Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06
HALE, HEARST MAN
FRIEND Of GERMANY
BERNSTORfF SAID
New York Journalist IN Pay OF
German Propagandists. Probcrs
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Washington. Tee . In telling his
story Of German propaganda IN America,
A Bruce Bielaski chic! Of the bureau of
invest igstion OF tie Department of
Justice. today laid before ihc SENATE
committee investigating brewery nnd
Corrlan propaganda cabiegrams exchanged
IN 1919 hy Count Won Ecynstorif, then
Ambassador here. and the Berlin Foreign
Office.
Cne Of Rernstortf messages urged that
Srsccial favor bc shown William Rnyard
Hale. an American about TO vI.it Berlin
as . newspaper correspondent, because he
was empioyed hy "the Hearst organs
the message said, had outspokenly placed
themselves on the German side
Biclaski told the committee that ilas
WIS on the Hearst payroll for $500 a
week and also was employed AZ si5 600
year hy publicity organization formed
In this country by Or. Bernard Dcrnhu-g,
the German pDpagandist.
Suggesting on June 2, 1915. that the
time Wns favorable ITO get Hearst 10
send Gryt rate journalist 10 Berlin,
Bernstorff told tho foreign office that the
man selected wac Hale. who he SAID had
been confidential agent Of the embassy
.incc the beginnia1 OF the war and was
bound as such by contract To June -,
1918
Hearst. the ambassadors message
said, Us not aware that Hale Is our agent,
but knows him only rs Germanop lie
journalist, who has contributed leading
articles 80 papers.
Hale. according to Bielaski, was paid
by the German government To VISIT Ru-
mania and ii possible prevent entrance
Of that nation into the war. MIR Hearst.
Rlelaski said, vas ignorant OF Hale 5
employment on the latter mission
Following is the message Of June ,,
sent by Bcrnstorff through Bucnos AIRES
and stockholm
In conformity to Your Excellency
wish. / suggest that the pre- ent Is i
favorable time to get Hearst 10 send 4
first rate journalist 10 Berlin he man select
cd. " B Hale, has been, as Your cXcellencY
knows, since the beginning of the war, 4
com dental agent of the embassy, and as
such has been bound by contract till June
%. 1918 In making this arrangement the
main idea was that Hale would be the
most suitable man to start the rcorganiza-
tion of the news service after peace on
the right lines.
Il request full confidence may be ac-
corded to Hale who will bring with hun
a letter of Recommendation from me to
DR. Hamman Hearst is not aw re that
Hale is our agent, but knows him only
as Germanophile journalist !, no has con
trlbuted leading articles to papers.
Another message dated June 5, 1916,
said
Hale tells me. and Hearst confirms,
that the latter is rather hurt that ON
Wiegands account the world gets all the
important Berlin interviews | recommend
that under suitable circumstances tlaie
should, for obvious reasons, Be given pre-
ference as Hearst organs have during the
course of war always placed themselves
outspokenly on our side.
Rlelaski said Germany never succeeded
in scducing an American Official, ii we
exccpt Congressman Buchanan OF illinois,
who gof mixed up vith von Rintelen IN
labor's peace council