New-York tribune., 1918-12-19
Netc York T,Sbune
WASHINGTON Buredu

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.--When Gem
eral Allenby's cavalry swung shut the
doors of the trap that caught the Turk
ish armies in Palestine last fall GER
tain German officer, not unfamiliar to
Americans, escaped from Nazareth al
most literally in his shirt. He left be-
hind his personal papers. The British
army got them, translated them and
transmitted to American officers such
as seemed of interest to America.
This agile German was Captain
Franz Won Papen, sometime military
attache to Won Bernstortf, German spy
master, propagandist and terrorist, who
left America by special request. Copies
of his papers were put into the Senate
record of the Overman committee, in
vestigating German propaganda, by
Major E. Lowry Humes, its counsel, to-
day.
The papers, all dated subsequent to
Won Papen's departure from America,
include letters discussing the eAmeri-
can situation from such men as Dern-
burg, Albert and Boy Ed, who left with
Won Papen and others of the German
agents. They comment on American
politics and contain denial from
Dernburg that Germany opposed Will
sons reelection, though he apparently
~-oes not like the President.
Agents Had Quarrelled
They reveal for the first time some
of the troubles of the Kaiser's mem
here, their personal quarrels and dis !
appointments, their contempt for Amer |
leans and their opposition to some of
the policies their government adopted |
One speaks Of American indignation at
their activities as fully justified"
Particularly interesting is a report
which very sharply critcises the work !
of Boy-Ed and Won Papen. This was
sent to Papen by Boy-Ed. with testy
letter, in which he suggested that half
a dozen friends get the author into
dark part of the Gruenwaid, where,
Boy-Ed says, considering the by no
means inconsiderable figure which his
pothouse, broadened figure offers, it
should prove by no means difficult for
ME to hit my adversary"
This report is undated 1t appar-
entity is by man named Hossenfelder,
and came into Boy-Ed's hands through
the kindness of the wife Of Wolf Won
Igel.
Parts OF it follow:
Extracts From Letter
Besides, these three chief ad-
visers of the ambassador, the at
tach6s, naval Captain Boy-Ed and
Captain Won Papen, also had influ-
ence on the political attitude of the
ambassador BoyEd may be a cara
Die navy officer, and at all events an
unobj character. In any
case, he is q born pessimist, who al
ways lets his head hang down. He
was always seeing spectres, and di-
rectly an unfavorable report came in
he would run around with a face full
of care, and had sleepless nights. He
considered the odds against US too
great, and suffered much under the
dreadful attitude of this country 1t
came to that, that he got engaged to
lady of conservative American
family. Conservative means pro-
Ally, and SO the pessimistic horn was
blown from that side, too.
He also did other silly things that
are lncomprehensible. He let himself
INTO 1t with worthless fellow named
Stahl, in that he presented evidence
70 the German government, in which
the man swOre that the Lusitania
was armed. The evidence was used
IN the GermanAmerican exchange of
notes, and, as England energetically
contested the charge that the vessel
was armed, and they went for Stahl
here, he fell right into it and it
turned out that it all hung upon the
pure imagination of the seemingly
hystericai Stahl
Made Fresh Mistake"
Then Herr Boy-Ed made fresh
mistake when he addressed a com
munication to the American people
before his departure, in which he
affirmed that he was being sent homo
guiltless. That w.s already in it.
sell improper ard must have Offend
ed @ the government in Washington,
ihen, however, he enters on bound
less lack of circumspection. attack
ing in this communication the
American press in general, and THE
providence Journal in particular.
and expressing his opinion that the
existing press conditions need to he
improved, and that it was necessary
20 prohIblt the press from calumni-
P0oP.0 WITHOUT 1OunCatiOn and
dragging them in the mud.
Il have never understood how
German officer could so lower him"
self as to honor this dirty company
with word.
AS could have been seen. tho
paper, on the following day fell all
over him, and sent him series of Of
0NuaIigarities on board by wireless.
liners called him q liar and such,
are the parting words which Laun
hung on in the public mind and not
me words OF his communication.
Arrangements Childish
Herr Won Papen's career closed
With quite a disaster. Ha wes
charged with being concerned in the ,
many explosions in the munitions