East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-29

Brazil, the Argentine, ana all south
America may well keep their eyes
trained on what Is left of the German
Empire, for strange stories have
reached Paris regarding the goings-on
OF agents of the new Socialist Repub-
lie.
/. They are colonzing Spain as rad
idly as they are able.
2. They are buying up land and oh
tanning various kinds OF options in
Holland.
3. They are seeking to spread Boil
shevik propaganda throughout Allied
and friendly countries. using Switzer-
land as a base.
a. In the Argentine and elsewhere
south of the American Equator they
are seeking foothold in most insid-
ious fashion.
Spys Buster Than Ever.
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
ern ment. lock- stock and barrel and
now, after period of inaction, is bus
ier than everNon their new SCENE.
Count Brockdroff- Rantzau. once
article of export" for Germany. The
organization in Switzerland is at
tempting that very thing-to export
Bolshevism.
lie Martins correspondent tele-
graphs to his paper that he is In a
position to state that a conference was
recently held in Zurich at which We're
present:
fnr
his work during the war as one of the
chiefs of the Special Service" attach
ed to the Imperial German General
Headquarters; a secretary of the Ger
man Legation in Berne: The famous
Maroun. former Consular Agent in 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 Bolshevill agent, Aaron, an
Isrealite, naturalized Brazilian; for
mer Bulgarian agent, named Cohen,
to a French woman.
This organization" says the cor
has at its disposal large
amount of money. 1t is known that
the funds of the Unionist band of En-
yer Talaat, transferred to Switzerland,
to more than a hundred mill
lion francs. To this must be added
funds from both the Bolsheviks and
the Germans.
''The attention of Aaron is directed
in the direction of Italy.
1.-THE Islamic propaganda is aimed
rather against Algeria and Tunis.
Same Political Intrigue.
''Tn short. the government of Schei-
demann is continuing the same meth
DDS and is practicing the same game
Of political intrigue as the old Imperial
government"
Similar stories have reached France |
from Spain. The old spy system is in
full swing today trying to turn the pre- (
sent political situation in that country
% the Teuton's advantage
Special correspondence from Ans 1
erdam declares that Holland is being |
Lbsolutely invaded by Germans. Ger
nan salesmen.' the special correspon-
lent of a Paris paper declared, 'are
,ouring into Holland just as before the
var. On one page of an important To-
al daily newspaper I counted ten Ger
nan advertisements out of a total of
A."
During the war" the same writer
ontinued, "the Germans bought the
principal sites in large cities for the
purpose of putting up cinemas and
heatres And when a Dutch subject /
pened an exposition of an interna-
onal character where samples of
ommercial products were to be ex-
ibited the year round. German iU-
nediateIy offered to buy up all the
pace for $4,000 florins so that he
night control the exhibits"
Waiting Until Ink is Dry.
South America is not going to escape
ernan Influence Every indication
that the Germans are only waiting
ntil the ink is dry on the peace treaty
efore making a start in that direc-
on A dispatch dated from CoblenZ,
merican Army Headquarters. reads:
Letter after letter is passing through
ne hands of the American military
ansors telling of the Intentions or
ANY Germans to emigrate to South
nerica. Seldom is any mention
ade in any of them of plans to go to
le United States"