Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
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report.
Bruce Bielaski. chief of the bureau OF
investigation Of the Department OF
Justice. The name of the association.
whose name could not be decided, ne
told the committee, might have been
| the German-American National AL
| lance.
Two other communications from
BernStorf to Berlin, in Whlch ne
states he desired an authorization te
use funds TO influence cq PM res st ane
Department some months ago, also
were read to the committee.
Refers to Wolff Bureau.
Another document referred to the
use of the New York representative
Of the Wolff Bureau, the German semi
official news organization, in send.
4 ing telegraph reports to Berlin. Un-
der date of September Is. 1916, Berlin
| warned Won Bernstorff that the Wolf
Bureau agents reports were criticised
| as too one-sided, and said more un-
biased reports seem to be urgently
Won Bernstorff's. message, dated
| August "a. 1915. said:
'As your eAcelIency is aware, l
| have used the intermediary of the
New York representative of the WON
| Agency, Herr klaessig, in order to
! send photographic reports to you.
| These kilograms intended for you are
| indicated by the fact that they do
not begin by naming the day of the
week.
Reports Are Disguised.
I'm order that the reports shall not
| excite attention, it has been neces-
! sary in many cases to disguise them
! in the form of press extracts, or put
! into the mouth of members of Con-
gress, when in reality they are not
| intended to be merely the expression
| of some individual opinion, but as
being views which, in my opinion;
! are important for the direction of
| our foreign policy, and for a proper
comprehension Of the local situation"
Berlin sent this message via Stock
| holm and Buenos Aires, dated Sep
TENDER 16, 1916:
"The reports of the Wolff Bureau
agent are rightly criticised by part
| of the German press as one-sided. as
! he has reported for some time moth
| ing but indignation against English
| encroachment. which nobody here
takes seriously.
"As the matter will probably be
taken up in the reichstag, more I'M
| biased reports seem to be urgently
desirable.
please advise Klaessig in this
sense"
Letter Regarding Embargo.
Consul Reiswitz's letter regarding the
embargo conference said that the leader
of arms to England was in the hands
| of two men. one in Chicago and the
/ other in Detroit. There was no fndi-
cation as to the identity of the men.
This part of the letter follows:
! For your confidential information
| I would further inform you that the
leadership Of the movement. thus far
| lies in the hands Of two gentlemen Zone
! in Detroit and one in Chicago) who
I. are firmly resolved to work towards
the end that the German community,
| which. of course, will be with us with
| out further urging, shall above all things
remain in the background, and that the
movement, to all outward appearances,
shall have a purely American character.
have known both the gentlemen very
we'll for a long time and know that
| personal interest does not count with
| them; the results will bring their own
! reward
Mr.. Bielaski introduced letters written
! by G. Thomas. at Rotterdam, to George
Barthelme, former representative here
| OF the Cologne Gazette, outlining a
scheme for outwitting the British cen
sors and getting German news to the
! United States and Central and South
America. According to the letters, the
plan was to establish a cable news
service system between Holland and
America. which ostensibly would be
an exchange service between a Dutch
paper and newspaper or news asso-
citation in America. The United States
| broke off diplomatic relations with Ger
| many before the plan was put into
operation.