The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

Victor G. Morrison. OF San Antonio.
former bandit hunter. has Travelled all
over Mexico. Mr.. Morrison. who is at the
Willard. says that newspapers do not
publish all they ought to concerning Car
rama and his pro German tendencies. II
know 1t to be a fact" said Mr.. Morrison.
that there has not been a word passed
between this government and Mexico that
Germany did not know about: In fac.
onctals have suspected al along that d
German hand had written CarranZas an
swers.
when l was in Mexico City, the early
part OF last summer, ! noticed a great
many Germans that had been previously
engaged In business in different border
States. What they were doing there they
would not say. Some OF them had fed
there right after the Lusitania was sunk
Every inch of land in Mexico has been
mapped by the German government The
exact resources of the country are well
known In Berlin, in fact. the Germans
know more about Mexico than does any
other people have heard Germans brag
mat Uncle Sam had not moved a ship
or man or built a gun or a fort that
they did not know the most infinite de-
tails Of
And what was all this espionage going
on for. You remember the story of the
German officer who stole the plans of
Cripple Creek, Colo, roads and said.
Who knows but what we might use these
some day II We look far enough we
will find that the Germans have been
extremely active ever since the war,
Out in my country. II any of them get
100 bold these days. 1t Is good night.
I was In Mexico under Diaz as a spe-
cial constable. and freuuently came into
contact with Germans who purported to
be merchants. but who were really trying
a little experiment with kultur.' Diaz
was the man who refused to pardon three
Germans who had been caught SNUG
Cling. and who refused to divide I'd the
cash. These mems bodies were searched
by me after they were shot, as the kill
ing occurred on the run, and had Diaz
known the contents Of notes found on
these boys, they would have been shot
anyhow"
IT we arm our ships. We had Just as
well declare war and be done with II -
said Howard F. Olsen, a prominent nol,t,-
clan of ST. Paul. Mimi, who is stopping
at the Raleigh. What do you suppose
VIII be the outcome" remarked Mr.. OIL
SEN II one Of our ships is sunk in a
night. or puts German subma rine TO
sleepy ~
We are actually declaring war with
cut saying so. II We are going to shoot
a. Tie IerHlanS, why not do 1t out in the
open and tell them we are taking OF our
coats and ready to fight.
But the real trouble will be on this
side There are just enough hyphens in
this country to stir up a peck of trouble.
and do not hesitate to say that believe
that certain bunch OF Fenians are going
in partnership with the Germans and en-
barass this government as much as they
can
There is perceptible amount OF out
spoken sympathy with the Germans on
the part of the Irish, and we should take
steps and intern the whole lot of trouble
makers Instantly before they get them
selves and us into trouble. The great
masses Of Swedes, Bohemians Slavs, Nor
weGians, and other foreign groups. ex-
Guiding the Irish and German are strong
ly back of the President / do not mean
that the Irish. collectively speaking, are
disioyal. but there are many of them who
have been misled by the Germans, and
they will be the goats. when the trouble
starts. The Irish did not learn a lesson
by the Easement fiasco
Not many people realize that there are
large bodies of trained men in this coun-
try who are not in the army Men who
have been trained in Europe's armies are
available instantly, to fight for the land
of their adoption. should 1t be necessary
You cannot apply the word 'hyphen' to
any nationality but Irish and German
and some native Americans; a few of the
last named persons have seats In Con-