The sun., 1918-07-15


here She wa, bexond ou.st,on an az.
treme,y beautiful vom,n
But attention was somevb,t dis.
tracted from her beauty when the PAR
oness flor al Baroness she came, Ar,
set foot ashore. Count Won Rerus,orSr,
secretary. ecpec,siiv I'm from, w..h,n,.
ton. to receive her. was waiting ON the
pier. Tho Baroness went directly To
him and turned over n packea ~ Letter,
These, she explained. were nj, from, the
Countess Won BernstorfY "a h.r Act. y,
and beloved hu.ba nd bu, vben ,hs
Baroness tried TO return 10 GERMANY ths
following fall she found her plans ,,p,et
by the British Embassv 7, v.. chss.s
she had acted AZ = secrst a..n.scs
bearer between Berlin ana Rerns,orey
and for q time her passport WAS with,
held.
Presented German View.
from February until October the
baroness occupied herself with putting
the case for Germany before the Ameri-
can pubic. or all the propaGnadists
sne was the forerunner. Size told
audiences In all parts Of the country
that Germany could not be the loser in
the war: that Berlin was gay beyond
precedent. with theatres playing to
capacity houses and food cheap and
plentiful: that she was German 10 the
core and proud Of It. and that she didn't
blame Germany for hating the United
o.ntes or any other nation which would
heartiessiy supply tools for the killing
Oh innocent German boys.
There was a stock story of the
baronesss, very pathetic. relating the
manly attitude assumed. by n young
German officer after a Belgian girl had
soused out his eyes. and she never tired
OF telling how gracefully German noble-
women applied themselves to the most
mental Of tasks. all that the war might
sooner be over
Eventually the Baroness got away
from America. She had a commission
as correspondent for the New York
Amertcdn then. and the first news of her
following her departure was n story
written by herself and published in the
American under the by-iine Of Raw
Beveridge. In this cable de,n.tcb sh.
told how she had been held un NV The
Infamous British at Kirkwall
The Baroness. "A has he.n .,,d ,n.a
Won wrede much better than Rever,dgc
Indeed. the name Of her stepfatbrr had
been a money saver. In 1910 when she
had been assessed $500 600 On n.r.onai !
property In New York she had .worn M,
her taxes with the claim she was Ca.
man subject.
available dealing with tho R.rnn..: pa
oeVeridse Won Wrede-or, all that was
avaianie at IL o'clock yesterday morn
,ns; II odeii Kept promise to tell all
ne knew. which he Is understood to have
mage 10 the authorities. Mr.. Becker
Prooaoiy knew considerably more Of the
american venus last night.
MT becker's ONCE. with all these new
features. drifting In. was not the only
place where the Government forces were
sssouas Inc outdoor DEPART
p"., Wy going Iuii speed TOO and
e. 80. many an enishtening word
o'er tne .eienhone.
nHesisa.or VINO mad been as
signed 10 spend the day with c. A.
Lewis, treasurer OF the Evening Mall
Ssnaiea!e' Is Understood to have had
mos. active oay. Missed In the morning
a. inc noeei Marse'iies Lewis was re-
NJ p...,.... "" 'un'neon cues. IN
ma $50. apartment At S-f west
~" ,~w's n,aue nyins
up " '"e E'e"hH haii hohinihR' whicn
~, '"e nay ana ~as seen
S.,," Urn WIN osers papers IL Is
. 'nat t"srea,'er ensneo con-
ue'wn lew's. Dr. !tumeiH ana
r'eoeen D. io"eh. numeiys lawyer.
Fspeh connection sought.
From the information in hand Mr..
Becker Is sure that the frequent visits
Or. Rumely made to the supposcd Ger.
man Red Cross HEADQUARTERS on upper
Broadway establish a certain connection
with Capts Won Papcn and Roy-Ed
These two irI-rIguers In chief for tho
Won RernstorfY embassy. he saws. were
the real directors OF the nron,panda