New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
New Yorker Ridiculed
Officials as "Lackeys"
Becker Says Dummy Now
in Cleveland Acted for
Kaiser's Man

neld FEDERAL office, was contemplating
emigration to victorious Germany, and
braun's magazine Fair Play" was sup
ported. by Won Bernstorff's money.
according to information made public
yesterday by Attorney General Lewis.
The letters from which Mr.. Lewis
gained this information bear the sig
natures OF Marcus Braun and of Count
Won Bernstorff. Mr.. Braun's letter was
written in February, 1916, to woman
IN Berlin. The writer tells her, among
other things, that "our Administration
OF Justice is in the hands of British
lackeys." Mr.. Braun has himself held
a post in the Federal administration.
For time he was immigration Com
missioner. Again he was Port Warden.
Bernstorff Gave Orders
Count Won Bernstorff, in an undated
letter, reminds Mr. Braun that the
stock of the "Fair Play" Publishing
Company was held by a dummy for the
German Ambassador. and if Mr.. Braun
wants any information about it the
person to address is the ambassador
and not the dummy.
! Bernstorff's letter follows:
g! hear that you asked Mr. Archibald
White for the certificates of the shares
of the former Fair Play company.
You will remember that those shares
belonged to me and that they were
made out in Mr.. Whites name at my
/ request. The certificates were returned
to me by Mr. White and l destroyed
them, as l thought they were of no
more value, considering that the Fair
Play company does not exist any more.
"If there is anything more to be said
in this matter please address yourself
to me and not to Mr.. White"
Another letter made public yester-
day by Deputy Attorney General Beck
or was from Braun to his friend, Mrs.
DALI Kroch. The letter, dated Febru-
airy 16, 1916, follows:
Dear Mrs. Kroch: l was glad to
hear from you, as in these days of
British impudence it is merely a chance
that a letter reaches its destination
However, | received your letter, and
therefore | hope you received the ones
l wrote to you and that you will re-
ceive this one
bldme0 tIermanS themselves
"Conditions, while they have changed
somewhat for the better as far as
sentiment of the people is concerned,
are still very, very bad, and it is a
good deal the fault of our German
1 friends themselves. Somehow or an
other they do not understand how to
make friends. Of course, that will not
interfere with the final victorious re-
suits for the Teutons and their allies,
but what | am particularly afraid of is
the aftermath, because l am also GER
! tain there will be general boycotting
of everything that is German and it
will be made as difficult as possible,
and that is the only propaganda that
ought to be carried on now to prevent
! it,
~ am doing in my small way every
thing that | possibly can and l wish I
was able to come over just now to i'm
press the people in Berlin of the i'm
portance of looking ahead in that re-
spect but ! cannot take any chances
now; the English would SURELY take
me off the ship, because some of our
rotten pro-British newspapers have
printed the most sensational stories
about my visits to Europe and put me
down as a German spy.
Rather write Than Fight"
"Under ordinary circumstances |
would bring these rotten-hearted edi-
tors into cout and make them nav the
pernalty for their libels, but the mind
of the population has been poisoned to
such an extent that no fair minded
jury can be gotten together on a case
like that, particularly also in view of
the fact that our Administration of
Justice is in the hands of British lack
eys, so l let the thing go at that and
merely content myself with writing in
equally strong language about the
mean and contemplate doings of the
British and the Allies in this country.
Somehow or other | have an idea
that the war will soon end, because l
| cannot imagine that the people of Eng
land and France can be fooled much
longer by their crooked politicians as
to the real status, and as soon as the
people there will find out how things
stand, they will sweep the betrayers of
their trust out of office and will come
to terms with Germany and her allies.
and then you can rest assured that the
first German boat which will leave
New York harbor bound for Germany
will have among its passengers,
"Yours sincerely,
"MARCUS BRAUN"
more than a quarter of a century ago
and was naturaized as soon as pos
sible.
White Tell of Deal
Archibald White, who held the stock
of "Fair Play" as a dummy, is now
living at the Hollenden Hotel, in Cleve-
land. He is president of the Cleveland
Salt Company, president of the Union
Gas and Electric Company of Cincin-
matt and has been engaged in the stock
brokerage business at 25 Pine Street,
New York City. Both White and his
wife, who was Olive Moore, an actress.
have been questioned by representa-
tives of the Attorney General.
According to Mr. Becker. White said
his wife introduced him to Bernstorff.
He said she had met the German Am
bassador in Munich and introduced
them at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here
in 1913 or 1914. Mr.. Becker said White
told him Bernstorff was a frequent
caller at his home and that one even
ing he came there with the stock of
"Fair Play" made out in Whites name.
"Do you recall any reasons that
Count Won Bernstortf gave you at that
time why he should use your name in
connection with this stock, or did YOU
ask him." queried Mr.. Becker.
mo, do not remember that l did :"
White replied. ~ did not suspect that
he was using my name to conceal his
identity with this stock, at least not
at that time"