Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-08
Foreign Committee Chairman
Sanctions Early Plan to
Stop Allied Help.
GERMAN HEARINGS GO ON
Bielaski Lays Documents Be
fore Senate Committee In
vestigating Propaganda.
TRY TO BUY PRESS AGENCY
No Evidence Offered That
Deal With American Asso-
citation Completed.

wAsHiNdTpT, Dec. Further
chapters In the story OF tho efforts
~ Count Won Bernstorff. the former
dcrman. Ambassador, and other Ger.
man agents to influence sentiment
In America toward Germany and Ia
prevent tho shipment OF war sup
plies TO the allies. >were revealed In
documents laid before the senate In.
restigating committee today by A.
Bruce bielaskl OF the department OF
Justice.
Wreck Of the propaganda system
built up by bernard Dernburg. the
kaiser's personal agent In tho United
states, by the sinking OF the Lusi-
tania, and the rebuilding OF II ~
iirrnstorn In a manner which can
not hurt VA II II becomes known" :"
also were dealt with IN communica-
tons from the fsrmsr am mbassador
TO the Berlin foreign office.
There also was evidence relating
to tho organization In 1915 and sub
sequent activities Of the American
Embargo association with the hope
Of stopping shipments OF war sup
plies 20 the aliies and by - arousing
feeling among the voters ~ 70 COM
pol legislative action. One Of the
com munications offered by Mr.. nie-
laski ana purporting 10 havs been
written by Kurt Won RsisVtta,
formsr German consul At chioaSo.
dealt With q mas meeting Of the
association soou 10 be held, and sale
that among tho6s WIN had agreed
to co-operats we're Senator Hitoh-
cook Of Nebraska, ohairman Of the
senate foreign relations COMMITTEES;
former Representative Buchanan Of
Illinois, who wss connected with
liam Bsyard Hale and Dr. Aked, q
minister " Han Francisco.
Otisev s~nasosv Naused.
Another com mmunicatiou relating
to a meeting OF the embargo asso-
citation and aAid 70 have been written
by q. n. Jacobs Of Chicago, acting
chairman, sAld that former Senator
Works Of California and Senator
amith of Georgia. a. we'll - Senator
Hitchcock, supported the principles
Of the conference.
Mr., Bielaski read a document
signed by Senator Hitchcock, stating
that the senator would DO ali In his
power both m senator and ~ cditor
OF the Omaha World Herald. to
bring about an embargo on arms
hclswitss letter regarding the em-
barEo association made this refsr-
Hitchcock seemed 10 be very
strong for the plan. He told our
representative at . conference In
Omaha; IL tina matter 10 oruanised
United Btates'"
Consul Reiswita In q letter, be-
llsved by the department Of justice
TO have becn written to Hsinrtch "
Albert, q former German agent out
lined n plan for tho acquialtion OF
the Wright Airpiane factory a. Day
ton. ohio. NJ ameans OF preventing
the export OF flying machines from
the United atates
Try 10 Bay Prc@ AGency.
MIR liielaski Also testified that To
make provisions for the dissemina-
tlon of pro-Oerinan ncws to smaller
newspapers, the German agents con-
lean Press asociation, which fur
nished matter In type 10 papers. but
hg said there wAs no eVtdsnos that
the deal wns carried through. In
this connection, the witness read an
option. drawn up presumably by tho
agents OF Albert, whereby the asso-
citation was 10 place its whole or
ganixation NJ the disposal OF Albert"
In order 10 spread pro -uerman news
and suppress anu-uermsn ne~r
The option was 10 be valid be-
tween July 20 and October rs. 1915,
and during that time Albert was Ia
decide whether he would purchase
control OF the property for 100000,
Late today tho state department
made public the full t-st ~ the
nernuorf documents read into the
cnmnNttye records by Mr.. Bielashi.
They we're taken from the mass ~
evidence In the departments files
disclosing German Intrigue before
and after the United States entered
the war
Another document referred to the
Us. of the New York representative
~ the Wolff bureau, tho German |
Semjofflc al news organization, In |
sending telegraph reports to Berlin |
Under date Of September "a, 1918.
berlin warned Won Bernstorff that |
the woln bureau agents reports
were criticised as too one. sided, and |
said more unbiased reports seem
TO be urgently desirable
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