The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28

Our Foreign Office had already spent several millions of marks in Mexico but outside of Few Mexican business men and a few officers in the CaTranza army they could not make any impression on the people. Our Foreign Secret Service Depart ment had also spent much money to enlist the support of Mexican news papers on our side. but there were very few papers in that country and these were personal organs and could not Joe converted to US. And beside, almost everyone who knew how to read of write in Mexico was a friend of France. The better classes knew French, and liked the French kultur better than ours. So the situation seemed almost hopeless.
 But there was one hope Although the Mextcans disliked us, they hated the Americans and there were thous- ands of Mexicans who would like to drive every Engiishman out of Next co. The Americans owned all the Mexican mines and railroads while the Englishmen owned all their 3oi1-' wells Therefore. if tactfully handled. the Mexicans rngiht be induced to join us against their ancient oppres- sor. The United States had stolen from the Mexicans the provinces of
 Texas, California, and New Mexico. If we could offer these American pro- v1nces back to Mexico we could count upon their support of us. The Mexi- cans were good fighters If we could induce them to become our allies they would make it impossible for the Americans to bother us much with their idiotic protests against our s1b- marine warfare. The Mextcans would give them something to think about. | And once we had secured Mexico's support of our cause we could easily Japan's assistance
 "A Addressing Zimmerman, I, said:
 Excellency,' I shall do whatever nv superiors demand Of me, if it is. for the good of the Fatherland. I will, attempt to have this instrument sign- ed either by President Carranza or General Villa" "Or any one of their Isubordinates," interposed Baron steinhauer. to which every one in the room assented.
 Then Zimmerman again took me in hand and said: t4The Countess must also understand that even if she is not able to have this instrument sign ca by either one of the Mexican chiefs It IS sufficient that we hold in our
 possession several documents showing that they have been considering our proposition favorabIy. Then you may consider your mission a success. notice that the Countess is still puzzled" said Baron Steinhauer. "In few words, this is what we are blaming; you must try to induce the Mexican authorities to become a par
 ty to our treaty. If they do not re- fuse point blank but listen fayorably, you will keep these documents. At a certain time our correspondence with
 the Mexican government will be made
 public America will suspect Mexi- %. The Japanese menace would stare America in the face. America would hesitate before it makes up it's mind
 to send her untrained men to France. Japan would be regarded with tense suspicion. But, Countess, on the oth- CT hand, should you be successful in persuading either President Carranza or General Villa, or any one of their
 subordinates to sign the document,
 then you have done the greatest ser vice yet to your Fatherland. But above all, you must be verys careful that these letters and messages and instructions to our Embassies abroad do not fall into the hands of the Eng
 fish or Americans prematureIy.'' have been sea-sick before, but
 never continuously for week at
 time In an atmosphere in which it
 was hardly possible to breathe lived in constant dread by day and night.
 dread induced by the fear of attack, by the submergings and risings, the
 pitchings and tossings of that terrible little boat
 When l landed at last in a little
 port in the Gulf of Mexico, T. was
 more dead than alive; I had no long CT the wish to live. A representative of our Ministry staff met me with two
 women servants who were in his con fidence- These women took me to a
 hospital kept by religious order, and there, in two weeks, was nurs- | ed back to life again. No questions were asked me; and when I was fit
 to resume my travel I was allowed to depart without any demur. And so I
 ca me by train to Mexico city.
 | Everyone knows that Herr Zfnn-
 mermann is now in disgrace, and it 1 Is because of Mexico. With him are yon Papen, and Boy-ed; while Ad-
 mfral von Eckhardt, morer responsi-
 ble than any of us for the mistaken
 estimate of the Mexicans, only escap-
 ed because of his good work in China. In order to understand what befell
 me in Mexico it is necessary that I Sate what concrete instructions I re-
 ceived from Admiral von Eekhardt after two hour conference with him
 in his residence. This is the gist of
 my final instructions: Tn Mexico are hundreds of fac- tions with their leaders of Jefes, as
 the Mexican title goes. Two Jefes stand high above the others; Don ve-
 nustiano Carranza, who bears the
 title of Mexican president, a title rec
 ognized by Mexico's greatest neigh bor, the United States. Next to him
 Is "Pancho' Villa, who can call up
 in single night an army of twenty
 thousand armed forsemen.
 Both these Jefes, like every one among the hundreds of smaller Iead-
 eps, had sworn to drive the hated
 Americans out of Mexico. The Mexi-
 cans, when they thought about the matter at all bur-ed to take from
 the United States tAo great provinces 1 of California and New Mexico, as we'll as Texas. place bigger than in itself
 all Prussia"
 l Such was my information from our 1 Minister in Mexico City. Our great
 and noble Kaiser had at that time de- ternined to offer the world peace, on terms fitting the honor and kultur of
 the invincible German Empire. In
 case our stubborn enemies should re-
 fuse, he had decided to launch the 1 submarine war which has brought ' fpoa rf, Rrffoi, e., q,