Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-08
CERMANY'S PLOT !
IN u. s. Barred
Won Papen Admits Everything in
Berlin Inquiry.
FIRST Time. MADE PUBLIC
Worked to Restrict American Deliver.
les Of War Materials to Entente in
1e1s-chief Of Staff Believed II
This Could Be Accomplished Ger.
many Would Win War-von Papen
Says Officials Were UnneutraI.

IF you succeed in measurably re-
stricting American deliveries of war
materials to the entente until the end
OF 1918. we will in all probability have
won the war"
Gen. Won Falkenhayn, then chief of
the German general staff. wrote this to
Capt Franz Won Papen. German mill
tary attache at Washington. in the
spring Of that year. The statement,
which comprises part of the evidence
submitted by Won Papen in a recent
hearing before parliamentary COM
mission In Berlin, was amplified by
him to the extent that he directed his
efforts to this end
First Time Made Public.
Capt. Won Papen at the time was
secretly examined by the national as
scmbly commission. which also heard
Count Won Bernstorff the former Ger
man ambassador to the United States;
his evidence is only now made public.
Won Papen declared that he was OF
the same opinion politically as Won
Bernstorff with respect to the Ameri-
can situation, and so informed Gen.
Won Falkenhayn when he returned
after his recall from Washington.
'If you do not succeed in keeping
the United States out of the enemy
Won Papen Informed the chief of staff.
He added that tremendous material
and moral assets were at the disposal
of America.
But" continued Won Papen. "these
were so imperfectly appraised here l
deemed it necessary to enlighten Ger
man public opinion concerning them"
The military attache obtained the
consent Of Won Jagow, foreign secre-
tary, to appear before the German edi-
tors for the purpose Of informing them
IN the German attitude, but Major
Nicoll. chief Of the press and espiOn-
tge division of the general staff, OPP
'osed the plan.
After detailing the plans to secure
'orner in war materials in the United
States control of factories, divert la
ror, and prevent munitions from reach
ng the entente. Won Papen said that
he theft of Doctor Albert's portfolio
containing the outlines Of the scheme
hrought the secret to the entente's pos
ession.
critlcizes Government.
In the course Of further evidence,
on Papen touched upon the alleged
pnneutral attitude of official quarters
Washington, the American courts
nd political circles, and declared that
he British military attache was per-
lifted to operate unmOleSted and
,iven the support of official quarters
nd the American secret service.
General Wood once asked me to
all on him at Governors island"
ION Papen testified. "He was very
ordial and smilingly told me: Several
persons have called on me and given
me a detailed plan of the plot which
you captain, are supposed to nave
worked out. The scheme provides for
the landing of German U-boats at New
York. which would then proceed to
blow up the subway tunnels and the
city's water mains. We have your
complete plans; where you propose to
place your explosives and what points
you will attack. Complete evidence Is
in my possession. You may see 1t II
you are Interested
1--WE did not waste single WORD
over the matter. But the incident
shows the methods used against us at
the time"