Evening star., 1917-03-01

the Villa bandits. Although American
ofncers say they did not find kock al
received reports that he urged the Mexi.
cans to attack the American troops in
order to prevent the capture of villa
rearing 1t would be followed by reyela-
.ions OF the alleged German influence
pehind the raid. One high army officer
said: 0~ g.
am positive that Kock had some
thlng; If not great deal. to do with the
trouble at Parral"
Other German Agents Busy.
From other sources information has
come to the government of other Ger
man activities and influences in Mexico
d. krum Heller, a German active in
Mexico many years. is reported to be
very close to Gen. Carranza, and active
In conducting pro-German propaganda
in Mexico. Other information in The
hands of the government intelligence
officers is that Maximillian Klaus, a
German. is in charge of the Carranz.
ordnance factories. which have been es
tablished near Mexico City. None of
these facts in itself is regarded as hay-
ing a direct relation to the proposal of
Germany to Mexico and Japan. but if is
realized they are collateral evidences
of Germany's general plans
1t is probable that full account of
German intrigues in this country. as
well as in Central and South America
cd edge h'c NAV ,n's neose soeerhment has knowl-
known: but it is possible that they
may. according to the turn of events
1t is known positively, however that
evidences of the activities of Count Won
Bernstorn. sufficient to force his de-
parture from the country at any time
were in the hands of the government
even before it knew of the attemnted
intrigue with Mexico and Japan.
In Presidents Hands Some Time.
a copy of the document has been in
the hands of the government since
President Wilson broke Off dipJoms+io
relations with Germany. 1t has hoo,
kept secret. while the President b.s
been asking Congress for full authority
to deal with Germany. The document
supplies the missing link to MANY sem
arate chains of circumstances which
until now have seemed to lead to no
definite point. nv
1t sheds new light upon the freouent-
ly reported but indefinable movements
OF the Mexican government to coupJe
its situation with the friction between
the United States and Japan.
1T ADDS another chapter to the cele-
brated report of Jules Cambon, French
dillDdSSduoI III Berlin before the war
OF Germany's world wide plans for stir,
ring strife on every continent wbera
they might aid her in the struggle for
world domination, which she dreamed
was close at hand. 1t adds a cIimay to
the operations of Count Won Bernstorfr
and the German embassy in this coun-
try, which have been colored with nass-
port frauds. charges of dynamite pIofs
and intrigue.
1t gives new credence to persistent
reports Of submarine bases on Mexican
territory in the Gulf of Mexico: il takes
cogniZance of a fact long recognized hv
American army Chiefs that il Japan
ever undertook to invade the United
States it probably would be through
Mexico. over the border and into the
Mississippi valley. to split the country
in two. 1t recalls that Count Won Bern
storff, when handed his passports. was
very reluctant to return to Germany
bu. expressed a preference for asylum
in Cuba. 1t gives new explanation to
the repeated arrests on the border of
men charged by American military au-
thorities with being German intell-
gence agents.
Explains Carranza's Embargo Note.
Last of all. it seems to show a con.
nection with Gen. Carranxa's recent
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