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Burton of
Ohio, who
fought pork
barrel states?
manship with
facts, is the ex
legislator whose
life ami work are de?
scribed in another
of the "Presiden?
tial Possibilities"
articles in this
peek's issue of
Colliers
' TMt NATlONAl waaatT
LAWYERTO PUT
LID ON WAR AID
CAaOberuager Will Cen?
sor Cargoes and Start
Suits for Peace.
' Ch?r>? * '?"''?"? attorney for
:. b! Labor Peace
? ?p the exporta
.on of I ",e Aa the al
ffa? Ttv ' "V'i'0 work?
<r- in the he intends to
.f. as ?" - cargoea of all
?jMawri . *d tiation?.
10,000 sup
?sorui' ?-? wager are
known Bam
--erted that
? of Labor re- '
wit.i the peace
whether he i?
1 labor or not,
roll up his
I
?'- :?on
peace
and then
sserting that
?-ling
?--'a : e or Kederi.1
all steam
ent tha ahip
, to the Allie?.
1] further hold
?clamation
that the Losi
Rrit
i?y bringing a
the <~unard Line
Juat how Mr.
I - eted by the disas
a quart.r of a
- II ? -.-:,, wr..
ce," the lawyer
declaren, "ai ed system, fos
?? ? ? ??? the wr.r, to
Labor'? National
Pear.- . ejaest the Presi
?ent to ci. 'a special ses
iion ?nd de- ite investi'
?re proper tri?
bunal as to of interna?
res.
-. I sha?! associate
with Frank Monnett and H. Robert
il a fo. er United S'ates
r.epr- - - m Illinois. I'? was
it ore ; La
aar, -.-?
PRESIDENT CANCELS*
CABINET MEETING
Other Business Postpones De
fence ?Conferences.
Waal President
Wilion in- cancelled to-morrow's regu
*? ( ??' ' g, aa well as his
? prro w:?h the
????hi-.
The 1 ? i planned to see
Rear Admiral
W..!:??
'o-da? - of nal -nal de
aaaai the meeting be
"?'-"* less. Later this
. see Secretary
??"?"?"".?on. ry Daniels
. has completed
al defence for
""?"?b ';? || waiting.
*""? Pr< n made engage
??*???*" ?hie eep him in Washing?
ton for Bt 1? - r week. The in
licatieni ?r? r.ot go back to
er 1.
Keppler Denies German
Money Spurred Strikers
John J. Keppler, vice president of
? sociation of Ma
? ?o active in
? hour day in New
England denied yesterdsfy
"*??*??? * terioui "K" alluded
?respondence pub
"' *>stn ttUi a week ago,"
?'.? laid )< A man came here
?nd uk? I t-jld him
*r* BM hose names begin
*nk K, ?-. | ?,-ar, tried to iden
?'?"?"".* >?? fftir he would have
?"?"? I I know whose rame
'*} Wen - McLane, and I
I have never
, '** "?d? ? ctly, or oth?
?ney or through
?'?X other ? .-:,ce to aid the Gar?
"llni- ? money will not
working now
the eight-hour dav.
t? . 1 he boat
?'"w thai ? ? to the nlea
.'.' J"*ai -rike is
??J w* with the Amal
of Engineers for
-.nd that is a Rnt
?I orjii .
-gestion of an abor
,?rt of a group of
. se 'The Evening
ire paid during the
,?.'? ???? -^.nection with
?* Purc' Mail' by ?
??t jWr' a inter
"?"1 la that effort has a ?hare of stock
?r of money in 'The Mail."
out a copy of a
to Dr. Edward Rumelv
?nVv ort' "Thc ?"?*??" **'?'? recently
W'chasid. It deals with Mr. McClure's
, ?illiam B?sHr.l Hale and William T.
Wr'- th of wh""1 t:,-'ure(i in "The
l. would ??iv nothing.
-?,,,, om*' sen*- ou*- woid he would
'?.., ? ow nor in the
Itantin I>umba, the ?
?"iro-Hur.j..aria?i Ambassador, was
\,l\ gia to be absent from
made yesterday bv
-. Krench lawyer, that
id violated Section E of
rch I, 1909, relating to
-*;?','?,? l*nea with foreign
?'hen he wrote to Pr.
htk.ii JAlbert in regard to ."The
?? ?!.. d " Th? offense i? punishable
?or? ,kmore lh*n ,6'000 fine *nd not
? th?r, tbrea year?' imprisonment.
BERLIN PROTESTS
WHILE PLOTTING
FOR MUNITIONS
Germans Secretly Arrang?
ing to Obtain War Sup?
plies in U. 5.
SEEKING CONTROL
OF BIG FACTORIES
_
Further Exposures by "Tin
World" of Wide Activities of
the Kaiser's Agents.
"Th?. New VcrV World." continuing
to day its exposure of Germany's eeerel
activities in tVii?? country, pives ?.vi?
rer ce to show that Germany itself has
; been secretly planning lo ?crine muni
tions. although protesting against the
shipment of such to enemy countries
si-ce the hepinninp of the war. It
. says:
"(Ine of the most important features
of the correspondence is that which
, r? lates to the financing of the Bridge
| port Projectile Company, at Bridpeport,
Conn., by Hupo Schmidt, the Western
-agent of the Deutsche Hank of Berlin.
, t.ow assigned to assist General Finan
?.-cut Albert at New York in the
-ip of larpe sums of money
turned over to the latter by the im
final German government.
"The memorandum of the contract
with the projectile company, which has
American officers who are supposed to
control it, shows that the contract was
approved by Dr. Albert, Militar*. At- i
ache von Pspen and N. R. Lindheim,
the legal adviser of the German pov- '
errment experienced in international '
affairs. The contract was prepared by
Carl Heynan. formerly apent at Mexico
City of the Hamburp-Amencun Steam- !
ship Company, believed to represent
Herr Schmidt in the financing and man
r.pement of ihe Bridpeport I'rojectile
Company. Mr. Heynr.n reported to
Herr Schmidt from time to time re- i
pnrdir.g its affairs.
"The correspondence shows that the
projectile company received money
from the Guaranty Trust Company, tct
ing on authority from the Deutsche
Bank; that in July last it contracted
for the entire output of smokeless pow?
der of the j?Jtna Explosive Company,
' the president of which i . a .British sub?
ject and who s highly indignant at the
lity of supplying Germany with
powder for use in the making of shrap?
nel for the German army.
After Carbolic Acid.
"In the correspondence the plans of
Germany to buy 1,212,000 pound?, of
phenol tcarb}lic acid), manufactured
I by Thomas A. Edison, are also clearly
set forth. This correspondence is be-!
tween the A.nerican Oil and Supply
Company of Newark and Hugo Schweit?
zer, a German-American chemist, at 117 '
Hudson Street.
"In it the fact is clearly established
that the latter was acting Cor the Ger?
man government, and that the supply
company transferred to it on 1
last its contract with the Edison < om
pany, and on the following ?lay gave it<,
receipt to Herr Schweitzer for ?100,0i?0j
u> guarantee the performance of tlioj
contract.
"Evi lence is included in the corre?
spondence to show that the German
government is even now financing a
plan to insure itself the output of
shrapnel casings, of at least one con?
cern :n this country, the. manner of
shipment and delivery not being dis?
closed by the correspondence.
"The active parties to this undertak- '
ing are Hupo Schmidt, room 1331, 185
Broadway, actinp for Financial Di
rector Albert and reporting to him, and
the Bridgeport Projectile Company, of
Bridgeport, Conn. The Guaranty Trust
Company, of this city, through Assist?
ant Manager Bolinger, appeared in some
of the transactions in connection with
the secret acquisition of the concern.
Mr. Heynan had direct charge of its
affairs. The Deutsche Bank, of Ber?
lin, assumed responsibility to the trust
company, subject to the usual commis
of one-half of 1 per cent.
"The contract between the projectile !
company and Mr. Schmidt was referred
to and approved by Dr. Albert, Cap
taifl von Papen and N. R. Lindheim.
Financing Factory Buildings.
"It also appears that the German rep?
resentatives were to finance the con- ?
struction of factory buildings.
"One of the features of the project :
was that the company was negotiating;
a contract for the output of a_tna's
smokeless powder from December 3,
11.16, for use in manufacturing muni?
tions of war for Germany.
"Another feature is that the projec?
tile plant had secured offers of anti?
mony during May varying in price from
30 to 36Vu cents a pound.
"At no place in the contract, by the
way, are the names of the principals
disclosed. The projectile company is
identified bv the letter 'A,' and Mr.
Schmidt, through Mr. Heynan, rep
r:g Herr Schmidt of the German
Imperial Government, by the letter 'B.
?tic ame memorandum that the^con
cern has succeeded in 'tying up' the
production of presses of tlie sort con
; for. It is added that 'the Al?
lies have had to place orders for shrap?
nel cases to be manufactured from bar
by boring instead of forging.
which i? declared to be an unsati.-f.ic
tory process.
To Get Edison Output.
"A memorandum bearing upon plans
of Dr. Huis'o Schweitzer, of 117 Hudson ;
Street, this citv, who is frankly recog?
nize.: as the agent of the German gov
eriiment, reveals a clever scheine cal?
culated to insure the supply for Ger?
man arms of $1,400,000 worth of phenol ,
carbolic acid) from the factory of:
Thomas A. Edison.
"This il set forth in an agreement
D the American Oil and Supply
Company, a corporation of Newark, N.
J., and Dr. Hupo Schweitzer.
"The American Oil and Supply Com?
pany further agreed to transier to Dr.
Schweitzer under the same terms any
additional quantities of phenol that it
mipht obtain from other sources. I he
agreement ???.. signad June 22, IMo,
by the American Oil and Supply Com?;
pany, per William F. Hoffman, presi- |
dent and generhl manager, ami by Hugo
"Dr. Ilu o Schweitzer, president and
tor of the Synthetic Patents ( om
Pi.r.y, 117 Hudson Street, is ? |.r?.)iiu
nent German-American citizen of New
York. He is also president ol the
Printers and Publisher-.' Association,
organized for the purpose of establish?
ing a newspaper in New \ ork that
would be 'honestly neutral.' The office
of the association is at 150 Nassau
Street."
CAPTIVE BALLOON LEAVING ITALIAN WARSHIP.
I itest roucr to enter the European struggle is using the*-.!* machines for observation work. The vessel from
which the dirigible shown is rising is lying near the coast so that observers may scan the Austrian lines
of defence. v
VON BERNSTORFF
SUMMONS AIDS
i
< ont lnii.vr rrum pair I
Volving its officials" was strongly sec?
onded by George Sylvester Viereck, ed?
itor of "The Fatherland," charged by
"The World" with having sold his
American citizenship for German
?
"I know positively that the docu?
ments which wen? reproduced in 'The
New York World' were stolen by a
British spy whose identity is known,'
Mr. Viereck said. "We have proof that
certain officials of the German Em
have been shadowed for weeks by Brit?
ish spies, who did not hesitate to com?
mit theft, in accordance with the un?
clean, dishonest methods which have
always characterize?! British diplom?
acy."
Mr. Viereck intimated thst steps
were beirig taken.now to ascertain by
what legal process the alleged spie?
cnnM be prosecuted.
"When the proper time comes we
shall he prepared to use every means
within our power to vindicate our
honor ? -,y of pin po ?
M. II. Clausen, director of the Ger?
man Information Bureau, also intimat?
ed yesterday thai "something would be
done to those puilty of stealing
documents of the ('erman Embassy.''
He refused to say of what nature th?;
impend.np action would be.
"The story in 'The New York World'
means absolutely nothing to one who
reads it. impartially and intelligently "
Mr. Clausen said. "The headlin.
fac-similes of letters and documents
are arranpe I th a view of misleading
tho.?e who nave neither the time nor
tro' inclination to read and digest the
whole volus -v. The ('erman
Information Bur....; .1 perfectly |j?|
gitimate, moncy-makinp American en?
terprise. We are supplying the Ger
man news which the American people
want."
William II. Offley, superintendent of
the local inve tigation bureau of the
Department of Justice, denied last
nipht that he had received instructions
from Washington to stan an investi?
potion into the alleged untieutral ac?
tivities amone local official (?erman
cueles.
Dr. K. k. Fenhr, who is mentioned
by "The World'' as being one of tl,?r
?lisbursinp agents of the German prop?
aganda, refused to be interviewed at
ins oflice, at. 1123 Broadway, insisting
that he had "nothing to say."
In a written statement Riven to the
press last night, Mr. Viereck, editor of
the "Fatherland," said:
"The story in 'The Now York World'
refutes itself. The context of the let
tars of July 1 conclusively proves that
no German official had any control over
the policy of the paper. There is noth?
ing in the 'copyrighted* documents (the .
copyrighting of stolen documents is a
rtw industry, by the way 1 to warrant
the deductions sought to be drawn
from them."
After asserting that each one of the
belligerents is tr>ing to win the moral
support <*>f America, Mr. Viereck stated
that all that the documents reproduced '
?n thr- "World" show is that "Germany
and the eGrman-Amerlcan who want
fair play are tryinp to pet a hearinp
against the subterranean influences,
that are behind the control of most !
sources of news."
He then asserts that "the business
and the editor*-1 nolicy of 'The Fath?
erland' rest entirely .n my hands;
there is no arratipement with any one ?
else yielding even an iota of its in- I
dependence. "The Fatherland" was not 1
founded by the German government, or1
directly or indirectly with its aid to
the extent of ? sinple dollar or a j
:-ingle subscription. It was founded by
US with the aid of two or three other
American friends, without assistance !
or suggestion from any foreign or of-1
licial source. 'The Fatherland' ha?l
l.cen in existence end was flourishing
when Dr. Albert and Dr. Dernburp ar?
rived in this country, and before I
had met either of them."
Mr. Viereck charges that the growth
of "The Fatherland" had eaoeed the
enmity of Great Britain, which had
trieii to suppress it ir tha United
States as it had done 111 ( anda and ;
the I'nited Kingdom.
"In the purloined letter of July 1,
nn,*?, Mi. Albert makes it clear that,
neither he nor any one even remotely
connected with the German government
had any interest in or exercised any
influence whatsoever over the policies
i>f the 'Fatherland.' As s condition of
_] ?id he eays: 'We must have
an understanding regarding the course
111 politics which you will pursue, which
we have nol asked heretofore.' I abso?
lutely rejected the conditions suggested
by Mr. Albert."
In explaining the contribution of
1250, which "The World" charges the
Fatherland received from Dr. Albert,
Mr. Viereck
"The only support my paper ever
received from Dr. Albert has been in
the form of subscriptions to a very
limited extent The |250, the receipt
of which is acknowledged in my letter,'
falls under 'his head, end 1- so entered
on the I - s 'Fatherli
I?. fining the past, present and future
policy of the pap?' Mr. Viereck de?
clared:
"We have no intention -.* carrying
favor with the administration in ."...-?
inpton or with Mr. Albert's govern?
ment in Berlin. Our sole desire is to
properly represent and protect the in- '
terests of th-? United States as a neu
1
FIND BIG LEAKS
AIDING GERMANS
I ..llllniir.l from p??r I
with the conditions as outlined, it
would he impossible to biing any
charge of piracy, but that an] person
'or persons, whether protect?,I under
ordinary circum-t?I ? ? - b] the ei I
relationship or not. who ha?l gi\":, n,
formation to the German Adm
which led to the destruction Of the
Lusi'ania were guilty of murder in the
-???grec ?3 accessories before the
f.ict.
"Op April SO. the day before the
Bail r,g of the Luaitania, a number of
Bgei wan sent from Nauen to the
Gorman Embassy and from the embassy
to the German government with regard
to certain ciphers alleged to have been
? ? ' by the ambassador in pr?
messages, bal which, as a matter of
fact, had never been sent. 'The Jour?
nal's' files fail to reveal any such nuni
1?. r-. as those indicate?! or any attempt
to replv to such messages. In other
v.nrds, the Cern?an Foreign Office, in
asking for allege?! repeats of previous
messages, waa really sending code:
message? in disguise.
"On Maj I a wireless me-sage ar?
rived at Sayville signed "Erne
;.nd addressed to 'Nordmann,' Room
BOO, 11 Broadway. This message said:
" 'Has father receiveil letter seven?
teen ?*
"The 'Nordmunn' referred to is the '
rame Captain Hoy-Ed uses in New
"fork and the addre-s given is his
?i eret room in that I
(ode to Evade Censors.
"On May .". Nauen lent to Sayville a
service message markeil No. ?1 Bl I
purporting t?,*give a !i-t ol m?
.? eeived by it complete <??
vious day. Among these B| :
word? '-'7.? ambassador ~-l bredow.'
"Ten minutes later a arireiesB net
s.ige w.i- re? i !'.-ed from the Cern?an
Foreign Office addressed to the Cern?an ,
Embassy, stating: 'Wa will repeat ,
nirelen message No. M if s'.i?l n? ?
"To this last message no answer was
Bint, hut the fact thai me-.age Nd. hi
pesed ?as a service message is conclu?
sive proof that the Cern?an govern
mtnl wa-- using this method of coding
Ig? \tA order to evade censors.
"On the evening of May 6 the Cer?
n?an Admiralty seni a wireless mes- ,
sage to 'he Cerman Embassy a? fol- ,
lows: 'Hoy Ed and M?ller awarded
iron cross of second class. Inform
Midler.'
"Why the government decorated '
Captain Roy-Ed with the iron cross '
two (lays before the ?inking of th?
Lui itania is not known.
"It is interesting to note that or
May 10 Captain Hoy Ed lenl 'he fol?
lowing dispatch to the chief of the Ad
in laity Staff of Berlin :
"'The Lusi'ania had .'?,100 case? ol
ammunition on board '
"Two day- liter, on May 12. the C.er
rri.n Foreign Office sent an order tr
th? Carman Embassy in Berlin ovet
...ville wirel?
" 'Please communicate with the Stat?
Department that Cerman government
knew that on present voyage Lu-itan;
carried 6,400 rases of ammunition.'
"Al matter of fact these wireles?
message- prove that the (ifrman.iov
? ? ? enl i!,?i not know of this item ol
the Luaitania'i cargo until [t wa noti?
fied of the fact, by Captain Hoy-Ed,
three days after the Lusitania wa.-?
sunk.
Ta finance 'Longshoremen'? Strike.
"With regard to the German plot to
finance a itrikc of longshoremen, -t i?
learned to-day that the government ha.?
m iti possession all the facts concern?
ing this propaganda. The sum to be
paid by the Cerman Embassy for the
? on of this strike was $1,700,000,
.. . i arrangements were made with th.i
leaders of the 'longshoremen's union
pledging to every striker $10 a week a?
long as th.- - ?i ike lasted.
"All the material with relation to
th.s mat'er, including the names of the
men involved, il now in th?
of Secretar?; of Labor Wilson, who lias
boon investigating the entire subject
through the Secret Service for .several
weeks.
"The Secret Service ha* in its po.s
ri icii prove beyond any
? an that a greal part ? : the Ger?
man propaganda argued among the
mob- thai gather at certain we!! known
mci * mg nia ta of Mi w
rectly fomented and paid for
by Cerman Interesta. A number of
these agitators, all of them Germana
. i,ave b'-en trace,i ?li
rectly '<? the office, of George Sj..
\ iereck, editor of 'The Fatherland,'
from whom, the government officers
state, thai have received money for
then
"Last week the government was able
to secure pi of a bag of doCU?
BU left in char? e
of a high German Secret Service otli
] hese documenta reveal a great
deal of information of a Startling char
acter, and also conned the IL-wnburg
American Line ? ?? ly with the ?ier
iiidi pi???- ilia- havi been carried on in
this country. They prove conclusive?
ly, among other things, that Captain
Koenig, chief disbursing agent of the
Hamburg-American I been
handing oui mosl of the money in con?
nection with the various plots and
Schemel that have been operated from
New York City by the German Em?
bassy."
tral nation, and to be tne mouthpieei
in the English language of America!
citizens of German descent. Our firsi
number contained a declaration ol
principles. From these principles w<
have not deviated one hair's breadth at
any time from the first number to th?
last, and have no intention of do.
n.p so."
Secretary Lansing Hears
Report on German Plots
[Kr.._ The Tribune Burej'i ]
Washinpton, Aup. 16. A conference
between Secretary of State I.ansinpand
A. Bruce Blelaski, chief of the Depart
of Justice "Secret Service," at which
Mr. Bielaski is understood to have laid
befoie th.- Secretary the results of the
investi-ration into German activities in
this country, was the most important
ile.elopment of the day with respect
to the charges of German intripue
made by "The New York World." "The
I'rovidence Journal" and ?"hers.
Secretary Lansing authorized the an?
nouncement after the conference that
the Department of State was not mak
inp any investigation into the condi?
tions alleged. He did not say, how?
ever, that there would be no investiga?
tion.
Few of the allegations are violations
of any Federal law, and therefore have
not warranted, in the opinion of its
orticers, rigid investigation by the De?
partment of Justice. The Bureau of In
. ition, however, has kepi an eye
OB many of the activit.es OX th?
man agents. Little surprise was occa?
sioned in the bureau when the cha
which have to repeatedly been the sub?
ject of gossip, were Anally printed.
The Department of Justice has been
?luite actively investigating the pass?
port frauds and enlistments, as these
were open violations of the neul
of this government In their work
?gents of the department have come
upon other activities, it was said, of
the Gem?an propagandists, and the muh
total of the information gatheie
placed at *he disposal of the Secretary
of State when Mr. Bielaski talked with
him to-day.
It is believed that the agents have
obtained evidence which may be of use
at the n?ht time in pressing some of
the charges against German ?,-itrtgue
This relate? particularly to the alleged
attempt- of German partisans to place
bombs on transatlantic liners, to the
i r k of H o 11
>'\|i i..led ? bomb in the Senate ?
and attempted to I
sinste J. I*. Morgan, and to affidavits
that the Lusitania carried big guns
mounted below decks.
Investigation of the Lusitania slTi
davits was imperative, because it was
necessary to substantiate the Fresi-?
dent'? claim in the first Lusitania note
that the ship was unarmed.
It was pointed out that if Count von
IWnstorff, the Cerman Ambassador,
were Involved in the charges the Fed?
eral authorities could not remain indif?
ferent. Their only recourse would be a
cation to the Cerman government
that the methods alleged were highly
objectionable and in case of Count
von Hernstorff became involved, the
I'nited States government would, of
. have the option of demanding
his recall.
Attorney General Gregory to-day or?
dered that the hearing of the alleged
Austrian spy, Adolph or August
Ortulph, as he at vanOUl times gives
lme, should take place to-morrow.
Artolph is accuseil of having maps and
drawings of United Statei torts, light?
houses and other structures in his pos
?ession. lhe arrest occurred Friday
in Jacksonville.
Should it be proved that the inten?
tion of Ortolph was to give to Cer
many or Austria secret military infor?
mation, the only punishment which
eould !?e impo-ed, Bl this country is
not at war with ? it'ner. would be a tine
of $1,000 and one jrear^i imprisonment,
The combination of these two II the
maximum penally provided by a law
I v as 1011.
FIFTY SHIPS ADDED
TO NAVY IN TWO YEARS
Biggest Increase Is in Twenty
New Submarines.
Waehington, Aug. 16. Fifty ihipi
ami ,',,111 men have been added to the
nca March, 1013,
according to ligures complied at the
Navy . The great
- ha? been in submarines, of
which twenty have been put tn com
? n in the last two year.-.
battleships, six destroyei
gunboat? and live third claai eruiscra
have also been added, as shown by the
following list:
in;
? . . <
S --. RI S
( lu.-ri- 1
. :
? I
' ?< . I" I
....
S
This table ?hows that the navy has
two fewer transports thao two years i
ago. .
SPY CONFFESSED
GERMANS FORGED
?. S. PASSPORTS
Rosentlial. Executed in
London, Swore High Offi?
cials Were Guilty.
OTHER DOCUMENTS
ALSO DUPLICATED
False Birtli Certificates and
Naturalization Papers Turned
Out in Berlin.
[Kmm Th? THkSM nu"?-! ]
Washington, Au?*. 19. Documentary j
proof of forgery of American passports
by the (?erman Admiralty became
available here to-day in the form of a
I tatement made by Robert Rosenthal, a
iiirm.in spy, to the British detective
service. Rosenthal was charged with
espionage last May and was executed
? n July 15 in the Tower of London.
Rosenthal swore that he saw blank
American passports in the offices of
Gorman Admiralty officials and thrit
they -.vere signed "W. J. Rryan" and
bore the seal of the I'nited States.
There was a pile of these passports,
according to his staten/ent, and what
!.|.peared to be a counterfeit of the
United S'ates sea!.
The State Department has been in?
vestigating statements maile by Rosen
thai and other convicted spies, which
tend to establish the existence of
'passport, factories" operated by Ger?
man officials both in Germany and in
neurral countries, notably Upland.
Representations have been made to the
German government concerning these
operations.
Other Forgeries Asserted.
Rosenthal's statement, made at New
Scotland Yard on May 18, indicates
that the German government engaged
in the forgery of birth eertifleates and
American naturalization papers, as well
as passports. The United States uses
variOdS rubber stamps on passports,
and the.se also, according to Rosenthal,
were duplicated in Berlin.
"Captain Prieger, of the German Ad?
miralty, told me that he eould get me
a passport," says Ro.-enthal's state?
ment. "I saw in his possession a pass
rcrt signed 'W. J. Rryan.' The pass?
port was blank. I also noticed what
?coked to be like a pile of them there.
There was a seal already on it. On
ot?e occasion I saw a bronze or brass
res''in his office which was about the
s se of the seal on the passport. There
uas a photograph affixed to this pass
I ort, but I cannot say whether it was
- led, because 'nptain Prieger cov?
ered it over with his hand.
"He told me he could Ret me a birth
ate and naturalization papers. I
tnink he is a captain in the German
navy. He asked me to have my picture
t.iken, but I do not know for what
reason. I had it done and he kept
- >m?-. I do not know anybody else
who has obtained a passport through
( aptain Prieger.
"I told the embassy that I was a
r.itent engineer, and gave the date I
left the l'nite.1 States as being the
tn'ddle of April, 1?M4. I said that my
f.-.ther was in the United States and
? sl he was naturalized.
"Mr Tuschek is, I think, a captain in
'.erman navy. He has an cilice at
? German Admiralty, ar.d he was the
ifficer who pot me. He r?et me one
afternoon and took me about in his
motor car. Captain Prieger told me
that he had rubber stamps for Ameri?
can passports; also that he had other
kii'ds of stamps which had been spe?
cially made."
Passport Obtained by Fraud.
When Rosenthal was trrested he had
a passport issued hy the American F.m
in Merlin, based on his repre?
sentation that he was a native Ameri?
can, 'he son of a naturalized ri'r/ep.
He later admiUed that h? had sworn
falsely in obtaining the passport and
was a German subject.
Rosenthal wrote a letter to the
American Ambassador in London just
before his execution protesting that
he was not guilty of espionage and
that the revelations he had made to
the British authorities should in any
nave operated to commute his '
senrence. Ambassador Page rook no
iaCtion in the matter, as Rosenthal -
r.ever had been an American citizen.
What action the State Department .
can take in case of a disavowal by
Germany of the frauds committed by i
German officers has not been deter?
mined. There is no way of reaching i
the individuals concerned, as they are
outside the jurisdiction of the United ?
States. Officials believe that Germany '
will make scapegoats of certain officers
named in the complaints as a sop to
?,-overnment.
ASIATIC CHOLERA
IN WURTEMBERG
German Soldier Carries Disease
from Galicia?Precaution
Taken Against Spread.
Geneva, Aug. 12 ( via Paris, Aug. 19),
\ at ic cholera has appeared at
Cannstatt, Wurtemberg.
An official notice says that only one
?is developed that of a German
soldier on leave, who contracted the
?'.-.? ? Gs a and that every pre?
caution is being used to prevent spread?
ing of the contagion.
U.S. MARINES WASHED
OVERBOARD, DROWNED'
Gale Off" Florida Sweeps Men
on New Hampshire Into Sea.
Washington, Aug 1<3. Two American
niarir.es were washed overboard from
the battleship New Hampshire and
drowned yesterday witle the ?hip was
sailing through a gulf hurricane, south
of Florida. No damage to the New
Hampshire or Louisiana, which are pro?
ceeding to Southern waters, was re?
ported.
The marines were James Franklin
Robinson and Mardie Wayne Ray. Rob?
inson's mother lives in Unchsville,
Ohio. Ray's residence is given as Mia
sissippi. The bodies were not re?
covered.
Guard Officer a Suicide.
Hackensack, N. J., Aug. 1*>. Family
troubles caused Captain David ?.
, with the engineering cot- ?'
the t2?d New York Regiment, to take
h.s life Sunday night in a boarding
house at Westwood. He was forty-sil
years old, and a retired soap manu?
facturer. His death revealed the fact
that he had been separated from his
wife, who lives at '.'!'?' West Eighty
sixth Street, New York.
NEW YORK PRESS
ASSAIL KAISER'S
PROPAGANDISTS
Are They Pro-American
or Pro-German? Asks
"The World."
"THE SUN" FINDS
NO TREASON YET
"Fathomless Stupidity" and "A
Hateful Thing." Appeal
to "The Times."
New York newspapers, commenting
to-day on publishe?! charges of German
intrigue? in this country, follow:
The World.
While the German government has,
been .subsidizing a propaganda in* the
I'nited States to prevent the sale of
munitions of war to the Allies, Cerman
agents in the United States have been
purchasing war supplies for the use of
German"*'.
The American people have no griev-1
anee against Germany because of these
enterprises. Germany has a right to
buy ammunition and equipment in this
country. Hut, taken in connection with
the biOer campaign of sedition and rac?
hatred which the German government
has instigated in the name of a fraudu?
lent neutrality, the hypocrisy of this
Teutonic proceeding makes the offence
smell to heaven.
The government's reply to the Aus
| trian note protesting against the trade
in war supplies comes at the psycho?
logical moment. Mr. Lansing's citation
of the many instances in which Ger
' many and Austria have sold munition?
, of war to belligerents, even to Great
Britain during ?he Hoer War, when the
Boor Republics were isolated as Ger?
many and Austria are now isolated,
could have been ma?Ie -..till more strik
; ing had the State Department had ac?
cess to the documents in possession of
The World. The ?secretary of State
might have said that Austria was ask?
ing ?he United Statei to prevent a legi
! timate American traffic In which (?er
many is one of the purchasers, and that
the Austrian note waa in effect a de?
mand that the United States decree a
double violation of neutrality, wan one
rule for Germany, which is operating
secretly, and one rule for Germany's
enemies, which are buying in the open
market.
German money and German intrigue
have done much to muildlc sentimental?
ists and muihy-minded Americans as to
the moral obligations of their govern?
ment in respect to the sale of muni?
tions of war. In the light of "The
World's" revelations, it is time that
these people gave -erious consideration
to their own moral obligations toward
their government. Are they pro-Amer?
ican, or are they pro-German?
The Sun.
"The World" properly describes the
process of intrigue and bribery in the
guise of .-ubs dy ai the "aowingbroad
cast the leedi of ?reason throughout
the United state- " 'I hai
is; the seeds of treason, but not trea
oat at p.est.it.
It is so ea.->y to acquire a dangerous
habit during a recognised period of.
immunity that we implore our fellow
citizeni who lympatt -, and
naturally with the German eause, and
who are not overparticular as to the
form in which their sympathies ex?
press themselves, to ponder well the !
?lightness of the transition by which
deeds and words now legally immune
may suddenly become the deed? and
woids of a crime for which the pun
ibhraenl di al i
The chief endeavor of the foreign
sowers of the seeds of treason il
to influence the vote of American citi?
zens and member., of the American
t ongress against the declared policy ?
of tne American government with re?
gard to the export of munitions of
war. This policy has been stated with:
incomparable clearness, ami its basis
in international law and in national'
right has oeen demonstrated with un- !
an.-we rabie force in Secretary Lan- '
sing's reply to the Austro-Hungarian
-. 'lhe evidence of German ofti-1
cial participation in an organized at?
tempt to influence the American vote
for pro-German military advantage ?a I
already a hundred times stronger than!
that which impelled President Cleve-|
land, in October of I?8, to instruct!
Secretary Bayard to send .to Lord
Sackville, the British Minister at'
Washington, the communication, in-:
closing his passport.
And Sackville West's "unpardonable
conduct," as described by President
Cleveland in his message to Congress a
couple of months later, ?vas "interfer?
ence by advice and counsel with the
suffrages of American citizens in the
very crisis of the Presidential election i
then near at hand."
No sower of the seed? of treason was
poor Lord .Sackville, nor were there
sowers of the seeds of treason in the
ministerial family dwelling in his lega-1
tioii; yet Sackville got his passports1
and Sackville went.
"The Times."
Our sense of the fathom! ss stupid- !
ity of the German propaganda in this ?
country supplies a comforting eniol- I
lient for the anger and resentment
which the disclosures, of the work of
the propagandists naturally provoke.
It is a hatef I ling.
But in the month of August wrath
is an unseasonable emotion, and we ;
are saved f om some of its discom?
forts by our reflection? upon the I
amazing asininity of the Cerman prop- '
Bgandista. They brought wch them to
country and sought to apply the
methods that are of custon ary use in
Germany, where what la called "the
[ire -" has always been ready,
by hire or command, to aid those who
had an interest in poisoning public |
opinion. There is no -ountry on earth
that hoary device would
absolutely sure to fail a? in the United
State?.
We knew that the conspirators were i
at work, that the conspiracy was ?ride
spreai?, and we had a pretty good idea i
of the identity of the chief workers. |
I not know until the latest dis?
closures were made that the crea'.ur? l|
who were all the time bawling about
warm, tryini? day down?
town?bark to the
apartment for a shower?
off by bus to a roof garden
?a look-in at a sum m er
show?and then, to make
sleep welcome, an hour's
cool-off on a
Wth
eduenue '
Bus
the payment of British gold to influ?
ence public opinion here were them?
selves taking German money in pay?
ment for their sen
As yet there is some remaining doubt
as to whether the diselosnres ?all for
action by the Federal D.strict Attor?
neys. It is plain that our la-.'s have
been violated. The propagandists have
seemed to feel that where the imperial
interests were involved our statutes
might be set at naught. The Depart?
ment of Justice has not been alto?
gether idle, and it is understood that
it is considering whether the evidence
it has accumulated will furnish suf?
ficient proof in criminal actions. How?
ever that may be. the propagandists
have had their warning. Their work
should stop and stop now.
The Herald.
No one in this counry has been in
ignorance of the great erTort :
made by Germany to bend the I'nited
States to her will. The elaborate
scheme to "run" this government from
Berlin h?is been known to all men, and
"The World" has performed good ser?
vice in producing documentary proof.
Proof Is what is needed et this time.
Our government was to be bullied
and threatened and our foreign |
was to he "made in Germany. Wher?
the "Kaiser touch" could swir.g Ameri?
cans susceptible to flattery the "Kaiser
touch" was applied. \\ here the clink
of coin .would prove effective the coin
clinked.
Se it ?rent 1* is s revelation which
should stir this government to action.
The <?? ear to have assumed
that Pre- Is ' Wilson would tcrjerate
anything. The exposure should go on
and there should be a house cleaning
in the diplomat;?' corps. For this Blat?
ter goes at the very heart of national
decency and national self-respect.
This go ver i ment mus, be conducted
by Americans and not by Germans.
?
DISGUISE DESTROYER
AS A SUBMARINE
Navy Men Paint Periscope and
Raider's Outlines on McDon
ough for War Game.
Newport, R. !.. Aug. D>. The torpedo
boat destroyer McDonough presented a
strange appearance when she slipped
out. of the harbor to-day to join in
the Atlantic fleet war game off Block
Island Black paint had bien used over
the battle tray sides of the
to form the outlines of a submarine,
and the shape of ? periscope '???a-.
painted on the middle funnel. Shore
observers found the illusion effective at
a comparatively short ?itstance.
Other destroyers have been painted
with black and white squares, which
serve to obscure their outlines. The
new coverings ?rill he g.v. ? I
action during the war game, which is
to continue for a week.
GERMANS PAYING HUGE
PRICES FOR FOODSTUFFS
Offering Three Times Normal
Values for Rumanian Goods.
Paris, Aug. I?. A delayed Havas dis?
patch, tiled at Bucharest, on Saturda;.,
says that Austrian and German ?gents
at points along the Rumanian frontier
Sge paying three times the normal
prices for wheat, corn, hay, flax, peas
and beans exported from that country.
This is the result of heavy export taxen
placed on Rumanian agricultural prod?
ucts on Saturday, following the action
of the government on ?he previous day
in removing the prohibition against
sending certain food supplies out of
the country.
The export tax amounts to 400 to
1,000 francs . $*0 to S'jou i on a carload
end from 200 te BOO francs on a farm
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