Show WITNESS REVEALS GERMAN I TRICKERY ARMY ARI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TELLS TELL HOW HUN PROPAGANDA WAS CARRIED ON IN U. U S S. S I Berlin Conference Conference Just Before Outbreak Out break of the World War to Outline Plans Washington Operations Operations of the German propaganda s system stem In the Unit United ell Stales through which valuable Information for for transmission to Berlin was gathered at nt the same time that German doctrines were spread over the country countr were laid bare Friday by Captain G G. B. B Lester of the arm army Intelligence Intelligence intelligence In In- service In ln testimony before the senate committee Investigating beer and German GOlman pr propaganda pa anda Most of the thc evidence related to activity of Teutonic agents before the United States entered the war Captain Lester declared U that at an unnamed unnamed un un- named Informant now Interned told him that the Berlin ellin government go before the war war- started called Into conference about trained and educated German German German Ger Ger- man propagandists and sent them to all parts of the world with Instructions to prepare for the thc world war which they were told was about to be pre pre- Thirty one of these landed In the United States two weeks weeks' after hostilities started amid and became the nucleus for an un org organization of between and amI volunteers mainly German Americans who gathered information Information In In- formation of all aU kinds and reported It It to German consuls consuls- and agents In hun hundreds lun- lun of communities William Bayard Halo a writer for forthe forthe the tho Hearst newspapers newspapers and formerly confidential representative of or President Wilson In Jn Mexico eventually became head of the publicity branch of the tho organization thus built up Captain Lester said The officer also testified d that newspapers new papers and writers were Influenced influenced In In- to promote German propaganda propaganda ganda ganda- film pla plays s 's were produced promoting promoting pro pro- distrust of Japan and Mexico a Washington newspaper man was hired to report- report government oY secrets to the German headquarters writers were sent to Germany German to send back dispatches dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches praising the German cause and a golden book was circulated throughout the United States to get signatures of American citizens leanIng leanIng leaning lean- lean Ing toward pro German s sympathies |