The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-23
GERMAN INTRIGUtS-
CONTINUED from Page Three.l

June 1. 1915, which would make the
date referred to the early summer oil
1919 a certain attack was MADE
against him over commercial matters
In Great Britain. and 1t was only by
appealing to the United States De-
partment Of State and a writ OF ha-
beas corpus before the Lord CHIEF
Justice Of England that he escaped
successfully = He was in Eng
l,nd and France at the outbreak OF
the war; he has access to the great
sources OF British and French official
informant ton. He wants to go across
to Europe and serve secretly for Ger
many"
SPY SYSTEM A MARVEL
OF GERMAN COMPLETENESS
OF the completeness and skill OF
Gerr,any's spy system in this country.
glimpse liz afforded through the
voluminous correspondence OF Or.
Theo. Otto, of Allentown. Pa. DR..
otto.a special concern WAS to ascer+
=of-tase-coHtracts@
munitions and arms upon which the
various factories In the neighborhood
were engaged and report them to the
German embassy. His work was such
as to earn him special commentator,
for which he expresses himself In
one Of his letters as duly appreciative.
He was able. he states. I'm my capa-
city as physician to establish rela-
tons with officiais of almost all of the
nnA1itions factories situated in this
Vicinity Either Or. Otto substitutes
fancy for fact or he was able to OBJ
tain curiously exact Information in
many instances such as the number
of foreign Government inspectors;
the character. caifber, and quantity
OF guns ordered by foreign Govern
raents: and other valuable details. OF
@t~ r~,-o rx@v {ar ~
town, he writes in April OF last year;
An English Inspector is present In
the department, and he most rigor-
ously tests the work; but l was as
sured that he seemed to be incompe-
tent. tnasmuch he had been repeat
eddy duped. Obviously the mana ge-
rnent OF the concern attaches impor-
lance to creating belief that all pro-
tectiles being produced were intend
ed for the United States Government"
This, he comments, la helied by the
presence Of foreign Government in
spectors.
In these activities there was of
course. nothing Illegal Or. Otto is
still practicfhg his profession In Allen
town. He claims TO be AN American
citizen. though hts claim is not clear.
and declares himself thoroughly loyal
to this country.
Closely related TO and TO some ex-
tent under the guidance OF Won Igei
was the German and Austro- Hungar-
tan Labor Information and Relief Blu
reau, with central headquarters at 1873
Liberty street, New York City. and
branches in Cleveland, Detroit.
Bridgeport, Pittsburgh. Philadelphia,
and Chicago. The head Of this enter,
prise was Hans Iiehau. from whom IL
took its Familiarity accepted name Of
the 'LAebau Employment Agency"
During the trying days which follow
ed the arrest OF the Weiland Canal
conspirators 1t was unwaveringly as
serted that the Liebau concern was a
bona fde employment agency and
nothing else. with no object other
than to secure positions for German.
Austrian, or Hungarian workmen
seeking employment That was for
publication only. In Won 1gers papers
the truth appears, brought cut by the
refusal of the Austro-Hungarian EN-
hassy TO continue its subsidies TO the
bureau
PROOF OF AUSTRIAN
AMBASSADORS COMPLETELY
That the Austro~ Hungarian en-
bassy had taken official cognizance Of
the bureau previously. however Is
disclosed in the letter written by the
ambassador to the Austro- Hungarian
minister for foreign affairs which was
found In the possession OF James r.
J. Archibald by the British authori-
ties August 80. 1918, In this letter
the ambassador stated:
TT In my impression that eve can
diSorgantze and hold up for months,
IL not entirely prevent. the ssaAnufse-
t1re OF munitions In Bethlehem and
the Middle West which, IN the opin-
lon OF the German military attache, Is
OF importance and amply outweighs
the comparatively small expenditure
Of monsy involved: but even II the
STRIKES do not come off II liz probable
that we should extort. under pressure
OF circumstances, more favorable con-
dttsons OF labor for our poor. down
tyodden fellow country1nen So far as
German workmen are found In the
skilled hands. means OF leaving will
DO provided immediately for them.
Besides this, private German en-
rloyment ONCE has been esta hlished
which provides employment for per-
sons who have voluntarily given up
their places, and II is already working
we'll. We shall also Join in. and the
widest support Is assured us'
The following representations on
behalf OF tho bureaus efficiency were
made. under date OF March ~. 1915.
In letter to the Germa ambassador
Won Bernstorff:
Engineers and persons in the bet
means of their own, were persuaded
by the propaganda OF the bureau to
leave war material factories
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 con-
ttnues in reviewing later conditions in
the munitions industry
The commercial employment bt-
reaus OF the country have no supply
OF unemployed technicians - -
Many disturbances and Suspensions
which war material factories have
had to suffer and which 1t was not
always possible 10 remove quickly hut
which, on the contrary, often lead to
long strikeo. may be attributed to the
energetic propaganda of the employ
nent bureau"
Won Igefs close connection with
the enterprise is indicated By a num-
Der of items. For example, there
Ia notation tn the effect that H Han
son had established a Iiebau branch
once In Detroit. an entry ar $50 pa Id
70 DR.. Max Niven. Of Chicago, in
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