Arizona republican., 1917-03-01
RECONQUERED ARIZONA

an address at Philadelphia on Novem-
Der 10.
The foes Of the United States will
certainly assume to be friends of Mex
ico.' said Mr.. Cabrera, "and will try to
take advantage of any sort of resent
ment Mexico may have against the
United States Mexico nevertheless.
understands that in case of conflict
between the United States and any
other nation outside America, her at
titude must be one of continental sol
idarity.'
II has been an open secret that de-
partment Of justice agents in their in
Vestigations of plot to violate American
neutrality by setting on foot armed ex,
petitions in Mexico more than once
have uncovered what appeared to be
trails of the German secret service. A
few days ago Fred Kaiser suspected
Of being German agent, was arrested
at Nogales on charges brought under
the neutrality statutes. department of
justice agents declaring he had at
tempted to obtain military information
Of the American side Of the border and
had cultivated the society Of American
army officers with an apparent inten-
ton of promoting these efforts.
Last July. when W. II. SchwebZ, who
officer escaped into Mexico at Nogales
after arrest on similar charges, the
deputy marshal who tried to follow him
was stopped by Mexican authorities
The fun extent Of the evidence Of
Germanys Plotting against the United
States. gathered by the American Sc
cret service, may become known only
according to the course Of the future
relations between the TWO countries 1t
is known that much evidence Of the
operations Of the German embassy and
persons who were responsible to il
never has been permitted TO come out
because officials preferred TO guard
against inflaming the public mind in
the tense situation with Germany. The
public amaZement which q full exposi-
ton Of the evidence in the hands OF the
government would cause cannot be
over estimated
Only today the Council OF National
Defense. created by act OF congress, is
sued an appeal 70 all Americans 10
show every consideration for aliens in
this country.
we call upon al citizens" said the
appeal. IL untoWard events should
come upon US to present to these aliens.
many OF whom tomorrow will be Amer
leans. an attitude of neither suspicion
nor asgressiveness. We urge upon all
Americans TO meet these millions Of
foreign born with unchanged manner
and with unprejudiced minds
Immediate release of four American
consuls being detained in Germany
was asked in a note sent the Berlin
government tonight by the United
States
The request was made in reply 10 4
note received from Germany earlier
in the day in which it was announc-
ed that the American officials would
be allowed TO travel 10 new posts in
Euroupe when the Berlin government
had been officially informed that
German consuls in this country or
dered to South ard Central America
had been permitted to proceed
The action OF Germany was based
uTou circumstances which through no
fault Of this government detained
Consul Muller At Havana. Cuba. while
he was on his way from Atlanta to
his new post at Quito. Ecuador The
United States. in its reply. made It
clear that the departure from this
country Of German consular officials
had not been intcrfered with and
that this government could not con-
J troll the movements of German con-
suls in Cuba or other foreign terri
tory.
Those detained in Germany are
| Consul Henry {. T. Damn. trans
ferred from Aachen to Harpnt.
Turkey. Consul John O. Wood. trans
| ferred from Chemnitz to Messina:
Vice CONSUL w. Bruce Wallace.
/ transferred from Madgeburg to Con-
stantinople, and Vice Consul c. lines
Brown. transferred from Mannheim
to Copstantinople.