Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-08

!. of papers always ended with him being held responsible for all the articles of such papers. For that reason he said, he had succeeded in getting free , of all relations with the Fair Play. of , Marcus Braun, and that he also would like to be free from the Fatherlapd. ; which he added, "has shown itself of little value" The letter spoke of an unfortunate . experience with the "Times Mail" and said only the future could show "whether we will have better luck with MT. Huntington Wright and MT. T. E. Low.
 New York, Dec. 7-Denial that they possessed pro-German sentiments prior to Americas entrance into the. war were made here today by a num- Der of men mentioned in the "import- ant list of names" in the diary of pr. Karl A. Fuehr, German agent brought to America by Count von Bernstorff. former German ambassa- dor. This diary was introduced in evi- dence yesterday at the Senate lnvesti- gation into German propaganda in the United States.
 Regarding a letter written by Sam uel Untermyer to Dr. Heinrich Albert. men commercial attache of the Ger man embassy, regarding the purchase of a New York newspaper, Mr. Unter- mve: characterized the communication as being without taint of propa ganda and said the introduction of the letter into the proceedings was ridiculous"
 Dr. William R. Shepherd, former professor of history at Columbia Uni- versity, and Peter S. Grosscup, former United States Federal Judge, each denied sentiments of pro-Germanism. William Bayard Hale denied he ever "sat in council with Count von BerH- storff'' and declared his activities were limited to duties as a neutral corres- r pOn3ent ill the employ of William Randolph Hearst. H. F. Albert, Bielaski said obtained an option to buy for $900,O00 the American Press, New York organ- lization with branches in seventeen other ciries furnishing plate matter to small newspapers. i,
 Under the option, which Bielaski put into the record and which he said was entered into by Courtland Smith, president, the association, was to put it's whole organization at the disposal of Albert for pro-German news from July h to October 15, 1915, during which time Albert was to declare whether he would make the purchase.
 The Bernstorff letter reporting on difficulties in dealing with the Amer ican press, was read as follows:
 "As to the value of weekly papers there are here very different views. MT. Bayard Hale wishes me to propose to you the founding of a first class weekly, whereas l n my report num- lber 4l2 recommend>the starting of a monthly. Personally. thing it entire- ly depends upon whether we make a happy choice in respect to the editor. In this respect we have had "a very unfavorable experience with the "Times Mail" only the future scan show whether we shall have better luck with MT. Huntington Wright and MT. T. E. Love-
 "The fact of an American news paper being subsidized can never be kept secret because there is no retic- ence in this country. It always ends with my being held responsible for all the articles of any such newspaper. This is particularly undesirable, when, as now, we are in an electoral campaign of the bitterest character which is turning largely upon foreign policy.
 q have, therefore, with much satis- faction to myself, at least, succeeded in getting out of all relations with fair play, of Mir. Marcus Braun. l should also be glad to free from the Fatherland which has shown itself to be of little value.
 Tt is particularly difficult in a hostile country to find suitable per- sons for help of this sort and to this as well as the Lusitania case, we may attribute the shipwreck of the Ger man propaganda initiated by Herr Dernburg'
 Marcus Braun, former immigra- tion inspector, was editor of the Fair Play. This paper, Bielaski told the committee, received numerous sub sidies sums from the German Em- bassy, amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5OO0. Early in 1916, publication of the paper was stopped, as its circula- tion had dropped to such a low figure that it had become of little value to Germans.
 To prevent the ownership of the pa- per going into bankruptcy. with "un- desirable publicity" being given to it. paid $3.074 for the payments of debts. This amount was given, it was de- clared, only after Braun had threaten ed that he would make no effort to prevent the publication of the con- nection between the German govern- ment and the paper, should it become bankrupt. A letter to Bernstorff from Dr. Albert. read into the record, term fhic "docniooh1o oytOrtiOnD huf recommended that the amount should be paid to avoid further trouble. The Bernstorff communication to Berlin announcing reorganization of his propaganda after the Lusitania was 1 dooodod hy, fhn don0 ri ID ant of