New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Germany Subsidized
Editor Here, Says King

sentiment, but for the purpose Of In
fluencing the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. A day or two ago pub
LEGATION was made that the former Ger
man Ambassador at Washington had
asked for a large sum Of money for use
III this country.
Everybody who Is familiar with
current affairs and has followed the
sinister and Shiny course of Germany
and German diplomacy here and else
where was not at all astounded at
this revelation. / can state. and am
confident that | am within the bounds
of truth, that more revelations will
soon be made public, indicating the
intrigues and cabals and the crimi-
nal conspiracies of Germany-and
Austrian this country against the
tranquility and peace Of our nation
and for the purpose Of embroiling this
country in war"
ing how both Germany and Austria
had been engaged in substituting pub
LEGATIONS in this country. The first
revelations concerned Marcus Braun
and the magazine Fair Play" of
which Braun was the editor. 1t was
proved that Braun and Fair Play"
had received not less than $4,000 from
the German Embassy in Washington.
The first paper read by Senator King
in these exhibits was n Photographic
copy of check for $4,000 drawn on
the Riggs National Bank, of Washing
ton, April l6, 1916. II was made pay
able to the Fair Play" Printing and
Publishing Company. and was Endorsed
to that company by J. p. Bryan. The
words, German Embassy, Washing
ton" were printed in the left hand cor
ner Of the check, which was signed
by 2. Schmid.
A Photographic copy Of receipt for
$1,000 was next introduced. II read:
Received $1,000 Zone thousand FIVE
hundred dollars) from German En-
bassy, Washington, d. c., May 3, 1915.
MARCUS BRAUN"
Letter form was adopted for a Sec
end receipt, which was as follows:
New York, April 10, 1915.
To His Excellency Count Johann V.
Bernstorff, Imperial German En-
bassy, Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: We are very pleased to
acknowledge the receipt of your check
this morning for two thousand dollars
and to thank you for the same, to-
gether with the other subscription of
one thousand dollars, given some time
ago.
Thanking you again, we are.
Yours very truly,
FAIR PLAY"
Per J. P. Bryan.
This was apparently the receipt for
the check mentioned before. Still an
-. l.E ~, AoA
did not mention a specific sum of
money. It said:
81 beg to acknowledge the receipt Of
your kind letter of the 18th inst, to-
gether with the Enclosure"
The paper on which this was written
carried at the top the name of Marcus
Braun as editor of Fair Play" 1t
was dated April 20, 1915, and there was
noted on it number of words in Ger
man. countersigned by the secretary of
the German Embassy at Washington
and sealed with the official seal OF Ger
many.
After thus showing the relations be-
tween Marcus Braun and Fair Play"
Senator King took up the work of the
Austrian Embassy in substituting the
press. In this case the revelations
dealt with Rumanian paper, "Des-
teaptate Romano; a Polish paper,
Telegram Codzienny"; "The American
Hungarian Daily" Of New York, and
the "Illustrovani List"
The letter concerning the Rumanian
paper was sent from Lenox, Mass, Sep
TENDER &c, 1915, and bore in the upper
left hand corner of the sheet the note,
"Rumanian newspaper Desteaptate, to
report number 14,47O confidential, from
September Is, 1915, check for $780,"
The letter was to the Austrian Con-
sui General at New York and said:
an reference to the above report