Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-06
ro-aIIy Campaign Started by
EI Universal, Grows Until It
Reaches National Propor-
tionS.
ALLIED WARSHIPS COULD
GET OIL AT TAMPlC0
Declaration, Say Prominent
Men, Would Be Followed by
Seizure of German Vessels
and Monies.

tsY ho'his1 J-drstL SPECIAL LGAsso WiRsl
El Paso, Tex, July 5.-Since the
pro-ally campaign in Mexico was first
started by FL Universal in Mexico
City the sentiment favoring the al !
lies has reached national Mexico and
during the last thirty days a well de-
fined movement favoring an open
break with Germany and the align
ment of Mexico on the side of the
entente allies has developed. This
has been in spite of the pro-German
sentiment published daily in Chihua-
hua City and in papers believed I'd be
subsidized by the Germans in the
A reflection of this sentiment was
seen recently in the statement of Gen.
Francisco Gonzalez, acting command
er-in-chief of the northeastern mill
tary zone with headquarters at Chi
huahua. He was overcharged by theI
German firm of Ketelsen G. Degetau
for some padlocks. The manager
was arrested and placed in the penl-
tentiary. The German consul made
a demand for his release ''in the name
of the imperial German government
and the kaiser" according to Mexi-
can official who was present at the
time
Gonzalez Is Antl-kaiser.
uraII ~
perial government, and the kaiser may
go to hell" General Gonzalez an
swered. Prominent Mexicans, men in
close touch with the capitol, predict
Mexico will declare war on Germany
within thirty days.
According to these men, all Ger
man money in the Mexico City, Tor
reon. Chihuahua City and other banks
will be seized as soon as war is de-
clared. the German boats in Tam
pico and other ports will be seized,
thereby giving Mexico a much needed
merchant fleet, and all Germans
either will be interned or deported at
once, their properties being confis-
Gated
The Tampico oil fields would be
made safe for the oil supply of the
allied fleet by declaring zone in
which traffic would be restricted ami
the mines, 7smelters and mills reopen
ed at once to produce munitions
metals for the allies.
Would Improve Relations.
I'VE can do nothing in a military
4 nf
but we can make Mexico safe for
the allied nationals and for their
properties. We can show our SYM
pathy with the same cause for which
we have been fighting for the last
six years by aiding the allies in every
way even though we are unable to as
sist materially in the war;
The good effect of such declara-
ton upon the relations of Mexico and
the United States. especially along
the border, Is pointed out 1t would
mean closer cooperation with Ameri-
can officers in stopping the whole
sale traffic in ammunition, cattle
smuggling, gun-running and all of
the other violations of the laws along
this border.
The anti-German movement Is not
unopposed in the north, as the Ger
man residents of Chihuahua City. Tor.
reon and other places have been
spending money lavishly entertaining
officials army officers and influen-
tal citizens. But with the usual Ger
man method they seem to have over
10 hot, h a. oh
a reaction by causing the naturally
suspicious Mexcans to suspect they
had an Interior motive in their friend
ship.
Say ObrcgOn is Friend of Allies.
Americans returning from Mexico
City say sixty, days will elapse before
Mexico declares war against Germany
is exaggerated and that the great
mass of Mexican citizens are in sin
cere sympathy with the allies. They
say also the part General Obregon
played in the pro-German agitation
was exaggerated, as they claim his
name was used by the Germans to
lend dignity to the pro-German move
ment; and they say the former war
minister is friend of America and
the allies.
There is no doubt the Germans
have been using every possible effort
to create German sentiment In Mex
leo, and since the pro-ally movement
was started to counteract the effects
Of this movement as 1t gained popu-
larity. But, like the pro-German
propaganda In the United States, the
Germans were apparently acting
without taking into consideration the
racial traits and temperament of the
Mexican people, who are as much op-
posed to the pan-German scheme Of
things as are the Americans.