The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11


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 CtNar a telegrams related to the Fsn6 n,Armann note in which e1@ proposed an alliance with r.exico and Japan and which the As , sociated Press revealed to the world One message signed Doctor" and sent from Palm Beach, said the note probably was a forgery prepared by the Attorney General "to frighten Con- gress into giving the President the powers he demanded and perhaps also into passing the espionage bill"
 This telegram was dated March and was sent after "yan Hamm'' at New York had telegraphed Hearst at Palm Beach copy "of the instructions as sent by Dr. Alfred Zimmerman. Ger man foreign secretary, to German Min ister Won Eckhardt in Mexico through Won Bernstorff, now in possession of the United States government"
 ANNOUNCED AS CORRECT
 On March 1 s. s. Carvalho of the New York American sent MT. Hearst ,,,t ,iSwanson) of Virginia announced in Senate this morning that he was au- thorized by the President to state that the Zimmerman note to Mexico was textually correct. Lansing made same announcement from state department, and asked: twill you outline such edi- toriaI as you wanted printed?"
 Before the telegrams were read into the record the committee heard pr. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard uni versity, whose name was contained in "a list of important names" found in the diary of pr. Karl F. Feuhr, a Ger man propagandist. pr. Hart, who has two sons in the army, entered an em- phatic denial of pro-German tendencies and declared he was strongly antiGer- man before and after the United States entered the war.
 Messages from Elihu Root and Charles w. Eliot, vouching for pr. Hart's loyalty, were received by Chair man Overman and placed in the record. HITCHCOCK EXPLAINS STAND Tn the Senate during the day Senator Hitchcock delivered prepared ad- dress explaining his attitude toward the shipment of munitions to the all lies before the United states entered the war
 He had been mentioned in commun- of ov,tc fox ,ro h ia to this proposal Senator Hitchcock recalled that his attitude on the sub ject was well known since he had in troduced bill to make such shipments unlawful Like other Americans, he said. his views had undergone a change. He first favored peaceful neutrality, he said. then armed neutrality and finally declaration of war.
 WANTED AUTHENTIC NEWS
 Among the messages received and
 sent by Hearst and others read
 into the commlttee's record today
 was one from the yossische Zeitunx
 of Berlin. sent via sayville, New
 York, February 22, ID days after
 the United States severed diplo-
 natic relations. It was addressed,
 ~William Randolph Hearst, The
 Breakers. Palm Beach, Fla.." and
 saids
 asince rupture relations Reuters misrepresenthffona more than ever uncomfortable. Kindly cable brief abatement precise situation, opin- ions leading American circles. Many thankn befOrehand." On February A Hearst sent this mes- sage to Mir. Carvalho of the New York American: Don't you think we should print in New York the dispatch from vossische Zeitung. which query reads as follows: Note (probably quote meart). Since rupture relations Reuters misrepre- sentations more than ever uncontrolla- 1 ble Kindly cable brief statement pre- else situation My reply in New York?" On the following day. February 25.d Hearst sent this message to Carvalho: 1 "Bse Star<Spangled Banner in all morning papers Do not print vos-