The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-08

entered the war, but he ceased his
activities after the passage of the
espionage act
Mr.. Bielaski submitted to the com
mittee copies of letters showing that
several lecturers who toured the
country speaking in favor of Ger
many were paid by Won Bernss
torff.
A letter was read, signed by p,
ReiSwitz, German consul at Chicago
referring to the embargo league. 1t
said:
For the purpose OF inner organ
izaton, to which we attribute partic-
ular appearance, we have assured
ourselves OF the cooperation OF the
local democratic boss, Roger {. Sui
livan. Sullivan was formerly leader
Of the Wilson campaign and is a
deadly enemy of Wilson, as the lat
ter did not keep his word to make
him senator
Had Option on A. P. A.
II. +. Albert, BielaSki said. OBJ
tanned an option to buy for 100000
the. American Press Association, a
New York organization with
branches in seventeen other cities
throughout the country, furnishing
plate matter to small newspapers.
Under the option, which Bielaski
put into the record and which he
said was entered into by CourtIand
Smith, president, the association was
to put its whole organization at the
disposal of Albert for pro-German
news from July Is to Oct. Is, 1915,
during which time Albert was to de-
clare whether he would make the
purchase.
Courtland Smith is brother-in-
law OF Arthur Brisbane, who bought
the Washington Times with money
borrowed from brewers and more
recently has purchased several news
papers in Milwaukee, Wis, the great
German lager beer center.
The state department late today
made public the complete texts OF all
the Bernstorff documents read into
record by Mr.. Bielaski, These, with
mass of other evidences, disclosing
German intrigue before and alter
the United States went TO war, are
in the departments files.
The Bernstorff letter reporting on
in dealing with the |
American press, which he sent to
the German foreign office in 1915
from this country, follows;
Hale Proposed Weekly
"As to the value Of weekly papers
in general, there are here very dill
ferent views. Mr.. Bayard Hale
wishes me to propose to you the
founding of first-class weekly
whereas 1 in my report number AZ
recommended the starting OF a
Personally, think it en-
irely depends upon whether we
make happy choice in respect to
he editor. In this respect we have
lad very unfavorable experience
With the Times Mail only the tu-
ure can show whether we shall have
,etter luck wth Mr. Huntington .
Wright and Mr.. T. +. Lowe.
The fact OF all American news
,aper being subsidized can never be
ept secret, because there is no re-
icence in this country. 1t always ..
nds with my being held responsible
or all the articles OF any such news !
aper. This is particularly unde-
irable. when, as now. we are IN an /
lectoral campaign of the bittereSt u
haracter which is turning largely a
pom foreign policy. |!
Il have, therefore, with much sat J
,faction to myself at least, sue t
eeded in getting out OF all relations !
18th Fair Play, of Mr.. Marcus I
raun. / should also be glad to get
zee from the Fatherland, which has a
lown itself TO be of little value. 5
Lusitania Crime a Boomerang. t
1T is particularly difficult in a W
ostile country to find suitable per- t
,ns for help OF this sort; and to p
lis. as well as the Lusitania case, \
e may attribute the shipwreck OF a
lie German propaganda initiated by a
err Dernburg. u
Marcus Braun, a former immigra- ii
on inspector, was editor of the c.
air Play. This paper, Bielaski told
e committee. received numerous a
.bsidies sums from the German em II
lssv. amounts ranging from 81 ,OoO q
$1,000. Early in 1916, publication st
the paper was stopped, as its cir p
lation had dropped to sucn Il low c.
yurc that it had become OF little
lue to the Germans. 81
To prevent the ownership OF the Il
per from going into bankruptcy ic
th undesirable publicity being II
ven to it, Bielaski said the German al
nbassv paid 1904 for the pay g'
ents OF debts. This amount was ia
ven. it was declared, only after
.aun had threatened that he would e
ike no effort to prevent the pub n,
alton of the connection between M
: German government and the III
per should it become bankrupt. III
C,lysd to Rlarkwell