The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-03-09
AN INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY


tile alliance against the United States
is the elimination Of an an,i-American
nspiracy in Mexico which began be-
fore the war.
German intrigue gave aid and com
for. to Huerta throughout his contro-
versy with the United States. precise
l. as German munition makers sup
piled him with guns and ammunition
When the deposed dictator was driven
from Mexico. he left Nith German
money in his pockets. When he came
10 the United States from Spain. he
came with German money in his peck
cts.
Huerta was brought to this country
~ German agents to involve the Unit
ed States in further difficulties with
Mexico and tie the hands Of the Amor
lean government during the war. Al
/ er Huertas return Won Rintelen boast
Ell to the World tina. "the United
States will lie 50 busy with Mexico
Thar il will have no tinse to bother
abou, The Lusi5ania
Buerta's arrest and sao egaent
des,h II JAZZ dt3 n3t check lie Ger
nan Dlos to or5roI the United S,ates
9i.h Mexico. THERE'S 10 definite
proof that VILLAS operations were f.
nanced by German agents but there
are excellent reasons for believing
that German intrigue has played a
part in all the border troubles that
have menaced the United States with
another Mexican war German rep
resentatives in this country have
made little secret Of their ardent de-
sire for war between the United States
and Mexico, and all the pro-German
newspapers in this country have clam
ored for such a law.
Even the republican party was trick
ed into playing the German game. Mr..
Hughes aggressive Mexican policy.
which he so insistently proclaimed
throughout the campaign, was made
in Germany although Mr.. Hughes did
not know it. Like many other hon
est but gullible Americans. he fell into
the trap that Berlin had so adroitly
set For two years President Wilson
has known that war between the
United States and Mexico was part OF
the German programme. and he has
resolutely refused TO be duped, re-
gardless of partisan clam0r about his
weakness and vacillatiOn
The German cabal is now Officially
disclosed in the memorandum OF the
German foreign secretary to the Ger
man minister in Mexico Just as the
/ German government, at the beginning
Of the war believed that the British
colonies would revolt. 50 it was fool
ish enough TO believe that anti-Amer-
lean feeling in Mexico and Japan
could be capitalized for German mill
tary purposes into a hostile alliance.
The plan proposed is no more infa-
nous and treacherous toward the
United States than the policy that the
/ German government has systena.ical-
/ ~ pursued since August /. 1911.
Germany has been making war upon
the United States for more than two
years, It has not been an open and
honorable war but a sneaking and
despicable war. 1t has been q war
/ of intrigue. of ambuscade, OF plots and
of conspiracies, all carefully calcu-
lated to embarrass the United States
to the utmost without creating a sit
uation in which the American people
would be driven to armed resistance
In all the history of nations there is
no other record OF such lying friend
/ ship as that which Germany has pro-
i fessed for the United states or OF such
lying peace as that which has been
maintained during the last two years
1t has been a peace in which all the
benefits have been reaped by German
imperialism and in which the United
States has been subjected to contin-
ual moral and physical depredations.
1t is unthinkable that the American
people should be so needless of the
future welfare and safety of their
country as to hold longer to their at
titude of non-resistance. Germany
under a desperate and criminal autoc-
racy has made itself the enemy of
mankind, and in such circumstances
there is only one course for a nation
to take which is strong enough to
assert its own rights and which re-
tains sufficient moral courage TO ap-
preciate it's responsibility toward its
own civilization.-World
"STARVlNG GERMANY"
When the German troops crossed