The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

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 Wreck of the propaganda system built up by Bernard Dernburg. the Kaisers personal agent in the United States, by the sinking of the Lusitania, and the rebuilding of 1t by Won Bernstorff in a manner which cannot hurt us if it becomes known" also were dealt with in communications from the former am- bassador to the Berlin foreign office.
 There also was evidence relating to the organization In 1915 and subsequent activities of the American Embargo as- sociation, formed with the hope of stop ping shipments of war supplies to the allies by so arousing feeling among the voters as to compel legislative action. One of the communications offered by Mir. Bielaski and purporting to have been written by P. Reswitz. 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, chairman of the Senate for eign relations committee; former Repre- sentative Buchanan of Illinois, who was. connected with labors national peace council; William Bayard Hale, and Dr. Akcu. d iHlHiSlcI OL oeih Y biiNiSNo- SENATOR'S SUPPORTED PLAN Another communication relating to T meeting of the embargo association and said to have been written by G. M. Ja- cobs of Chicago, acting chairman. said that former Senator Works of California and Senator Smith of Georgia, as well as Senator Hitchcock, supported the princi- 1 ples of the conference.
 MT. Bielask read a document signed by Senator Hitchcock stating that the senator would do all in his power, both as senator and as editor of the Omaha World Herald. to bring about an embargo on arms. Reiswitzs letter regarding the embargo association made this reference Ito Senator Hitchcock: Hitchcock seemed to be very strong for the plan. He told | our representative at conference in l Omaha: If this matter is organized in | the right way you will sweep the Uni | ted States
 WANTED RIGHT PLAN l Consul Reiswitx. in letter believed by the department Of justice to have been written to pr. Heinerich F. Albert. a I former German agent outlined a plan | for the acquisition of the Wright Air plane factory at Dayton, O., as a means of preventing the export of flying ma chimes from the United States. | MT. Bielasld also testified that to make provisions for the dissemination of pro- German news to smaller newspapers, the German agents contemplated the purchase of the American Press association. which | furnished matter in type to papers, but l he said there was no evidence that the | deal was carried through. In this con- nection, the witness read an option. drawn l up presumably by the agents of Albert, whereby the association was to place : xlL tt<~.x. iarxfx s,f I Albert in order to spread pro-German news and suppress anti-German news. The option was to be valid between July IS and October Is, 1915, and during | that time Albert was to decide whether he would purchase control of the prop l erty for s900.000.
 FULL TEXT PUBLISHED Late today the state department made public the full text of the Bernstorff documens read into the committee rec ord by MT. Bielaski, They were taken | from the mass of evidence in the de- partment's files, disclosing German in- l trigue before and after the United States entered the war.
 -- The document relating to the ship wreck of the Dernburg propaganda was dated November l, 1915, and said: "As you will have learned from my previous report, we have since the ILusitania case endeavored to wind up lall the so-called German propaganda and especially to get rid of all dubious ! Individuals. can now say with a good consciences that we are no longer com promised. Some of the old affairs still ]hang on, but we are more or less set tied, although they will cause some fu- l ture expenditures.
 "At the beginning of the war many things were undertaken by the Dern- burg propaganda which would never have been undertaken if we could have lseen that the war would be so long, because nothing can for long be kept l secret in America"
 INNOCENT PROPAGANDA
 Since the Lusitania case we have lstrictly confined ourselves to such prop aganda as cannot hurt us if it becomes
 known. The sole exception is perhaps the peace propaganda, which has cost us the largest amount but which alse has been the most successful.
 Lately, I have been using the em- bargo association, and some entirely re, Liable private intermediates.
 T have also made use of the German University league. founded since ths war. This has done it's best to take thu Iplace of the German association (worc not decipherable) which has been of nc
 
 management. The league has published under my collaboration an excellen collection of reports on the war whici I will be of great service to ouraoause The support which I have already given the league is entered in the frs quarters account. from 1916, item No POS. On the occasion of later install lments to them I will refer to this re bort.
 q ask that this may be sanctioned | Another document referred to the use 'lof the New York representative of tht Wolff bureau, the German semi-officia news organ. in sending telegraph re. ports to Berlin. Under date of Septem, ber 16, 1916. Berlin warned Von Bern storff that the Wolff bureau agents re ports seem to be urgently desirable, Won Bernstorffs message dated Au- gust "A. 1915. said
 As your exceilency is aware. I have
 used the Intermediary of the New York representative of the Wolff Agency, Her, Klaessig, in order to send telegraphic re.
 ports to you. These telegrams intended
 for you are indicated by the fact ths' {. they do not begin by naming the day
 of the week
 "In order that the reports shall no
 excite attention, it has been necessar,
 In many cases to disguise them in tn,
 form of press extracts. or put into thu | 1f Iax