The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-13
INVASION PART or PLOT.

The German plot to carry the war
into she Gulf OF Mexico and the carih-
bean sea provides for expeditions nom
Mexico against British Honduras ana
against Texas. says the New York
Herald.
That was the statement made ny
high Latin.American authorities here
II was declared thai Information re-
aarding the German scheme has been
known In a few men here for more
than a fortnight n that the fuli dc
tails had been transmitted TO tho
state department and the British adj
miralty
Two 81 the most important Ameri-
can factors In Iatin-Americnn affairs
here unveiled the German plot IN
Mexico and Central America and de-
clared that II already was known to
both the United States and Great
Britain that Germany q "A subma-
lrlne base In Mexican waters.
They declared that four submarines
were known to be At this base. An
other underseas craft was on Us way
TO Mexican waters from Germany two
weeks ago. The movements 81 this
submarine from German territorial
waters was known To the entente pow .
ers. Efforts were mad to trap H..
hnt 50 far a. II Is known In well in
formed circles here. the efforts failed.
To what extent Germany has gone
Ito make trouble for the United states
in Costa Rica was told hy Washington
; Valentine. who for many year. has
been prominently identified with Cen
trial American affairs. Mr. Valentine
said that he had received sem;-offoclal
information that the government OF
COSTA Rica might be expected to -ever
diplomatic relations with Germany ~
any moment ana that President Tino-
co was going 20 see To it that the re-
sources aud harbors ~ that r%eprhlic
remained open to the United states
ana 20 American war ships
Mr.. Valentine showed a dispatch
from his nephew. Lincoln O.. Valentine
In which was outlined the German
plot against the United States and
American business In Costa Rlca. He
nsserted that the overthrow Of the
government Of President Alfredo Con
1nies frew out OF efforts on the part
Of General Alfredo Tinoco and his
party 20 crush this German intrigue
From other Latin American sources
equally important came h state
ment that the German plot in Gen.
trnl America provided for an expedi-
ltion frrm Mexico against British Hon
duras. At the same time Germany
proposes to foment trouble along the
Texas Mexican frontier. one Of these
men. who II the head ~ a large Ann
%erican concern in Mexico, said he was
satisfied that Germany had a subma-
Urine base on the coast ~ Yucatnn
land that there were az least -four pn-
dersea boats there. with n large guam
luty % supplies
Nj. Valentine made puiilic tho Dis
patch NJ had received from mis-
nephew in Panama city.
since President Wilson has Fou'
before onrrcss Go ask u o. declare
THAT q state ~ war exists tActween tn
limited States and the German suv.
eminent. { feel morally obliged q,
make public certain Information which
flf have concerning German Intrigue
against the United States In costs
, Rica
president Alfredo Gonzales c"r.
D stantly WIS under German Influence
: through "a certain German who 81
r widely known in Costa Higl and VIII
general, ~ reaarded ~ the ore it
VI German agent thorc. This German
} was the official adviser - Gonzal'-
His opinions were accepted hy me
. @governmeut as decisive iu Ell matter
+ prrtaiuiur 10 policy. politics and ~
- %uanre This man was called th'
Fa-putiu ~ Costa itica.
y "The official newspaper "a the gov
lernment " impartial was cnntroll''
bv Gonzales and this German hotH f"
whom owned a large SHARE ~ th'
company stock. The ~newapaper wa
openly pro-German and Intl-Ameri
can. There appeared in "a fr'ln"'
atfncks ON American Interests nr'
lsgainst the United states government
"The extent ~ this German mia
ence In Costa Ricnr affair bcoam
mos, noticeable when Presfdcut Con
zalcs rejected the proposal 81 th