The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27

inssomeS instances Of tbeaaNaguest
lure, in others 81 thesmost dan1nirg
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HGssrman i'm
perial government thrOlgh&its repre-
sentatives In q EXPERIMENTATION was
CONCERNED with
sYiolation OF thesIaWsscf the United
States.
sDestruction ofslivea and property in
merchant vessels onSthe high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against
TomentinE ~il-feeling against the
United States IN Mexico
differentiation of American writer's
andslecturers.
ssFfnancing 81 propaganda.
.Mafntenance OF aspySSSsystem un-
der the gMise OF commercial inyest1-
sssnbsidizing 81 4 bureaus FOR the. pur-
pose Of stirring up lah0r troubles in
minition plants. S3s
sThe bombSindustry and other related
activities.
The committee, of which Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels are mem
bers..and George Creel, chairman, has
this ii say concerning Holland:
Holland 4 Way Station.
1T has long been an open secret
that Holland is merely a way station
Tor shipments OF contraband into Ger
many. Here is official confirmation
from the Won Igel records which Would
seem to indicate a. suspicious and con-
fidentiai relation between the Holland
commission, and the German diplomatic
officials accredited to this country, or
possibly a belief by the Germans that
they could not successfully get the mu-
nitions to their own country. The mes
sage In code with interlinear transla-
ton is entered as .A2493.' and headed
German embassy Washington,=B G.,
April s, 1876 1T runs as follows:
&TeIegram from Berlin by secret,
roundabout way for Carl Heysen: Con-
sent sale Holland 300. 900 chests cart
ridges) and zoo tons powder. Please
get in toEchswithz Holland commission.
Sender. war minister, foreign office, in
representative.
1Signed9 ".Hatzfeldt.'"
Prince Hatzfeldt was an official of
the German embassy.
The American lines bu-
sreau OF investigation, the committee
states, an innocent pretending agency,
of the Hamburg-American Steamship
company. Under Paul Koenig. its man
ager, it became an adjunct OF the Ger
man diplomatic secret service. A letter
dated July 20, 1915, from 70. r." one
of its operatives, to 1900" ~1character-
lied by the committee as Captain Won
Papan, former German military at
tache) tells of the payment of $3.50 to
an unnamed person, under peculiar
precautions after the recipient had
made this statement;
II intend to serious damage to
vessels Of the allies leaving ports OF
the United States by placing bombs,
which I am making myself, on board.
These bombs resembly ordinary Jumps
of coal and [ am planning to ave them
concealed in the coal to be laden on
steamers OF the allies"
New fork Judge included.
The following reference to 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 in~terlinear
1913, 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 if supported from Ger
many, otherwise England will be able
to suppress it, even though it be only
after hard struggles. Therefore, help
is necessary: This should consist pri-
marty of aerial attack in England and
!. a diversion Of the fleet simultaneously
with Irish revolution. Then, if possible,
ton in Ireland and possibly some Off
GERS from Zeppelins. This would enable
! the Irish ports be closed against Eng
land and h establishment of stations
for submarines on the Irish coast and
the cutting off of the supply of food
for England. The. services Of the revos
! Luton may therefore be decided there
Tile asks that agreement to this eff
feeble sent to Berlin"
This letter was signed 1912, 1857,
$3.50" and was addressed to Count
Won Bernstorff, imperial Ambassador,
n 49, ss&&sM $3.50 A r.
Irish Rebellion Fomented.
A code message sen to Berlin was
given as follows:s
National Germania insurance con-
tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with proposition.
Necessary steps have been taken.
Henry Neuman."
OK this message the committee has
this to say:
Not 81 innocent and harmless as 1t
looks, for what h message really
means is this:
lessary steps have been taken,.n
The committees statement continues:
the notorious American Truth
society which so strenuously denied its
pro-German associations, figures as in
directly linkedsup with 5~Ger1nany's Sc.
cret representative. This society is still
extant and Jeremiah IA. O'Leary, its
moving spirit, is now the editor OF
"buls" recently shut out of the mails
for publishing seditious matter
Many inyentors,t the committee states
the seized papers show, are represented
as having plans Involving the use OF
devices Of destruction.
An entry list, pure war expenses"
froMsathe Won Igel papers is made pub
lie BY the committee al follows:
Edwin Emerson. $1,000.
.tFair Play (A1r. Braun), $1,000.
j - stHair play Mr. RraunA S1t50O sF