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10 BEROORFF’S PART IN MTIONIL PLOTS EXPOSED BY LANSING Destruction of Canadian Rail ways and Munitions Plants •in Canada and United States Was Involved in Scheme WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.—Another series of sensational telegrams which passed between the German government and its embassy in this country was made public today by Secretary Lan sing. They are remarkable for the de gree’of cunning and ingenuity displayed in the evident purpose to do all possible injury to Germany s European enemies through cutting oft their resources in America while at the same time avoid ing as far as possible incurring the wrath of the American people by actual 'destruction of life in this country and Canada. The three telegrams comprising this series form the natural complement to the correspondence already disclosed by the state department conveying abso lutely convincing evidence of a well calculated and systematic violation of American neutrality by Germany <lur ing a period of more than a year pre ceding the beginning of ruthless sub marine warfare, and the breach of re lations between Germany and the United States BERNSTORFF KNEW DANGER. PresutMbly these papers form part of those. LaJcen by the American secret service men in the raid on the office of Wolf "von Igel. *n New York. That CoUat Bet ns tor ff was fully ware of the imnnnent danger in which he personally was placed by the raid on the secret German flies Is now recalled by news paper men who had daily relations with him. He did not hesitate to express the belief that his official tenure in Washington was bound to be very short. When reminded that nothing in the state of the negotiations then in prog ress between his emoassy and the state department regarding interference with American commerce indicated any such critical situation, he darkly hinted that there were other matters not published that might cause trouble, and that he himself might be the victim of misrep resentation to the state department. The correspondence made public by the state department has connected Bernstorff with the French traitor 8010 Pasha, whom he supplied with funds to corrupt the French press and strengthen the peace pagty in France. Today's dis closures follow naturally developing ti>e former ambassador's close connection with the extensive sabotage which pre vailed. to some extent in the United States and to a larger degree in Canada, with the purpose of crippling the sources of munitions and food supplies for the entente allies and also of wreck ing Canadian troop trains bound for the seaboard For this purpose Bernstorff was to have all necessary funds and was to employ Americans as his agents in this underhand work. It is constdered/possible that the per sons named were unaware of the recom mendations involving them that had been made by the German foreign office and the publication of the correspon dence probably will elicit some explan ations from these persons. * If the state department has further information on this phase of the subject it has not giv en- any intimation of the fact. MAY INVOLVE NEUTRAL. Secretary Lansing said the telegrams had not been sent through the state de partment. thus leaving the inference that they must have moved through one of the neutral legations. An interesting statement in one of to day's telegrams is Reference to the em bargo conference which the German gov ernment understood was about to en deavor to secure a majority in congress favorable to and the declara t on that this conference "requests fur- I Not a Corn or j Callus on Feet | Apply few drops, then lift them off without pain. A noted Cincinnati au thorlty discovered a new ether compound and called A ~j it freesone and it now can 1 I be had in little bottles for 1 I a few cents from any drug ’*—/ store. 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Send at once and you will receive by parcel poet a regular 50c bottle without charge and without Incurring any ob- Ilgailan < Advt..' ther support” suggests inquiry into whtu measure of assistance, and of what c:iaracter. bad already been advanced to the organization by the German embassy here. Count Bernstorff evidently felt abso lutely secure in his dealings with these people as well as with the Irish pro ! German propaganda tn view of his assur ance to the foreign office that there was I :•© possibility of their being compro- j imised. a contingency which had evident- , ly given aoni? concern to the home au- ! tborities in Germany. The desire of the German government, at that early stage in the war. to avoid ; any excesses on the part of German agents in this country in carrying out ‘ their program of destruction that would lead to a break with railroads the em- , bankments and bridges should not be i touched. Apparently it was realized that j otherwise passenger trains might be wrecked, involving loss of American life. . as many Americans patronize the Cana dian railways. As the main purpose was to cut off supplies of munitions and food from the allies in Europe, it was ; probably thought this could be accom- ' plished without going to the extreme of I J destroying bridges and embankment*. Apparently the correspondence issued today must soon be followed by addi tional disclosures to clear up some of ! he mysterious transactions referred to, • as to the state department doubtless ha.- ■ other material in hand. DR. HALE'S STATUS Dr. William Bayard Hale was a spe cial representative of Pres.dent Wilson j in Mexico in 1913 and was frequently 1 referred to as the president's biographer. I Early in the war his articles from Ber- ' lin attracted attention by reason of tiff intimafe relations 'he see.ned .to have with high officials of the German for- I elgn office. Mrs. Hale was with him tn * Germany. She also wrote many articles ! that were calculated to give the world the most favorable impression of Ger- | many's aimse and methods of warfare. ' She was one of I* l ® loaders In the worn- j lan’s movement to secuio an embargo on i ; arms and ammunition. She came with ' a committee to Washington that pre- ’ tented to the administration a petition I signed by thousands of women, appeal- I ing for restriction on shipments of mu- j 1 nitions. State department officials regarded th e | ' evidence that has come to them as a I , ample explanation of the rapSditv and ( strength with whloh the embargo move- , ment swep', the country. Anally finding j , express*!' .r. congress in the McLemore I resolution to forb.d American* to travel ' lon ships carrying arms and arnmunl- I i tlcn to Future. One of the earlier foca : i i points of the movement was th e confer- , ; ence held in Chicago, where protests | were made Afterward meetings were held in many cities and the malls and telegraph wires were congested with messages to the White House and capl- U>l, carrying appeals to stop or to check the movement of supplies to the al Hee. Records at the department fail to Im dicate that Keating, McGharrlty or O'Leary ever were arrested, althougn O’Leary, whos e publication, "Bull,” re cently was suppressed as of seditious character, has been an object of secret service agents' close attention for some time. O'Leary’s subsequent expressions, both in speeches and in the articles he has written, have been of a violent char acter and have apparently borne out the German official estimate —“not always discreet.” At the office Os Senator Husting It was said a John P. Keating was at one time identified with the so-called Amer ican embargo conference, which put up the money for a flood of telegrams I sent to congressmen early in 1916 advo- I eating a munitions embargo. Senator ■ Husting exposed the activities of the or ganization in his speech in the senate showing letters sent to persons through- . out the country offering to pay for tele- I grams. No one here today, however, j I could definitely identify the Keating mentioned in the Zimmermann telegram. I Senator Husting also has a copy of a ; circular letter sent out in May, 1916. by the American Embargo conference in a peace propaganda urging recipients to ' read Dr. William Bayard Hale’s book ; on the armed ship question, enclosing 1 form letters to be used in writing con- j Igressmen. The disclosures today perhaps explain the very caustic reply President Wilson made to O’Leary on September 29, 1916. | O'Leary had telegraphed the president that he would not vote for him. . The president replied: v "I would feel deeply motified to have ! you or anybody like you vote for nje. 1 Since you have access to many disloyal I Americans and I have not, I will ask you to convey this message to them.” In this latest -step of exposures the state department believes it has removed the last doubt that Count von Bernstorff was the directing head in America of j the German machine for espionage and industrial plots. The revelations of the part played by Jeremiah O’Leary was not unexpected and the fact that his name was suggested by Sir Roger Case ment, who later was executed in Eng land on the charge of treason, already had been indicated in earlier disclosures made the department. LANSING’S STATEMENT Secietary Lansing's statement fol lows: "The secretary of stkte publishes the 'following telegrams -from the German ■ foreign offic e to Count von Bernstorff in ’January, 1916: January 3. (Secret.) General staff desires energetic action in re gard to pioposed destruction of Canadian Pacific railway at several points with a view to complete and protracted interruption of traffic. Captain Boehm, who is known on your side and is shortly returning, has been given instruetjons. Inform the military attache and provide the i necessary funds. (Signed) ZIMMERMANN. 1 January 26. For military attacue. You can obtain particulars as to persons suitable for carrying or, • sabotage in the United States and Canada from the following person®. One, Joseph MacGarrity, Philadel phia, Pa., 2 John P.'Keating, Michi gan avenue, Chicago; 3. Jeremiah O'Leary, 16 Park Row, New York One ami two are absolutely rei a bio and discreel. Number 3 is re liable but not always discreet. These persons were indicated by S r Roger Casement. In the United States sabotage can be carried ou on every kind of factory for sup plying munitidfis of war. Railway embankments ami bridges must not be touched. Embassy must in no circumstances be compromised. Sim- i liar precautions must be taken in legard to Irish pro-German propa ganda. x t (Signed■ Representative of General Staff. “The following telegram from Count Bernstorff to the foreign office in Ber lin was sent in September. 1916: September 15. With reference to report A. N. two hundred and sixty - six of May tenth, nineteen sixteen. The embargo conference in regard to whose earlier fruitful co-operation Dr. Hale can give information, is just about to enter upon a vigorous | campaign to secure a majority in both houses of congress favorable ' to Germany and requests further support. There is no possibility of our being compromised Request i telegraphic reply. O'Leary Denies He Had * Any Part in German Plot NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—Jeremiah O'Leary, president of the American Truth society, denied here today that he had ever had anything to do with THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1017 pro-German sabotage in munitions plants in this country or knew anything about ii. as indicated in dispatches from the German foreign office to former German | Ambassador von Bernstorff (given out by Secretary of State Lansing. “The Zimmermann message, if genuine ffi 18 SIIFFEREB of utm / Want Every I Vlas a teuiterer " it Catarrh Sufferer to Know wMw front Catarrh for Many | ™ How I Cured MyseSf of Catarrh! Vears 9 hiow lAm a Well Man! ! Are You Disgusted With Your Lack of Success in Relieving Your bufferings, Physical and Mental, That I Endured in Three Catarrh? If You Are, Send Me Your Name and I’ll Tell You —Vears Were Horrible. Then I Learned How to Cure Myself l Absolutely FREE How I Conquered My Stubborn Case of Told My Friends and They Were Cured. You Can Conquer Catarrh. You \\ ill Thank Me Ail lour Livin” Hays I’or This Offer I Am You- Catarrh the Same Way, and I’ll Tell You How Absolutely Making You. Don’t Wait—Every Day Delays Your H:;pp;uess. ? Crtt. ’. V ant Every Catarrh Victim to Write to Me. Unlike Anything You IP* * Am the Living Proof Ever Heard ot f -That Catarrh Is Before Curable This secret treatment is dis- Some people say that catarrh ferent from anything you ever I V 2l curec *- ai p a livmg, . , . t w. , . HW J 7 J 1 healthy proof that it can be heard of before. No salves, !o- I cured ’ for 1 tions, jellies, ointments, pastes, ' IJg have had no more troublc from greases, sprays, atomizers, neb- ? tb * B terrible and most objection- uEzers; no masks, plasters, band- ||^ ab^e disease, ages, baths; no massage, elec- r i ‘ n or dy cured myself, but tricity or vibratory treatments; j rea f ment cured my friends no smoke to inhale: no surgery; and have told thousands, who no instruments, appliances or de- BNIm testify that they are cured. I vices; no pain, no operation; :si, 'A. ■''H 11 as fl w “ b y° u could read with me the none of the old time-worn meth- letters of gratitude I receive from ods, but a easy, pleasant, y*^ osc w ho thank me for having painless, invisible way that heals iTISI 58 a 1 8 MB rescued them from the horrors twenty-four hours a day, no mat- °/ tnM disease. They are a gio- ter where you are or what may J . • BTl rious reward for my efforts to bp your occupation. A sec/et 4 fflfß stamp out this loathsome disease, worth a fortune to you that I rVSRI Write to me today and I’ll tell give you absolutely free. I J mIOeI E w I U secre t- 1 Have Tried Dozens of Remedies, I Doc- worm- w- •— ,>ne Ha PPF I,a y 1 Tried This New Secret tored for Years, I Fought to Rid Myself of Os« 7 Off Oli A HjS rilfhl/- Method and in 34 Hours I Felt Relief. 1 An> Catarrh by All Means 1 Could Find, But Noth- Off OOffffffgf U B ffffffO ff ffffff j Now Absolutely FREE of All Catarrh Trou- ing Helped Me. Has This Been Your Expe- Of f We ’ Yon can c ° n< l uor Your Catarrh As I rienee? Then Write to Me AT ONCE. ff 3 iff «ff <ffffO Os f O Iff »ffif O o*o 000 Have . Let Me TeU You How. Conquer Catarrh Before It Conquers You Hawking,Spitting, Coughing and Foul Breath Sam Katz’c Own Storv CATARRH IS A MOST DANGEROUS DISEASE Due to Catarrh Are Disgusting to All! w . . r K . a “ ® s ’ tOry AFFECTING WHOLE HUMAN SYSTEMI The catarrh sufferer has my sympathy. He has much to suffer, physically J* nat 1 »UUere<l O. Don’t ft»l yourself with the idea that catarrh is a harmless disease. It isn’t. t| and mentally. I have seen the loved ones of the catarrh sufferer turn away in catcUTh Only 3 chtonic a r eal danger and menace. Ask any doctor about it. disgust at his foul breath, bis hawking. spitting, coughing, strangling. It f-hia nlacrti— , h , L "! arrl< “■ f t» early stages is not serious, but it is what It develop* tntx, creates repulsion. Strangers glare at bin and avoid him. Socially he is an Victim Ol tn IS plague i 1 ! 8 ' n,Bke * !t dangerous. Catarrhal asthma, catarrhal deafness, catarrhal Won- outcast— a thing no dihguNting rb:it even close friends turn tbvlr pan understand I COllld chitis, catarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the bowels and ca- backs on him. Instead of sympathizing with the victim who is will uuucinsmiiss. » vuu.u tarrh of othpr organg Bre on ] y a few of the seriou , from the effects of this horrible disease, they shun him wish my WOYSt enemy disorders that develop from it. But It is In the weakening ’ as they would the plague, for they know J of your s T stenl ,hat ,ies catarrh's greatest danger. “l 1I IB that he is a scatterer of disease germs— ’ no WOfSe fate. F*r??va* °ur body is the battleground of an endless struggle be- W a danger, a menace to all. NzG onlv nkv«ical tween evil disease germs and our blood. As long as the ku? w 3 '•ilx'S. It Is bad enough'to be a sufferer, but to Ixol ejiliy pnynicai infr gy* blood is clean, pure, vigorous, disease germs are fought and c"* 1 V. .Jff- >/■> i V* 5/v C7N. be avoided, shunned by friends and suffering but humilia- VffL. conquered. But once it poisons the well-springs of life, w CttJisJ strangers, adds a mental torture to the e ' then disease germs win an easy vieffiry over us. > 1 x. physical anguish tIOD and mental distress ffg T bat Is the great, ever-menacing danger of catarrh—it un- /7//.'///Zi si The terrible feature of catarrh is that Ist K f ’* 8 °” r body to fight off disease by weakening the opwers , V J* aKA j /J/ if starts so mildly. When catarrh first Were my lot lor years. jf ■ff resistance. In case of an epidemic a catarrh victim is an I alflu /ff 1 I f/l « r, I” J 0” b ,s ,>,llv a trifling thing. Yon I that times I trior! VW' •*»? victim, A/llwl fflff / / 11 )“ f (-ft r 1/1 Ignore it. It Is merely annoying and you 4,1 a»s«si smiic a uivu *na —a iiii tr Catarrh Is a wasting disease. It pervades the digestive r'W </ W *//pT#r think it will pass away like a cohl. That everything I heard of.- I spent a small fortune for organs so that they fall to digest the food we eat and the 1 *?! ff • J IJF when you should start treating it remedies for medical treatments, for so-called organs ot assjmilatioh so that wo fail to get the nutriment I ll LnV RIGHT AWAY. But you don’t. You neg- . 4 . , . . ... ~. * from our food. That is yrhy so many catarrh sufferers are week, pale, thin, or whatj '* A / \\N Feet it and every day it grows worse. • cures. I tried salves, Jellies, lotions, sprays, atom- i s equally dangerous they are bloated, puffed up with stomach gasea. flabby of mus- BLcAf /vol ;! Vlv i I / |\F Pretty soon von wake up in the morn izers, masks, massase, electricity smoking inhal- Cle. short-winded. Incapable of effort. WZ IflL WHI “~ th Vn R the Dimes of burning chemicals, vibratory Ume D^ or^^s W *- T - * * fKt/i 111 *\'\\ IkWI I and hawk ,o e,ear , “‘ ad aad thloaT - T s. en treatments, snuffing snuff, douches, appliances, Don’t put off writing to me. Every day NOW la precious to you. Every deH* Illi'* IIF \AI ll R I 4 to spreod. You swallow the dis- etc., etc. But nothing helped me. -* dangerous, for physicians agree that catarrh is a real menace, a real dangea*. Ts 111 "Ij \\l rftl I StUff nnd y °“ r stomach booonie9 - h d almost riven un hove when I r«n across a not only de ' elo Ps into such diseases as bronchial catarrh, asthmatic catarrh, catarrhal *•* * •'• » " ■ infected. V 1 _. deafness, intestinal catarrh, catarrh of the stomach and other vital organs, but Ik T>-e progress of the disease then becomes more marked. Yon begin to suf secret treatment that appealed to me. It was Simple, weakens the human system so as to make It incapable of fighting off contagion and fer from deafness, head noises manifest them Ives; your breath becomes tamt 3asy, convenient, inexpensive and painless. X tried it infection from other diseases. Catarrh weakens yonr body, your nerves, your facnl. .Ml; the .scuse, of smell and taste become less sensitive; headaches follow; anfl in 2 4 henrs I could notice sf real improvement ties, your mental powers. You juat can't afford to let it go on undermining your coa- your uigetion Is Impaired; your nerves arc affected, your circulation becomes better—in a short time I was Smash catarrh as you would a pofconous make, for it I. as dangerous t<W bed; the po.snn is all through your aystem. \ou are then a < bren.<’ catarjl. In a jeel I was muen better in a snort time x was # KOW / when n u conquered. Send a letter or Tpofftcard victim, unfit to do your life work, weakened phyifically and mentally . suffer- completely cured. TODAY. You may forget it tomorrow. DON'T DELAY. ing tortures; abhorred like a leper; a thing unfit to a*so< iate with your fellow j was SO (teligTited I told my friends about it. They "‘“'ind U th.?^rnr*T^u4l*e P T e is a miserable sacrifb trUd W th «* were < '. nr ® d ' 1 *° ld ° the ”’ ’ tranff - FILL OUT I FREE COUPON! to ignorance —an ignorance that is truly criminal, for the catarrh victim spreads ers, and tn.y were cured. : the disease. The mother gives it to her children; the coughers. spitters, sneezers I will gladly tell you of my secret if you are a -yuie 2 SAM KATZ. Suite D. R. 146. 290© Indiana Ave.. Chiaago, 111. scatter broadcast ,'.ie infectious germs. They don't mean 10. but they do. And catarrh sufferer. Don’t send me a cent. Just fill THIS : Please send me FREE the secret of how yon cured yourself every new victim adds new victims. It is a., endless .hain of horror, clamp 0 „ t the conpon and I>n tell you how I cured myself. jof Catarrh. ” g TmJrance it." It" is truo.''for'ignorance "of this simple secret 1 I d° n ’t want Y on t 0 think I » doctor, OT a Chemist FREE £**“ = hold makes it possible for catarrh to endure. or a scientist. I am not. I am just a plain bust- ? Name Why ixjt banish this ignorance? lx»t me tell you this secret, bet me show ness man. 1 have found that I can help others, so E you>he simple, easy way to banish your catarrh as I cured mine, as 1 hnvc . . na v e von th's offer. COUPOiM E Street or R. F. D taught thousands to cure their ca tarrh. ■ f . QflM V a Suite D.R. 145,2909 Indiana MAIL IT I - uo/’XX -Kl' Ave., CHICAGO, ILL Tonav ie. -...am.. SO much for catarrh sufferers. 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Don’t put tbi* matter off. •» w» uav* only # the Rig War Chart EREE. * few hnndrorf of those charts, but send your mibvcription or renewal today and get youg Name copy of thia war story at once. » P O. ... R F DState 4 > control btii am the controller of my own condtic: find as such I cm:, positively say that I have had nothing t< with sabotage nor have 1 ever been approach < d by any German agent on that sub ject. "It Is an outrage for the state de- partment to publish documents reflect ing on American citizens without any proof that they have been connected with the subject matter. 1 have been active In fighting the British propaganda with my voice, pen and energies, because I have been convinced that reason is a far more effective weapon than dyna mite. ' “My work has been out in the open. I have been connected with no secret in trigues. Every newspaper in the coun try is familiar with my work and Mr. Lansing knows this as well as they do.”
