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Show !mf SEOUEL TO LUSITANIA V.i DISASTER 1 I Almost equal to the government se- f'.'-l cret service, in surprising disclosures ji a of German intrigue and double deal- !, ing, are the published reports of what ( I ' John R, Rathom, editor of the Provl- 'j donee Journal unearthed in the inner ', ' circles of German conspirators in this i A country. Rathom, by spending his own i T ' ; money, organized a detective agency j '-j j which succeeded in getting men into j the Germany embassy at Washington, ; and, through that medium, much of I jj j the earlier plotting of the Teutons in ij ' high position in this country, was ox- . h;) posed, j Rathom's men have discovered that ' 'j Bernstorff received Instructions from i Berlin to publish in the American press a warning to the passengers t ' who were to sail on the Lusltania. The ( ' instructions were sent In code, to the ' Sayville Wireless plant, and were ' ; caught by a wireless station main- f tained by Rathom for the purpose of J intercepting messages between Ber- J j lin and Sayville. ! Before leaving tho United States, Fj , Count Bernstorff declared the adver- : , i tisement he caused to be published in 1 ' !- j New York papers was inserted on his i L-1 own initiative and had no particular $ ij reference to the Lusitania. The de- , ' j ciphered message now proves Bern- i, j? storff not only falsified, but that his in ij1 Btructions came direct from Berlin. ; pi 1 This is another link in the chain ; .jf connecting the German war lords with I'jji treachery in their dealings with the ;J2 people of the United States. Rath-om's Rath-om's Intercepted message proves tho ' jn Germans were not concerned whether , jjfr the Lusltania carried munitions, and ' ' Ha , had decided to destroy the great ship jfj with its load of humanity, regardless j, jnlf of the rules of civilized warfare. I . Jg When the warning was given in the IB New York papers, few accepted the f notice as other than a bluff, because ' : ,j the crime -which was forecast was j j j thought to be too diabolical for" any i' j' nation, not barbarous, to sanction. 'I. ..'iln nn |