German agents are charged with attempting to acquire the Wright
aeroplane factories at Dayton, Ohio, and with having actually purchaeed a large American arms concern which has gained control of the output of one of the chief powder companies, and also of the available supply of machinery necessary for important work on certain shells. Ostensibly dealing with the Allies, they are in reality making munitions for Germany. It is further alleged that Germany has obtained a large supply of phenol for use in snaking explosives, through a secret agreement which turned over the products of the Edison works. Hardly less sensational are the disclosures of the Providence Journal indicating the leakage of official secrets from Government Departments. The evidence which this paper has collected in proof of the existence of a German propaganda and the activity of the German spy system previous to the war has been submitted, at the request of President Wilson, to the Secretary for the Navy, and relates to various illicit attempts to obtain confidential data and State secrets. The World urges that Germany, now convicted of an official conspiracy against the peace and welfare of the United States, must be held to "strict accountability."
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