The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-08
INQUIRY NATIONWIDE GERMAN PROPAGANDA SYST

| Hale himself concerning the meaning
of his mission. but in n fore note
| to a Hale article In the Worlds Work
Of May, 1914. 1t was said: DIR. Hale
went to the Mexican capital to in
vestigate the events and the char
acter of the Huerta regime. He re-
manned three months, returning to
| Washington with n report which. ac-
cording to common belief. decided
President Wilson to refuse recogni-
ton of the Huerta government. Later
DIR. Hale visited the revolutionary
chiefs in northern Mexico, and held
a series Of conferences with Gen.
Carranza and his staff; these con-
ferences were followed shortly after
ward by the abolition of the embargo
on arms and munitions OF war, which
had placed the revolutionists at a dis
advantage"
Dropped By President Wilson.
To this should be added a line from
the who's Who" sketch OF Hale:
Special agent of President Wilson
In Mexico, 1s13-1914."
After 1914 no public mention of any
visit Of Hale to the White House was
| made. and II was reported that the
| cordial relations between Mr.. Wilson
and his biographer had ceased. In
that year and the year following Hale
sent to newspapers and magazines ar
| ticles and letters attacking the Presi-
dents foreign policy. Strangely
| iy nna ~ fhaao ortIrIno tn,th-
llshed in the Christian Herald in 1915,
Hale strongly deplored the lifting of
the Mexican embargo on arms and
munitions, with which Hale himself
had been credited by the Worlds Work
the year before. In the Christian
Herald Hale said that the chaos
which obtains in Mexico is in large
measure the work of guns and cart
ridges made in the United States and
exported to Mexico. where they have
done their perfect work"
I At the time Hale experienced this
change Of mind he was. according to
the Bie.aski testimony in Washington,
on the German Embassy payroll at
$4,000 a year. Hale himself said on
Friday:
| IL IL pSTIeClly wei kHOWH lHdI
the year 1914-15 was advif ~ to the
German Information Service. a press
organization conducted openly and
aboveboard. with headquarters In Mad
ison Square. 1 resigned in November.
1915"
As n Hearst Correspondent.
To correct an impression obtained b,
some hearers Of the Bielaski testimony
that he was still receiving German
pay when he was in Berlin as a CORE
spondent for Mr.. Hearst in 1916 and
1917, Hale said last night:
THE statement. by whomsoever
made that while in the employ OF the
New York American / ever received
one penny from the German Govern
ment or from anybody connected with
the German Government Is a lie.
The allegation that the German
Government or anybody connected
with the German Government, directly
or indirectly. contributed one cent to-
ward the payment OF my expenses in
Berlin Is lie.
The fact Is that in addition to lib
eral remittances from the New York
American was obliged to cash and
did cash and expended In Berlin my
personal letter OF credit for So 600"
The Madison Square office OF which
Hale speaks was at 1923 Broadway.
His principal effort there was aimed
at stirring up American feeling
against England and stopping the ex-
port of munitions. In this office ac-
cording to r. Everett Hare, who had
been one of his assistants Hale, on the
day following the sinking of the
Lusltania, edited and corrected q
speech defending that crime, which DR..
Bernhard Dernberg. German Imperial
Privy Councillor. delivered at Cleve-
land. This speech so irritated
America that Dernberg had to leave
the country.