_.s-I-< In “"5”-***’********H niionioaii-wi ' ` Y Y ' ' V ` ' T V V ' " ' T ' ' T ` ` ` ` ' ":'A"'T""""""-`-`-`-`-'-11` 'fr:<.¢,-_-.-;_\~.i-_-_-_-, ardian is Read Daily by 42,000 People. _ I Sworn Theo., - 1 - 1 1. ._ Statement Furnished .Advertisers f§#§JlOlif*§¥4 [oy____oA1iii1i < 1 .1 l»'.’.l.'» -nf } _ oHAaLou‘Ts'rowN, THURSDAY. IUNE 17. 1915 A {"a’...';°;.!°,'.'.."i.'."!.°.'.‘.“.’.'2.i_‘i',..§ oovriiuiiiriir .111P11|lHil1 11111111 1111111 ziiriiii visiis 1 OIITUTIXED U. STATES The (ireul: Dr. `_._6erhiirdt, Supposedly u Red Cross 1Lectur‘er,'wos un imposter und Succeeded ill Sllylug Out ull lie’Wunted‘to. Then Got lhvuy. 1 NEW YORK, June 10.-The Tribune prints the following: “Dr. Anton Meyer Gerliardl, Ger~ man Red Cross lecturer, and Count Von Bernstorff, special envoy to the Imperial Government, who landed yes- terday in'Cliri.stiania, Norway, have perpetrated a gigantic hoax on the State Department of the United States, according to evidence now in the hands of the Tribune. He is none other than Dr. Alfred Meyer, privy councillor of the first rank, Chief of the department of army supplies of the Imperial German ministry of war. “The real Dr. Anton Meyer Ger- hardt. has not been out of Germany since.tl1e beglmiing of the war, and has been reported among the wound- ed on the east front. His name was assumed by Dr. Meyer, and the pro- _tecting mantle of the Red Cross thrown about him that his id_entity and true mission to the United Staes might not become known to those outside German ofiicialdom. .“His much advertised Red Cross propaganda was a farce. He came here to purchase such war supplies as he could obtain, and, incidentally, to learn the condition of military pre- paredness in this country. He takes to the German war office information of great importance, which he has gathered in his dealings with various munitiou brokers and manufacturers. “His excellency‘s activities have been carried on with the knowledge and co-operation of Ambassador Von Bernstorff. Ii; fact they arrived to- gether on August 24, 1914. Since then they have been in close commuiiica- .» “The scheme worked perfectly, and not hail thc slightest suspicion that Dr. Meyer Gerhurdt wus not Dr. Meyer at all. It is a fact, however, that the French and British embassies at Washington did not issue u. safe con- duct guarantee, as in the case of Dr. Dernburg. But they are said to have made it plain that they would not in- terfere with an accredited representa- tive of the lied Cross." The Tribune says Ilr, Meyer made strenuous efforts to purchase the 350,000 Krug-Jorgensen rifles owned by the United States und, failing in that, he devoted his uttention to he concerns which held huge contracts with the Britieli und French. I-Ie ac- tually purchased from factories in Connecticut quantities of cartridges, manufactured for the Allies. Ho was able to do so, says the Tri- bune, by oi‘l'erlng an advanced price which would make up for ally incon- venience the companies might have in explaining their failure to deliver thc goods to their original customers. Some of the ammunition tlius secured was shipped to Germany by way ot' Italy, before that country had decided to open hostilities. COPENHAGEN, June 15.-Dr. An- ton -Meyer Gerhardt, the emissary of the German ambassador at Washing- ton, Count Von Bernstorff, to Emperor William and the German foreign office, arrived here to-night on the steamer United States. I-le was very nervous on meeting at the pier a`large crowd, including newspaper representatives and photographers, and disappeared in a motor car ti minute after he had landed. Dr. Meyer Gcrhardt foiled to catch the night train for Berlin, and will proceed to the German capital -the State Department apparently has to-morrow morning. - .Nr ,-_-_-_-_-; -_-_-,-, -_-,-,-,-_-_-f _- - -,-.-.-_-_-_-_ ,-_-,-_-_-_-,-_-f .. , ,-_-_-_-f -,-_-,-_-,-_-.-_-.~_-,_-_-_-_-_.__ ____-,_-_--_-,-, _ _A_____», EIIIES [IT NNN-CCMBITINTS I ENIIINCEIIETI EIT IIN ITTICKS WASHINGTON, June 16.-German attempts to bombard London from air craft were brought formally to the attention of the United States Govern- ment to-day by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambassador. No request for a protest to Germany was made. The'Ambassador merely called at the State Department and submitted to Secretary Lansing a statement of the facts from the Brltisli viewpoint. , After referring to the growing fre- quency of raids in sections of London by hostile oeroplaues, Sir Cecil de~ clared that the great city practically was unfortilled; absolutely so so far as the residential sections were con- cerned. Millions of people were crowded in congested quarters, he said, and it would be impossible for British artillerymen to defend these sections against aeroplane or Zeppe-I that a large number of Americans and other noii-Eiiglisli people are resitient in London, and that located there are the foreign ambassies and legations, and many hospitals .and charitable institutions, all of which are greatly endangered by the Zeppelin attacks. As airships usually operate in thick weather, at night, or above the clouds, Mr Lansing was reminded their com- manders can'only approximate in the, uiost general way the landing-place of the bombs they drop. The history of the German airmeu's attack oil England so far, the Am- bassador asserted, is that they have had no eft`ect whatever upon the army or defensive works. and that their destructive powers have been felt eu- tirely by innocent noii-combatants and private property. lin attacks, because any shells sent Soon after the war in Europe begun e o ards aircraft almost Brand Whitlock, American Minister to into th sky t w - certainly would work great <1eBfr\luoUNonm.-1N'rs. MEETINGS. arc. IGN lleh iflil\i‘~ ln this column orders Milli cents on Cas mum Uh Sllllllllli IIIJNTTIIIN ` Til IIEII CNIISS EIINII (Special to the Guardian.) LONDON, June 16.-The Mansion House meeting to-day on behalf of the Red Cross funds it was announced that William Waldorf Astor has open- ed o subscri tion list with $100,000- D Mln|rd's Linlmont Cures Dlphtlierln THE WEATHER, 'l‘EMPEIl.A'l‘URE» TIDE. MOON, ETC. to The Guardian) June 17.-Maritime: and south-west winds;_ and foggy with some and moon sets IIN CEHMIN CITY Nineteen Killed and Many Injured by Bombs Dropped by Allied Airmen. (Special to the Guardian.) KARLSRUHE, Baden. Julie 16.- Nlneteeu were killed, fourteen serious- ly wounded and many other slightly iuiured during the attack mode upon this city yesterday morning by a fleet oi’ French aeroplanes. KIISEII MUST ENIIITHSE EXECIITIIIN SENTENCES (Special to the Guardian.) AMSTERDAM, June 16.-Every sentence of death by court martial in Belgium must hereafter bc endorsed by Emperor William before the pris- oners urc executed, according to a telegram froln a correspondent at Maastricht. 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