Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-04
Fun AGITATORS BUSY IN
A .GENTINA AND URUGUAY
Spend Huge Sums TO Promote
Kultur; u. S. Reveals Plot
Evidence 70 Naon.
BY A=socia,ed Press % Every Evening

ny Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Bucnps Aroq. March belief that
German agitator- etill src using large stWs
of German uDucy transferred from New
York to foncnt revolutionary labor
troubles III Argentina and Uruguay -
widespread ln both countries II has
been stated in government circles here
that Ambassador Naon was bringing
from Washington proofs ~ he activity
II German agents IN fostering consplracies
against The governments os those two
South American countries and Brazil
If is widely believed here that both
Argentina and fuglIay have been kept in
continual turmoil through labor troubles
and anarrhisiic outbreaks SOLELY for the
purpose of interfering with any assistance
they are able ~ give the Entente Allies
and with the object of indirectly affecting
the Allied cause by seriously damaging
the financial condition ~ Alhed industries
which have been established in these
two rcpubhc-
FUNDS sENr FRpH >fw YORK.
Argentine officials have received ~
hcial information regarding large deposit
az German funds \ New York which were
transferred 70 South america when the
-nIted states was on the brink Of war
L beng apparent that the money could
be used u better advantage in neutral
countries These funds were sent TO Rio
dc .JaneIru Mnntevideo. Lama, Santiago
de Chile and Buenos Aires, with the largest
deposits centered in this city The Buenos
Aires fund alone II one time Is said 10
have reached balance of 25,0O0,0OO
marks. distributed among several Ger
man banking houses here.
IL is stated that amounts Of this money
were spent for the purchase of arms and
ammunition for use IN Brazil and it IS
frankly admitted, even in Brazil, that
only the entrance Of Brazil into the war
put definite end to these plans.
While these plans were solely military
| az far as Brazil was concerned, the German
| agitators in Uruguay and Argentina have
/ been content to spend their money keep
/ ing laborers and anarchists busy in then
/ work OF DESTRUCTION 1t Is believed here
/ that most Of the agltatIons, have been lee
| by German agents who came here from
/ The United States and that one seriOu!
! railroad strike in Argentina was en-
! gineered by the same German subiec
who attempted a similar paralyzatlon o
| traffic IN the nited States.
OUTBREAK At PAcKING HOUSE.
iEc IESl -CElOQS DAADItdk BA LAAA
kind vas at the American packing house
in Monteyideo This strike was suddeI
and entirely Unexpected and the govern
nent was puzzled at the length Of tIm
during winch apparently penniless labor
ers we're able 10 hold ont in the unusua
and unreasonable demands hat had beel
framed for them BY the strike agitatoTs.
These labor tfoIbles soon spread acros
the river into Argentina and the Countr.
has not been free Of more or less serIou
uprisings among laborefs and anarchist
for the last four months. Property ha
been destroyed, soldiers and innOcen
people shot down and many acres 0
crops burned. In several instances, e
pecially in the case OF packing houS
strikes. not one employee of the companie
affected has been represented On the strik
committees that visited the managers.
There are evidences that AmbaSSado
NaOn has kept in close touch with th
American Department Of State regaTdin
German activities in Argentina and III
people here were looking forward 10 ne
/ exposures when he met President Irigoye
! on returning from Washington