Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-16
GERMAN MONEY IS
BUSY IN S. AMERICA
Fomenting of Labor Troubles
Believed to Be Prime OBJ
ject at Present.

Buenos Aires. = (By mail.) - Belief
hat German aGitators still are using
large sums of German money trans
rerred from New York to foment revo-
!utionary labor troubles in Argentina
and Uruguay is widespread in both
countries. 1t has been stated i'm gov
eminent circles here that Ambassador
Naon was bringing from Washington
proofs of the activity of German agents
IN fostering cOnspiracies against the
governments OF those two South Ameri-
,an countries and Brazil.
1t is widely believed here that both
Argentina and Uruguay have been kept
in continual turmoil through labor
troubles n anarchistic outbreaks
solely for the purpose on interfering
with any assistance they are able to
give the entente allies and with the OBJ
ject of indirectly affecting the allied
cause by seriously damaging the finan-
cial condition of allied industries which
have been established in these two re-
publics.
Argentine officials have received Of
fiGial information regarding large de-
posits of German funds in New York
which were transferred to South Amer
brink Of war, it being apparent that the
money could he used to better adyan-
tage In neutral countries. These funds
were sent to Rio de Janeiro, Monte
video. Lima. Santiago de Chile and
Euenos Aires. with the largescAdeposits
fund alone at one time il said to have
reached a balance of 5000. 900 marks,
distributed among several German
banking houses here.
1t Is stated that amounts Of this
money were spent for the purchase of
and It Is frankly ad Omitted, eve in
brazil. that only the entrance of Brazil
trto h var put q definite end to these
plans.
While these plans were solely mill
tnry as far N Brasil vas concerned,
the German asitators In Uruguay and
Argentina have been content to spend
their money keeping laborers and an
archists busy in their work of deatruc-
ton. II in believed here that most Of
the aeitations have been led by German
agents who came here from the United
States and that one serious railroad
tSsiks n.ArEsntinaS wa 'snsinser%d BY
tempted q similar paralyEation OF traf-
tic in the United States.
The first serious outbreak of this
sind was at the American packing
i.ousex in Montevideo. This strike was
ridden and entirely unexpected and the
government was puzzled at the length
of time during which apparently penni-
less labOrers were able to hold out in
lie nus and unreasonable demands
hat had been framed for them by the
strike agitators.
These labor troubles soon spread
across the river into Argentina and the
country Ia not beer free of more or
css serious uprisinKs among laborers
md anarchists for h last four months
property a been destroyed. soldiers
md innocent people shot down and
many acres OF crops burned. In xev-
a-al instances. especially in the case OF
packing house strikes. not one employe
u the companies affected has been
represented on the strike committees
hat visited the managers.
There are evidences that Amba ssador
Naon has kept in close touch with the
american department Of state regard
nE German activities in Argentina and
he people here were looking forward
% new exposures when ne met Prexi-
lent lrigoyen on returning from Wash
fngton.