Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-11
CHAIN Of HUN SPIES
UNCOVERED BY j. S.
Arrest of Mail Publisher Start ot
General Cleanup of German
American" Traitors.
New YoRK, July II.


| ndlcations cropped up on every hand
YESTERDAY that the arrest ol lr Edward
4 R,mrlv and the seizure OF the f'Vcnl ng
Mail were no more than preliminary
moves IN a game which the government
will nj last plav out with enemy propa-
gandists in America.
Comparcd Ia the men the Federal
authorities are believed To be really after,
the accused publisher Is regarded as
only tool-but n tool which In the hands
of Department of Justice workmen VIII
likely prove to he doublc-cdgCd
"Rumcv is one of those sometimes mus
guided and often deceived persons who
have been standing AT the outer edge Of the
inner circle Of German propaganda.
summed up man who has been IN close
touch with the investigation. 1T Is that
inner circle the government has set out
~ break w and all evidence shows that
Rrmelv holds the key To II. The IN st
TIN to do was 10 nail HIM and nc :
been nailed
SIZES OPERATING TODAY
The so-callcd inner circle has been
in operation since the beginning ot the
war and the authorities are Convlnccd
lis in operation to-day II Is made mp
of men who have not hcsltatcd to put their
wealth ana ttNiF iDtttbltAt ~ - i'''.''''
command even since the | nItCd states
entered the war
The handiwork ii this inner circle
has FREQUENTLY hcCn seen by government
agents within the last year IN hnr"s her"
and there throughout IN" country cthcr
IN create oplnIon favorable to Germany
whale tho war Is on Or to paw the way Tor
t,crtnanv's commercial and moral re
hahlttation af the VAR cnd
r<rr,-r Eusl<r-s FtvoRs
II i not the theory 81 the government
that these secret aIhc> i'll the nltcd states
expcrt cash reimbursement from the
katscr for money spent and rl~ks taken,
lnu that thcv expect business favor and
perSonal glorI5catlon from Germany AMI
in Germany " hen pcarc has bccn restored
Information has reached the Federal
investigations along tins lime that Doctor
Rlulcl, maintained secret headquarters
~ fhc Hotel belmont while hc was in
control oi the Mail. and that he there
held conferences with men VII" were
never hN ans chance "a bc seen shout inc
Malls nuhlfcgtIou aihCC Ef0rt~ ar'
bs,nc made ~ uncover hr ldcntitV vt
The belmont .ontcTcr> and il Is expected
th3t Kulu,lv viii display au inclination
to talk more trccl, when hc comes %
fuller realization ot the gravity ot hlS
position
WITHDRAW OTTER ~ MAXI ~FAFF MINT
That RuIuclv Is NOT vet IN "A laxative
mood va. Indicated ~ the nonappcaran''
az tho statement whrh on Monday hc
promised ne would make within twenty
tour hours Frederick J Powell "h'
Is preparing defense against the govern
ment ; charge that the puhIishor pcrIurcd
himself ln a return designed I" d"'ciV,
the alien property cuStodlan aS 10 the rca
ownership 81 the Evening Maui. >ald y
the afternoon that no such statomcn
would bc forthcoming
Apparently. though the government Wa
mot Depending solely on Doctor RmeiN
for the information II socks. for 7 Wa
reportcd in the Federal Building that some
direct testimony concerning the pcrSonnc
ot the inner crclC had alrr:dy heci
put before tho Grand JurN
GERMANS HERE RAISED THE MoNEn
From one witness who appeared in th'
forenoon. Il was S;ild. the Grand juror
had heard of a meeting ~ which he then
Ambassador vou BcrnStorft, Doctor
Rslmclv and two hmcrIcan bankers has
been present ThES Was IN 1918, anc
shortll before the Evening Mail. Is ~,
government alleges. was bought witt
funds raised in German war-ioan drive
in the United States
The identity OF the bankers Is known
and Il Il expected they soon viii DC heior'
the Grand .Jurv themselves Nhcthe
they are members Of the firms through
which the money which bought the Mai
Is alleged 10 have been passed ana repaS seE
is a matter of conjecture.