Evening star., 1921-08-28


Nipponese in that direction. 1t Is
Harding and Secretary Hughes are
not entirely uniformed In the mat
ter.
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A FEW weeks ago. 1t is said. the
American naval attache at Toxic
was approached by q Japanese naval
lieutenant who offered to sell certain
secret information concerning the
naval plans Of Japan for million
dollars. The attache refused the Of
fer and reported it to the Japanese
government. The lieutenant who
made it committed suicide shortly be-
fore the time came for his court-mar-
tial. -
What did this would-be traitor know
of the naval plans OF his country that
he thought should be worth SO great a
sum to the United states. and why was
his offer declined? It must have been
declined presumably after consulta-
tion with superfora) either because
the American attache did not have the
million dollars and knew that 1t would
be impossible to procure it for such
purpose: because the United States
tion of Japanese naval plans which
the Toxic government does not wish it
to possess; or because the so-caIled
secret" information was already
filed away in the. State Department
archives at Washington.
The achievements OF the various Sc
cret service branches of the United
States government. and of the famous
bomb squad" of New York city dur
ing the war with Germany would at
ford material for volumes of absorb
ing reading.
kskA Il
COUNT JOHANN Won BERN
STORFF. the commander-in-
chief Of German military and naval
operations on the American sector and
only incidentally ambassador TO- the
United States government. and DR..
Theodore Constantin ,Dumba, who
filled a like dual position for the de-
funct Austrian empire. successfully
were Investigated. by the American
secret agencies. The arrogant and
contemptuous Won Papen, suave. and
courtly Boyd, unscxupulous Rinte-
len. brutal KoeniE, reckless vo IgeI.
gallant Won der Goltx and adventur-
Gus du .Quensne-an were outwttted,
cutmaneuvered and checked in every
enterprise by those whom Won Papen
lOV6Q 10 F0IeT TO taS fuAoCiS AuhSSc.
Capt. Franz Won Papen's statement,
IT always say to these idiotic Yankees
they had better hold their tongues"
had it's share in causing the war that
followed shortly afterward. The state-
ment was made in q letter intrusted
by the worthy captain to an American,
Capt. James F. ]. Archibald. and was
intended only for Teutonic eyes. In
due course II found it's way into the
hands Of the United States secret
service agents, and along with 1t
others, written. In. code. lt2was good
code, devised by Germans and guar
anteed to be fool-proof. Yet the
Yankees, in their usual "haIf-witted,'
manner, stumbled upon the key to It.
The messages were read. given! to the
newspapers and spread broadcast TO
q public that mingled q little amuSe-i
mcnt with its Indignation. Won Papen.
was ordered to leave the country and
the public was a bit more prepared.
for the war, which many people were
beginning to desire, rather than fear
With feeling Of contempt for the
British similar to that. already ex-1
pressed for the Yankees, Captain Won
Pepen carried with him on board the
steamer >Noordam portfolio OF
papers which told of many: of his
criminal activities against the United
States governments Won Papen d6
this with a contemptuoslss arrogance
that was astounding. Again he was
exposed, this time by the. block -head-
ed British, land more ofsthe vsryypri-