New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-27

tie Or no knowledge of the proper way
to influence public opinion in Am erica,
and, furthermore, that one of the most
serious defects of public life in Ameri
ca was a lack of knowledge of inter
nat Onal affairs, VIII CHI was very OBJ
vious in Washington. as we'll as in
other places, and that his efforts were
to direct that state of ignorance help
out the Germans and present their
matter in acceptable FORM
The witness then referred to the
system of clipping German newspapers
for articles which were considered
6su table for American consumption.
The German newspapers, he said,
came to DR.. Carl A. Fuehr, who had
an office at 1928 Broadway, and after
F'uehr had pointed out articles that he
thought worthy Of translation the
clippings were turned over to the Of
fetal translators, DR.. Carl Mechlen-
berg and a Mr.. Page. When the trans
ltions were completed they were sub
mitted to DR.. Hale who had the
final say as to which should and which
should not be circulate dior propa-
ganda purposes. He also named Pro-
fessor Horowitz, who s now in an in
ternment camp, and DR. Oberfohn
a financial expert, as among the at
Urged Great Secrecy.
After the translated articles had
been approved by Hale they we're
sent to the American Press Associa-
ton to be set up. The proofs were
returned to the Office Of M. F. Claus
sen. former publicity agent of the
Hamburg american line, because DR.
Hale, the witness said, objected to
their being, addressed to his office.
Dr. Hale made the specific state
ment," said the witness, that he did
not care to have them addressed to
his office. He said that he did not
care to have his association with the
Germans known
"What other sphere of activities did
DR.. Hale engage in?'
in addition to his editorial work in
connection with the sheet (propagan-
da), as we called it, he was engaged
in the preparation of various pam
phlets and booklets. The first of the
pamphlets was entitled Thou Shalt
Not Kill' and the second had to do
with the Anglo French loan. Subse-
Quently he was engaged in the COM
pilation of a book which purported
to contain the correspondence ex-
changed between foreign officers and
their representatives in Belgium. This
book was originally published under
the imprint of the German foreign
office"
Another witness who was present
then interjected the following state
ment:
Viereck told me in the early part of
January, just after Hale had seen me
and asked me to come in that they
had hired Hale primarily because he
was an intimate friend of the presi-
dent and enjoyed the confidence of
the president, nd in the course of sub
sequent conversation Hale was face
tiOusly referred to as The kitchen en-
trance to the White House.
In May, 1915 the witness said that
DR.. Hale left New York and proceeded
to Berlin as the correspondent of
Hearst's International News Service.
He then referred to some of Hale's
newspaper articles and the cable mes
sage which he sent from Berlin after
diplomatic relations were broken off,
in which he announced his intention
to staying there "in the hope" Us the
witness expressed it, "Of acting as q
means whereby the differences be-
tween the American people and the
German people might be adjusted"
knocks President Wilson.
1t was also testified that Hale had
written that President Wilson's mind
was warped" by the fact that he had
never studied anything but English
history; that he had gone to Bermuda,
q British colony, to rest after his first
election to the Presidency, and that
he had never drunk deep at the wells
of German culture
Subsequently to the puollcation of
the volume containing the diplomatic
correspondence, Hale prepared and
published a volume entitled, A1eri-
can Rights and British Pretentions on
the High Seas the witness said. This