The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04

. . lie was In England and France |
at the outbreak Of the war; he has ac'
cess to the great Sources OF British and |
French official information. He wants t.
go across 10 Europe and serve secretly |
for Germany"
Here's Pseudo Labor Agency.
Closely related to and to some extent |
under the guidance OF Won Igel was the |
German and Austro- Hungarian labor |
Information and relief bureau. with |
central headquarters at 1886 Liberty |
street. New York city. and branches In
Cleveland. Detroit Bridgeport. Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia and Chicago. The
head OF this enterprise was Hans Lie
bau. from whom II took It's famillarly
accepted name OF the "Llebau Employ
ment agency"
That the Austro Hungarian embassy
had taken official cognlzance OF the bu-
reau Is disclosed In the letter written
by the ambassador to the Austro- Hun
garlan minister for foreign affairs
which was found in the possession OF
James i. j. Archibald by the British
authorities August 30. 1915.
After Ammunition Plants.
In this letter the ambassador stated:
1T Is my impression that we can dis
o!ganlze and hold up for months II not
entirely prevent. the manufacture OF
munitions In Bethlehem and the middle
West, which. In the opinion of the Ger
man military attache. is of Importance
and amply outwelghs the comparative
ly small expenditure OF money involved;
but even II the strikes do not come of
II Is probable that we should extort.
under pressure OF circumstances. more
favorable conditions of labor for our
poor. downtrudden fellow countrymen.
80 far as German workmen are
found In the skilled hands. means OF
leaving will be provided Immediately
for them. Besides this, a private Ger
man employment Office has been estab-
lished which provides employment for
persons who have voluntarily given up
their places. and 1t is already WORKING
well. We shall also join In, and the
widest support is assured u.s.
The following representations on be-
half OF the bureaus efficiency were
made. under date of March "a. 1916, in
"A letter to the German ambassador. Won
Bernstorff.
Engineers and persons in the better
class OF positions. and who had means
OF their own, were persuaded by the
propaganda of the bureau to leave war
material factories"
Cause Of Strikes.
The report comments with uncon-
cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns innocently wrote the
bureau for workmen (Which. OF course.
were not furnished) and continues in
reviewing later conditions in the muni-
tions industry.
THE commercial employment bureaus
OF the country have no supply Of unem-
ployed technicians. Many dis
turbances and suspensions which war
material factories have had to suffer
and which II was not always possible
to remove quickly. but which. on the
contrary. often led to long strikes.
may be attributed to the energetic
propaganda OF the employment bureau"
Won Igels close connection with the
enterprise is indicated by a number of
Items. For example. there is nota-
ton to the effect that ii. Samson had
established a Liebau branch Office In
| Detroit, an entry of $50 paid to DR.. Max
| Niven OF Chicago in February, 1913. for
the labor fund" and an inquiry ad
dressed by a bureau official to Won lgel.
asking whether the Bosch magnetic
works manufactured fuses for shells.
| the bureau having evidently been ap-
piled to for workmen for the Bosch
| plant The reply, in the negative,
| stated that the company was "univer-
/ sally known for its friendly attitude
| for the Germans"
John Dewey and "lrlsh Revolution"
Several lines of communication be-
! tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
| are indicated in the captured docu
ments. John Dewey of New York city.
| now editor of the Gaelic American a
| violent antl-Brltish paper, was one of
the active agents OF this connection.
Significant entries appear here and
| there; references to messages from the
| German embassy at Washington and
the German consulate at New York;
mention of a secret code to be employed
in communicating with him and of a
! "cipher Devoy;" also a notation, the
! details OF which remain undiscovered
| concerning Communication re manu-
facture hand grenades."
| Dewey II was who acted, for a time at
least. as go-betwcen for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roger
Easement, executed by the British for
treason. There are several references
10 money and messages for Sir Roger
easement. or. more briefly "R. c." and
one record of check for $1,000 for Case
ment. evidently handled by Dewey.
Letters to Bernstorff.
Devoy's intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
/ to Ambassador NOll DC lloNulllt NiS NSANo
of which follow:
New York, April s.. 1916.
The following communication from
| confidential man John Dewey was duly
transmitted:
Letter dated March o. delayed by
censor, seems conclusive that first mes
senger arrived safe with proposal to send
supplies and that cable was suppressed
Second also safe. Third, with change OF
plans. due about April l5."
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatcher 10 Sii
| Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible All fund:
sent home. Sister and NJ. S family we'll
Should Sir Roger be absent or Ill, ther
J. d. requests that the telegram be de-
livered to John Monteith.
X. N. st.
To His Excellency. the Imperial Ambas
sador Count Won Bernstorff. Washing
ton. d. c.
New York, April Is. 1916.
Herewith inclosed a report re
ceIved by us today from John Dewey
Kindly order further steps to be taken.
The important parts of the report wer'
sent there today per telegram Is. copy
= To the Imperial Ambassador, Count Noi
Bernstorff, Washington, d. c."
As to i.rrest of Roger Easement.
In view of the involvement of thes'
prominent Irish-American leaders in th
Easement plot and its German ramihca
tions. 1t Is little to be wondered at tha
, they should have endeavored to shoul
, der upon the American government tn
, responsibility for the arr st of Easement
The Gaelic American, De7oy's paper, an
the sympathetic German-American pres
charged this government with having. o.
the strength OF information obtained fror
, the seized Won Igel papers, advised tn
! British government of the revolutionar
:, plot and Easements part therein.
The department of state and the de