The German spy in America; the secret plotting of German spies in the United States and the inside story of the sinking of the Lusitania

Jones John Price 1877-

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• Secret Service
• Spies
• World War
• Germans

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• Langue: English
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With a Foreword by
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
and an Introduction by
ROGER B. WOOD
Former U.S. Assistant Attorney inNew York
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER 1917ROW :: ::Copyright 1917
BY
Price JonesJohn
LautAgnes C.Fourth Avenue, New York.482,
Office of
Theodore Roosevelt.
February 27, 1917.
My dear Mr. Jones,
have read the galley proofs ofI your book, and
I wish to say, with all emphasis and heartiness, that
you are doing this country a great service in pub-
lishing it.
Your statements are evidently for the most part
based on official Government records, happening in
course of thethe prosecuting various criminals, who
the direct instigation of the Germanby Government,
have for the last two and one-half years been using
this country as a base for war against the Allies, and
than this, have in effectmore been waging war on us
within our own boundaries, no less than on the high
seas. Our people need to know certain of the facts
that you set forth. They need to understand that
waged warGermany has upon us, and has waged war
against our property, and has waged war against the
lives of non-combatants, including women and
farchildren, and therefore a more evil war than one
openly. Our people also needwaged to understand
what you so clearly set forth that very much of the
8227384 Theodore Roosevelt's Foreword
pacifist movement has been directly instigated by
German intrigues, and paid forbyGerman money, and
country,that the entire pacifist movement in this
during the past two half really beenand a years, has
in the interest of German militarism against the
ownrights of small nations, and against our
vital interests.honour and national
You have done a capital work, and I wish it could be
put in the hands of all good Americans.
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. John Price Jones,
The Sun, New York.FOREWORD
There have been two kinds of German propaganda.
One, devoted to setting before the American people
Germany's side of the war, may be classed as legiti-
The other has illegalmate. been and criminal.
While both are set forth in this narrative, the greater
space has been devoted to illegal activities.
author claims for this book otherThe no distinction
than a plain unvarnished statement of facts—vital,
dramatic, absorbing facts of the manner in which
agents the Teutonicsecret of governments, acting
orders of authorized directors, haveunder attacked the
very integrity of our national life, commercial, social
and politic. It contains facts arranged from an
viewpointAmerican by an American who considers it
his duty to present them to his fellow Americans.
/These facts were obtained by the writer as a reporter
Sun whoon the New York devoted a year to no other
work. They were derived by a painstaking investigation
and where statements are made they are based onflat
knowledge obtained by the authorfrom various authorities
the examination documentsand from of some whichof
have never been published. They show how German
agents sought to subvert the aims of our government
advantage of the Centralto the Powers. They furnish
glimpse of the manner in which thesea men and
women sought to make America the hinterland for
War how theythe European ; planned and executed6 Foreword
briber},', arson, felonious assaults ; how they plotted
destruction of property and even murder on American
territory'.
Th^se facts emphasize the need of a new kind of
preparedness. Thej'prove that not only does thenation
need preparedness in arms on both land and sea
against a foreign foe but also defence against those
within our bounds, who are eager to betray us. No
true American, whether he be pro-Allj'^, pro-German,
without realizingor strictly neutral, can read this book
thoroughness the perfection of the Germanthe and
espionage system and being con\'inced of the way
in which Germany's spies have overrun the entire
country, nor can anyone doubt the necessity for pre-
paredness to cope with these men and this system in
still graver issues.a different guise in the event of
JoHx Price Joxes.