Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-10
Instructed to Get All German
Subjects Out of Plants Man.
ufacturing Munitions for the
Allied Powers
NO OTHER MAN AS
PR0-HUN AS HEARST
"Eyen After We Entered War
His Attitude Was Very QueS-
tionabIe," Declares InveSti-
gator BieIaski
I0y NoRNlNa louna.l arseI.l .e.,re wlnr,

lay "oRNINo JouRNAt SPECIAL ls.-ro wins,
washington, Dec "A Bruce Bic
laski, chief of the bureau of investiga-
tion of the department of justice, COM
pleted his testimony today before tho
senate committee investigating brew
ers ana German propaganda. For
three days Mr., Fielaski has barred the
confidential files of the department
to show the vain efforts of former AM
hassador ven Bernstorff and other
agents of the kaiser to influence pub
lie sentiment in America in favor OF
Germany.
Seven and one-half million dollars
was the cost to Germany of the propa-
ganda campaign In the United States,
Mr.. Bielaski said, the sum coming
from the $27,S500 600 held by the em-
oassy in Washington, Part of the
money went for the purchase of news
papers and the printing and distribut-
ing OF literature and part of it was
sent to German consuls all over the
country
Mr.. BielasSfs ties imouy does not
conclude the committees inquiry into
the activity of the German activities,
It was announced tonight that Alfred
Recker, assistant district attorney Of
New York, who conducted an investi-
cation of German propaganda, and not
Francis GarVin, chief of the bureau
of Investigation of the alien property
custodian's office. win he examined
later. Tomorrow the committee will
hear Professor Alfred Bushnell Hart
of Harvard UNIVERSITY whose namn
was in the "lmpoftsht iist of names
contained in Dr. Feuhr's diary and
who has asked for permission to tes-
tify
After that the committee win adj
journ,
Hearst Is Praised
In his testimony today, Mr.. Bielas-
vi read from q report made to Berlin
by Dr. Karl f. Feuhr. counsellor of
the German embassy, on propaganda.
This praised the attitude of William
r. Hearst towards Germany and in
cluded on list Of neutral papers the
New York Evening Mail. the Milwau-
kee Free Press, the Chicago Tribune,
the Washington Post and the Hearst
organs. Feuhr said that of these the
Hearst papers were the most valuable
because of their large circulation and
because of the fact that they were
printed in SO many different cities.
The Hearst papers are not to be
classified as blind champions Of Ger
many Feuhr's report read "Many of
the articles are not favorable to us.
But for that reason they are much
more effective than they could possi-
bly, be II pronouncedly pro- German
Mr.. Bielasbi told the committee that
of all the newspapers published in the
United States, the Hearst organs were
The most pronounced in favor of Ger
many
More letters from the secret files of
Count Won Bernstorff were read by
BielasN. Among them were instruc-
ions to all German consuls in the
United States to get German subjects
1ut of plants producing materials for
he allies.
The consuls We're ordered to stop
Germans above the rank of common
aborer from working in such plants,
lnder section of the imperial code
md to report to the German eonsIl-
ate at New York.
Bielaski read to the committee at
ength from the diary of DR.. Karl Il.
'uehr, the German agent whose ac-
ivities figured prominently in the
Investigation. The notns of Fuehr
aid that on the Cay following The
Of private letters Of II. +.
\lbert he consulted with Albert at
,edarhurst, ~ Y. and later discussed
he incident with Samuel Untermyer
Letters were submitted to show
hat the Hans Lebeau relief bureau
vas organized in New York with
ranches in principal cities, to an III
luencing Germans and Austrians 10
i've UP their work in munitioa fac
ories. This bureau ostensibly was a
organization
A report made to the German em-
assy In February, 1916, by Ieheau
howed that the bureau had placed -
56 ,laborers, and that many SIX lied
Torkers who had no trouble finding
ther work themselves had been per,
laded to leave munitlon plants
The bureau also took an enrolment
t Germans and Austrians who had
ad military experience and it kept
p its work until after Bernstorff de-
arted on the breaking of relations
etween the United Statas and Ger
lany.
Lamar Was Booster.
Bielaski told how when Captain
'ranz Won Rintelen came to the
'nited States in 1915 to endaavor to
top shipments to Great Britain he
ret David Lamar. convicted aftetwarJ
! New York and sent to prison for
npersonating a. Mitchell Palmer /
len member of congress, Won
intelen formed labor organizations
! the interest of keepng the Unittd
tates out of the war through La
lar, he said. and in conpecuon with
lat work five hundred thousand dol
Irs was collected.
only small part II 1t was spent.
owever," said Bielaski Lamar had
habit of taking credit for great
lany thingf ne had nothing 80 90
ith. Al a mass meat,ng IN New
arsfY af .Mhirh SnerAAfa..,, Rrnnn