The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-28

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sition. Italy was sending to this conn
Try a delegation to impress this i'm
peratiye necessity Of ships, coal an6
supplies for her army just about to
enter Its greatest offensive.
Russia was turbulent. German in.
fluence thought 1t was about to rean
It's coveted prize of disrupted enemy
10 the east. The Russian armies were
reported on the point of revolt and re-
treat. The people themselves were in
a turmoil
Germany had pushed into the enemy
country. Entrenched and fortified she
feit that Russia's effectiveness as an
ally was ended. Japan was too far
away to be of material, monetary aid.
With this situation before her. Ger
many felt that she could win through
her submarine campaign, which was to
pc pushed to extremities of inhumanity
never before heard of In warfare. Her
propagandists In this country had been
nara at work when on January % Pres
ident Wilson sent his address to CON
gress. He appealed to the warning ma
uons TO enter into peace negotiations.
lie sought peace without victory"
Then Count Won Bernstorff sent his
message. 1t was said today that 1t did
not go direct from the German en-
-bassy here, but that it passed through
some neutral nation. The possibility
OF Sweden having been used in this
instance as she had been in others
was suggested, but no reply was forth
coming from the state department Of
fieials.
Secretary Lansing would not say
when the United States came into DOS
session of the messages, but the fact
that the state department has had it
for some time and that it followed the |
others in which Sweden was implicat-
ed led to belief that there was a con-
nection between this message and |
some Sewdish channel.
5ernstorff Had Been Suspected.
Count Won Bernstorff has been sus-
pected before of influencing the Ger |
man propaganda here. In the attempts |
to blow up ammunition plants through |
out the country in the plot to destroy |
the Weelland canal and other schemes
to hamper the allies work in this coun- |
try, there was always the suspicion |
that the men higher up who were |
sought included the ambassador. But |
the first time the ambassadors name |
was brought out was when Albert Fay |
and his companion, Scholtz, were ar |
rpSfaI i'm TInholo,1 a ao,,e,nl - oAto.x,nA
ing TO blow up American ships that |
werb carrying ammunition to the al |
lies.
The government secret service |
agents seized several hundred pounds |
of high explosives. Fay said he had |
intended to blow off the rudders of the |
vessels, but 1t was shown that his in
fernal machines would have taken off |
about forty feet of the vessels.
Fay said that when he came here |
he reported 20 Captain Boy-Ed and |
Capt. Franz Won Papen. attaches of the |
German embassy. He said they knew |
of his plans, but they had given him
no orders.
Boy-Ed and Won Papen were in con-
slant touch with the ambassador and |
the government investigators felt that |
1t was inconceivable that the ambassa-
dor was not fully aware of what was |
being done. Various instances of de- |
struction of sugar cargoes shipped to
the allies We're also traced back TO Ger
man influence in high circles.
Department of justice officials init |
mated that the Investigations of the i
National Labor Peace council had led |
IT, evidence that possibly 1t was the |
Organization You know Of" This was
broken up by the government and |
three of the ringleaders were sent to
prison.
Marshall Voices General Resentment.
In voicing the general resentment in
congress over disclosures of Count Won
Bernstorffs message, Vice President I
Marshall gave out a statement declar- |