The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-07
SECOND MESSAGE SENT

Another message, dated June 5, 1916, said:
 Hale tells me, and Hearst confirms, that the latter is rather hurt that on Wiegands account the World gets all the important Berlin interviews I recommend that under suitable circum- stances Hale should for obvious req sons, be given preference, as Hearst organs have, during the course of the war, always placed themselves out spokenly on our side.''
 MT. Bielaski produced letters which he said Dr. Hale wrote to Dr. Albert, advising him how notes written by Secretary Bryan during the Lusitania controversy, should be answered. He also testified that Hale was paid by the German government to visit Ru- mania, and, if possible, prevent the en- trance of that nation into the war. He said MT. Hearst was ignorant of Hales employment on this mission.
 FURNISHED FULL LIST
 MT. Bielaski gave the committee a list of names of prominent Americans, which, he said, contained names of practically all those who were actively pro-German before the entrance of the United States. into the war. The list which was labelled for the department of justice files, Important list of names" follows:
 Prof. William R. Shepherd, Columbia university; Prof. Hugo Muensterburg, Harvard university; Prof. William N Sloan, Columbia university; Dr. Edmund von Mach Cambridge, Mass; pr. Auth von Briesen, New York; Prof. John w. Burgess, Newport, R. l.; Prof. Eugene Smith, Columbia university; Prof. H. c. Sanborn, Vanderbilt university; Prof J. G. Mcdonald, University of Indiana; Prof. Ferdinand Schevill, University of Chicago; E. c. Richardson, Princeton university; Prof. Kuno Francke, Har- ward university; Prof. George B. Mo- Clellan, Princeton university; Prof. A. B. Frost, Cornell university; Prof. Nor ris Jastrow, Jr., University of Wiscon- sin Dr. Walter S. McNeill, Richmond; ; Dr. David Starr Jordan, Berkley, Cal ; Peter S. Grosscup, United States fed eral judge, Highland Park, H.; Richard Bartholt, St. Louis Prof. Albert Bush nell Hart, Harvard university; pr. C.. J. Hexamer, Philadelphia; Charles Ma gel, St. Louis; Oswald Garrison Willard New York Evening Post; William Ran dolph Hearst, New York American; Bernard Ridder, New York Staats Zei- tung; Edward A. Rumley, New York Evening Mail. Frederick A. Schneider, New York; Frank Harris, New York; Rob I. Ford. Freeman's Journal, New York; Rev. Father Thierny, American Catholic weekly, New York; Max A.. Hein, New York; George S. Wreck, New York; Prof. William P. Trent, New York.
 SECOND LIST EXCLUDED
 In addition, Mr Bielaski said, there was a list of about 30 names of persons to whom German propaganda was mailed, but these men were not believed to be f..x mittee excluded this list from the record.
 Among the American newspaper corre- spondents to go to Germany in 1915, MT. Bielaski said. was Edward L. Fox, a writer who, he said had been employed by Dernburg On his return, MT. Biel- aski testified, Fox presented a plan for stirring up trouble between the United States and Japan as the means of stop- ping munition shipments and in the hope that the United States would become an ally of Germany.
 Fox, said MT. Bielaski, suggested the writing of plays, scenarios and vaude- vile sketches as a part of his propa- ganda, and as an author suggested Hiram Green, editor of the Illustrated Weekly. He also suggested that Green be en- ployed to write a series of articles in his weekly on Japan. This plan also was discussed with Captain Won Papen, for merly attached to the German embassy. the witness said.
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 "The thing to do is to make the United States an ally of Germany" said a let ter described by MT. Bielaski as hay ing been written by Fox. An examna- ton of the files of the Hearst newspa- pers shows Hearst's opposition to Japan. The Hearst papers will lead in the op- position to Japan. Hearst must know that this is fomenting. He will take it up soon enough"
 Fox suggested, also. MT. Bielaski said that to stir up trouble with the Japanese in San Francisco would be a good means of making the people believe that war with Japan was impending.
 Mr. Bielaski testified that a committee of the German propaganda organiza- ton formed in New York by Albert and Dernburg, and of which Hale, George Sylvester Viereck. Edward A. Rumely and others were members met frequently,
 "The records show said Bielaski that Rumely, as soon as Dr. Dernburg