The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-25
HOW GERMANS USED
HUERTA TO BIND U.S..
Generals Papers Reveal Plot
to Force War and Prevent
Aid to Allies.
GOT $40, OOO,OO0 TO START

Details Of the conspiracy by which
Of dollars Of German money
was to restore Gen. vIctoriano Huerta
to the dictatorship in Mexico. and thus
hr1ng this country into a state Of war
with the Mexicans. were learned ycster-
day from officials representing the Car
ransa administration In this city.
Tho story involves Franz Rintelen.
the wealthy German. who arrived In this
at the same time that Huerta
from Barcelona, Spain. where he
was visited by German agentA II shows
that Of $780, 900 900 which German SYM
pathisers had to embroil his Govern
ment in Mexico, more than 100000
had already been placed at the disposal
q Huerta's representatives in different
places: that sos, 900 has recently been
seized in the Sud-Deutsche-Am eri-
canischc Bank in Mexico city. and that
$500, 900 more Is in another branch of
the same bank in Havana, Cuba, where
proceedings will be instituted by Car
nnxa's representatives to impound II.
Found n Huerta D~ocaments.
These and other facts. outlining tho
entire conspiracy. the aim Of which was
% put the United States in such a POSI-
don that the shipment Of arms and am
munition from this country to the Allies
would be stopped and that strong rep
RESERVATIONS could not be made 30 Ger
many concerning her submarine war
fare, have been obtained from Huerta's
correspondence and other documents.
Virtually every detail Of the part
Huerta had planned TO play in starting
. new revolution in Mexico-his meet
in@ with his aids in thie city. his con
ferences with Germans. including Rim
telen and also a member Of the German
Exnbassy. arrangements for tho ship
menk Of arms and ammunition to Mex
leo. plots for causing OBJECTIONS from
the villa and Carransa armies-b in
cludsd.
All these documents have been turned
over to tho Federal officials and II IL
said, they caused the Wilson Administra-
ton to give moro consideration to Car
ransa than formerly had been the plan.
Carranza agents were enabled TO get
all these facts. It Ii said. through a
member OF tho group OF conspirators
Huerta, but who really was n Carransa
Spy.
VIII Ne Available ~ Trial.
All this information will be available
at the trial Of Gen. Huerta in San An.
tonic. Tex. within a few weeks. II
D being used in the Federal investiga.
ton into the activities Of Rintelen In
this city. The evidence. Il IL believed
10 being supported by the story told BY
Andrew d. Meloy. former associate OF
Rintelen n alleged accomplice In Rim.
telen's efforts to slip hack to German,
at the time Huerta's plot was dbcov.
cred.
The Carranza representatives learned
ABOUT eight months g OF a movement
In Mexico. In fact. Meloy u reporte<
to have called up a Carranxa agent, ap
praently to test his knowledge. tn,
CArranxistas discovered that there wer,
two distinct movements on foot here
One was headed by Gen. Huerta and III,
oehsr BY Felix Diaz.
Dias planned 20 start a revolution 4,
the southern States in Mexico. Scarcely
A0wsver. had ne left the city than IN,
made public his plans an,
caused him to stop ut Key West and re
turn to this city. About the same tam,
. snip aden with arms and ammunt
ton bound for Mexico was seised nea
new OrleanA
Dias Gives way to Huerta.
Then Huerta called on plaz and urge,
hem Is keep of, saying he had unhmite
money. Diax wanted to know who wa
backing him. Huerta showed him Ger
tain papers n Dias, sitting up in sur
prise. exclaimed: why they're tn
Same persons who are backing me-"
Diax promised to hold back and le
Auerta go ahead.
On june 1 Huerta, A. z. Rather, hi
financial advisor: a former Minister 1
Huerta's Cabinet. a son OF a Mexica
General. Gen. Angeles and Other power
foi Mexicans met at the Holland Hous
TO perfect their plans. Huerta made
clear that between $40. 900. 900 and s5C
10000 was TO be available for IN
revolution. He showed his Ell
that ne had $4,000, 900 for immed,at
action n that more would be forrhcor
Ing. Money was placed in institution
who're II would be released to Huerta'
agents
He told how arms and ammunitio
were to be ehipped into Mexico, of III
places along the Rio Grande whore sur
pies were to be available for transpoI
tation across the border and how emf,
carries had been sent TO cause a d,
f0ction among both Villa and Carrans
troops.
Many Germans At His Conn a
The plan wac to eliminate both VII
and Carranza and put Gen. Huerta a
n head OF the country. 1t Is said tbs
Huerta had many Germans at his con
NAM.
Prior to that meeting. however. Huer1
had meetings in the Hotel McAlpin wit
. member OF the German Embassy, ar
there were nearby at the time represepl
atives OF the United States Goyernme,
who already had been Informed by N
C~arranzistas. The details of that cor
ference are known TO the Federal OF
cials. II is known that Rintelen ali
had dined with that member Of the Er
hassy n hat to Rintelen were n
ferred the details of every moyeme,
made In the conspiracy.
Huerta's announcement that he ha
bought a home on Long Island and WI
planning To become a citizen Of this cou,
try was only one OF many O to d,
ceive the Federal Government, but Il
secret service was Informed of every sta
made by the old General, When Nuer,
started for Mexico secret service me
were on the same train and they nabb.
him not far from the Mexican border.
Trails Led to RinteIen.