Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-11
| GERMAN ALLIANCE
PROBE CONTINUES
Much Money Raised by Organiza-
ton, Some Used to Fight
Prohibition.

lected by the National German-Amcrican
Alliance for war sufferers In Germany
were sent to Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador mt Washington, and
may have been used by him IN part, so
far rs the officials of that organization
can say, for propaganda and other ac-
tivities conducted by the German gov
crnment in the United States.
This revelation, the outstanding iea-
turc in the hearing Saturday by sub
committee of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee investigating the alliance, resulted
from examination of the treasurer OF
the alliance, John Tjarks of Baltimore,
and suspicious aroused by Endorsements
on the cancelled checks. The revela-
tion, wholly unexpected came SO late
in the dav that the committee did not
70 fully into the documents. This will
bc done later.
Mr. Tjarks testified rs TO the finances
of the Alliance. but the committee de
voted itself only 10 n close scrutiny of
the collections made for the relief OF the
soldiers. widows and orphans In Germany
The accounts showed that the Alliance
had collected SSS7 40 in this country
up 10 March. 1917, and that all except
SlSS "a of this amount had been turned
over To either the German or the Austro-
Hungarian ambassador here for trans
mission to their respective countries for
use in assisting the soldiers, widows and
orphans and for German Red Cross
purposes.
MIR Tjarks testified that the organiza-
ton had no evidence that more than
5000. 600 Of the $40, 600 sent to Count
Won Bernstorlf had been actually re-
cclved by organizations IN Germany.
half dozen letters from the organizations
in Germany acknowledging receipt Of
amounts totaling 5000 600 were placed
in evidence
RECEIPTS FROM voN RERNsToRrr
While the witness produced receipts
from Count von Bcrnstortf for all the
checks sent 10 him. he declared he had
no evidence that the money had gone
to Germany for the purposes for which
II was collected II was brought ont
that the Alliance only had evidence that
$500 600 had reached Germany and that
there WAS no evidence that any part of
the 1913. 900 transmitted by Count Won
Bcrnstorf 10 Or Dcrnhcrg was included
in the s200.OO0
Was any Of this money used by Dr
Dcrnbcrg or anybody else for propaganda
purposes q asked Senator Wolcott.
i do not know" the witness replied
IL il was it WIS misappicd = the
Senator asked
II certainly was. we collected for
Red Cross and other purposes. such as
war prisoners and German orphans.
replied the witness
This concluded for the time being tho
inquiry into this phase of the activities
Of the alliance Tho committee sub
pnnacd all the documents hearing on the
checks and will call further witnesses III
an effort to determine whether the money
received by Dr Dcrnbcrg reached Ger
many Bank officials, including Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. will be asked 10 assist the
committee IN tracing the S3l3O0 IN
dorset III Count Von BcrnStorif 10 the
credit oi Dr. Dernbcrg. Efforts will hc
made 10 determine also whether the re-
maindcr of the 500. 600 turned over 10 the
German ambassador reached the orCani-
cations IN Germany, and, II not. whether
the money Was used by the German
ambassador in this country and how.
ct>,ruGN AGAINST PROHIBITION.
Another development was the admis-
~ion hv Karl N L Scholz Of Baltimore
counsel for the alhapce that tho org2nIza-
tIon has been conducting propaganda
against prohibition This statement WAS
volunteered after Percy Andreae Of Chi
cago had shown the linking up Of the
houor interests wiJh the alliance i
Lowrcy Humes. | nHcd States district
attorney for Western Pennsylvania, fur
nished the committee with evidence
OF the operations If the alliance. the
hreweries Of the country. and the VA
tionai Association Of Commerce and
formed by the brcweries 10 fight prohIbi-
PROPAGANDA ADMITTED.
The forms Of the protests sent ont bv
the alliance were produced At this
point Mr. Scholz, counsel for the al
iiaucc interrupted TO s4y
The alliance admits that as an or
ganizatIon if used all the influence II
could command To combatprohibition
measures IN the States and nation 1t
used the State organizations for that pur-
pose.
senator Wolcott asked Mr. Scholz
whether he had authority 10 speak as
counsel for the alliance. Mr.. Scholl
replied In the affirmative The Senator
requested him TO obtain n letter from the
president of the alliance 10 that effect
W as IL the scope ol thc al!lanCe 10
enter into such fights p asked Senator
King
1T was, replied Mr. scholz. eve
believe We had right to oppose such
measures. because we believe them
menace to the nation We think We
have the same right as the Anti-iSaloon
League 10 conduct "A campaign.
Did YOU attempt To defeat the ma
tional prohibition amendment - asked
Senator Wolcott
we have done nothing in that dircc-
ton The action Of Kentucky in favor
ing the amendment was a shock to US,
and since that time we have been down
and out, replied Mr.. Scholz.
ID Hexamer sent letter To Mr.. An
dreae, dated December %, 1913, in which
be said he had just returned from Wash