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Show I - AMAZING STORY OF TEUTON INTRIGUE I DISCLOSED BY DOCUMENT MADE PUBLIC B Washington, Fob. 28. Tho Asso- H elated Press Is enabled to reveal that B Germany, in planning 'unrestricted H submarine wnrfnro and counting its H consequences, proposed an alllanco H with Mexico and Japan to mako war B on tho United States If this country H should not remain neutral. H Japan, through Mexican mediation, H was to bo urged to abandon hor nl- H lies and join In tho attack on tho fl Unltod States. H Mexico, for her reward, was to re- H celvo general financial support from B Germany, roconaucr Texas, Now fl Mexico nnd Arizona lost provinces B and sharo In tho victorious poaco JH terms Germany contemplated. H Details wero left to German Mln- JH istcr von Eckhnrdt, in Moxlco City, BB who by Instructions signed by Ger- BB man Foreign Minister Zlmmormnnn BB nt Berlin, Jan 19, 1017, was dlrcct- BB cd to proposo tho alliance with Mexl- Bb co to General Carranza and suggest BBf that Moxlco seek to bring Japan ln- Bl to tho plot. BB Theso Instructions wero transmlt- B ted to Von Eckhardt through Count BB' von Dernstorff, former German am- BB bassador hero, now on his way homo BB' to Germany under a safo conduct B obtained from his enemies by tho BB county against which ho was plot- BB, ting war. BB Germany pictured to Mexico, by B broad Intimation, England and tho B entento nlllos defoatod; Germany nnd BB. her allies triumphant and in world B domination by the Instrument of un-BB un-BB restricted warfare BB This document has been In tho B hands of tho government slnco Presl-B Presl-B dent Wilson broko off diplomatic ro-B ro-B latlons with Germany. It has been B kopt secret, whilo tho presldont has BB been asking congress for full authorial authori-al ty to (,enI wltu Gt,rmnny nni1 htio BB congress has been hesitating. It was B ln tno President's hands whllo Chan- B cellor von Ilothmnnn-Hollweg was B declaring that tho United States had BB placed an Interpretation on tho sub- B marlno declaration "novor Intended B by Oormnny," and that Germany had BB promoted nnd honored friendly rola- B tions with tho United States, "as an B heirloom from Frederick the Great." B Of Itself If there wero no othor, it BB Is considered a sufficient answer to BB tho German chancellor's plaint that fl tho United States "brusquely" broko B off relations without giving "au- B thcntlc" reasons for Its nctlon. BB The document supplies tho miss- BB lng link to many separate chains of H circumstances which until now have BB seemed to lead to no deflnlto point. BB It sheds' new light upon tho frequent- H ly reported but nndeflnablo iiiotp- B ments of tho Mexican government to B couple its situation with the friction B between the United States and Japan. H It gives now credence to porslstont BB' reports of submarine bases on Mexi- B, can territory In tho Gulf of Moxlco; H It takes cognlzanco of a fact long H recognized by American army chlofs, H that if Japan over undertook to In- H vado tho United States it probably H would bo through Moxlco, over tho H border and into tho Mississippi val-B val-B BBT Carranza's poaco proposal was openly pronounced nn evidence of German Influence In Mexico, of officials offi-cials hero, who declared it was intended in-tended only to embarrass tho United Statos. Then apparently somo influences influ-ences showed their effect on tho course of tho Mexican government and on Fobruary 25 Cabrera, tho minister of finance, issued a statement state-ment describing tho "amazement" of tho Mexican government that tho Amorlcan nowspapers should have Interpreted In-terpreted Carranza's proposal to cut off exports of munitions as a sugges-tlqn sugges-tlqn that ho might cut oft shipments of British oil. They wero, Cabrera declared, "entirely groundncss, "nnd that feature of tho situation ended. Thcro wns an Intimation that Germany's Ger-many's astounding proposal that Japan turn trnltor to hor allies had been answered by Tokio. Count von Ilornstorff's connection with tho plot, further than serving as tho channel of communication, It intensified by tho fact that tho German Ger-man embassy hero was not merely tho medium of delivering a message in this Instance, but was really n sort of headquarters for all tho German missions in Central and South America. Tho Gorman naval attache Captain Cap-tain Boy-Ed, and tho military nt-tacho, nt-tacho, Captain von Papen, whoso recall re-call was forced by tho state department depart-ment because of their military activities ac-tivities In this country, also wero accredited ac-credited to Mexico and between tho outbreaks of tho war and their departure de-parture from this country made at least one visit there. For months many naval officers horo havo believed that tho mysterious mysteri-ous German sea raider of tho South Atlantic must lhavo found a baso somowhero on tho Mexican coast, nnd that such a baso could not bo maintained main-tained without tho knowledge and tho consont of Mexican officials. Lust November tho Ilrltlsh chargo at Moxlco Mox-lco City presented to tho Carranza foreign offlco a notification that If, it was discovered that Mexican neutrality neu-trality thus had boon violated, tho allies would tako "drastic measures" to prevent a contlnunnco of that situation. sit-uation. Ln a noto almost Insolent In tono Foreign Minister Agullar replied to tho chargo that, in effect, it wns the business of tho allies to koep German Ger-man submarines out of eastern waters, wat-ers, and that If they wero no kept out, Mexico would adopt whatever courso tho circumstances might command. |