Show arama government BARES MORE PLOTS AGAINST UNITED STATES BEFORE THE WAR money furnished by germanas germanys Germ anys am cassador bas for the purpose of destroying ying life and property it Is charged washington further disclosures of far reaching german propaganda intrigues and plots in this country prior to the diplomatic break with germany were made on saturday by the committee on public information in a bulletin official expose the committee quotes numerous let and extracts from letters seized by the department of justice in april 1910 in a raid upon the thew york office of wolfe on igel on igel in carrying on his manifold pro german and anti american activities the documents show was in constant touch with the german embassy and with count von bernstorff german ambassador to the united states in the form of letters telegrams notations checks receipts registers cash books cipher codes lists of spies and other memoranda and records the committee davs were found andl in some instances of alie vaguest nature in others of alie most damning that the german imperial government through its representatives in a then friendly nation was concerned with violations of the davs 0 the united states destruction of ches and property in merchant vessels on alie high seas irish revolutionary plots against great britain fomenting feeling against the united states in mexico subornation of american writers and lecturers financing of propaganda maintenance of a spy system under the guise of a commercial tion bureau subsidizing of a bureau for the purpose of stirring up labor troubles in munitions plants alie bomb industry and other related activities case of holland 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 and con relation between the holland commission and the german diplomat ic official accredited to this country or possibly a belief by the germans eliat they could not successfully get the munitions to their own country the message in code with interlinear Is entered as A 2403 and headed german embassy washington D 0 april C 1910 it runs as follows telegram from berlin by secret roundabout way for carl heesen consent sale holland three hundred thou sand chests cartridges and two hundred tons der please get in touch with holland commissioner sender war minister foreign office in representation sen tation signed prince hutzfeldt Hatz feldt was an official of the german embassy the hamburg american line bureau of investigation the committee states an innocent pretending agency was at the outset the secret service of the hamburg american steamship corn piny under paul koenig its manager it became an adjunct of the german diplomatic secret service |