Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-03-15
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"The Associated Press is enabled to
reveal that Germany proposed
an alliance with Mexico and Japan to
make war on the United States. ;"
Japan is to abandon her allies and
Join in the war on the United States;
Mexico, for her share in the perform
ance, is to receive "general financial
support" from Germany, reconquer
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and
share in the victorious peace terms"
contemplated by Germany; and Ger
many--well, Germany's to be the
"goat."
That's about enough to raise your
"dander," isn't it? We free-born
American citizens who have been liv.
ing in peace, enjoying our own pros
perity and tending to our own busi-
ness are about to be stabbed in the
back by vicious emperor through
treacherous mikado and an ignorant
president. But what else could we
expect? II our friend, the kaiser, is
mean enough to drown respectable
American citizens who are travelling
OH board munition ships bound for
the allies, we shouldn't be surprised
at his vicious plan. He'll drag the
President out of the White House
some night and scalp him.
It's lucky though, that we discov-
cred this plot in time to save onr-
selves. But before we get our guns,
let's look at this thing calmly and see
what it looks like.
Germary's at the bottom of this, we
know that. She's going to furnish
Mexico general financial support"
which may include some submarines
to be used by Carranza in invading
Texas; and there might be few mil.
lion German soldiers already in Mex.
leo, for all we know. But the money,
where IL it to come from? l mean the
"financial support Germany intends
to furnish Mexico. If the allies win
and Germany is required to pay few
billions in indemnities for her bad be-
havicr, Mexico may lose her support.
Mexico is going to get upon her
hind legs again. The Mexican people,
not satisfied with half dozen years OF
fighting among themselves, are will
Ing to tackle the United States on the
behest OF foreign despot. Truly, II
we had known this few weeks ago,
we ought not to have permitted the
"last soldier" to ''cross the border"
We ought to have kept them all
across the Rio Grande to head off the
Mexican attack. II these headlong
''greasers" really persist in taking
this move, we'll have to shoot some
holes in them just to show them their
place; and then we'll have plenty OF
excuses for crossing the border to
search for bandits.
But we must consider Japan seri
ously. ' II Germany Is about to cross
the Atlantic aud Mexico to move
north Of the Rio Grande, we have
still graver reasons for fearing Japan
II is terrible to think that Japan Ii
about to cross the Pacific to attack Us
No doubt the report that the ''yellow
peril" 10 about to desert her allies and
Join Germany In attacking the Unitet
States has already filed you with fear
But through the dismal darkness there
shines one star Of hope. Japan vii
balk. In Ito issue Ct February 10th
1917, the Kansas City Times had thi'
to say:
"Dallas, Texas csse the United
States and Germany should 60 to wal
Japan would use her power to helr
the United States"
This was the declaration Of Y. Nag
ashims, head OF Mitsui & Company
known % the "Hoase Of Morgan o.
Japan" the biggest financial institu'
tlon In the Orient.
1--WE may be foolish people," con
tInued NAgashims, shut we are not st
foolish % to think the friendship q
Germany 10 more valuable to 10 thar
the friendship Of the United States.
believe the United Htatss would bt