Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-07

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 the embassy since the beginning of the
 war and was bound as such by con-
 tract to June 23, 1918.
 i Hearst the ambassadors message
 sald 'ls not aware that Hale is our
 agent, but knows him only as a Ger
 manophife journalist who has contri- 1 buted leading articles to papers" | Following is the message of June 2.
 sent by Bernstorf through Buenos
 Aires and Stockholm.
 l Tn conformity to Your Excellency's
 wish l suggest that the present is a i favorable time to get Hearst to send d
 first rate journalist to Berlin. Tho i man selected, w. B. Hale, has been, as
 Your EXcellency knows, since the be-
 ginning of the war a confidential agent Of the embassy, and as such, has been bound by contract until June 23, | IBIS. In making this arrangement, the | main idea was that Hale would be the most suitable man to start the reor- | ganlzation of the news service after
 peace on the right lines.
 Il request full cofidence may be ac- corded to Hale who will bring with a letter of recommendation from me 70 pr. Hammat. Hearst is not aware that Hale is our agent, but knows
 nm only as Germanophile journalist who has contributed leading articles to papers,"
 Another message dated June ,. 1916 said:
 AHale tells me and Hearst confirms, that the latter is rather hurt that on Wiegand's account the world gets all the important Berlin interviews. l recommend that under suitable cir cumstances Hale should, for obvious reasons, be given preference, as Hearst organs have during the course of war always placed themselves out spokenly on our side"
 Bielaski said Germany never suc- ceeded ill seducing an American off, cial Eff we except Congressman Buch- anan, of Illinois, who got mixed up with Von Rinteleu in labor's peace council"
 MT. Bielaski told the committee that in October 1914 Bernstorff wrote a letter addressed to Albert and Dern- berg in which he said the Washington Post was offered to him for S2000,- 900. This offer was made he said, with the understanding that the Post own- CTS would buy the paper back at the end of the war for $1,5O0,0O0.
 A communication from Dr. Fuehr to German foreign office dated August ?, 1916, said the Post had been friend ly to Germany up to that time, but re- gently had shown indications "of join in gthe enemy" The change was at- tributed by Fuehr to the Russian am- bassador, and he said the policy had changed since the death of the late John R. Mclean.
 In a letter to Bernstorff, Fuehr said the Washington Post may be lost to us if it cannot be put in the hands of Mir Hearst"
 Bielaski said former Mayor Mcclure of Syracuse received S14,000 from Albert for pamphlets and for the or ganization of Irish societies. He - Mcclure worked among religious or ganizations and that Dernburg's notes on meeting of the propaganda com mittee showed Dernbyrg had said most of the Catholic publications would not publish anti-German mat ter,
 From the diary of Dr. Karl A. Fuehr a German agent brought to America by von Bernstorff, was produced a a paper labelled important list of names,' which Mr. Bielaski said con- tains practically all who were activ- ely pro-German prior to our entrance in the war and few who were active afterwards"
 From Dr. Fuehr's diary notes were read telling of conference between Dr.. Hale and von Bernstorff. Accompany ing Dr. Hale was Louis D. Edwards, also sent by Dr. Hearst, who later, according to Mir. Bielaski discovered Dr. Hale still was in the pay of the German government "Is there any evidence to show that that MT. Hearst knew Dr. Hale had contract with the German gOvern- ment?' asked Senator Overman. "No, on the contrary" the witness replied, Ambassador Bernstorff' s diary shows Hearst did not know" ," was the reply.
 A prisoner named Wuennenber gat Atlanta penitentiary convicted of espionage, according to MT. Bielaski, informed the department of justice that in going to Germany a special
 mission of Dr. Hale was to arrange in
 transmitting his news dispatches, to /! include messages for German officials I in this country.
 MT. Bielaski was interrupted to ask if the German agents in this country
 had ever succeeded ill swerving any
 government officials and he answer ed:
 "No, it is a Remarkable record. The Germans always thought that by get ting some one inside or high up they
 could do something. The record shows no American official ever was seduced 1 if we except Congressman Buchanan
 of Illinois, who got mixed up with
 Von Rintelen in the labor peace
 council"
 l Many books and pamphlets showing
 German propaganda eforts were pro- duced by MT. Bielaski. 1 In recommending Hale as a publl-
 city agent, Bernstorff told the foreign
 office that Hale had interviewed the
 former emperor in 1908, that he had
 written a life of President Wilson
 which was used in the 1916 campaign sA