Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-20 | Page 9 | To Probe Reports of German Agents

TD PROBE REPORTS OP GERMAN AGENTS: President Takes Up State ments That Teutons Have Been Active Here WASHIWTOV Aug 19 Preeident Wilson took up officially today reports that ( ennan agents have been unduly active in the Lo ted States Later it became known that the department of j nat ice would in est gate all charges tending to indicate violations of Amen can neutrality Tbe prea dent d scuseod the question with Attorney General Grcgorv asking what steps had already been taken and whether an thug had been discovered calling for action bv the federal govern ment He was told that so far none of the department s inquiries had de eloped information to warrant prose eutions The' attornet general said he had not read carefully the charges published in the New Vork Wotji. that German agents with the approval of the Qcr man go ernment, had fomented str ken in munitions factories and engaged in other such actions but aa soon as the disclosures now being made b that newspaper were con pleted the facts al leged would be in est gated bv agents of h s department Beca se of the mention of the names ot offi lals of the German embasBj n the bl shed reports Pres dent W Ison grobably w 11 discuss the s tuat on w th ecretar Lans ng in the near future ,