El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-24

and other memoranda ana recoTuS' the
committee says. were found indlca-
tions-in some instances of the vaguest
nature. in others of the most damnlng
conclusfveness- the German I'M
uerial government, through It's repre-
sentatives in a then friendly nation
vas concerned with
Violation Of the laws OF the United
States
Destruction of lives and property
in merchant vessels on the high seas
Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain
United States in Mexico
.-SubOrdination Of American writer's
and lectures. Financing OF propa-
ganda-
Maintained Spy system.
Maintenance of spy system under
the guise of Z commercial lnNesLlsd-
Substituting of a bureau for the
purpose of stirring up labor troubles
in munitiOn plants
The bomb Industry and other re-
The committee. of which secretaries
Lansing Baker and Daniels are mem
hers. and George Creel. chairman. has
this TO say concerning Holland
Holland Commission Involved
ct has long been an open secret
that Holland is merely way station
for shipments Of contra band into Ger
MANY Here is official confirmation
from the Won Igel records which would
seem to indicate suspicious and con-
ffdential relation between the 'HOl-
land commission and the German
Diplomatic officials accredited 20 this
country, or, possibly, a belief by the
Germans that they could not success
fully get the munitions to their own
country. The message in. code with
interliner translation IS entered as
.A2493.' and headed German embassy.
Washington. d. c., april 8, 1916 II
runs as follows
Telegram from Berlin by secret.
roundabout way for Carl Heysen:
Consent sale Holland three hundred
thousand chests cartridges. and two
hundred tons powder. Please get in
touch with Holland commission.
Sender. war minister. foreign office,
in representation
'(Signed) Hatzfeldt
Prince hatfield was an official OF
the German embassy
Payment to Destroy ships.
The neutrality-suspicious. lines bu-
reau of investigation. the committee
states. an innocent pretending
agency was At the outset the secret
service OF the Hamburs-American
Steamship company Under Paul koe-
mig, its manager, II became an aa-
iunct Of the German diplomatic secret
service. A letter dated July 20. 1915,
from 20. p" one of its operatives. 10
1000 characterized by the COM
miJtee as Capt Won Papen, former
German military ATTACHED. tells of the
payment Of $3.50 10 an unnamed person.
under peculiar precautions, after the
recipient had made this statement
Il intend to cause serious damage
TO vessels of the allies leaving ports
of the United States by placing bombs.
which 1 am making myself. on board
These bombs resemble ordinary Jumps
of coal and ] am planning TO have
them concealed in the coal 10 be laden
on steamers Of the allies
Payment to Easement.
Money apparently went from Ger
man sources in the United states
through embassy channels TO Sir
Roger Easement, the Irishman exc
cuted in London.
several lines OF communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured dOcu-
ments." the statement continues.
John Dewey OF New York, now editor
OF the Gaelic American. a violently
anti-British paper, was one Of the act
i've agents OF this connection Signl1l-
cant entries appear here and there
references 10 messages from the Ger
man embassy at Washington and the
German consulate at New York. men
tion OF a secret code TO be employed In
cipher decoy,' also a notation. the
details Of which remain undiscovered,
concerning communication re. manu-
facture hand grenades-
Supreme Judge Suggests Aid to Ireland
The following reference 10 supreme
court justice Daniel F Cohalan of
New York is contained. the committee
states, in a letter found in the Won
Igel papers in cipher with interlinear
translation, dated New York. April II.
1916. numbered 335-16. and inscribed
at the top very secret"
Judge COhalan requests the trans
mission Of the following remarks
The revolution in Ireland can only
be successful II supported from Ger
many. otherwise England Will be able
to suppress il. even though IL be only
after hard struggle Therefore help
Is necessary. This should consist pri-
u.arily Of aerial attack in England and
diversion OF the fleet simultaneously !
with Irish revolution Then, If posi- l
bic, landing Of troops, arms and am /
munttion in ireland, and, possibly. !
some officers from Zeppelins- This
would enable the Irish ports to be ;
closed against England and the es- !
Enlistment of stations for submarines I
On the Irish coast and the cutting off I
OF the supply of food for England. :
The services of the revolution may, ]
therefore. decide the war
He asks thar a telegram TO this J
effect be sent to Berlin"
This letter was signed "5132-S16f- !
O230,' and was addressed TO count /
Won Bernstorff, imperial ambassa- /
dor. Washington. D. c.
Irish Consent to Plot.
a code message sent to Berlin was .
given as follows:
National Germania insurance con-
tract certainly promised. Executor /
is evidently satisfied with proposition 1
Necessary steps have been taken.
Henry Neuman."
OF this message the committee has .
this to say:
Not as innocent and harmless as
it looks, for what the message really
means il this; Irish agree to propo-
sition. The necessary steps have been
taken
"ReveIatiOn" As 10 Mexico.
Information carefully and extern
sively set forth in the secret docu-
ments of the German officialdom was
sometimes wide Of the facts. For ex-
ample, a lengthy memorandum of
March 1, 1916, transmitted by the
secret agent, Capt Boehm. dealing
with the Mexican crisis, appears to
have been largely the work of some
fervid and protective Imagination.
1T predicts that the president viii
attribute MexicO's anti-American ac-
tivities to German money, and in
citement: that he Will call upon con-
gress to support him in radical meas
ures (the prophet even attempts to
paraphrase the language to be en-
ployed in the message): that congress
Will endorse the presidents stand.
following which upward Of $50 Ger
man spies and agents were to be ar
rested and the ambassadors Of the [