The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-22
how THE SINKING OF THE LUsITANIA WAS
PLOTTED AND ACHIEVED - THE SECRET
WORKINGS OF BERNSTORFF, Won PAPEN
AND BOY ED EXPOSED.

thar before, haven't We I had forgot
ten. wclt, YOU know the rest. No one
will pay any attention TO the messages
except our U-hoat captains. They Will
know By thorn that the Lusitania Ia en-
tering tho square named after that par
:icular fish. 1t should be An easy task
for them 10 sink the ship. And II must
be sunk"
How about the, international COM
plications"""
They must take care OF themselves
after We have done all we can do 10
keep things running smoothly. Inc
point is that the Lusitania must DC
sunk, We have lesson to teach Amer
lea. II VIC sink few OF their citizens
perhaps they will BE- more chary about
sendiuS their Representatives abroad 70
sell goods 10 the allies. II may make
them stop and think awhile before they
ship their goods to the allies. too-ano
that's what we're after.
Suppose America objects to the loss
OF it's citizens" Albert Was smiling IN
Il quiet. Quizzlcal way.
Give Than Sympathy, Says BArnstoT11.
Wen svmpathizc. Of course" Bern
s,orff hooked up with an answering
smile. Really. we'll b" very sorry.
meanwhile. we also will point to our
manufactured fact that the Lusitanta
carried guns and contraband. Take the
night train to New York. see Paul k"r-
mig OF tho Eamburg-tmerican line and
arrange for. him 10 lind someone not
aycrse 10 forging r. few aftidavits. one
to the effect that the Lusitania IS load
ed with contraband. and another tnae
she carries defensive guns. And be
very sure on that point. The rules Oh
war prohibit the sinking OF an unarmed
ship without due warning, We must
have those affdavits."
Very good. sir.
AND. Albert
Yes"
Observation-Disclosures Bernstorff lifted
a sheet Of closely written paper from
his desk-"is an advertisement / nave
written. warning all American citizens
from tho Lusitauia. Sec that it is IN
serted in the New York papers IA close
10 the Cunard Line advertisements as
possible. It will be our aliot when the
Lusitania is sunk.
VERY good. Your EXccllcncy.
And So it was with Ambassador Bern
s.ortt at the head Of the great spy or
saniz,tion which Germany had built up
in America, Win LIT. Nlptll, N-ap"- va
Papcn, Kari Boyd. Paul kocniG ana
half a hundred others working on inc
various details Of the scheme. that the
preparatio for the sinking of the LUIS
itania went forth in America:
Day after day passed. while sern-
storfr translated his code messages from
Wilhclmstrassc and sent replies IN the
suisc Of death messages and business
kilograms 10 neutral countries. where
they were received by German spies.
translated and tclcphoncd by long dis
lance 20 Germany. Day by day. and
them
1t was April 90. fortr-eiEht hours be-
fore the sailing of'thc Lusitania- In the
great rooms Of the CriminologS Club in
New York, whore cosmopolitan members
daily gathered 70 discuss the themes
which formed thor chief aim in life,
the apprehension of the genus criminal.
an important meeting was in progress.
Harrison Grant the president and Or
ganizer of the great private criminal
chasing brotherhood. stood before them.
Telegram in his hand,
Secret Service Flynn On Tho Job.
yellow members" hc announced. I
have just received the most vital COM
munication that has ever como to this
club. II is Il telegram from william ].
Flynn. chief Of the Secret Service, which