Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02

minister to force Ioans from the BancC
National owned by French and British
capital The institutions were CLOSED
by the Mexicon authorities and some
of their officers imprisoned and helC
for weeks. despite repeated protests BY
France, Great Britain and the United
States.
GERMAN GUNNERS THERE.
Reports of German machine guns and
German gunners in the CarranZa army
also have been persistent, although the
relative importance to the proposed al
lance is not fully established. 1t was
recalled too, that last November, wher
the Mexican-American joint commission
was making its futile efforts to adjust
the difficulties betwee nthe two coun-
tries. the Austro-Hungarian ambassador
at Mexico. City, Count Kalman Kama
Volkanya, made the trip to the United
States on wh1s was described as 'se-
cret mission"
A suggestion interpreted by some
officials as an indication that Germany
might have made approaches to Mexico
at that time was made by Cabrera. in
an address at Philadelphia on November
10.
The foes OF the United States will
certainly assume to be friends of Mex
ico," said Mr.. Cabrera. land will try
TO take advantage of any sort of resent
ment Mexico may have against the
United States. Mexico, nevertheless, I'M
derstands that in case of conflict be-
tween the United States and any other
nation outside America her attitude
must be one Of continental solidarity
1t has been an open secret that de-
partment of justice agents in their in
vestigations of plots to violate Amer
fO0k -
expeditions in Mexico more than once
have uncovered what appeared to be
trails of the German secret service.
A few days ago Fred Kaiser. suspect
ed of being a German agent, was arrest
ed at Nogales on charges brought IN
der the neutrality statutes, department
of justice agents declaring he had at
tempted to obtain military information
on the American side of the border
and had cultivated the society of Amer
lean army officers with an apparent in
tention Of promoting those efforts.
Last July, when w. II. Schweibz, who
claimed to be a former German army
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 full 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 ol'-
erations of the German embassy and
persons who were responsible to it new
er has been permitted to come out, be-
cause officials had to guard against in
flaming the public mind in the tense
situation with Germany. The public
amazement which a full exposition of
the evidence in the hands of the gov
eminent would cause cannot be over
estimated.
Only yesterday the council of nation
al defense created by act Of congress,
issued an appeal to All Americans to
show every consideration for aliens in
this country.
I'VE cali upon all citizens" said the
appeal, -if untoward events should
come upon us, to present to these
aliens, many of whom tomorrow will be
Americans, an attitude Of neither sus-
picion nor aggressiveness. We urge all
Americans to meet these millions of for
eign-born with unchanged manner and
with unprejudiced mind"