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Show MEN IN HIGH PLACES CAUGHT Congressmen and Former Attorney At-torney General Among Men Named as Tools of German Ger-man Agent Rintelen. FACING IMPRISONMENT "Wolf of Wall Street7' Charged With Being Rin-telen's Rin-telen's "Packster" Benefited Ben-efited $400,000 by Scheme. New York, Dec. 28. Captain Karl Boy-ed, ihe recalled naval attache, Colonel Edward M. House, President Wilson's special emissary, and Brand Whltlock, American minister at Brussels, Brus-sels, boarded the steamship Rotterdam Rotter-dam withfn a few minutes of each other today to sail for Kuropo. Colonel House and Mr. Whltlock wore uncommunicative but Captain Boy-ed gave out a written statement in which he denounced what he characterized char-acterized "the reckless utterances of an irresponsible press" and predicted that the American government would "in self defense" some day find It necossarv to curb such utterances. Attitude of U. S. Government. Colonel House said he would visit tho American embassies at London, Paris and Berlin, and possibly Vienna. Concerning tho object of his mission, ho said he had nothing to add to Mb previous statement in which he declared de-clared that his trip would In no way bo a peace mission, but that he was going at the request of President W 1-son 1-son and Secretary Lansing fully to Inform various American diplomats as to the precise attitude of this government. govern-ment. Colonel House waa accompanied accompa-nied by his wife. Great Crowd Surrounds Whltlock. Mr. Whltlock and bis wife re&ohod the piers some time before the vessel sailed and the crowd that surrounded tliem was so largo and demonstrative that it was necessary for a policeman to escort tho pair down the pier to the gang plank. "I feel much better than when I came home," said Mr. AVhltlock. "I would like to show my appreciation of the consideration wnlch has been shown me by newspapermen since I have been home, but I must decline to talk on any important matter." Captain Boy-ed drove to the pier and as soon as he alighted from his taxlcab he was surrounded by a large crowd and a policeman was called to escort him to the gang plank, where a number of German friends were waiting. After handing J)Ut hiB statement state-ment and shaking hand's with his friends the captain hured on board. There was some delay in the sailing of the Rotterdam owing to the close examination of the passports and the ship's manifest by the Dutch consul-general's consul-general's office. New York, Dec. 28. Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois; H. Robert Fowler, former congressman from Illinois; Frank S. Monnett, former attorney-general of Ohio; David Lamar; Jacob C. Taylor, president of Labor's National Peace council; Franz vou Rintelen, a German agent, H B. Martin, and Herman Schulteis were indicted by a federal grand jury today for conspiring to foment strikes in American munition factories. All of the indicted men, except Lamar La-mar and von Rintelen are officers or former officers of the peace council, an organization which the government govern-ment charges was formed and financed fi-nanced by Rintelen to bribe labor leaders to call strikes in munition plants In furtherance of German propaganda prop-aganda In this country. Wolf of Wall Street Caught, Lamar, who has been called the "wolf of Wall street" is charged with being Rintelen's "packster." It said thousands of thousands of dollars passed through his hands and, it is alleged, he benefitted personally to the extent of $400,000. Rintelen is at present a prisoner in England. He was seized by the British Brit-ish authorities at Falmouth while flce-inr flce-inr from, this country under a false passport. He Is under indictment here charged with conspiring to pro-cure pro-cure a bogus passport as an American citizen. No effort will be made, however, how-ever, to obtain his return to this country as the offenses with which he is charged are not extraditable. Imprisonment and Fine. All of the Indictments were returned return-ed under the Shprmau anti-trust law and charged conspiracy in restraint of the foreign trade of the United States The maximum penalty is one year's imprisonment and a fine of As soon as the grand jury reportod its findings, agents of the department oC Justice, acting with United States deputy marshals, were instructed to arrest the Indicted men. Boy-ed Makes Statement. Captain Karl Boy-ed issued the following fol-lowing statement just before leaving the United Stales on tho steamship Rotterdam: , "Before this terrific war broke out I had the great fortune of having served almost two and a half years for my emperor as naval attache to the German embassy at Washington. Those voars belong not only to the most Interesting but also to the most pleasant la my life. I am particularly thankful for the rare comradeship of the American navy that I have been permitted to enjoy, due to' the kindness kind-ness of its gallant and amiable offl- "Of the great and cordial hospitality hospital-ity which is so proverbial for Americans Amer-icans and which was extended also to me from the very first day of my arrival in the United States, I can novor forget. Many Stories Invented. "Of course. I refrain at the hour of my departure from again refuting all the stories which were told about me In the American papers and which mostly like the billy Hucrla tale-were tale-were Invented by the Providence Journal. Jour-nal. "This papor with itG British born Mr. Rathom has done its utmost to create an almost hysterical suspicion of spies throughout the country in order or-der to prejudice public opinion against Germany. "We Germans do not understand what you call your 'free press.' Our laws allow the fullest personal liberty consistent with the welfare of the state. But we do not permit the diplomatic dip-lomatic representatives of friendly governments to be insulted ad libitum, or our government to be embarrassed in Its dealings with other nations, nor men's reputations to be wantonly sacrificed by the wild and reckless utterances of an irresponsible press like the Providence Journal And, I venture to predict that in sheer self defense you will be forced to take like measures, notwithstanding Uie dangerous power of your press. Cites Dewey Case. "While our enemies have beon and are being supplied from this country with all forms of death dealing munitions muni-tions of war without which they would have long' since been overcome, over-come, I have been denounced from one end of the country to the other for having been concerned at the outset of the war In chartering ships to supply our cruisers at sea with coal and food as though it were a crime Instead of being, as it is and has been considered by your court, to be a strictly lawful act. The ships that brought coal, provisions and supplies sup-plies from Hong Kong to Admiral Dewey's fleet during the Spanish-American Spanish-American war in 1898 were cleared If ,! -- A m-.-;nvi -rr-i-n- ships at sea and In their clearance papers it was stated that tho cargo consisted of scrap iron. "In this connection I may cite one of the leading American newspapers which said ou December 5 In regard to the recall of my colleague, Captain von Papen, and myself: To Keep Sense of Proportion. " 'It will be worth considerable to us if wo keep our sense of proportion propor-tion workiug and do not permit prejudice preju-dice to shut out our perspective. It is my heartfelt hope that the United States and Germany, which have so many common Interests, will always maintain their friendly relations; that peace will como soon, and that the abatement of passion will enable all Americans to have for Germany and Germans the same goou wllUas formerly. for-merly. "I say goodbye to all my personal friends in this country, thanking them for the Innumerable evidences of friendship I have received at their hands, and express my gratitude to those who have remained Impartial and unbiased In a war, the bloodshed and misery of which the world has never seen the like before " nn |
