Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-22


THE Aaarglean slisss paa barely
reached TamBca gaa seFa Cgus al,ea
the authorities Ia Washington learned
tAai several German sldps laden wlth
arsss aud Ammunition, taNgti ~
Hncrta, we're oH gAelr may fa MeKlsaa
ports. i NAs this pess thag rausea
President Wilson 20 order tiss seizure
Of Nera GguE, which was effected April
n The YpirH8Ea, tbe FIRST ~ tbs
German arms ladaR ships tp arrive Isl
Mexican waters, turned back aRa puf
into Cuban port until mare than
fhepth lHtcr, when size landed Ger car
so af i5.osNoaJ pounds OF ammunition
aBd TO field gGRs at puertn Mexico.
Two otiser shlps also landed munitions.
isut hy this time affairs had so shaped
themselves ,has the Uuitad States as,
ett!ed not 80 interfere With the landing
of the munIlionp fr1ls Germany tmorn
diplomatic reaSons) Then the Sns.tA
American A IL G powers beg8a media.
ton, not on their Initiative. but Oh the
suggestion Of diplomatists az other pow
ers Britain WAS really she prime NOV
! er IN this. So the 4 Is G mediation
! prevented war when II seemed certain,
"HEeyta qait Mexico shortly after
/ this without saluting tile American
| ilng-anI the American feet gradually
1 withdrew The ciance OF tho United
/ States going TO war with Mexico had
/ passed, Gcrmauy's schemes had been
! baked, for the time being, at l"ust
Remember that the Austrian crown
| prince had not been assassinated In
Serbia nnd Germany did not have thaS
| excuse for starting world war, for
| which she had so long been preparing.
| Above all things she wanted tp get ii
/ firm footing In the West indies in Gen.
! trail America and in South America,
| and she was willing and ready to fight
the United States to achieve those pur-
! poses. Her schemes Mere perfected
! and II was decided 10 start tie con
fiuaratlon by Selling Haiti.
A Hair Trigger Situation.
'on July e. 1913, several United
States warships were at Port au
Prince. Halt;, under command of Capt.
John ]. Knapp who was on board the
battIcshlp Connecticut. The German
! cruisers Karlsruhe and Strasaburg
were also ut Port al Prince The Ger
man ships were there TO enforce Ger:
man cluimS against Iiaiti, and reports
he'd spread that German seaInen and
(! marines were going to land and seize
the customhouse. Captain Knapp had
orders from Washington TO oppose the
! seizure
! at vas common talk in Port au
Prince that President Oreste Zamor
had been promised S5,0o0000 If he
would break off negotiations with the
! American minister, Arthur Bailiy.
| Blanchard for proposed new treaty
with the United States, and he had
done SO.
-NShen Sir Lionel saw President viii
son little was said about It. for diplo-
matte reasons. Exactly what he told
the president is of course, Il secret,
but that he did tell him of certain Ger
man activities in Mexico is now gen
orally known in official Washington.
meantime. on February II, the first
wireless telegraph system between
Germany and the United States had
been put in operation from Nauen, .
miles northwest of Berlin, to Sayrille
L. l., the distance being 1000 miles
This plant wag owned by the Atlantic
Communication company. Subsequent
events are the best answer to the aues
| ton whether this wireless system was
purely commercial enterprise.
"a few days later the United Statee
sent several of the largest warships tC
Mexican waters to replace smaller yes.
sells, and report came TO Washington
4 that the situation was growing worse
in Mexico City and that the British
/ warship of Vera Cruz had sent de
/ tachment of marines with a quantity
of arms and ammunition to the capital
as part of the legation guard.
Military Organization.
1T was about this time that Cap.
tain Won Papen, military attache OF
the German embassy in Washington
I and of the German legation in Mexico
as well, found 1t necessary to go to the
i latter capital for quite a long stay
Outside of diplomatic circles nothing
was known of his coming or going, but