Show DETAILS OF GERMANYS GERMANY'S PLOT rI IX l IX MEXICO The A Associated Press was enabled to rev reveal l that Germany Germany in p planning anning unrestricted submarine warfare and counting its consequences proposed an alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States if I S 1 this country should not remain neutral I Japan through Mexican mediation was to be urged to abandon her her- herI I allies and join in the attack on the United States Mexico for her reward was was to receive general s support from Germany ermany Texas Texas' New Mexico and Arizona lost Arizona lost provinces r nd share in the victorious peace terms Germany contemplated 4 I Details were left to German Minister von Eckhardt in Mexico City at at Minister Zimmermann Foreign t 4 ho by instructions signed by German alliance with Mexico l t directed to the 1917 propose Berlin January 19 was that Mexico seek to bring Japan into into to to General Carranza and suggest t the plot Count Cowit C urit through to Von Eckhardt transmitted or These These instructions were I von Bernstorff former German ambas ambassador ador here now o on his way home his nis enemies by the to Germany under a safe conduct obtained from y S country against which he was plotting war Germany pictured to Mexico by broad intimation England and the and her allies triumphant and in world entente allies defeated Germany domination by the instrument of unrestricted warfare A copy of Zimmermann's instructions to Von Eckhardt sent through Von Bernstorff is in possession of the United States government nt It is isas as follows Berlin Jan 19 1917 On On the first of February we intend d to begin of this it is is- intention to our J j t submarine warfare unrestricted In spite S endeavor to fo keep neutral the United States of of America i j l this If this attempt is not successful we propose an alliance on the the- J t That shall make together and following basis with Mexico we war yar together make peace We shall give general financial support and it is understood that Mexico l is to the lost territory in New Mexico l I Continued on Page Eight Light m r rL Y i i 1 L OF GERMANYS GERMANY'S PLOT Continued from Page One Texas and Arizona The details are left to you for settlement You are instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above in in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the president of Mexico on his own initiative should communicate with Japan suggesting suggesting suggesting suggest suggest- ing adherence at once to this plan at the same time offer to mediate tv tf between Germany and Japan Please call to the of the p president of Mexico that the p e of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months Signed ZIMMERMANN v I The The above document has been In Inthe I the hands of oC the government go since President Wilson broke off ot diplomatic diplo diplo- diplomatic matic relations with Germany It lias Jias been kept secret while the president has been heen asking Congress for Cor full authority fo Co deal with Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and while Congress has been hesitating It was in the presidents president's hands lands while Chancellor von yon Beth- Beth mann mann-Hollweg Hollweg was declaring that the United States had placed an interpretation interpretation inter inter- on on n the submarine declaration declara- declara ion tion never intended b by Germany and that Germany had promoted and honored friendly relations with the United States State as an heirloom from Frederick the Great Of OC Itself if It there were no other it is considered a sufficient answer to the German chancellors chancellor's plaint that the United States brusquely broke off ort relations rela- rela rela-i rela 1 lions without giving authentic reas reasi ons ors for Its action Supplies Missing II sin ink The rhe document supplies the missing mis mis- missing sing link to to many separate chains chain of circumstances which until now have seemed to lead to no definite point It sheds new light upon the frequently reported but hut movements of oC the Mexican govern govern- government ment to couple its situation with the friction between the United States and Japan It adds another chapter to the celebrated report o of Jules Fr French ambassador in Berlin Berlin Berlin Ber Ber- lin lin before the war of Germanys Germany's world-wide world plans for Cor stirring strife on every continent where they might aid her in the time struggle for Cor world domination which she dreamed was close at hand It adds a climax to the time operations of oC Count von VOIl Bern Bern- Bernstorff and the German Inthis in inthis inthis this country which have ha been een colored with passports IH tn frauds aulle charges of dynamite dynamite dy dy- dy- dy plots and intrigues th the full Cull extent of or which never has been heen published pub published fished It gives new credence to persistent reports of or submarine bases hases on Mexican can territory in the Gulf Gult of ot Mexico It takes cognizance of a fact long recognized by American army chiefs I that if Japan ever undertook to in- in Z vade the United States it probably v would be through Mexico over the border and into the Mississippi 1 val val- ley When pressed for Cor some details othow of ot how the commission could restore world peace Cabrera suggested that the American republics controlled the destiny of the war by controlling a large part of its supplies Mexico he Intimated might do her part by cutting off off exports of ot oil The American commissioners commissioner dismissed his ideas as visionary Almost coincident with return from front Germany German Cabrera returned returned re re- re turned to Mexico l City ope open in his expressions of ot anti before being sent ent abroad had represented General Carranza here while hile the the Niagara mediation conferences were proceeding and was no less avowedly anti-American anti than Cabrera Yon Transferred Meanwhile Baron von sec sec- secretary secretary of the German embassy was transferred to the legation at Mexico City No explanation coula be he obtained of the time reason for his f transfer and such such- investigation as was possible failed to develop why a secretary from front the United States should be sent to the tle German legation lega lega- lion tion in Mexico Baron vo von Schoens association ion with the time moves if any auY aur at atall atall all does not appear The only outward outward outward out out- ward Indication that he might have been een connected with them then is found I in the time fact that he lie recently had hind been detached from the German em em- I bassy bossy in Tokio and was well acquainted acquainted acquainted ac ac- with the minister minister minister minis minis- ter in Mexico City Carranza's s 's peace proposal wa was openly pronounced an n evidence of ot German influence In Mexico by officials officials' officials of of- or-I or who declared it was intended only to embarrass the time United States I Then apparently some sonne influences showed their effect on the course I of time tile Mexican government and on I February 25 Cabrera the time minister of finance issued a statement describing describing de de- de- de I scribing the tho tho amazement men ent of or the I Mexican government th th I i i. i i f L can newspapers should have Interpreted interpreted inter Inter- interpreted Carranza's proposal to cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off exports of oC as a suggestion suggest suggest- ion i on that he be might cut off shipments of British oil oU They were Cabrera declared entirely groundless and acid d that feature of ot the situation ended There was an intimation that Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's astounding proposal that Japan turn traitor to her allies had been answered answered by Tokio Count von Bernstorff's connection with the plot further than serving as the channel of communication la is intensified by y the fact that the German German German Ger Ger- man embassy here was as not merely ehe medium of oC delivering a message in this instance but was really a sort of oC headquarters for Cor all the German missions in Central and South America The German naval Captain Cap Cap- taut tain Bo Boy Ed Ed and the military at at- at tache Captain von whose recall recall recall re re- re- re call was forced by their military activities activities ac ac- ac in its this country also were accredited to Mexico and amid between the l outbreak of or the war and their departure departure de de- de from rom this country made at least one visit to Washington For months r f many naval officers here live hive believed that the m mysterious oils ous German sea raiders of the South Atlantic must have found fo nd a base somewhere on the Mexican coast and amid that such a bas base could not be maintained without the knowledge and the consent of Mexican officials Last November the British charge at Mexico l City presented to the time Carranza Carranza Car Car- ranza rania foreign office a notification th that t If it was d' d discovered ered that Mexican neutrality thus had been violated the allies would take drastic meas meas- ures tires to to prevent prevent a continuance 9 pf I that situation In a note almost insolent In tone Foreign Minister Il ister Aguilar replied to the mho o ch charge rge that in effect It was the theo C business business of the allies to keep leeel Get Gem man Illan submarines out of western waters wat tat ers elS and that if they were not kept kept- out Mexico edco would adopt whatever course the circumstances might command I. 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