New-York tribune., 1919-01-31
Capt.. Boy-E.l "Eook
(5cl'inal2-Alnericans
With Bit OF Salt
letter Esr Wrote Produced
Before Oycrrllan Conrnil-
tee; Libau Bureau Helped
by kaisers Government
Nem York Tribune

WdskWDtOn Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. so Germany s
threats to workmen in munitions fac
tories during the period of American
neutrality and the official support given
the agency, the Hans Libau Bureau,
which masqueradcd as private enter
prise and tried to find other work for
such men, were shown by documents
submitted to the Ovcrman propaganda
inquiry committee to-day. In addition
there was introduced a letter from Cap
tain Boy-Ed giving his and Mr.. A bert S
opinion OF COMMUNICATIONS.
The committee gave a hearing to
Pro essor Lyman I. Damon, OF brown
University, who protested at his name
being included in the Stevenson list.
The committee finally stated that thcrc
was nothing in the record showing that
he had been either disloyal OF pro
German. 1t refused his request TO re
move his name from the list.
The German support Of the l.oau
Bureau was shown by message from
Berlin January 27, 1917, stating mat
Ambassador Won Bernstorif had been
authorized to remit 100000 marks 20
"The Arbeitcrhilfc." 1t was also shown
that X. II. Otto, former German ConsV'
ut Jamaica, had handled $25 900 to $50,
600 Tor the bureau, and that Libau him
self had admitted that practically all OF
the funds came through DR.. Albert.
On September =, 1915. letter was
sent by the bureau to Joseph Ac'.er-
mann Providence, r, l., saying that
"thrcugh continuing to work in q .ac-
tory in which war materials arc made
for the enemies o. Germany YOU are
rnQuestionably rendering yourself pun
ishable"
A letter to Philip Probstel, 400 Helm
rod Street, Brooklyn, said he was 'un-
der section 50 of the German Criminal
Code guilty of treason"
Ludwig Nogelsang, II Chestnut
Street, Fitchburg, Mass, was informed
under date Of August 26. 1918, that
factory OF Manning, Maxwell & Moore
che was as amenable, as a German
subject. for treason"
The following, dated April 26, 1916,
was, according to the government files,
written by Charles II. Unversagt, 103
Park Avenue, New York City, TO
Libau. II bclong,' nversagt wrote, *"to
one of that branch of German Amer
leans who are much more pro German
than those who speak German. 1t IS
stated in the government memorandum
that at the address gwen nYelSagt was
known as Dr.. u. +. Pennington.
The letter from Captain BoyEd
which was dated Berlin, January :,
1917, several months after he left
america, and addressed to Captain Won
Papen. said:
at would very much interest nc to
sec AS (Al6ert's) letter if you get
one. received yesterday officially
an essay OF his on the method Of con
ducting the boat war, together with
an appreciation from him to his prcs-
ent local chief.
He lauds himself, flattcrs his new
chief and proises even the chief pro
tempore, whom he SO often advised in
Washington.
"Wth particular humor did | notice
in the work the sentence That as soon
as war with Germany had been de-
cided on in the United States tho Ger
an-Americans would be the first TO
assure the government Of their abso-
Lutte loyalty On the other hand YOU
VIII remember that our mutual friend
K (Kock), who with his adhcrents al
so purported to know the United States
most accurately, foretold revolution
in the event of declaration Of war
personally always took men ano
things with q very large grain Of salt.