Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-10

He is located where ne can DO the cor
porations the most good and he has been
unwilling to be removed, or they have
been unwilling to have him removed,
even for position on the Supreme
bench. He and Rurleson are Houses ap-
pointments and House has been cor
poration lobbyist all his life
"The object of the Zimmerman for
gerry was to frighten Congress into CIV
ing the President the powers that he
demanded and, perhaps, also into pass
ing the espionage bill. When Wilson
wanted to give away the rights of the
United States in the Panama Canal, he
pretended that he had private informa-
tion of n dangerous international stu
alton sufficient to Justify his acts He
has never revealed his private informa-
ton and no one now believes that he
ever had any.
Manufactured Evidence"
He could not repeat this false claim
on this occasion, SO a complaisant cab
met officer this time undertook to manu-
facture sufficient false evidence to en-
able Wilson to have his way. It Is pos
sibe that the British secret service CO.
operated in these plans.
THE only serious consequence Is that
the whole people of this country, ninety
per cent of whom do not want war, may
be projected into war because of these
Misrepresentation and these forged
documents, if they are forged,
"If we do not want to say all this
editorially. we can say part of it edi-
torially, and get some one to stand for
interview, as Hale used to do, to bring
all these points out, especially those
about the probable forgery of the note
We should develop, the forgery phase of
the note for the Sunday paper, If Fran
els and I seem to be right"
A message dated February 81, 1917,
addressed to Philip Francis, in care of
the New York American. said there
should be vigorous attack on the
espionage bill, and quoted Senator Cum
Minis as saying the measure was the
most stringent and drastic ever proposed
to curb free people
THE Democratic party" the message
added, Seems to forget that this is a
republic in which the people govern, and
in which full information Is essential to
intelligent government"
Hart Commended
Telegrams from Elihu Root and DR.
Charles w. Eliot president emeritus OF
Harvard, declaring Professor Harris
loyalty, were read into the record by
| Chairman Overman.
| Professor Hart told the committee that
the attempt of Otto Merkle to induce him
to join the German University League
probably was the cause of his nama be-
ing in the important list"
| Referring to II. F. Albert, Professor
Hart said that at banquet at Cam
bridge in 1914, he and Albert engaged
in a debate over the invasion Of Bel
eium In which Hart condemned the act
and Albert justified 1t. He remarked
that Albert was a most affable person.
"As Lord Byron described IT, sug'
pested Senator Nelson, ALBERT was the
mildest hammered man that ever scut'
tied a ship or cut a throat.
Questioned by Major E. Lowry Humes
in charge Of the investigation for the
committee, regarding passages from ms
hook. THE War In Errnpe.' publ shec
in 1914, Professor Hart said he believed
that the book could properly be criticized
as "to neutral" adding:
"Of course, 1t was not crime iol
any one to be pro-0erman when the wal
first started, but I was not one OF thos'
who were pro-German even before th'
war; -o,,
message dated February 26, 1917
from New York, signed Van Hamnl,
addressed to w. r. Hearst, Palm Beach
Fla, said: !.
Earnestly urged immediate action u
check or stop Hale dispatches. The!
come by wireless and surely are plcKe'
up despite your well known attitude
of neutrality. These dispatches are 81
worded as to permit the Interpretation
that Berlin is debating our poiicy' :
fear we are drifting into a situation akii
to the false Mckinley one, only accen
tuated many fold. With profound re
spect I urge we check Hale and al
agencies that tend to throw discredi
upon our declared attitude of sturd!
Americanism."
Hart Before PrObers
Prof Albert Bushnell Hart, OF Har
ward University, pointed to his recor'
and to his published articles on the wa
before the Senate Judiciary Commute
today as evidence that his name had NJ
place on the German 'list OF importan
names" in the committees Investigation
Of German propaganda.
Professor Hart described his acquaint
ance with pro-Germans and declared h
had not shared their views at any time
He said he refused TO join the Germal
University Alliance at the invitation o
Otto Merkel of New York, because h