The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-08

PROPAGANDA RAN
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show that fhe deal was ever consum
mated

mated.
Afraid of some.
On November /. 1915, Rernstotf
rablel 10 the foreign office in Berlin
that he had wound up all the So
called German propaganda and had
endcasored 70 get rid Of all dubious
individual This indicated that
SONG OF tho persons were not thor
o1ghly trusted 10y Bernstorff for he
went on to state that he would say
with good conscience, that we are
no ienger compromised He ex-
planned that since the Lusitanja case
he had been using the Embargo asso-
citation and the German University
league He spoke of the propaganda
work. as having cost a large amount
but as having been most successful
In a report to Consul Reisweitz to
the German embassy sent from Chi
cago December 1f,- 1916, it Is stated
that the embargo conference, had
considered the conditions rendered
service worthy of ACKNOWLEDGING
Reisweitz solicited advice as to
1hettser the cnnterepse should be dis
solved in January or Kept alive until
the preside niial candidates were
named Tho AiatteF plan would cost
between So odo and $1,000. he said.
1t was stated that the continuation of
the enterprises would in his opinion
be. favorable 10 the entire German
5vote.ss and would facilitate in infu-
enciag German voters" Ii would
have'ao be done he explained IN such
n manner that official cooperation
would not be Apparent"
Chief Bielaski produced other cor
respondence 10 show that James F..
Arcf1Tbala who was taken OFF shin
ht t41e Request IN fhe BRITISH s44fhefi-
ties white bearing a message from
Barrow Bum ia and other officials of
The Central Powers from this country
was lin the pay of the German en-
bassy. Nominaly he was employed
by the wheeler syndicate 10 go TO
Europe To- write articles on The war
md the head OF the syndicate dis
charged him when it was found that
his articles were intensely pro-
German,
The Perfect Woman.
There was mention also OF Miss
Ray lReveridge, who wa employed TO
make speeches fer the German cause
in this country while ostensibly col
1Acting money for the German Red
Cross A telegram from Won Berns
tori regarding The contract with Miss
BEverldce was put in the records
Miss Beverage was known on the
stage as THE Perfect Woman
Louis Garthe, correspondent in
WAahington for the Baltimore Ameri-
can, was shown to- have collected
money and written articles for the
National Courier under the editor
ship of Theodore Lowe. Garthe's
r0nnee ton with the publication, which
Was under German subsidy. was not
known 10 the editors OF The Balu-
more American. Bieiaski stated.
Testimony showing the interest Of
the German officials in the American
Truth society of which jeremiah
"A. OiL~aryr was president, was given.
HieIAaki said ne had been unable to
trace the exact amount OF money
which the society received from the
German government but the payment
OF one check for $4,000 had been
trarA1 through The banking house of
Kuhn, Loeb d. com pany Attempts by
the German agents 10 fomcnt dis
furbances in American munition
plants and To arrange for the control
ri Z newspaper IN Mexico also were
shown.
Albert Bushnell Hart The Harvard
professor whose name was given in
yestnrday's testimony by Bi.laski az
having been one % the thirty one
German sympathizers in this country
vent word TO the committee this
morning that he would like to be
given a hearing, The committee de-
eiAeA TO hear him Tuesday morning