The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-10
REVEALS
FURTHER GERMAN
PLOTS IN AMERICA
Gigantic Sum Used for
Propa g an d a
Purposes.
HEARST ANDPASHA
Publisher Was Intimate
ly Associated With
Bolo, Declares the
Bureau Chief.
HEARST AND PASHA

Washington, Dec. Q.-Thc ac-
ttytttcs OF German agents In the
United States to raise funds for
carrying ON propaganda work and
TO create disturbances In NUM-
ton factories were related to the
senate investigating committee
today by A. Bruce Bfelaski,
former chief Of the bureau OF In
vestigatiOn of the department OF
2 justice.
The total sum raised for Ger
man propaganda purposes In tho
United States was &27 $50, 900. he
said. of which amount all but
-, SOC. 900 was raised In this
country.
The balance was subscribed by the
and several other Ger
man banks. The funds raised In this
were from the sale of Ger
man treasury bills and bonds. except
the sum OF $7.050, 900. which was OBJ
tanned by loans from various Ameri-
can banks. The Chase National bank,
Bieiaski said. loaned $2.5o0,0o0 and
other banks contributed in the same
manner. y
Bieiaski testified that among the
large amounts expended out OF these
funds was one item of 1880, 900,
which was advanced to Bo1o Pasha
for the purchase of a Paris news
paper. and another OF $1,700.0 900,
which was used for the purchase Of
the New York Evening Mail.
When the name of Boio Pasha was
mentioned. Senator Nelson. OF Min
nesosa, evinced desire to know all
the facts concerning him. although.
as he expressed It. the man Is dead"
Bieiaski replied: There are no
people here who knew the real facts
about him except Germans, SO far as
we can prove. We do not know
whether Mr.. Hearst knew the facts
or not. We know that MIR. Hearst
was intimately associated with him
and that his man brought him over
!. Bislaski expIainsd that ne referred
to C. r. Bcrteiii. who was the Paris
correspondent Of the Hearst news
papers. So far an could be learned,
Bolo Pasha's visit to this country had
to do only with the purchase Of q
supply of white paper.
Biclaski said that the workmen's
relief bureau. which was formed in
New York for the nstensthlc nurpose
M assisting daserF eng Wur EInen. WAS
financed ~ u Gerfnan ana austrian
money. He exhibited a letter from
former Ambassador Won Bernstorff to
all German consuls in this country
advising them that workmen Of Ger
man parentagc who remained al
work in munition plants In this coun-
try were disloyal to the Fatherland.
He told also OF plan conceived by
DIR. Hugo Sweitxer Max w. Slower
Henry Wiseman and Emil kfpper tc
collect 100000 from citizens oi
German birth for the purchase OF an
American newspaper. The project
Was Dropped. he said. on the advice
Of the German embassy.
Bielaski endeavored throughout hil
testimony to bring out everything In
any way relating to Mr.. Hearst and
the policy OF the Hearst newspapers
Prom among his papers he produced
document to the effect that on June
"a, 1915, Mr.. Hearst called upon DR.
Heinrich Albert at the latter's once
on Broadway.
For what purpose he called we do
not know" BieiASki said.
He produced correspondence be.
tween Mr.. Hearst and Won Bernstorfl
on the subject Ut sending moving PFC
ture operators to GermAnyr. which
Won BernqtorH said mixfts ~, Ar.
ranged. HIelaski said Of this cor
responsiveness:
There doesn't seem to Be anything
unusual about these letters"
A copy Of q cAbleEram sent by
Fred r. Wilson, manager ef the In
sensational News Service, to William
Bayard Hale IN Berlin. explaining