The sun., 1918-08-09
Evidence Concerning Work
for Berlin Foreign Office
Is Divulged.
MADE TRIP TO RUMANIA
Passport Stated Doctor Was
Travelling on Business Of
the Kaiser.

an account OF Dr. Haze hHeBeu feih
lions with the German Foreign once N
June and July, 1915. Mr.. Becker would
not divulve the names Of the witnesses.
The testimony Of one man was to the
effect that August 81. 1915, DR.. Hale had
given 1900 In currency to an agent or
the Central Federated Union for defray-
ing the expenses OF a mass meeting to Dc
held the following day In Carnegie Hail
to protest against the war. AT the same
time DR.. Hale requested the agent,
Ernest Bohm, secretary Of the Central
Federated Union. to present resolutions
he had already drawn UP for passage at
the meeting. The resolutions were
amended by committee before being
adopted. on the ground that they were
too drastic in denouncing war with
Germany.
Mr.. Bohm and other members OF the
central labor body in this city have
been examined by Mr.. Beckers office.
and were completely exonerated from
blame in the affair. II was learned thai
DR.. Hale had worked for months cir
cularizing labor bodies. stating to them
that he was greatly interested in the
peace movement and offering to help
them with the passage Of peace resolu-
lions. II was at his request that Mr..
Bohm called to see him previous to the
Carnegie Hall meeting At that time
DR.. Hale. according to the testimony,
gave the labor secretary a sample copy
OF resolutions and urged their passage.
Committee Lost Its Angel.
Mr. Bohm accepted the resolutions.
saying that he did not object to turn
ing them over to the proper committee
for consideration. Just before the Car
negie Hall meeting. which was to be at
Il i tl.A ale
and vicinity. Dr. Hale again asked Mr..
Riverside Drive.
In the course Of the conversation Mr..
Bohm told DR.. Hale that the committee
in charge of the meeting was up against
1t financially. Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram
had offered to finance It. he said, but
had withdrawn when she heard that
William Jennings Bryan had been in
vited to speak. DR.. Hale retired from
the room and returned in few minutes
with $500 in cash.
AS he handed over the money he put
the resolutions he had drawn into Mr..
Bohm's hand and expressed the wish
that they be adopted as he had written
them. DR.. Hale attended the meeting
the next evening. the witness testified.
and was present when the resolutions
were modified. The members OF the la
Dor organization became suspicious OF
his activities shortly after and had no
further connections with him.
Mr.. Becker stated he was convinced
Mr.. Bohm knew nothing OF DR.. Hale's
purposes and was merely an innocent
victim Of his schemes. Other officials
Of the labor body were completely exon
Grated.
From the testimony Of an unnamed
person who acted as DIR. Hale's secre-
taTy In Europe in June and July. 1916.
another version Of the doctors activi-
ties was obtained. At that time DR..
Hale was in Berlin ostensibly as a cor
respondent for the New York American.
It is stated that he had close connec-
tons with the German Foreign Office
and had been sent while still in his ca
pacty as correspondent. to Rumanla,
where he remained two weeks. The wit
ness accompanied DR.. Hale on his
Journey and said that they were fur
nished passports stamped with the words
Travelling in the business OF the For
eign Office"
1t was specifically stated by the wit
ness that a Fourth OF July message Of
Won Bethmann-Hollweg. then German
Chancellor. addressed 10 the American
people. was written by DR.. Hale in his
studio In Berlin In 1915, and taken by
him later to the Chancellor, who ap-
proved II. The interview" was pub
llshed according to the witness In the
New York American July g. 1916, with
Or. Hale's signature.
Mr.. Becker pointed out the signih-
can recurrence in this interview" of
phrases appearing In Hale's book
American Rights and British Preten-
sions on the Seas" which was, accord
ing to the evidence. published by the
IN toll
the American was headllned:
Faith in Wilson Gone: Hope 10 See
Spirit OF 70 Reused Against British
Domination"
Phrases From Hale's Book.
In the Interview" the Chancellor
said; How long will you permit Eng
land TO enforce its municipal stations
tstatutes) as II they were international
enactments: 10 enact its tyrannous po-
lice functions on the high seas TO vio-
late your mails; TO seize and hale before
British judges your ships and your
people?"
Mr.. Becker said that the phrases
"tyrannQus police functions" and "mu-
nicIpal statutes" occurred in DR.. Hale's
book. and remarked that the similarity
was striking.
Further testimony showed that while
Or. Hale was on his trip 10 Rumanla he
was in communication with the German
Foreign ONCE by secret code which
Or. Hale had adopted from the Japa-
nese The witness said that II was
based on two small red covered dictlon-
aries. one OF which DR.. Hale carried
The otter was on file in Berlin. The
first two numbers of a code message
indicated the position OF the word on
the page. and the last three the number
OF the page. The witness said that he
had personally seen the code book,
The witness further testified that DR.
Hale had complained bitterly against
the British censorship OF his newspaper
articles, and that DIR. Hale had hired a
steward of n steamship line running
from Copenhagen to New York to carry
! IL articles across the Atlantic. The
steward received $500 trip. witness
said
The evidence also showed that Or
Hale was plentifully supplied with funds
on his trip to Rumania. Exactly what
was done during that stay the witness
did not know. He saw very little OF
Or. Hale except at breakfast and din
ner, but he learned that he was in con-
ference with officials. Shortly before
the scheduled return the witness had a
quarrel with Or. Hale and parted from
! i'm. later coming to America
Water Cure for Too Early birds.
Following the failure OF the police OF