New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
~ CARL W. ACKERMAN.


-,,s,. 1917. The Tribune Association
,-d IN aocoriGnce with the Copyrixh
c,psaa. 1917. The Tribune Association
e.,manv is ready to fight the United
,.'.,.-not in Europe, but in America
-, var comes Germany counts upon
:, support Of Mexico. Germany ex-
=, the aid of Germans and certain
,,-rsn.born Americans here in carry
:. out plans for the destruction OF
.s.-,,an property. Germany believes
60 Americans and pacifsts viii
....sd in creating so much discomfort
- var that the United States Gov
--,,t will be seriously hampered
., var plans. A divided Amer
!, Germsny's hope. James W
s.,,5. now ambassador unattached,
80 upon his arrival in New York
A., the United States was on the
AZ war. And Gerard knows, be-
80, me former ambassador has fol-
10 Germany's intrigues and prepa-
for war ever since the sinking
= the Lusitania.
mr. Alfred zimmerman, German
,-,,risI Secretary Of State, has been
,.rur Germany TO prepare for war
-, since he succeeded in forcing Won
r,,ov to resign because Won JagoW
,.-,,sd peace. and, above all, peace
IN America. even at the price Of sub
.,,;ns war. When Henry Morgen'
han former American Ambassador TO
r,rksy. passed through Berlin en- route
!. he United States he conferred with
r-rsrmaun, who was then Under Sec
ya7 Of State. During the course OF
Is. Of their conversations thinner
-,.n said the United States would
are, 20 10 war with Germany. "be-
zss the German-Americans would
rnlt"
Counted on German-Americans
Tat was one Of Zimmermann's hob
-. Zimmerman told other American
ss,ials and foreign correspondents thai
President Wilson would not be able t'
s..g the United States to the brink o.
vr because the "German-Amerlean:
YER too powerful" But Zimmerman
~ not making these statements upor
Is own authority. He was being KEEP
r.r.sly advised about conditions here
s-ugh the German spy system and
hGerman-American ENJOYS, who, like
Utter Niebuhr, Of Lincoln, H., came
. Berlin 70 report on progress the
crzan-Americans were making here
politics and in Congress.
lirnermann was so dead sure
kvas right in expecting a large por-
tc Of Americans 70 be disloyal that
o. tine during a conversation with
AMBASSADOR Gerard he said that he be
h1sd Wilson was only bluhng IN his
EhnArine notes. When Zimmerman
Va Under Secretary Of State l usec
n zee hin. very often. His converse
sss would contain questions like
ass:
Well, how IS your English Presi
::z;' Why doesn't your Presiden
% something against England"
llznsrmsnn was always IN close
.scs with the work OF Captains vor
Piper and Boyd when they were
Z tbs country. He was one of the
~. supports Of the little group Of
c.rigEsrs in Berlin who directed Ger
rr propaganda here. Zimmerman
We he man who kept Baron Mumn
''t Schwsrzenstein. former Ambasss
''' % Toxic, in the Foreign Office II
'rlin a. chief Of foreign propagand;
's intrigue in America and China
Asz- had been here as minister
1'ssordinsry several years ago anc
cs- how Germany's methods could b'
SO 20 the best purpose, namely, tC
tres American sentiment Then
'asa Zimmerman succeeded Jagow n
'2rst Gaum because Mumm had be
TIA unpopular with higher govern
Sea. authorities.
strmany Approved Everything
We day in Berlin. Just before th'
ZEAL Of the former German nilitarl
" naval attaches in Washington,