New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Department of Justice
Chief Quotes Names
Seized From Fuehr
w Washington POST
Offered Dernbure
William Bayard Hale i'm
the kaiser's Pay, Is
the Charge to Senators
Ne,c Fork Tribune
Wdshtn1tor Bunenn

hdsrtngtof " Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-An astound-
ing revelation of the extent, thorough
ness and power of the German prooa-
ganda in this country, far eclipsinc
anything that has yet been told. and
uncovering corruption Of which the ma
ton has heretofore had no hint. as
we'll as confirming many things that
have been only suspected. was begun
to-day before the Overman committee
of Senators which is investigating the
brewers and the propaganda. Il is not
yet over-perhaps not more than well
tegun.
A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the Br-
reau of Investigations of the Uuites
States Department of Justice, was on
the stand for more than five hours. He
lloti with him two suitcdses full of doc.
uments' into which he dipped. and
from these, which included confidentia,
reports of German agents and officials.
as we'll as the results of the secret
services OF the American and the Al
he'd governments, he drew sensation
after sensation.
Before he finishes it is expected that
he will have uncovered all the chief
machinery and agents of the German
snake.
bernstorff Helped Hearst
Here are few of to-day's revela-
tons:
That Bcrnstorf himself asked spe-
clal favors of the German govern
ment for the Hearst papers and
agents, because "the Hearst papers
have been openly on our side
That William Bayard Hale, corre
spondent in Berlin for Hearst. was
paid agent of the Kaiser, and had
been before he entered the Hearst
service. Hearst, he said, did not
know this, but did know Hale as
"Germanophile writer"
That Samuel Untermyer acted as
counsellor and agent for the Ger
man propaganda.
That "The Washington Post, was
practically under control of the Gcr-
man Ambassador until the death OF
John K. Mclean, when, as BernstorF
wrote in q cipher letter which was
made public with the permission Of
the State Department, 81 fear it will
be lost to US if it cannot, as is very
desirable, be put into the hands of
Mr.. Hearst
That Untermyer worked up plan
for buying "The New York Sum- for
the Kaiser.
That many writer's, professors and
editors were in close relations with
the propagandists.
That in addition to Hale, Edward
Lyell Fox, James F. Archibald and
Edward Emerson, American CORE
spondents in Germany, were in Ger
man pay.
That Fox had prepared. after con
suitation with Won Papen, the Ger
man military attache, memorandum
Tor d scheme to get the United
states INTO war with Japan, and that
this scheme was considered bv the
German authorities, though never
acted upon. One of the features OF
tins scheme was to arouse feeling
against the japanese in California
by having assaults on girls, hired
from immoral houses for the purpose.
staged by hired thugs under the di-
rection of the William J. Burns de-
tective agency.
During the hearing the names of
some fifty men and one woman. more
or less directly and knowingly used bv
the German machine, were brought out.
The first lot was in paper taken from
the confidential files of DR.. Karl A.
Fuehr, one of the chiefs of the proua-
ganda, and marked Important List of
Names" Mr.. Bielaski said that this
contained practically all who were "ac-
lively pro-German in the propaganda
prior to our entrance into the war.
Some of them were active afterward."
Hearst on Propaganda List
The list follows:
William Randolph Hearst, "New York
American
Professor William r. Shepherd, Co
lumbia University.
Professor Hugh Munsterberg. Ha-
vagd Universikx.