The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-09-07

is drawn are the official files of the
department Of justice. and the records
OF the trials conducted by the depart
ment agents, particularly in New
York. Chicago. Detroit and San Fran
cisco.
The story told by these official rec
ords as they are painstakingly eX-
planned and interpreted is an amazing
one. II dots the is" and crosses the
It's" to all our conceptions of official
German unscrupulousnesS. effrontery
and lying. 1t deals with labor lead
ers corrupted, and strikes caused in
munitions plants by German influence;
with the German financing of the
movement for an embargo on muni-
tons shipments; with the destruction
OF innocent merchant vessels by
bombs planted in their cargoes by
German agents in American harh)rS'
with plots for the promotion Of sa-
hOtage in the United States and in
Canada. including the blowing up Of
the Welland canal and the Canadian
Pacific railway; with the corruption
Of American opinion through the
agency of German paid professors
forging of passports to send German
reservists abroad; with the supply
from American ports Of German raid
ers at sea: with German plots organ
lied here in order to cause revolt in
India and Ireland; with the procura
ton of perjury and the shameless ly-
fng Of the German government. Per
haps history contains no instance OF
effrontery greater than the issuance
to the American press. in December
1915. of the following official lie:
The German government has nat.
urally never knowingly accepted the
support of any person, group OF per,
sons, society or organization seeking
to promote the cause of Germany in
the United States by illegal acts, by
counsel of violence. by contraventiOn
OF law. or by any means whatever
that could offend the American peO-
pie in the pride of their authority"
Every line of this pamphlet proves
the falsity of this official German
statement.
Among the Germans actively con-
nected with plots and intrigues in
this country, while enjoying its hos
| pitality, were Ambassadors Bern
storff and Dumba, attaches Papen,
Boyd and Albert, Franz Bopp. Ger
man consul at San Francisco, and
Kurt Won Relswitz. consul at Chicago:
Or. BuenZ and Paul Koenig OF the
| Hamburg American steamship line :;
and such minor cOnspiratOrs as Rim
| telen, Fay, Gorst. Scheele kleist and
o dozen others. The numerous Ameri-
can tools include ex-Congressman
| Frank buchanan. who was active in
munitions embargo; Lamar. the Wolf
of Wall street; Dr. William Bayard
Hale. to whom Count Bcrnstorff re-
| ferred as one who could give in
/ formation" concerning the embargo
movement: Max Breitung OF Chicago
/ and Albert Koltschmidt of Detroit,
Who were connected with attempts to
promote explosions; the notorious
jeremiah OLeary, Irish agitator and
editor of a seditious publication called
Bull; George Sylvester Viereck,
whose paper. the "Fatherland," was
financed by the German embassy, and
host of others.
OF the bomb industry, with it's 300
to 400 bombs manufactured. and fires
in thirty-three ships sailing from New
York, we get this glimpse in the testi-
mony of a witness in the case against
Captain Won kleist in the New York
courts: I'VE sat down and we spoke
for about three hours.
asked him the different things that
he did, and said If he wanted an in
tcrview with Mr.. Won lgel, my boss
he would have to tell everything. So
he told me Won Papen gave DR.
Scheel the partner of Won kleist In
this factory. check for $4,000 to
start the bomb factory. He
told me that he, Mr.. Won kleist, and