The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
Secretary Lansing Bares Details
of Plot Participated in by Count
Won Bernstorff to Bribe Our
National Lawmakers.
WHOLE HISTORY OF TEUToN
INTRIGUE is TO BE Barred
State Department Is Said to Have
a Complete Record of Kaiser S
Duplicity; Additional Chapters
TO be Published.

by Associated rress
Washington, sept. 2I--SccrctnrN
Lansing today made public a, an 49,
founding addition tn the series of dis
closures at Gcrmnn intriEuc~ Ia Amer
ira aud ciscv here Il message sent 10y
Count Nun lBcrnstorif In January Of
this year a. the BCrlin foreign office
rcuuCstin.; authority tu IaiN out $50, 900
tu influence congress through an un-
named organization. but apIarcntl,
known 60 the iicrlin authorities.
Count ,on Bcrn~iurii indicated IN
his iuc~~ugr tltut money had been paid
thi- organization on former occasions
to perform the same work.
Tiic tcNt of thc message. made p;lb-
lie without comment. follows:
- request authnrit, To- pa, uut ur
To S5O.UnO tnftN thousiud) in order
~ IN former orru~ioue 80 influence
congress through the organization YOU
know of. which can pcrldp~ avert
war.
u am beginning Ia the meantime
tu act accordingly.
In tie above circumstances y pub
lie official German declaration Ia Ia
Nur Of ireland T. mghlN desirable. ia
order 20 gain the support ui Irish ia
rurucc~ here"
MY NDD OTHER CHAPTERS.
whether the state department - IN
pu~-c~-ion of other evidence iudicat-
ing the ambassador arti,iuc~ has not
bcru revealed. hut the extraordinary
disclosur,- already made ha,c fixed
the hcIicf tlint agents uf tie uitcd
Statc~ government have collected aud
- ~
dupliciN aud intrigue aud thai addi-
iiunal Chapters win bc added.
Srcrrinr, Lansing adhered tu his
determination not to discuss this lat
est di>Cio-ur, aud refused to reveal
the manner IA which the message 4"
Icrlin came into the ltnud- uf the gov
crumcni Whilr the tinted states
ua- one uf the ncuiig,l~. certain priNi-
Irgcs had been extended to- the Ger
man embassy Ia the transmission of
message hat onl, aitrr thcu contents
had been made known.
"No. thi~ was NOT one that pHs-cd
through thi- go,cruui-ut- chauncl~
of communication was the smiling
reply uG an official AT tie state de-
pIrtmrut when II wa suggested that
Nmba~-ador Brru-tortl mighi have
added tu III dupliciN the rnn> uf
using the uitcd States ~ u tr,u~-
miti"r ot the message. II r. known
that the mc~~Hgc reached iirrliu, hut
whether th" German foreign office
ever WIS able to get - reply Ia Amer
lea i- not known.
OTIIIH INiDI.NtI INIDN IliI.b.
Reference to "Turmcf occasions" ou
which ia" ambassador had asked tur
aud used munrN iu influencing con-
grcs~ Is In line with other evidence
uoW iu possession of tie state depart
m"ul -huwing thr extent tu which,
the German gnNcrumrnt had gone III
building up an organization Tor pro-
paganda ana espionage.
Lutte surprise over the di~'lu~urc'
une manifested ~ the capitol
TN view uf the fact tlHt charge
of large expenditures uf mouc, HI
German propaganda have uot bCci
,icuicd said senator Reed. "thi~ new
evidence q, cumulative. The money
evidently wa- spent u propaganda. D..
~runinr \urri- di-claimcd prr-uua
Lnuwlcdgc ur u~' ur money hN Ger
man Interests ind added
II have heard " repeated" hr said
"that both GCrmaN and iuglan,
used uruc SUM uf money In lhi'
country. ~ other Organization tia
know ur got ~, Gcrmnu munc, ~
az, Other Lind. \~sur"dN 10 Ger
man money wa USED tu influruo" ih,
members at congrc-- Who were again~
war. THE iIcrn-tnrff message wa
scnt you NAV uuticC. ~ lime whcI
President Wilson "n~ ugaiu~t war