Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02

with the United states as tne TesuiL
of her submarine campaign OF ruth
lessness, plotted to unite Mexico and
8 Japan with her for an attack on the
United States, has stirred the capital
to ,ts depths ~ - sss+.-,s y
3 Members of congress, inasiy OF whom
have been hesitating before President
Wilson's request for full authority to
deal with Germany in the present situ'
alton, went to the capitol today read
ing documentary evidence Of the In
trigue which proposed to separate
Japan from her allies, and add the
United States to the list of nations
which Germany hopes to see conquer
!. ed in her dreams Of world domination.
r, How Germany, confident that unre-
'tstricted submarine warfare Is the IN
sstrument by which she will bring Eng
Gland to her knees, proposed a triple
blow, is revealed in set of instruc-
Itions from German Foreign Minister
Zimmerman to German Minister Won
Fckhardt in. Mexico City, which was
transmitted through Count Won Bern
storff, late German ambassador here
To Alternate Japan.
z At one sweep Germany proposed 10
weaken the entente alliance by the de
= fection of Japan: strike crushing
blow at England's naval power by cut
ing of the vital supply of Mexican fuel
oil; and thoroughly engage the atten-
ton of the United States by an inva-
sion, in which Japan was to be invited
to Join, and for which Mexico should
be rewarded by reconquering her
..lost province"-Texas, New Mexico,
and Arizona.
This astounding document dated
Berlin, January 10, 1917, contents OF
which have for, some time been in pos
, session of the United States govern
ment, shows plainly that Germany.
while making repeated protestations to
the United States that she bad no in
tention of resuming her sea campaign
, of ruthlessness. was making hnal ar
rangements for its execution two
weeks before 1t was announced, and
had even gone so far in consideration
Of the consequences that she proposed
to meet them by the attack with Mexi-
co and Japan upon the United States.
DuoIicity Shown.
To American officials the startling
disclosure throws new light on Ger
4 many's real attitude toward the United
States. 1t shows that while the ad.
ministration has been going to utmost
lengths to avoid an armed clash with
|, Germany, even to the point Of repeat.
Aedly enduring fragrant violations OF
AAmerican rights on the sea and
Nbreaches Of neutrality on American
gsoil, Germany with the diplomacy so
suddenly revealed by the outbreak of
the European war, has been number
ing the United States among her enc
niles and making provision to meet
such situation.
The documentary proof of Ger
many's plot to unite Japan and Mexi-
co against the United States has been
in the hands of the United States gov
ernment while German statesmen have
been pleading that President Wilson's
action in breaking of diplomatic rela-
tions was "brusque," and harsh, and
that they were informed Of no "authen-
tic reasons for his action. While the
German chancellor. DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, was making his celebrated
speech in the reichstag in which ne de-
plored the break and protested that
Germany had promoted and cherished
the friendship Of the United States as
Bismarck put it-an heirloom from
Frederick the Great-the documentary
evidence in the hands Of ofncials here
showed that Germany was plotting an