HUN INTRIGUES IN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 5

HUN INTRIGUES IN

AMERICA I v. ■ " • MORE REVELATIONS. : .! IMMENSE SUMS SPENT IN SEDITION 1 — . t ' By TelograpU—Press Association—Copyright I rpi London, August 30. I iuo "rscw York World's" v disclos- . ures of. secret German correspondence I continues to cause a stir. Tho latest is tlio following Dr. Heinxicli Albert, Germany's chicf: ogont, is handling immense sums of money, which is beiiig freely spent iii j fomenting strikes, with the comiivanco of disloyal trado union leaders. The Germans have arranged with the'Bridge--, port Projcctile Company to commence 1 tho manufacture of explosives on September 1, which were to bo exported through European neutrals. Tho Germans have further arranged that the company should' also promise to supply' munitions to England and llussia, but tho "liability for failure to deliver" clauso was omitted from tho contracts, in tho hope of deceiving tho Allies. The campaign includes an elaborate scheme to establish newspapers,' news services, finance lecturers, film exhibitions. and the publication of pamphlets and books, also the-paying of the expenses of American writers , who pay visits to the front on consideration that ■they writs dispatches favourable to Germany. ,•'••• CARCO-ROBBERS AND FIRE- f ■ RAISERS. ("Times" and, Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rcc. August 31, 7.50 p.m.) ' London, August 30. 'A! report from New York states that seven men, of whom five arc Germans, . liavo been arrested in connection with numerous Svholesalo, "robberies from cargoes of steamships bound for the Allies' seaports. It is believed that theso were responsible for the mysterious fires on board occan steamers. The authorities expect to make further arrests. As tho result of a German threat to destroy by fire tho Canadian prairie r> graft crop, tho international, boundary 1 alon£ the Minrfbsota' and North Dakota has Utu guarded by armod .sentries.