The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 27, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
6ERHANINTR1SUE EXPOSED
COUNTRY HONEYCOMBED WITH
BERLIN'S SECRET AGENTS.
Bernstorff Cliief of Great Spy System.
Irish Plots Fomented Here;
Ammunition for Germany.
Washington, Sept. 22.?Further
disclosures of far reaching German
propaganda, intrigues and plots in i
this country prior to the diplomatic j
break with Germany were made to- j
day by the committee on public in-i
formation. In a bulletin styled,
"OflRriai exDose." the committee
quotes numerous letters and extracts
from letters seized by the department
of justice in April, 1916, in
a raid upon the New York office of
Wolfe von Igel. Von I gel, in carrying
on his manifold pro-German and
anti-American activities, was in constant
touch with the German embassy
and with Count von Bernstorff, then
the German ambassador to the Unit
ed States.
Damningly Conclusive.
"In the form of letters, telegrams,
notations, checks, receipts,
ledgers, cash books, cipher codes, list
of spies, and other memoranda and
records," the committee says, "we
found indication?in some instances
of the vaguest nature, in some others,
of most damning conclusiveness?
that the German imperial government,
through its representatives in a
then friendly nation, was concerned
with:
"Violation of the laws of the United
States. Desctruction of lives and
property on merchant vessels on the
high seas.
"Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
"Fomenting ill-feeling against the
United States in Mexico.
"o,iViA?natinfl rif Amprican writers
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and lecturers.
"Financing of propoganda.
"Maintenance of a spy system unv
der the guise of a commercial investigation
bureau.
"Subsidizing of a bureau for the
purposes of stirring up labor troubles
in munition plants. / s
"The bomb industry and other related
activities."
Holland a Way Station.
The committee, of which Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels are
members, and George Creel chairman,
has this to say concerning Holland:
"It has long been an open secret
that Holland is merely a way station
for shipments of contraband into
Germany. Here is official confirmation
from the von Igel records, which
would seem to indicate a suspicious
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'Holland Commission' and the German
official accredited to this country,
or possibly a belief by the Germans
that they could not successfully
get the munitions to their own
country. The message, in code
with interlinear translation, is
entered as 'A-2493, and headed
'German' Embassy, Washington,
D. C., April 26, 1916.' It
runs as follows:
" 'Telegram from Berlin by secret,
roundabout way for Carl Heysen.
Consign Holland 300,000 chests
(cartridges) and 200 tons powder.
Please get in touch with Holland
commission. Sender, war minister,
foreign office, in representation.
(Signed) " 'Hatzfeldt.'"
Prince Hatzfeldt was an official of
the German embassy..Secret
Service Headquarters.
In the Hamburg-American line's
bureau of investigation, the committee
states, an "innocent pretending
agency was at the outset the secret
service of the Hamburg-American
Steamship Company. Under Paul
Koenig, its manager, it became an
adjunct of the German diplomatic
secret service."
A>letter dated July 20, 1915, from
"O. R.," one of its operatives, to "7,000"
(characterized by the committee
as Captain Von Papen, former German
military attache), tells of the
payment of $150 to an unnamed person,
under peculiar precautions, after
the recipient had made this statement:
"I intend to cause serious damage
to vessels of the allies leaving ports
of the United States by placing bombs,
which I am making myself, on
board. These bombs resemble ordinary
lumps of coal and I am planning
to have them concealed in the coal
to be laden on steamers of the allies."
Money apparently went from German
sources in the United States
through the embassy channel to Sir
Roger Casement.
Several lines of communication between
the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured documents,
the statement continues.
' John Devoy, of New York, now editor
of The Gaelic American, a violently
anti-British paper, was one of
the active agents of this connection."
Court Judge Involved.
The following reference to Supreme
Court Judge Daniel F. Cohallen,
of New York, is contained,
the committee states, in a letter
found in the von Igel papers in cipher
with interlinear translation, dated
New York, April 17, 1916, numbered
335-16, and inscribed at the top,
"Very secret."
" 'Judge Cohallen requests the
transmission of the following remarks:
" 'The revolution in Ireland can
only be successful if supported from
Germany, otherwise England will be
able to suppress it, even though it be
only after hard struggles. Therefore,
help is necessary. This should consist
primarily of aerial attacks in
J England and a diversion of the fleet
simultaneously with Irish revolution.
[ Then, if possible, a landing of troops,
I arms and ammunition in Ireland, pos
sibly some officers from Zeppelins.
This would enable the Irish ports to
be closed against England and the establishment
of stations for subraa!
rines on the Irish coast and the cutting
off of the supply of food for England.
The services of the revolution
may, therefore, decide the war.'
"He asks that a telegram to this
effect be sent to Berlin."
"This letter was signed '5132,8167,
T230,' and was addressed to Count
von Bernstorff, 'imperial ambassador,
Washington, D. C.'
New York, Sept. 22.?Supreme
Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan, of
this city, tonight issued a statement
in reply to a reference to him contained
in the exposure by the com
mittee on public information at
Washington in regard to the German
propaganda and plots in this country
prior to the break in diplomatic relations.
The statement said in part:
"I do not know and I can not understand
how my name was connected
with any papers of Mr. von Igel,
as I never met nor knew him and
never heard of his existence until
the time of his arrest. I never sent
or requested the sending of the remarks
which are attributed to me.
"I pointed out in Carnegie Hall on
last Easter Sunday that the record of
the Irish throughout the dntire history
of the country had been one of
unconditional and unqualified loyalty
and that whatever their sympathies
in the great world war had
been before our entrance into the
struggle, they are now, as they have
always been, for America nrst, last
and all the time."
i Microbes to Kill Horses.
Washington, Sept. 23.?"How Germans
shamefully abuse and exploited"
the protection of the United
States by secreting in the- German
legation at Bucharest, after the
American Government had taken
charge of Germany's affairs at the
Rumanian capital, quantities of powerful
explosives for bomb plots and
deadly microbes with instructions for
their use in destroying horses and
j cattle, was revealed today by Secretary
Lansing,
j It was another of Mr. Lansing's series
of disclosures of German intrigue
made public without comment in the
same manner as the von Luxburg tel
egrams which have brought Argentina
on the verge of war with Germany,
the von Eckhardt letter from
Mexico City and the von Bernstroff
telegram asking the German foreign
office for authorization to spend $50,000
to influence Congress.
The Latest Story.
The latest story is told in a report
to the State Department from
William Whiting Andrews, secretary
of the legation at Bucharest, and a
letter from Foreign Minister Parumbaru
of Rumania.
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display of great precaution aroused
the suspicions of the Rumanian Government.
On August 27, 1916, the
evening prior to the date of Rumania's
declaration of war, some of the
cases were taken to the German legation,
located in a different building
from the consulate. Convinced that
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the legation by the German diplomatic
mission on its departure
I from Bucharest, the Rumanian authorities
later ordered tl- police to
find and examine their contents. The
police communicated with American
Minister Vopicka, then in charge of
German interests, who reluctantly assigned
Secretary Andrews to observe
the search. The boxes were found
buried in the garden of the German
legation.
This May lie True.
H. M. Lowitz says the following is
founded on fact:
"A traveling salesman, newly wed,
was killing two birds with one stone
by taking his bride over his territory
on a honeymoon trip.
"He had boasted of his popularity,
particularly at the hotels, to his wife.
'.My dear,' he said at one place, 'they
not only reserve a room for me without
notice, but, knowing my fondness
for honey, they always have a plate1
of it at. my table, even when it is not
un the regular bill of fare.'
"When they entered the dining
room, however, he was much embarrassed
to find that for the first time
in months no honey had been placed
on his table. Noticing his bride's
smile, he turned to a waiter and said
'Look here, boy, where is my honey?'
"The waiter looked embarrassed
and, leaning over the bridegroom, he
whispered in a tone that could be
heard three tables away:
" 'Why, boss, she don't work here
no more; we has all cullud waiters
now.' "?Chicago Herald.
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