America.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1915, Page 6

America.

THE QUESTION OF WAR SUPPLIES. GERMAN INFLUENCE AT WORK IN U.S.A. (Received 1 p.m.) Washington, January 4. German and other delegations appeared before the House Foreign Relations Committee to urge the prohibition of the export of war supplies to Europe, on the ground that Germany’s enemies alone were henefitting owing to the power of the British fleet. 1 *- ’ ' FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS. A WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY REVEALED. (Received 1.50 p.m.) New York, January 4.

There are indications that thirty German reservists‘and German Americans .will be prosecuted in connection with the fraudulent passport conspiracy; The ramifications are so widespread and the diplomatic situation so delicate that President Wilson is directing the secret service investigations. The New York Herald hints that a high German official will he asked to explain his connection with the conspiracy. Thr inquiry is proceeding slowly, and no definite step will be taken until every detail of the plot has been ascertained. The Herald adds: It is doubtful whether the full extent of the conspiracy will be revealed until the end of the war.