Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-06
Federal Agent BareS
German Propaganda
Plot In This Country
Many Educators And A Mum.
Der OF Newspaper Men Al
legged To Have Worked
With Bernstorf In Interest
OF Germans.

Washington. Dec. Elm telling his
story of German propaganda in
America. A. Bruce Bielaski, chief Of
the bureau Of investigation Of the de-
partment of justice. today laid before
the senate committee cablegrams ex-
changed in 1916 by Count Won Berns-
torff, then ambassador here, and the
Berlin foreign Office.
One of Bernstorn's messages urged
that special favor be shown William
Bayard Hale, an American about to
visit Berlin as a newspaper CORE
spondent, because he was employed
by the Hearst organs which, the mes
sage said, had outspokenly placed
themselves on the German SIDE"
Bielaski told the committee that
Hale was on the Hearst payroll for
| $500 week, and also was employed
| at $4,000 a year by a publicity or
ganiza ton formed in this country by
DR.. Bernard Dernburg, the German
propaganda.
Bielaski said Germany never sue
ceeded in seducing an American ofi-
cial. "if we except Congressman
Buchanan Of Illinois, who got mixed
up with Won Rintelen in Labor's
Peace Council"
Hale, according to Bielasli. was
paid by the German government to
|
vent entrance of that nation into the
war. Mr.. Hearst, Bielaski said, was
ignorant of Hale's employment on the
! latter mission.
Suggesting on June 2, 1916, that
the time was favorable ''to get Hearst
to send first rate journalist to Ber-
lin," Bernstorff told the foreign Of
fee that the man selected was Hale.
who he said had been a confidential
a hoc cSy y, hnO fvn-
ming of the war and was bound as
such by contract to June %. 1918.
Hearst" the ambassadors mes
sage said. sis not aware that Hale is
our agent, but knows him only as
Germanophile Journalist who has con-
tributed leading articles to papers"
Bernstorn's Message.
Following is the message of June
2. sent by Bernstorn through Buenos
Aires and Stockholm:
i I'm conformity with your excel
iency's wish suggest,that,the present
Is a favorable time to get Hearst to
send first rate journalist to Berlin.
The man selected, w. B. Hale. has
tbeef1:1-as4 your exce1iency knows; since
the beginning of the war, confiden-
tial agent of the embassy, and as such
has been bound by contract till June
%. 1918. In making this arrange
would be the most suitable man to
start the reorganization of the news
service after peace on the right lines
Il request full confidence may be
accorded to Hale who will bring with
him letter of recommendation from
me to DR.. Hammat Hearst is not
aware that Hale is our agent, but
knows him only as Germanophile
journalist who has contributed lead.
ing articles to papers"
Another message dated June 3,
1916. said:
Hale tells me and Hearst con-
firms, that the latter is rather hurt
gets all the important Berlin inter-
views. I recommend that under suit
able circumstances Hale should, for
obvious reasons. be given preference,
as Hearst organs have during the
course of the war always placed
themselves outspokenly on our side
From the diary Of DR.. Karl A.
America by Won Bernstorff. was pro-
duced a paper labeled, Important
list of Names" which. Mr.. Bielaski
said, contains practically all who
were actively pro-German prior to
our entrance in the war and a few
who were active afterwards"
} Men Implicated.
The list follows:
Prof. William R. Shepherd. Co
lunbia university; Prof. Hugo Muen-
sterburg, Harvard university: Prof.
William NJ. Sloane. Columbia univer-
sity: DR.. Edmund Won Mach. Cam
bridge, Mass; DR.. Auth Won Briesen,
New York: Prof. John W. Burgess
Newport r. L.; Prof. Eugene Smith
Columbia university; Prof. n. C.
Sanborn. Vanderbilt university: Prof
]. G. Mcdonald, University of Indi-
ana: Prof. Ferdinand Scheull Uni
versity of Chicago: E. c. Richardson
Princeton university; Prof. Kuno
Francke. Harvard university; Prof
George B. McClelland. Princeton uni
versity; Prof. A. B. Faust, Cornell
university: Prof. Morris Jastrow. Jr.
University of Wisconsin,; DR.. Walter
McNeill. Richmond: DR.. David Starr
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