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Show WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Germany financed Irish-American propaganda organizations in the United States as early as 1900 to combat the newly developed de-veloped movement for celebration of one hundred years of peace between America and Great Britain, President Wilson has learned from leaders in tho centenary celebration. John A. Stowart of New York, chairman chair-man of the Amer.'rnn branch of the centenary committee who recently called at tho White IIouso with H. S. Perris of London, a leador in the British phase of tho movement, brought evidence that within five weeks after announcement of the-cen- 4 tenary plans early in 1909 German and Irish-American interests in tho United States formed a number of associations apd leagues to foster interest in-terest in German affairs. Most of these organizations, Mr. Stewart informed the president, shortly short-ly afterward becamo merged with the American Truth society, whose president, presi-dent, Jeremiah O'Leary was mentioned in tho secret message to Count von Bernstorff from tho German government, govern-ment, disclosed yesterday by Secretary Secre-tary Lansing. Ono of the activities of tho organization was to erect elaborate elabo-rate monuments over tho graves of prominent German-Americans and to givo publicity to historic roles played by Germans in the United Slates. Development De-velopment of the British-American peace centenary movement was com-battcd com-battcd by the' German propagandists in a multitude of wayB, extending oven to lobbying against bills in state legislatures to promoto success of the centenary celebration planned for 1914 and disarranged by the war. Mr. Stewart offered to place at the disposal of the president, or tho stato department, records of the American-British American-British centenary peace committee. indicating in-dicating that German-Irish propaganda propa-ganda to exploit public opinion came Into oxistenco at least eight years ago. |