The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-28
Germany Trying
To Ignore the War
lBv United Press

Germany is seeking W plCh up JUST
where she left off in July, 1914, and
politically, idustrially, commercially
and economically is trying to act as
though the wcr had never been.
Brazil, the Argentine and all Sout.l
America may well keep their eyes
trained on what is left of the Ger
man empire, for strange stories have
reached Paris regarding the goings-
one of agents of the new socialist re-
public.
/. They are colonizing Spain as
rapidly as they are able.
2. They are buying up land and
obtaining various kinds of options in
Holland.
8. They are seeking to spread boil
shevik propaganda throughout allied
and friendly countries, using Switzer-
land as base.
A. In the Argentine and elsewhere
south of the American equator, they
are seeking foothold in most !nsid-
ious fashion.
The entire spy organization which
existed in Switzerland during the war
and which served as the instrument of
the German general staff, has been
turned over to the new German gov
eminent, lock, stock and barrel and
now, after period of inaction, is
buster than ever on their new scheme.
Count Brockdorff Rantzau once
said that bolshev:sm is splendid Ear
ticle Of export" for Germany. The
organization in Switzerland is attempt
in gGhat very thing-to export boil
shevism.
lie Mathis" correspondent tele-
graphs to his paper that he is in a
position to state that a conference
was recently held in Zurich at which
were present:
Lieutenant Schloss, well known for
his work during the war as one of the
chiefs of Imperial German general
headquarters; secretary of the Ger
man legation in Berne; the famous
Maroun, former consular agent of the
German service at Agadir, who,
throughout the duration of the war,
was active on behalf of the German
general staff among the peoples Of
Islam; the bolshevik agent, Aaron, an
Israelite, naturalizcd Brazilian; for
mer Bulgarian agent, named Cohen,
married to a French woman.
"This organization" says the cor
respondent, "has at its disposal a
large amount of money. II is known
that the funds of the unionist band
of Enver Talaat, transferred to Swift
zerland, amount to more than hun
dred million francs. To this must be
added funds from both the bolshe-
viks and the Germans.
"The attention of Aaron is direct
ed principally in the direction of
Italy.
"The Islamic propaganda is aimed
rather against Algeria and Tunis.
"In short, the government of Schei-
demann is continuing the same meth
DDS and is practicing the same game
of political intrigue as the old I'm.
perial government.
Similar stories have reached France
from Spain. The old spy system is
in full swing today trying to turn the
present political situation in that
country to the Teuton's advantage.
Special correspondence from Am
sterdam declares that Holland is be-
ing absolutely invaded by Germans
German salesmen," the special cor
respondent of a aPris paper declared
"are pouring into Holland just as be
fore the war. On one page of al
important local dairy newspaper
counted ten German advertisement
out of a total of a."
During the war;" re same write
continued, "the Germans bought tn
principal sites in large cities for tn
purpose of putting up cincmas an
theatres. And when a Dutch subjec
opened an exposition of an interna
tional character where samples o
commercial products were to he eA
hibited the year round, German in
mediately offered to buy up all tn
space for $4,000 forms so that h
might control the exhibits"
. South America is not going to es
cape German influence Every ind
cation is that the Germans are onl
waiting until the ink is dry on tn
peace treaty before making a sta,