The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-03
S2O,OOO,OOo SPENT FOR GERMAN PLOTS
 IN UNITED STATES

That the German Gove-nmen. spent between sI5.o0o. .ooo and sso.oo0, 900 on pio.s and intrigues in this coun- try in .he years 1918 and 1916 through a single channel. the office Of Doctor Heinrich E. Albert. The commercial at.achs ot the German embassy. is revealed for she first time in the lat- est publication c. the Committee on Public Information
 The title of the pamphlet is Ger man Plots and Intrigues in the Unit ed States During the Period Of Our Neutrality It's authors are Profes- so- [ : Sperry 0: the University of Syracuse, and Professor Wills NJ wes. Q: the University Of Minnesota The sources from which their info-- nation is drawn are the ofEcia. files ot ghe Department Of Justice, and the records ot the trials conducted by the Department agents, particularly .n New york. Chicago. Detroit and San Francisco.
 The story told by these official re- cords as ,hey are painstakingly ex- plained and interpreted is an amaz- ing one. II dots ,he --i's" and crosses s1a ~ts~ 70 all our conceptions ot ot- Scizl German unscrupulousnsss, et- troase-y. and lying. l. deals with la bo- leaders corrupted. and strikes caused il munitions plants by German influence: with the German financing os -he movement for an embargo on munitions shipments: win the des- --aetio1 Of innocent merchant vessels oy bombs planted ia their ca-goes by German agents ia American harbors: win plo-s for me promotion q sabo- -age in -he United States and in Cana ia. including -ae blowing up ot the Wa.la-6 Canal and the Canadian Pa c51c Rz.lway: @i-a The corruption of American opinion through 1hs agency 9t German paid professors. newspa- ce-s. and lecturers: with the forging ot passports 10 send German reserv- ss-s abroad: with inc supply from Am e-scaa DOTS ot German raiders 2. sea: ~:-A German plots organized here in order 10 cause revolt ia India and in Ireland: ~i,h inc p-ocurazion o' per jury and The shameless lying Of the German Government Perhaps his -o-T contains 10 instance ot etfron-- =-g greater han The issuance to tha American press. in Decemb her. 1915, ot inc tol-o1ing official lie:
 The German Government has nal g-aIlY never Enowiag,y accepted the sgppo-t ot any person, group ot per sons. society o- organization seeking 70 promote -he cause Q. Germany in -h4 C1i-=d States by illegal ac-s, by counsel Of violence. by coatraTeation ct law. or oy any means whatever thai could offend The American people in tae pride Of their own authority" Every line Of this pamphlet proves she talsi.y Of this official German statement
 Among Eae Germans actively con 1=c-ad ~;lh plots and inrrigues fu iaiz country while enjoying its hos yl-zlity wsre Ambassadors Bsrnstors and Dumba; attaches Papea, Boy-Ed and Albert; Franz Bopp, German Consul a. San Francisco. and Kurr ron Raiswi-z. Consul as Chicago, Dr .genz and Paul Koenig Of the Ham 5urg-Amerscan steamship line; and s1ca minor conspirasogs as Rin-elen Fay, Co-g.. Scheele. Kleisr- and 2 dozen others. The numerous Amer !czn rools include Ez-Congrsssmal Frank Buchanan, ~ho was active 1T ttsa naovsnsu- for strikes and tas munitions embargo; Lamar, the "Woli cs Wall Street: D-. William Bayarc Hale. 10 whom Count BerDs-o-1 re se-re6 as one who could ~give intor
 nation concerning rhs embargo move -aent; Max Breit2ng 2. Chicago anG A.te-r Koitscn-nidt ot Detroit, whe
 were connected with attempts to pro
 mote explosions; tas notorious Jer
 ez1iaa OrLea-y. Irish agita,or and sdi
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 -BuI7. George Sylvester Viereck
 whose paper the @FathsrGand" va!
 ina need Dy the German Embassy. an'
 2 hos. ot others.
 CT the bomb industry. with its a0