Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-10

laSki. chief of the bureau of inveStiga- tion, of the department of justice
 completed his testimony today before the senate committee Investigating
 brewers and German propaganda. Fo1 three days, Mir. Bielaski had barred
 the confidential files of the department | to show the vain efforts of former Am
 basador Von Bernstorff and other
 agents of the Kaiser to influence pub ] lie sentiment in America in favor of Germany.
 Seven and one half million dollars
 was the cost to Germany of the propa-
 ganda campaign in the United States, l MT. Bielaski, said, the sum coming
 from the total fund of $27,S50,00O held
 by the embassy in Washington. Part
 of the money went for the purchase of
 newspapers and the printing and dis
 rbuting of literature and part of it was sent to German consuls over the the country.
 Mir. Bielaski's testimony does not
 include the committees inquiry into the activity fthe German representa- tives. It was announced tonight that Alfred F. Becker, assistant district attorney of New York, who conducted an Investigation of German propagan- da, and Francis Garvin, chief of the bureau of investigation of the alien property custodian's office will be ex- amined later. Tomorrow, the commit tee will hear Professor Albert Bush nell Hart, of Harvard University, whose name was in the important list ' of names" contained in Dr. Fuehr's diary, and who has asked for permis- sion to testify. After that the commit tee will adjourn for several days. In the course of his testimony to- day, MT. Bielaski read from report made to Berlin by Dr. Karl F. Fuehr, counsellor of the German embassy, on propaganda. This praised the attitude | f Wm. Randolph Hearst towards eGr- many and included in a list of "neu- llal,' papers, the New oYrk Mail, Mllwaukee Free Press, The Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post and the hearst organs. Fuehr said that of these, the Hearst papers were the most valuable because of their large clculations and fact that they were printed in so many different cities. The Hearst papers are not to be classlfled as blind champions of Ger many Guehr's report said" Many u the articles are not favorable to us put for that reason they are much more effective than they could pos- aoly be if pronouncedly pro-Ger- man.
 Mr.. BielaAzi told the committee !nal or all the newspapers published
 u lne United States, the Hearst or sans were the most pronounced in Ssor s Of Germany"
 mere is no other newspaper man" sald Mir. Bielaski, "whosc attitude was so friendly to Germany.
 II this inquiry were limited to an m'estlgation wa of paid propagandists, "s, "s could not mention MT. Hearst.
 iaere Is no evidence that MT. Hearst viewed profits from the German gov- ss'aament, sa or from anyone acting for How do you' account for Mr. s,.arscs soa attitude?" asked Senator Nell son, of Minnesota.
 ,.a n was probably because MT. Hearst .ss sas antl-British and suspicious of |ss.s.ytnlng s.s that country did, or it may ssse S"s oeen caused by his friendship Witness, "' p'' ''0
 m tne discussion ty the commit Esus s oI the neutral papers named in sanfs sS. list" Senator Nelson remark tn th me Washington Post was. bad up [Nof fe tlme of the death of John R. ns -saa. l used to read it every morn ve aao swear. For a couple of years Ws sad only one fair newspaper in aalnston and that was the Star. p.ss nscuVities in this country of Bolo for Ia, h; executed recently in France b,,.rsn treason, were touched upon hsn oy MT. Bielaski, who said min came here ostensibly to buy mors.p paper, but in reality to obta1n Oana.s s TOT the purchase of news nis Tn France. Bolo, Bielaski N, was brought to this country by nt,cIIIesentative of Hearst and was
 -sscduced to Hearst.
 Bolo uere Is one fact. we have about n,bl,str trasha, which has never been
 Th.s Thsned beforc,y said MT. Bielaski. sith q. IS that Pasha was in touch |h anae e German embassy here short Qermsn the war was declared by 4 IS Tn 1914. In la note book loe,e,..a .aloert, which we have in our bfspar. there appears this enry:
 : telegram to Pasha.' mat