New-York tribune., 1918-12-08

man University League. founded
since the war. This has.~tlane its
best to take the place of the Ger
man y Association (word not de-
capherable), which has been of no
use during the war on account Of its
management. The league has pub
iished under my collaboration an ex-
cellent collection of reports on the
war, which will be of great service
to our cause.
"Thc support which | have already
given the league is entered in the
first quarters account. from 1916,
item eos On the occasion Of later
instalments to them | will refer to
this report.
II ask that this may be sanctioned"
More Hale Revelations
The name of the association, which
was undecipherable. Mr.. Bielaski said,
might have been the German Ameri-
can National Alliance.
The cipher letter from Bernstorff to
J
tracts were read Yesterday in connec-
tion with the sending of William Bay
ard Hale, the Hearst correspondent, to
Berlin in German pay, was put into
the record in full to-day, and gives
more details of the troubles the am
bassador had with his subsidized
journalists. 1t follows:
GAS 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 first class weekly.
whereas l, in my report No. 412,
recommended the starting of
monthly. Personally. | think it en-
tfrely depends upon whether we make
a happy choice in respect of the
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 'uck with Mr.. Hunting
ton Wright and Mr.. T. E. Lowe.
The fact of an American news
paper being subsidized can never be
kept secret, because there is no reti-
ends with my being held responsible
for all the articles of any such news
paper. This is particularly undesir.
able when, as now, we are in an cleo
torai campaign of the bitterest char
ecter, which is turning largely upon
foreign policy.
IL have, therefore, with much salts
faction to myself, at least, succeeded
in getting out of all relations with
Fair Play of Marcus Brown.
should also be glad to be free from
The Fatherland,' which has shown
itself to be of little value.
at is particularly dificult in q
hostile country to find suitable per-
sons for help of this sort, and to this,
as we'll as the Lusitania case, we may
attribute the shipwreck, of the Ger
man propaganda initiated by Herr
Dernburg.
:, Ridder Called O'Leary a Coward
Another feature of the hearing which
brought laugh was the read ng of the
opinion of jeremiah O'Leary, now
awaiting trial in New York for his
pro German activities since Amer ca
entered the war, by Bernard H. Ridder,
editor of the "Staats -Zeitung" and for
merly Connected with OLeary in the
American Truth Society. Mr.. Ridder
declorcd, according to notes read by
Mr.. Bielaski:
"He is a scheming politician and
agitator blatherskite in print,
but a physical coward without the
courage to appear in public os a
speaker to advocate his disloyal
views preferring to stay behind and
offer his legal assistance; has little
or no following, except such a low
heeler as John Gill, who, l suspect,
may some day try to do me bodily
injury because | have repudiated his
master, O'Leary."
Resides the American Truth Society
and the milk fund already mentioned,
Mr.. sBieaski to-day showed the use of
German money in the following or
ganiZatlons:
American embargo conference.
International Press Exchange.
German University League.
German Publication Society.
German n-American literary defence
committee.
He showed also negotiations with
the American Press Association, which
were not carried through, and al. at
tempt by the Society of Modern Art,
of New York. to get subsidy.
Mr.. BIelaski, who was far from
through his story when the hearing
adjourned late this afternoon, began
his testimony with the case of James
F. Archibald, American correspondent,
whose name was mentioned yesterday
Archibald was caught by the British
carrying letters from Ambassador
Dumba, OF Austria, Captain Won Papen,
the German military attache, and
others, IN 1915, and was returned to
this country, where he has remained
inconsicuous, except to give few pro-
German lectures, MIR. Bielaski stated.
$4,000 Paid Archibald
He produced receipt from Archi-
bald to the German Embassy for SIS 900,
together with letters which Archibald
carried from Bernstorff, saying that he
was going abroad "as on the previous
occasion, in the character of a scruptu-
ouslv impartial journalist" seeking the
truth
The scheme outlined in the papers
which Archibald carried Mr. Bielask
explained, and which led to the recall
of DR.. Dumba, was for the stirring up
of trouble in munitions works, and
called for $4,000 to $4,000 to start
with, while the letter stated that there
was no estimating what would be re
quired if the plan was found to work
out.