Impression sketch
of The Kaiser Commits Atrocities in Belgium, New York World, 1914,
1915 - by Jamie. Taken from original
at: http://www.authentichistory.com/1914-1920/2-homefront/4-hysteria/
A reminder to all
neutral nations,
Was Kaiser
Wilhelm’s ambitious
Plans - in forms
of underground
German operations, by gold reserves
Used to advance
German causes.
Amid the largest
neutral countries,
United States of
America became
Aware of German
plots, by arrests
In the US; Weehawken,
New Jersey -
Agents of Germany
held in custody -
In another threat
to national security
A movement had been attempted
To displace the
American munitions
Industries, but
the plot was defeated;
Blocking orders
were put in place -
Coming from
across the Atlantic
A formal protest
came from Austria-
Hungary, against
munitions supplies,
Made and
delivered to their enemies.
President
Wilson's office replied,
How American
trade was under
Process of what
their traders had
Always said; this was
their right.
Facts further
released, showed
Another plot from months before -
Agents of German
services worked
Underground -
supplied with money
To buy persons
into their scheme.
One agent's
confession informed
How they
developed over three
Months to
perfect their clockwork
Mine - to attach to
stern of vessels,
That took
supplies to the allies.
The mechanism would ensure
An explosion,
when the boat had
Been at sea for
over a day - they
Were almost there, when arrested.
With information
released, one
Agent, it was
learned, had been
A German officer - who had won
The iron cross on
the Marne -
In possession of
a substance.
Chlorate of
Potash, with weight
Of 480lb - an
ingredient of what
Were called
'Sugar bombs.'
He further
confessed of secret
Service to help him enter the USA.
This ‘officer and
gentleman’ stated
How he had
therefore acted alone -
To avoid Count
Bernstorff and staff
From any
involvement in the plan.
The Federal Secret
Service worked,
In showing their
skills, in untangling
The German
infiltrations and schemes.
Assisted by the
likes of those turned
Informer; a German soldier, Seile.
Complications lay
within the USA,
By very fact of
millions of Germans,
Along with Austro-Hungarians,
Who resided in
that country, to excise
Their influences
in the localities.
The likelihood
being, of Germany's
Hopes to lay on
this fact - but further
Immigration in
all probability, worked
To retain
patriotic American ideals.
The spies presence displayed
evidence
Of world wide intent
of military claws;
as in a Mexico plot
- friends of Prussia’s
Prince Henry friend,
had made intentions
To damage
President Wilson's office.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. New
German Plots. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 27 October. P.8.
Col.5. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11946108/Daily-Telegraph-October-27-1915.html [Accessed: 27 October 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 27 October 2015).
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