The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-07


stroke that felled DR.. Albert. On the |
moment he was robbed of all his eau !,
ton. Unconsciously he must have ex-
perienced an irritation at the attitude |
of a subordinate and a resolve to !
humble him by an overwhelming mass
of proof. /
Albert Falls for IT.
I have said that DR.. Albert was not
a fool. Almost any man would have
done as he did to a certain extent
and it must be remembered that while
DR.. Albert was an able financier and
diplomat he was working in coun-
try and under circumstances of intri-
que entirely unknown to him.
Most naiyely, DR.. Albert rose up
from his chair when the young man
made his request and strobe to the
door. Opening it, he babe his sec
rotary and the other members of his
staff who were still in the room to:
vouch for him.
| Whereupon their so doing and re-
firing, the fiscal agent displayed tri-
] pIicate set of passports that had been
manufactured for emergency. He
showed his letters of introduction. He
held I'D for inspection letters of politi-
cal import addressed to Won Bernstorff
and a package of documents. Lastly
he reached down in his valise and
drew out another package.
The young agent was startled out of
his poise.
For as DR.. Albert with touch of
boyish conceit spread the contents of
the packge out on the tble-one heavy
crispy bond paper letter after another
the pseudo-secretary' bullying eyes
saw:
| That DR.. Heinrich Albert was lit
orally a walking mint.
| For in two letters alone were con-
tanned credits with pro-German bank
ers in America for $7,O00,o00 dollars.
| And in the others were authorize
lions for DR.. Albert to take the neces-
sary steps for the extension of his
credits to the stupendous sum of $780,
900, 900.
| Wild Is Idiotic Now?
'eYou will tell your Ambassador
that you have seen this fellow Albert
and that he is an imposter, will you
not ?" demanded DR.. Albert with pom
| derous serio-comicality.
st will tell the Ambassador what a
blind fool he has sent to1annoy high
| commissioner from the Fatherland,"
declared the agent, properly humiliat-
ed.
"You will not" said the doctor with
insistence. you did right and I am
proud that the Embassy lays such en-
phasis on caution.
''Now, let me tell you what we pur-
pose doing in America" he continued,
reaching for another packet Of docu-
ments. "In these are the plans 1t
is obvious to all concerned that Am
erica will not be Influenced in the
matter of furnishing the Entente with
munitions by our representations.
Therefore, we have decided that other
means must be utilized for we cannot
tolerate a situation that affords the
enemy substantial aid
1--WE aim to cut off this munitions
business at its source, and to that end
we intend to go right to the doors
of every factory in the United States.
I have a list of firms who may be ap-
preached with a view of an under
tracts. I will go into the market and
compete with the Allied munitions
buyers. 1 have several other plans
that will be developed according to
the occasion and circumstances"
The Hun Dragging
Whereupon DR.. Albert proceeded to
unbosom himself still further to the
agent.
He boosted that a certain number
of munitions-makers would be res
ponsive. For those who were not to
be approached he proposed the 10Th
er means"
|, It seemed simple to him. Labor in
this country is afflicted with a mania
for high wages, he argued. He in
tended to play upon that mania. He
; planned to recruit an organization OF
agitators and send them Throughout
the states, preaching a doctrine of I'm.
rest in steel plants, munitions factor,
> les and coal mines everywhere.
e The I. W. w. was to be subsidized
Y and Influenced tc$ resist the govern.
, ment. He thought that some of the
s western states might rebel like the
Southern states" The Socialists were
j to be encouraged to resist, likewise.
S "And the Hungarians and the Aus
|. TRANS and our own people must b.
e reached" the doctor went on, car
: ried away by the immensely of hi
g scheme. He deplored lack of success
:. with the American newspapers bu
e was enthusiastic over the foreign-lon
n guage press They were to be encour
r aged to support all agitation hostile tt
t the government.
you have no idea how completed!
e and extensively we have planned to hi
}, at this business of munitions. Their
: will be strikes by the wholesale. -
:. DR.. Albert lowered his voice to a whis
: per which he emphasized with a blow
of his fist Oh the table-"and/ Their
s will be much destruction. We. will
= paraIyze the business until it canno
possibly be factor"
II Political Friends?
DIR. Abert1 questioned the youni
agent about political friends of Ger
many in Congress. Then with a re
: quest that Count Won Bernstorff max
\ all possible speed in arrangement TO
an interview he dismissed his new