El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-08
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MAIL PUBLISHED
Letters Show That German
Minister to Mexico Fa-
vored Intervention.

London. Eng. Feb. S.-Admiral Won
Hintze. Who was German minister to
Mexico in 1914, favored international
Intervention in Mexico to remove Gen.
Huerta from the presidency and sta
bilize the government. il is revealed
in one of n number of letters III the
correspondence of Capt. Franz Won Pa
pen, recalled German military attache
to the United States and Mexico. The
correspondence was seized by British
officials when the ship bearing Capt.
O Papen reached Falmouth. The
additional letters were made public
Monday night.
D. Capt. Kari Boyd, the former Ger
man ava attache at Washington.
wrote to Capt. vOn Papeu. opposing
admiral Won HintZe's view and strongly
defending president Huerta-
Col. HerWarth, Of the German staff,
wrote that the American military at
tache at Berlin. Maj. L~onghOrne, who
left Germany early in 1915, was the
bearer of letters to German officials
in America, n that he was very pop
ular in Berlin.
A letter from Edward Lyell Fox, an
American correspondent in Berlin, con-
tanned an unfdvOrable opinion OF the
ambassador. James w Gerard.
Prince Hatfield and kheld Zeiden-
berg of New York wrote concerning
the stupidity and idiOcy of Americans,
whom the letter termed Yankees
George Sylvester Nierreck went on
record as thoroughly ashamed OF his
country.
Widow Deeries BernstOrff.
George Won Skal, former commissioner
Of accounts of New York city, and a
newspaper correspondent, woh was on
Capt. Won Papen's salary list, wrote 10
Macmillan Harden, the noted German
editor, lauding count Won BernstOr1f,
the German ambassador at Washington,
and describing the widow of count Won
~Steinburg, the former ambassador AT
ashington, as decrying count Won
HnrngWanFEn wrlwl nnd nunFhHnU civ de-
pOunced DR.. Dernberg, who at one time
was the unofficial representative or
Germany in America incidentally, he
informed Herr Harden now Or. Dern-
berg spoke contemptuOuslX of Harden
Considered Huerta Strong Man.
Capt. BOy-Ed, wrote to Capt. Won
Papen who was then in Mexico, on May
-, 1914
Il was specially pleased with what
o wrote about Huerta, the only
strong man in Mexico, in my opinion.
ACmIlal Won Hintze was not quite right
in his estimate of him, for Huerta can
scarcely be such a drunken ruffian as
Won H1ntZe often implies. if only be-
u a chronic drunkard could hardly
nave KepC so uncertain a position under
such uncOmmonly difficult circumsLan-
ces. 1 met a number of people in Mex
leo City VINO were in close touch with
Huerta. Without exception, they all
o very mighty OF the presidents
patriotism, capacity n energy.
4 likewise do not share the views of
our worthy admiral about the timeli-
ness or possibility Of International in
PREVENTION in Mexico. Won Hintze'S
attitude toward this subject will be ia
miliar TO you from one Of the embassy
reports
COmmends Won Papen's Work.
Admiral Won ulnLZe wrote to the Inn
perial chancellor from Mexico City, July
y. 1914, strongly recommending Capt.
Won Papen's work there, and recon-
mending him for the fourth class order
of the Red Eagle. In the course OF
the letter. a copy of which Won Papen
carried, the admiral said.
He showed special industry in or
ganizins the German colony Tor pur-
poses of self defence and out of this
shy, facetiOus material, unwilling to
any military activity, he OBJ
tanned what there was to be got"