XIV COMMERCIAL VENTURES 203 German law in America--Waetzoldt's reports--The British blockade--A report from Washington--Stopping the chlorine supply--Speculation in wool--Dyestuffs and the _Deutschland_--Purchasing phenol--The Bridgeport Projectile Company--The lost portfolio--The recall of the attachés--A summary of Dr. Albert's efforts. XV THE PUBLIC MIND 225 Dr. Bertling--The _Staats-Zeitung_--George Sylvester Viereck and _The Fatherland_--Efforts to buy a press association--Bernhardi's articles--Marcus Braun and _Fair Play_--Plans for a German news syndicate--Sander, Wunnenberg, Bacon and motion pictures--The German-American Alliance--Its purposes--Political activities--Colquitt of Texas--The "Wisconsin Plan"-- Lobbying--Misappropriation of German Red Cross funds--Friends of Peace--The American Truth Society. XVI HINDU-GERMAN CONSPIRACIES 252 The Society for Advancement in India--"Gaekwar Scholarships"--Har Dyal and _Gadhr_--India in 1914-- Papen's report--German and Hindu agents sent to the Orient--Gupta in Japan--The raid on von Igel's office-- Chakravarty replaces Gupta--The _Annie Larsen_ and _Maverick_ filibuster--Von Igel's memoranda--Har Dyal in Berlin--A request for anarchist agents--Ram Chandra--Plots against the East and West Indies-- Correspondence between Bernstorff and Berlin, 1916--Designs on China, Japan and Africa--Chakravarty arrested--The conspirators indicted. XVII MEXICO, IRELAND, AND BOLO 288 Huerta arrives in New York--The restoration plot--German intrigue in Central America--The Zimmermann note--Sinn Fein--Sir Roger Casement and the Easter Rebellion--Bolo Pacha in America and France--A warning. XVIII AMERICA GOES TO WAR 320 Bernstorff's request for bribe-money--The President on German spies--Interned ships seized--Enemy aliens--Interning German agents--The water-front and finger-print regulations--Pro-German acts since April, 1917--A warning and a prophecy. APPENDIX 335 A German Propagandist. List of Illustrations Count Johann von Bernstorff _Frontispiece_ PAGE The German Embassy in Washington 2 Captain Franz von Papen 12 Captain Karl Boy-Ed 16 William J. Flynn 22 Thomas J. Tunney 26 Dr. Karl Buenz 32 Passport given to Horst von der Goltz 64 Paul Koenig 74 Hans von Wedell and his wife 84 Franz von Rintelen 138 Robert Fay 166 Dr. Constantin Dumba 184 The _Lusitania_ 190 Advertisement of the German Embassy 194