The Dermott news., 1917-03-08

break of war with the United States. and suggest that the president of Mex ico, on his own initiative, should com municate with Japan, suggesting ad. herence at once to this plan; at the same time offer to mediate between Germany and Japan.
 Please call to the attention of the president Of Mexico that the employ ment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compcl England to make peace in few months.
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 It recalls that Count von Bernstorf when handed his passports was very reluctant to return te Germany, but expressed preference for asylum In Cuba.
 II gives new explanation to the repeated arrests on the border of men charged by American military authori- ties with being German intelligence agents.
 Last of all. It seems 10 show a con, neeton with General Carranza's re cent proposal to neutrals that exports If food and munitions to the entente allies he cut of, and an intmation that he might stop the supply of oil, So vital to the British navy, which is exported from the Tampieo fields.
 What Will Congress Do?
 What congress will do. and how members of congress who openly have >ympathzcd wiih Germany ill their opposition to clothing the president with full authority to protect Ameri- can rights will regard the revelation of Germany'S machiuatious to attack the United States is the subject of the keeueSt interest.
 Such Il proposal as Germany in. Strueted her minister to make to MeNi. co borders on an act Of war, fl, actu ally. II k not one.
 No doubt exists here now that the persistent reports during the Inst two years of the operations of German agents not alone In Mexico but all through Central America and the West Indies are based on faet.
 There k now no doubt whatever that the proposed alliance with Mex leo was known to high Mexican off cials who are distinguished for their autI-AmerteauiSm. Among them are Rafael Zubaran. Currauza's minister To Germany and Luis Cabrera, Car, runza < minister of finance.
 The Hand of Mexico.
 II is apparent that the proposal had taken definite form when Xubaran re- turned to Mexico City from Berlin re- gently. His return from his foreign post was covered by the fact that Car ranza had called in many of hls diplo- mats fnr conferences.
 Denied at Japanese Embassy.
 IL was declared by high Japanese authority on Wednesday night that if the German proposal of m alliance ever reached Tokyo II was regarded as merely new ebullition of German "kultur" and that it wus thrown in the wpstebasket where it belonged.
 He asserted no such proposal had been made to the embassy here and that if it had been no attention would have been paid to it.
 He said: The whole idea was abso- lutely preposterouS."
 In order to make an alliance with Germany, he added. II would he neces- sary for Japan to break from the allies and negotiate n separate peace with the Teutonic powers. But above all that. he said the Japanese sincerely desired friendly relations with the United States.
 Did Not Receive Proposal.
 Washington.-It was declared by Il high Japanese authority that If the German proposal of an alliance ever reached Tokyo it was regarded as merely new ebullition of German "kultur" and that It was thrown in the wastebasket where IL belonged.
 He asserted no such proposal had been made to the embassy here and that If 1t had been no attention would have been paid to it.
 He said "The whole idea was ab- solutely preposterous."
 In order to make an alliance with Germany. he added. It would he neces- sary for Japan to break from the allies and negotiate a separate peace with the Teutonic powers. But above all that, he said, the Japanese sincerely desired friendly relations with the United States.