Arizona republican., 1918-12-08
Insidious Methods Of Bernstorff Ex- posed Senators Included In Revela- tions- Chicago and Detroit Men, Un- named, Implicated - Ambassadors Private Communications Shown - Fake News Association Planned . Lecturers Employed-Denials Come Freely.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 7--Further chapters in the story of the efforts Of Count von Bernstorff. the former Ger man ambassador, anti other German agents, to influence sentiment in Amer ica toward Germany, and to prevent the shipment of war supplies to the al lies, were revealed in documents laid before the senate investigating con- mittee today by A. Bruce Bielaski Of the dlpartment of justice.
 Wreck of the propaganda system built up by Bernard Darnbur<, the kaiser's personal agent in the United States, by the sinking of the Lusitania, and the rebuilding of>it hN Ton Bern Storff, in manner which cannot hurt us if it becomes known" also were dealt with in communications from the former ambassador, to the Berlin for eign office.
 There also was evidence relating to the organization, ;p 1915 and subse- quent activities, of the American Em- bargo association, with the hope of stopping shipments of war supplies to the allies so arousing feeling among the voters, as to compel legislative ac- tions. One of the communications of fered by MT. Bielaski, and purportins to have been written by P. Reiswitz. German consul at Chicago, dealt with a mass meeting of the association soon to be held, and said that among those who had agreed to cooperate were Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. chair man of the senate foreign relations committee; former Representative Bu- chanan of Illinois, who was connected with labor's national peace council; William Bayard Hale, and Dr. Akel, | minister of San Francisco.
 Hitchcock Supported Principles
 Another communication. relating to
 and said to have been written by G. M-
 Jacobs of Chicago, acting chairmen,
 a meeting of the embargo association
 said that former Senator Works or
 California and Senator Smith of Geor- gia, as well as Senator Hitchcock. sup ported the principles of the conference. MT. Bielaski read a document signed
 by Senator Hitchcock, stating that the
 senator would do all in his power, both
 as a senator and as editor of the Oma- ha World-Herald, to bring about an
 embargo on arms. ReiswitZ's letter
 regarding the embargo association
 made this reference to Senator Hitch cock:
 Hitchcock seemed to be very strong
 for the plan. He told our representa-
 tive at conference in Omaha: If this
 matter is organized in the right way,
 you will sweep the United States"
 Consul Reiswitz, in a letter believed
 by the department of justice to have
 been written to Dr. Heinnerich F. Af-
 bert, former. German agent, outlined
 a plan for the Acquisition of the Wright
 air plane factory at Dayton, OHio, as
 means of preventing the export of fly
 ing mchines from the United States.
 MT. Bielaski also testified that to
 make provisions for the dissemination
 of pro-German news to smaller news
 papers, the German agents contem-
 plated the purchase of the American
 Press association, which furnished matter in type to papers, but he said. there was no evidence that the deal was carried through. In this connec- tion, the witness read an option. drawn
 up presumably by the agent of Albert
 whereby the association was to place ] it's whole organization at the disposal of , Albert, in order to spread pro-German r news and suppress German news. $900000 For A. P. Assn The option was to be valid between 7 July 15 and October 15, 1915, and dur ing that time, Albert was to decide whether he would purchase control of the property for s90o,000.
 Late today the state departmen. l made public the full text of the Bern storff documents, read into the com mittee records by Mir Bielaski. They . were taken from the mass of evidence t in the departments files, disclosina : German intrigue before and after the ] United States entered the war.
 The dicument relating to the ship , wreck of the Dernburg propaganda Wa, u dated November l, 1915, and said: AS you will have learned from m,
 previous report, we have since th, . Lusitania case endeavored to wind u, all the so-called German propaganda and especially to get rid of all dubiou, e individuals. I can now say with 1, ,. good conscience that we are no longe Y compromised. Some of the old affair, q still hang on, but we are more or les
 settled, although they will cause som,
 future expenditures.
 e At the beginning of the war man. . things were undertaken by the Dern burg propaganda which never woul, = have been undertaken if we could hay- : seen that the war would be so long u because nothing can for long be kep O secret in America ! " Since the Lusitania case we hay : propaganda as cannot hurt us If it be IF comes known. The sole exception is f perhaps, the peace propaganda, whic' e has cost us the largest amount, bu v which, also, has been the most sue U cessful. y 'tLatterly I have been using the em S. bargo association and some entirel n reliable private intermediates.
 T have also made use of the Ger IT man university league, founded sine 's the war This has done it's best to tax :. the place of the German associatio y (word not decipherable) which ha
 been of no use during the war, on ac
 count of it's management The leagu ic has published under my collaboratio Ia an excellent collection of reports o III the war which will be of great servic 1t. to our cause.
 D. "The support which I nave alread ey given the league is entered in the in F. stallments to them, will refer to tn. Id report.
 of T ask that this may be sanctioned ne Bernstorff Sends Message l- Another document referred to the ui o' of New York representatives of tf ], Wolff bureau, the German semi-off D. cial news organization, in sending te na egraph reports to Berlin. Under da, sei of September 16. le16, Berlin Waznf
 yon Bernstorr that the Ven buzno