogs. A woman, presum-
ably the mans wife, is crouching be-
side him on the brink of precipice
which is labeled Cost of Living"
One dog is labeled Hunger" and
another Debt" The paper prints
ong article which is captioned" Lord
Northcliffe's Candor."
1T has been hinted," the article
states, that a widespread secret
campaign Is On to reconcile the
American people to annexation in
Palestine and Mesopotamia on the
ground that they have become neces-
sary to defend the Armenians from
he ferocity of the Turks-in other
words. to ween them from their faith
IN the Presidents declarations
against annexations and territorial
iismemberments."
There are other articles, and prac-
tically all of them have a distinctly
'pro-German" twang.-N. Y. Times.
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