Evening star., 1923-07-03
MEEz'S TESTIMONY
.M|SREPRESENTED
Witness in Suit Against
:
Chemical Foundation Gives
His Version of Facts.

II! the assOcl3teu fress.
NEW YORK, July 3.-Col. Herman
A. Metz. who has been witness III
the suit of the government against
the Chemical Foundation Inc. at Will
mington. Del, declared yesterday
that his testimony had been grossly
misrepresented. In a statement to the
Associated Press he said:
The Morning News OF" Wilmington,
Del. on June &c; 1923, published an
article purpOrting to give my testi-
mony as a witness for the govern
ment in the suit of the United states
against the Chemical Founda ton, Inc.
This article stated in erect that
/ had paid money to German spies,
one of whom was under indictment
as fugitive from justice for m
formation extracted from war De-
partment files and used by United
States Senator Moses in a senatorial
dye investigation.
Retraction Is Made.
"On June q. 1923, the Wilmington
News published a complete retraction
uf this article, stating among other
things that their previous publication
to the effect as above stated was false
i'll every particular and further that
they We're neither reproductions OF
the testimony nor fair paraphrases
thereof.
They also stated that their repre-
sentative was not at the trial; that
the testimony as printed In the News
was not given at the trial; that l
did not admit that / had paid any
person shown by the testimony to be
German spy any sum of money
whatever: that / had never employed
any person charged with being. a
German spy to get any information
from the M2r department, and taat
there was no testimony given that
the persons named III the article were
German spies.
Did Not Inspire Suit.
Although counsel for the defendant
charged in court that / was the in
visible plaintiff in the suit and had
inStigated the governments action, l
swore that | was in Europe when
President Harding demanded the re-
turn of the patents and that l had
never discussed with any official of
the government the matter OF the
present suit.
assistant United States Attorney
General Henry w. Anderson during
IN" trial at Wilmington offered in
evidence a large number OF commu-
nicationS addressed to me by Secre-
tary Bryan. Secretary Lansing, Am
BaSSador Gerard, Ambassador Page,
and other government officials. for
the purpose of showing that all my
actions in connection with the dye
stuff situation were undertaken ana
a1ried out with the full knowledge
rf the government and by their ad-
ice and sanction.
''On June 26 COL Henry w. Ander
son, assistant attorney general, made
the following statement to the court
concerning myself, which | have not
seen printed in any newspaper:
Statement by Anderson.
The character. standing. loyalty.
integrity and every other quality that
this witness possesses was attackeu
on cross examination, and the wit
ness was with counsel acting We'll
within his legal rights, and therefore
am not complaining, restrained TO
questions. 1t is not only the
right of the government. but that
which is due in fairness 10 the Wit
ness himself. to let the facts as fully
so that the testimony of the witness
may be complete for the considera-
tion of the court.
"'Thls man is engaged in large
business | say again. counsel. acting
within his rights. attacked this wit
ness and his credibility and his char
acter and loyalty with severity that
do not recall having before wit
messed. and the evidence already in
this case justifies, in my Judgment
the statement that this is but part
Of a long continued controversy
"'TheSe things, unless the full facts
are brought out as far as one can
on sudden notice OF this kind. are
liable to do irreparable injury to an
individual when there is no redress,
because these things done in a court
Of Justice afford no redress.
Therefore, while deem all of that
matter as immaterial. and have so
stated. these questions having been
gone into. in my judgment, ii is my
duty to the full extent that l on short
notice have chance to do SO to
bring out every fact, in order that the
whole picture may pe observed, be-
cause on cross s-examination he Is not
allowed TO talk, lie is not allowed to
explain. he is not allowed to- tell his
motives, he is Just. pinned down to
practically bare statements and half
proof