Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-14
Thirty-0ne Men Landed in
United States Two Weeks
After HostiIities and Be-
came Nucleus of Volunteers
100000 ENLISTED
IN KULTUR FORCES
William Bayard Hale, Former
Hearst EmpIoye Was
Placed at Head of United
States Publicity Bureau.

/ Washington, ID. c., Dec. 13.--Op-
erations of the German propaganda
system in the United states through
which valuable information for trans
mission TO Berlin, was gathered at the
same time that German doctrines
were spread over the country were
/ laid bare today by Capt. G. B. Lester
! of the army intelligence service, in
/ testimony before the senate commit
| tee investigating beer and German
propaganda, Most of the evidence re-
lated to activity of Teutonic agents
| before the United States entered the
war,
Captain Lester declared that an I'M
named informant, now interned. told
| him that the Berlin government on
! July TO- 1914, nearly a month before
| the war started, called into confer
ence about 1871 trained and educated
German propagondists. and sent them
to all parts OF the world with instruc-
| tons to prepare fer the world war
! which they We're told was about 10 be
, preCipitated. Thirty one of these
| landed in the United States two weeks
I after hostilities started and became
| the nucleus for an organization Of be-
! tween 100000 and 100000 volunteers,
mainly German Americans who gath
| cred information of all kinds and re-
| parted it to German conSuls ano
! agents in hundreds of communities.
Hate Handled Publicity
! William Rayard Hale, "A writer for
] the Hearst newspapers. and formerly
/ confidential representative Vt iorosi-
| dent Wilson in Mexico. eventually be-
came head of the publicity branch Of
! the organization thus built up. Cap
! tain Lester said Te officer also tes-
| titled That newspapers and writer's
were influenced to promote German
! propaganda. film niavs were produc-
/ cd promoting distrust Of japan and
| Mexico. a Washington newspaper man
was hired to report government Sc
crets to the German Headquarters
| writer's wee sent TO Germany to send
/ back DISPATCHES nraising tho German
cause ard y golden book" was cir
culated throughout tho United states
TO get signatures of American citizens
leaning toward pro-German sympa-
| thies
! T. j. Dickinson. . newspaper man
! and former major in the army, was
| tired at $40 a week to report on con-
| fidential interviews with officials. 10
|
said Captain Lester. Dickinson claim
ed that he had confidential relations
with cabinet members. that he could
get in the hack door OF the White
House" and boosted he wac respon-
sihle for the notorious leak on the
peace note. Captain Lester declared
The witness admitted records showed
Dickinson did have considerable accns
rate official information of conf
dental nature. and gave 1t to the Ger
man representatives.
t Tried to stir Up Negroes.
| Captain Lester. continuing his tes-
| timonv tomorrow. eynects to tell how
| the German agents tried to stir up re-
volt among American negroes to serve
German purposes.
The intensive German propaganda
efforts had their beginnings. Captain
Lester said in a series of lectures
| given the chosen agents at Perrin by
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