The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-25
WORKING NOW TO
CRIPPLE SPAIN
Germany Is Plotting an Upris-
ing Which Will Swing That
Country Into
Line.
METHODS ARE EXPOSED
With Russia Eliminated, Kaiser Sesk J
- to Create Dangerous situation
at Rear Of
AIlteA.
METHODS ARE EXPOSED
(By Robert ]. Bender, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT

(By Robert j. Bender, united FreSS
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Ger-
many has launched q determined
effort to bring about an uprising IN
Spain and II possible swing Alfonso's
army to the side Of the Teutons-
With Russia's army eliminated
from his own back door. the kaiser
would like nothing better than to
create q dangerous situation at the
rear Of the allied forces in France.
Recently the United Press present
ed an authoritative review Of the
Spanish situation-its difficulties and
serious aspects-and today the Amer
lean military authorities have per-
mitted the printing OF an open pro-
paganda letter now being distributed
in the Spanish army by the Germans.
In addition, German agents are throw
ing all the insidious poison OF their
influence to create a break between
the Germanophile Spanish army and
the Spanish merchants who have q
wholesome respect for the American
embargo.
The new German move follows her
unsuccessful efforts to bring about
a revolution in India and Ireland
earlier in the war, added details Of
which came to light today. They
further Indicate the methods the Ger
man agents may be using to gain her
ends in Spain.
The justice department has made
public two letters showing that Alex
ander Berkman and Emma Goldman
were apparently cooperating with
German spies in foreign countries" 20
stir I'm rahellion in India
At the same time the United Press
received a copy of letter showing
that John Dewey, New York, former
editor Of the now suppressed Gaelic
American" was the directing agency
in the attempted shipment of German
supplies to the Sinn-Fetners in Ire
land before the arrest of Roger Case
ment.
"The request (for arms) was made
from Dublin and we transmitted 1t
Ito Germany from here" Dewey
wrote in his letter which was found
on the premises of Lawrence De
Lacey, at the time Of the latter's
arrest in California and conviction
for conspiring to free the German
consul Bopp,' interned at San Fran
cisco.
"The betrayal Of the information
about the shipload of arms by VIII
sons men the presfdent's) enabled
the English to catch the vessel De-
yoy continued. There is no doubt
about this. They got in the raid on
Won Igels Office note Of mine-the
transcript of a message received IN
cipher from Dublin and wirelessed to
Berlin the day before (April IT, 1870.
1t was at once given the English and
they sent out their patrol boats and
caught the ship"
Devoy further describes how Berlin
ordered him to deal directly with the
Germans in America in engineering
the rebellion.
The letters made public by the JUS
tice department involving Berkman
and Emma Goldman were from Har-
dayal, now in Berlin trying to Or
ganize a Hindu revolution in close
collaboration with the German foreign
office. He asks Berkman to send aid
for the movement and supplies a
code for cabling purposes.
In Spain the Germans are using
their usual methods to swing to their
side the Spanish troops-and per-
haps cidentally-establish a stable
government and a competent author
ity In command"
Selecting as his subject the con-
duct of Spanish troops In recent
labor disturbances. the author of a
circular distributed among the troops
and signed "a German admirer Of the
Spanish army" speaks in glowing
terms Of the Spaniard.
"I have always held" the circular
states. that the Spanish officers
lacked but one thing to make the
equals of the best officers in the
German empire and that was a stable
government and competent author
ity in command"
He then asks, in view of the ease
with which the troops crushed the
; revolutionary strike" could they not
prove source of greatest danger
to enemies across the border?"
1 The circular says further that 'it
cannot be allowed that the Portu
guese, who are despicable people al