The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-14

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The case of the Baltic Baron, Unser-
Stcrnberg, is characteristic. Several
official Austrian Correspondence Bureau
and of the newspaper Fremdenblatt,
which was the official organ of the late
Count Ehrenthal At the same time he
was connected with the Austrian EN-
bassy in Petrograd as an expert who pre-
pared reports for the Russian press con-
corning Austria.
When Baron Unger-sternberg
was arrested one Of the note
books found in his possession es-
tablished the fact the Vecrerny
Golos was subsidized by Germany
and Austria, and that the writer
on international politics was re-
ceiving from these governments
substantial sums every month.
Bribed interruptions Press.
BY bribing INSCRIPTIONS newspaper pub
fishers and writer's the German govern
ment advanced its secret diabolical am
billions for world supremacy through for
cign publications, directing their policies
while remaining hidden in the back
ground. Among the countries that were
absolutely dominated by Germany through
the medium Of a subsized press, Turkey
and Russia were the greatest victims.
The leading newspapers of Constantinople
were conducted on funds furnished by the
German espionage system and naturally
spread it's poisonous influence there long
before the war.
During this war Germany has
sought to purchase many news
papers and to bride many news
papermen in the neutral as well as
in the allied countries. Accord
inc to the statement Of Georg
Brandes, the worlds foremost
critic, there is hardly an import
ant writer OF journalist in any Of
the neutral countries who has not
been offered alluring rewards for
expressing himself in favor Of
Germany.
In snch instances the German agents
not oaly spoke Of the reward to be de
rived from praising Germany. but also
threatened some of the writer's who were
disinclined to do it.
| II also have received such a letter,
writes Brandes. cit read as follows
Germany will mover forget those wht
j will show their friendship during thes'
days, even though such friendship will
not piss the boundary of correct indiffer
cncc.'"
And. indeed. Germany has succeeded il
Establishing news bureaus. subsidizin
newspapers and bribinS journalists Il
neutral lands, by means of which she
circulating German falschoods to mislea
the people o; other countries as wei
as her own.
Il Huns Create . secret Fund.
The German government. established il
1891 special fund for the purpose o
: bribing foreign newspapers and foreig
journalists to help the German foreig
policy. The Foreign Office has been /
charge of this secret fund. In 1880 Vo
Scheen demanded in the Reichstag tina
, the fund be increased to meet the grow
, ing diplomatic requirements. Won Diri
sen supported this request, and from nj
explanation it became known that tn
, special fund was to be used not for espit
= mage purposes, but for bribing foreis
journalists.
The Deputy assured the Reich
! stag that if the money be used
J. judiciously among the foreign
nj representatives Of the press 1t
d would accomplish wonders for the
Fatherland. The special secret
a fund was increased in 1911, and
: was called "The Fund for the
!. Needs of German Information
. Abroad" The Minister Of For
. eisn Affairs was to use the money
! at his discretion, accounting only
confidentially to a special COM
q mittee.
\ Then the German Foreign Office. throus
|. Its secret agents. set out to buy or subs
= dizc organs Of the press and to bril-
u journalists.
= Bribing individuals, subsidiz-
ing publications and establishing
special organs of the press, the
,cl German "Black Cabinet" of the
hdlSSE was III PoSAIASA w 49, s>~~>
his secret ambitions and to utilize
the press for espionage purposes.
u The German agents, employing
= special secret code, frequently con-
Of cealed III innoce looking
al articles information which they
&c wanted 70 impart to their chiefs
e and to their fellow workers in
IN other parts Of the country with
it out resorting to the mails or the
telegraph.
70 The German government also orga
LIKED a society OF international cor
mcrce. which was to be used for espio
cs age purposes
OF The poisonous espionage system
b. Germany was stretching across Euro
and toward the United States while I
Is Kaiser kcrt pratins of peace. frien
shlp and Colt"