The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-08

feeling in all quarters Of the United
States.
other agents OF the German Gov.
eminent. notably Or. George Barth-
cline, Washington correspondent o.
the Cologne Gazette by title but activ,
as a German spy, had said that h,
hoped the Yankees were becoming
reconciled." Count Won Bernstorff &C
cording to Mr.. Bielaski cherished NJ
such hope.
THE following cablegram from Vor
Bernstorff to the Wilhelmstrass,
showed the fear" Mr.. Bielaski said;
AS to the value OF weekly papers
in general there are here very diff
ferent views. Mr.. Bayard Hale
wishes me to propose to you the
founding of a first class weekly,
whereas j, in my report No. Ale,
recommended the starting OF
monthly. Personally 1 think It en-
tirely depends upon whether we
make a happy choice is respect Of
the editor. In this respect we have
had very unfortunate experience
with the Times Mail Only the
future can show whether we shall
have better luck with Mr.. Hunting
ton Wright and Mr.. T. E. Lowe.
The fact Of an American news
paper being subsidized can never
he kept secret because there is no
ret!cence in this country. 1t always
ends with my being held respon-
sible for all the articles of any such
newspaper. This is pa, icularly I'M
desirable when. as now, we are in an
electoral campaign of the bitterest
character, which Is turning largely
upon foreign policy.
/ have therefore, with much salts
faction to myself at least, succeeded
In getting out Of all relations with
Fair Play of Mr.. Marcus Braun. I
should also be glad to be free from
the Fdtherldnd, which has shown it.
self to be of little value.
It Is particularly difficult in q
hostile country to find suitable per-
sons for help Of this sort and TO this,
as we'll as the Lusltania case, we
may attribute the shipwreck of the
German propaganda initiated by
Herr Dernburg.
ConspiratOrs Have Little Luck,
Even the German officials them
selves. according to the witness, recog
nized the difficulties surrounding tn
subsidizing OF the American press.
was remarked repea teddy in the docu
ments that the extreme of secrec!
had TO be observed in all development
and that every step OF organization
must be carefully covered up.
An elaborate system OF getting new,
out OF Holland was perfected, but t,
get 1t to the United States was tn
difficulty. The records We're reports O
| failure. Prince Hatzfeldt. writin,
from Washington. told how it had beef
arranged through an agency known a
the International Press Exchange an,
having offices at 80 East Forty -secont
street, New York, that German mad
| news framed TO express neutral origii
but carrying the poison carefully EN-
bedded in II, was to have been serve,
| to The Sun, World and american il
New York. The genesis of this new
was TO have been the NieutU Courdnt
published in Rotterdam. and de
spatches to American papers were I,
be sent following cable orders. Thi
scheme fell apart of its own weight
Mr.. Bielaski also told of the organi
| Zation Of the citizens committee 70
| food shipments by a group of people a
| the home OF Samuel CnteTnyer. Abou
| $50, 900 was raised for this organiza
, ton, its purpose being 10 send foo,
into Germany for the needy, parttcu
larry in the form OF desiccated milk
Mr.. Bielaski said. and insisted tina
there was nothing to indicate tina
anything like 100000 OF this fund eve
was used for this purpose.
Lost S2.4OO.OOO on Munitions.
The German Government. Mr.. Bic
laski said. had invested $4,000 II
munitions made by the Bridgepor
Projectile Company TO keep this sup
! ply out OF Ally hands. The Germai
| Government could not get its owl
supplies out of the amount. but onl.
hold Il back from the Allies. 1t tran
spired later that by selling the prod
uct to Spain at a considerable amour
below value the Germans got bacl
about 81 100000.
The American Truth Society was an
other organization with which tn
German Government had intimat
dealings. 1t was through this organi
ration. Mr.. Bielaski pointed out, tina
the opposition Of the Irish-American
to the pro-Ally tendencies Of tn
American people was to have bee
stirred.
! Prominent in the list OF organizer
OF the Truth Society was Jeremia
OIeary. The contributors to the ex
penses OF the organization, howevei
Mr.. Bielaski said. were so TO 80 pc
cent. German Americans. DR.. Alder
on one occasion. 1t was shown. ha
deposited in a special fund $4,000, c
which he drew out $500 for Gusta
Gottsleff Of the American Peace So
ciety.
The State Department to-day dreN
on it's files for the copies OF the Bern
storfr documents and all those whic
have been read into the record by Nj
Bielaski were made public. In tn
files Of the Departments are masses c
evidence bearing on German intrlgu
in the United States both before an
after the United States entered tn
war.
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nad EIan nRdNnanCe EIaned