PRO-GERMANS IN AMERICA.
SENATE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATIONS.
(By Cable.—Press Association, —Copyright.) (Australian and N.SS. Cabl# Association.) (Received December 16th, 8.5 p.ni.) WASHINGTON, December 14.
Captain Lester, of the Army Intelligence Service, testifying before the Senate Committee, which is investigating pro-Germau activities in the United States during the war, said that tho German Government on July 10th, 1911, informed German employees in Berlin that war would soon commence. These employees were dispatched to all parts of tho world to conduct Gorman, propaganda, Thirty-one reached the United States. LUTHERAN PASTORS HELP PROGERMANISM. (Australian and N.is. Cable Awociitioa.) (Reoeived December 17th, 12.36 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 14. Captain Lester, of the Army Intelligence Department, continuing his evidence before tho Senate Committee enquiring into pro-German activities in America, said that German Lutheran pastors were instructed from Germany to preach pro-German sermons throughout tho United States. Som© pastors who joined tho army were arreated for seditious utterances and were now serving terms in prison.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16397, 17 December 1918, Page 8
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