Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-15 | Page 16 | Germans Doubt United States

GERMANS DOUBT UNITEDJTATE? Berlin. May 14. The United State: was todaj accuaed of planning to ao quire territory in Mexico by Dr. Po ler Spahn, leader of the clerical par ty, during a debate in the imperia parliament which followed the road ing of a communication from Gotiliel on Jagow, the German foreign mln ister. The Incidents in Mexico prove tha: the L'niled States a trying to eten her borders to the south." said Ur Spahn. "Distrust oT the United State! has been augmented through her de mand on the South American repub lies to free themselves from the doiui nation of European capital so that th North American trust9 may erne' them undisturbed. ' Only brief reference was made t the .Mexican situation, however, b the foreign minister in his survey o' Germany's foreign relations He laH the German government was gratified that tbe government of tbe Unite States, with which the German gor eminent continued to have the bes relations, had decided to accept thi proffered mediation. "All the European powers," sab George Goethin, a radical member "have an interest in seeing that th United States does not make out oi .Mexico a second Cuba. We mus' demand the open door there, too, foi .Mexico's resources are very great and promise a big future. The extension of the Monroe doctrine to busine? Interests is very dangerous."