Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1919 — BERMAN MONEY USED [ARTICLE]

BERMAN MONEY USED

HOLLWEG'B KIN NAMED IN AL, BATIAN REVOLT ATTEMPT. Alleged Leader of Conepiracy Confesses Having Received >IOO,OOO From Baden Badetv. Strnssburg, Alsace, Oct 24. —The conspiracy for a revolt In Alsace-Lor-raine, having for Its object the establishment of an autonomous republic here, is assuming greater proportions than at first anticipated. Koessier, the man alleged to be the archconspirator, who has been placed under arrest, has, according to military authorities, macle a confession, admitting that he has received 500,000 francs (SIOO,OOO, normal value) from Germany since last May. The funds were sent him from Baden Baden, it Is said. Acting as intermediary between the Berlin foreign office and the conspirators here, according to*- Koessler’i revelations to the police, was Herr von Gruenellus, a relative of Former Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. According to military authorities, Koessler had admitted having introduced Von Gruenellus to Deputy Jean Longuet last summer while the latter was spending a few weeks’ vacation near Strassburg. He says the two had a long conference. M. Longuet, in an open letter to the Matin, admits that he met Von Gruenellus, but asserts it was a social visit and that no politics was discussed. He adds that the charge is a “political maneuver on the part of his enemies on the eve of the elections." Literature seized at the home of Koessler bore the caption "The Neutral Republic of Alsace-Lorraine,” and called upon the population of the two provinces to separate from. France as well as Germany.