The Washington times., 1920-08-29
BR|TTENBARES
. BRITISH TRICK
$500 English Agents Spread
ing Propaganda in U. S.,
Congressman Declares.
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epinio. favorable 10 Gre.t Britain
against the Irtsh and In favor of
projects In which England IL inter
estea.
'.fhe British commercial agent ts
the most sstute worker In the employ
Of any country In the world. You can
ssy what yos like shout the agents
whs were seat here by Germany.
They were children compared 20 the
british workers In the business of In
aUeacfnG publIc opinion. Most OF
them work In the open and seek 20
sceo@piish their objects by direct nd
v~rtfsisE sad pressure. No other
cosstry In the world does this In the
nsnner employed by London. and |"
step sAssid be put 20 IL by the Ameri-
can Government.
"rhe British commercial agent L.
working for England nrst. last. and
all the time. or course. he cannot he
blamed for that. hut ID II our business
TO sec that he does not pull the wool
over cur eyes,
senators Hedge, Spencer, Pomerene
and Reed. members of the committee
are expected to arrive in Chicago to-
night. Senator Kenyon. chairman OF
the committee. will arrive tomorrow
morning.
HAYS TO TESTIFY.
The hearings will begin tomorrow
at the Federal building here.
Will ii. Hays, Republican national
chairman, Is expected to reach here
today. He probably will be the first
witness called before the committed
when II opens it's probe. Fred w
Upham, treasurer of the Republican
organization, may be the second wit
ness. They will testify under oath.
The testimony of these two will
be an attempt to refute the charges
made by Governor Cox that the Re
publicans are raising $4,000. 900 with
which to buy the Presidency"
Mr.. Upham said today he has pre-
pared for the committee a list of al
contributors to the campaign to date
about 10000 of them. and lists oi
State quotas, State budgets, names oI
men making the collections and the
character of expenditures made VI
to the present time.
II will give them everything
have" he said today. II will show
that our national budget is 5000, 900
and that up to now, although 10000
citizens from every State have con
tributed, we have but little more
than one-third OF the budget raised"
Republican leaders will submit evi.
dence to the committee tending tC
show that their State quotas were as
signed fifteen months before Senator
Harding was nominated and that they
were merely marks for the party
contributors to shoot at" rather than
figures which were actually expected
to be reached.
Uham said today taht the average
contribution to the campaign is less
than 500. Many OF them are as low
as so cents, he said. In one district
North Carolina, he asserts, go one
dollar subscriptions were made.
Congressman Doremus. who is in
charge of the Democratic national
headquarters here. is of the opinion
that figures on the amounts collects ted
thus far will support the accusations
made by Governor Cox.
George White, treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee, will
be called before the Subcommittee
probably tomorrow to present the
Democratic side of the charges and
counter-charges of the past few
weeks. Former Chairman Homer s
Cummings will also be called upon to
testify.
Chairmen of both the Republican
and Democratic Senatorial and Con
gressional committee will complete
the company to present testimony be
fore the investigating committee