The sun., 1918-07-16

! explained to v. Herwarth Lieutenant
Colonel now1 the dificulties Of your
work in New York ! presented your
letter to Major Deutelmoser and deliv-
cred and posted everything else. Prince
Hatsfeld had me out to luncheon and
gave me an interview on Americas worH
In the German Red Cross. which hope
TO send out from Berlin by Saturday.
Princess Friedrich Leopold of Prus-
sia had me out to Potsdam. and we 60,
UP an interview on The Spartan German
Woman in Time of War But best OF
all there is something big coming
through the Foreign Offce-Prince
Henry on the freedom OF the seas SO
you see have been fairly busy the
short time I have been here.
"on Sunday start on a trip to see
the cities of southern Germany In war
time and then hope to get to the east
front.
"Your Berlin looks wonderful this
summer: the climate, they tell me. is
unusually good OF course. on the part
Of tho masses there is an undercurrent
against Americans, but the people worth
while are all splendidly broad minded.
II is my sincere conviction. and the be-
lief Of many other American correspond
ents here, that the misunderstanding
between our countries 10 due to the poor
advice and the warped viewpoint of the
American Embassy in Berlin. President
Wilson cannot know the German view
point under existing circumstances.
Write me how things are going. Best
wishes for successful work. Yours.
"E. l.. Fox"
Fox Carries Letter TO Papen.
On the preceding March 10 Lieut.. Col.
Won Herxarth, who had been military
attache here, had written to his success
sor in another of the letters seized by
the British Intelligence Service;
MY DEAR PAPEN: Many thanks for
your kind letter OF the 18th February.
l strongly advise you to see
Langhorne Uhe United States Military
Attache in Berlin. since recalled and
now serving on the Mexican border) A; Of
course you know he Is returning. Every
body regrets his departure. He is quite
exceptionally popular with every one
here.
4 am frightfuly busy. and, like you.
long to be at the front. for ONCE work
ultimately becomes unbearable and
totally unsatisfying. There is. however.
no prospect OF my relieving you. You
must look around for another successor,
although you will probably meet with no
success The other military attaches
are no better of. They also would like
to leave but have to remain where they
are The bearer Of this letter. Mr.. LyeI
Fox. can give you news OF Berlin. He
is reliable and understands how shame
fully dependent upon England the United
States have become. Pro forma, OF
course, he Is neutral. I think there will
soon be a big Change in American opin-
ion
II should like TO write more. but there
is no time. We are frantlcally busy
here in the press section. small part
OF our work is now being printed. as
you will observe from the Norddeutsche
AH0cmoins Zeituno. which l enclose Let
Boy-Ed have a look at It, and give him
my kind regards. He has probably re
ceved my pamphlet on the campaign OF
enlightenment In America.
"Good-by now. my dear Papen. and
kind regards from yours very sincerely,
III. HERwARTH"
Editor Won SknI to He Questioned.
With these two preceding letters a
third obtained in the same way has
reached Mr.. Becker's hands. This was
written by George Won Skal formerly
managing editor OF .the Ne,o Yorker
Stddts-Zeitun0. whose name already had
been run upon in the Evening Mail in
vestlgaton and who Is presently to be
questioned.
Mr.. Won Sksl began his letter. which
was addressed to Maximian Harden. by
saying he had found "a unique and alb
soutely safe opportunity" to communi-
cate with Germany. He believed that
Won Papens safe conduct would extend
also to his luggage and had made him
postman for the occasion
Earlier in the game Won Skal ap-
parently had doubted the ability OF
Count Won Bernstorff as n propaganda:
he wrote to tell Harden he had changed
his mind on that score, and to denounce
"B. D."-Rernhard Dernburg, most
likely-as a bungler
There Is no mention in the corre-
spondence taken from Won Papen of
Dawson. the motion picture operator
who went TO Berlin with Fox for Claus
ser's bureau. Dawson after he returned
t. America got Captaincy in the Signal
Corps and was cashiered out OF the SER
vice recently following his conviction by
court-martial for misuse OF Government
property.
Mr.. Becker's comment on his inter
view with DR. Hale was brief and care
fully phrased
Or Hale" he said wanted me to
tell the newspaper men that he had