Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01

| VI restaurant IN, New York City.
series Of articles written by me OK.
posing the operations Of the kaiser's
secret service were about to appear
and Boyd tried 60 induce me to
suppress Thorn.
~ cannot do IT," told him.
But the captain showed a remark
able knowledge Of my private affairs
"Undsr your contract" he said, "the
articles cannot be published until you
have indorsed them. AZ you have not
as yet affixed your signature to then
you can quash thsm by merely with
holding your Endorsement"
This declined to do.
Soon after this, Boy-Ed went back
to Germany on the U-53 from New
port. Later pressure was brought to
bear from sources close to the Ger
man embassy. but they failed to sup
press the publication Of the articles.
How complete were the plans for the
alignment of Japan and Mexico against
the United States IL not known by
the American public. Only the other
day stopped at the Mexican con-
sulate in New York and found II
crowded with Germans obtaining safe
conducts into Mexico. Most of them
were reserviyts. Most of the German
merchants and bankers in Mexico are
reserve officers and they have been
| thoroughly organized by agents work
Ing under Won Papen, Boy-Ed and
other leaders 80 that as soon as the
proper time comes they may serve
| with the Carranza forces.
ORDERS FOR REsERvIsTs.
EArna Ia k
lished in an American newspaper
mobilization order supposed to have
been sent by Consular Agent Weber at
Juarez. the most powerful German
agent In Mexico, to German reserv-
lists in the United States directing them
to report in Juarez in the event Of war
between the United States and Mex
leo, WHICH WOULD BE TANTA-
MOUNT TO GERMANY.
Won Papen was highly commended
oy the German government for having
organized the Germans in Mexico as
military unit.
captain Fritzen, one of my subordi-
mates in my operations for Germany in
the United States during the first
three months of the war, who was re-
Gently arrested in Los Angeles by the
department OF Justice, admits that he
recently returned from Mexico, where
ne was active in organizing German
forces there.
In passing I may say that even after
the outbreak of the European war Won
Papen went to Mexico and before,
while was serving in the constitu-
tionalist forces, he was with the HUI
erta armies. Nevertheless, when he
left Mexico to take up his activities in
the United States after war had be-
gun. he met me In New York at the
German consulate and gave me my
directions. / was told to go to Balti-
more at certain times to receive code
wireless instructions from the intern
ed German cruisers at Norfolk.
Now as to the extent to which ia
pan Is prepared to carry out the Ger
man schemes in Mexico. l became
thoroughly familiar with the Japanese
situation in Mexico during my service
in that country, and, since that time,
you may be sure have been kept well
Informed through the underground
channels which know so well.
/ believe that Japan is the only
country in the world which has a per-
manent foothold in Mexico. Her spies
and her agents in the guise of ped
dlers, engineers. fishermen, farmers,
charcoal burners, merchants and mer-
cenaries in the Mexican armies are
scattered throughout the republic to |
the number OF 700 or 500.
OF Japanese who are not spies or |
agents directly connected with the To- |
kio government there are nearly 49,
~,
have served their term in the jap
anese army or navy and are in the re-
serve liable to call to the colors. Many |
pose as Chinese.
JAPs COMMAND WATERWoRkS. |
Through the great government own
ed steamship line, the Togo Kisen Ka-
isha, the Japanese government con-
trolls the land for a coaling station at |
Manzanillo. Mexico. At Acapulco, a !
japanese fishing company owns the
sight for a wireless station on the
summit of high Hill three miles from /
the sea where I need not explain there
are no fish.
With Mexico City and its environs,
I am perfectly familiar. In the heart |
of the city itself. a Japanese, who has
for years been a close friend of the
mikado's charge d'affaires, owns a
fortress-like stone building capable of
a siege and OF storing
quantities of ammunition and supplies.
Another japanese holds, under 80
year lease, an L-shaped strip of land
partly surrounding and completely
the water works OF the
capital Of Xochimilco. This land is
and both it and the mass
i've building in the heart OF Mexico
City rent for song and neither of
the tenants has any visible means Of
support Yet both are always well
supplied with money.
In all the revolutions in Mexico, in
all the piilaging and rioting, Japanese
are the only nationals who have not
been killed nor their property modest
ed. with the one exception of those
killed by Villa. The explanation for
this last 10 obvious. ANY Japanese
whom villa may have executed are
as Chinese and the Ian -