Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-07
9FC0RD SHOWS NO AMERICAN OFFICIAL WAS
 SEDuCED BY PROPAGANDETS EXCEPTING BjCnAN0k"
Notes From Diaries of German Agents Stated That Pub- lie Opinion Was Most Important and Every Courtesy Be Shown American Cor
 respondents in Germany
Washington, Dec. 5.-Confidential

Washington, Dec. 5.-Confidential rcerds of the department of justice dealing with the activities Of Ger man agents and others in the United States, were placed today before the senate committee Investigating brew eB and German propaganda by A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the depart ment's bureau of Investigation.
 They dealt with correspondence of Count Von Bernstroff, former German Ambassador, and others concerning | the possible purchase of the Washing : to Post and other newspapers; the sending of William Bayard Hale to German as correspondent of the Hearst newspapers; described by von Dernstorff as having "outspokenly placed themselves on the German side' with suggestions of fomenting trouble between the United States and Japan as a means of stopping muni- tons shipments to the allies.
 MT. Bielaski told the committee that under date of October IT, 1914, Count Won Bernstorff sent this mes age from Washington to Dr. Bernard Delnberg and Heinrich F. AlberA Germans propaganda agents in New York:
 "The Washington Post was offered me today for s2,00O,O0O with the un- erstanding to buy it back again af- ter the war for a million and a half 4 second offer was to put the paper entirely at our disposal for two months for $1OO,OOO. The paper is of importance as the only large newspa- per of the capital. How do you stand on the question of money? 1 have not yet inquired at Berlin
 There was nothing to show any re- ly was made, but MT. Bielaski said that under date of October 27th, 1916, the German Ambassador sent this message to the Berlin foreign office h cipher:
 Tn the official accounts for the ms. and second quarters of 1916, will found entries of payments to MT. Theodore Lowe. As to this have to report that this gentleman is of Ger man origin and is married to Ger man lady. He offered us his services work on paper in Washington, 'e National Courier. This offer came 'he time we were deeply regretting N death of John R. Mclean. This sa'eman had given his newspaper entlre anti-British character so aa' hls death left a great gap which ae National Courier can unfortun- .sly never hope to fill. The Wash pglon Post has since then been fairly ss!.ai, but may be entirely lost to
 II cannot, as is very much de- su' oe put into the hands of MT. vnder date of August 2, 1916, Mir. ..s.asN said this communication was ~ 10 the Berlin foreign office, and s signed by Dr. H. K. Fuehr, a sasr consular agent in the Orient 1914: '0" '"'7' 'S
 me Washington Post, whose neu- N. ast.ude toward the belligerents
 ns the present war, has won for no, "@m recognition from the Ger s.a., .n sloe, has of late materially n, saseo its tone in questions of Flu
 1ra pohtics, and seems fairly on ssrxay sr to join our enemies.
 k. rpm e reliable sources, I learn that n,.;a ;saahge Of front is due to the Ifs.a fss.aa n ambassador in Washington. ml aSe 2 ene death of it's former owner, lSs, I \. Mclean. the Washington aon % together with the Cincinnati en ser, as came into the hands of the
 VI ene first mentioned, on whom ad ta tsu9t Madame Bakhmetieff, is sMs M" nave great influence.
 sas,s, ss. Mclean, IT,, inaugurated his Aetor Aet.p ol oy naming as editorial di-
 b ba . one Bill Sturgeon, who is said
 Poh British subject, and a nephew (adsrs del. T. Porter, one of the chief Asas,ol s or the Northcliffe ring"
 M Mr n. communication produced su v,. aaelask and alleged to have tN.ww wn5ten W by Samuel Untermyer ss fork, to Albert, in February es yos ycSlt With the purchase of a
 rh.- -s.k M paper for $2,O00.OOO.
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