A DEEP-LAID PLOT DISCLOSED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2634, 3 December 1915, Page 6

A DEEP-LAID PLOT DISCLOSED

■ •" ' SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE OF HUN PRE-WAR PLANS L -. ' i, THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN CASE Br ateleeronh-PKas,Aiaodftt!on-OomljM: • : . Now York, December I.'' Sensational disclosures were' made by Dr. lia.-l Buenz, managing director of i the Hamburg-American Company, when , being'examined in connection with the ■V; .charges---.of■ 'alleged conspiracy'' :aga'inst tho United States iii. fitting out steam- \ . ers;at American ports to assist German .warships in the Atlantic and Pacific. _Dr. Buenz admitted thai full instructions were issued from Berlin a year before the. war broke out, .telling him liow to secure neutral vessels to supply German warships if the British Navy held, the sea■ communications.- The Hamburg-American Line had a private \ agreement with the German Government in this regard. It had , received 1 a million dollars since the war began, direct from Berlin, to enable it to carry out the agreement. Captain Boyed acted as intermediary. The German Embassy at Washington was fully cognisiant of every detail of the conspiracy, as all : ; documents were handed it for transmission to Germany. Although severed the cablcs in the Atlantic after the war began, the Hamburg-American Line was able to •• maintain constant ■sable communication with Germany. .