El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-12

Quoted by the German government in this
country and Which made a neutral and
friendly country the base for an armed
campaign against not only Canada, but all
the allied powers, India and entente colo
mics in Africa.
Not only SO, but this same secret branch
OF the German military organization in
America, having at Its call 10000 trained
reseryists in this country, conducted a cam
paign against this nation, with the purpose
OF sapping its strength at the very tap root
by means Of drawing the threads Of espi-
onage through every department of the gov
ernment. The whole campaign was car
ried on with a sneering, cynical, contempt
for the 'idiotic Yankees. 1t was carried
on with the possibility of a fight between
Germany and the United States continually
In view and millions Of dollars were spent
by the German imperial government in pre-
pairing, inside our own borders, for such a
war. Property was bought for concrete gun
emplacements, to await the arrival Of the
invader; every military or naval secret OF
this nation was ferreted out; thousands OF
secret agents were located in every city
and town; and munition plants were
bought by Germans in order to turn out
products to be used by Germany and her
allies. Arson, bribery, forgery, have been
~favorite Instruments; explosions have been
caused in ships and factories; and a de.
liberate and elaborate plot was involved to
involve this country in war with the en-
tente. A huge mass of Information concern
ing the financial, industrial and commercial
resources Of this country was compiled for
Germanys benefit.
This was done under the direction OF DR..
Heinrich r. Albert, Capt. Franz Won Papen,
military attache of the German embassy
was entrusted with the military end; Cap
tain Karl Boyd, another attache, with
the naval end; Capt. Franz Won Rintelen,
the arch-plotter, expended millions of dol
lars Of German money in the attempt to
cause industrial stagnation in this country,
to cause strikes and explosions in facto-
ries, to influence legislation, to embroil this
country in war with Mexico and perpetuate
revolution after revolution in that coun-
try; to- attack American institutions and
American ideals and to make 1t impossible
for men, arm or ammunition to leave
either the United States or canada for
the entente allies.
The 100000 German reseryists were to
attack strategic points in Canada, blow up
the Welland canal, break all the transeon-
tinental railroads in two, burn Canadian
cities, blow up trains carrying troops, and
cause a reign OF terror in Canada, operat-
ing from an American base. Fire bombs
were placed in ships carrying munitions to
the allies, timed to explode in mid-pcean;
forged passports were purchased in large
numbers; the spy system extended into the
National City of New York and number
less other banks; Wolf Won Igel and Paul
Koenig and numberless other lieutenants
whose names are now familiar to American
newspaper readers, aided in the campaign
to wreck American institutions and use this
country as a battlefield for a rear-attack on
the allies. 1t was in America that the plot
was perfected which resulted in the sink
ing OF the Lusitania with the loss Of 113
American lives; from an American wire
less station that the treacherous message
sped in stolen British code which lured the
captain of the Lusitania straight to the
waiting death where submarines were sta
toned off Old Head of Kinsale. And it was
in America that accredited representatives
of the German government toasted the kai-
ser when the ship was destroyed and
Knocked the 'idiotic Yankees whose inyol
untary aid they had utilized to kill their
countrymen.
These are just the high lights. The story
has been told day after day in American
as federal agents have trailed
the German assassins to their lairs and
exposed their plots, bit by bit, until the
whole astonishing and revolving truth has
been laid bare.
Every person who can do so should get a
of America Entangled," by John
Price Jones, with an introduction by Roger
Wood, former assistant u. S. district at
torney in New York. The book is pub
lished by "A. 9. Laut, 2S6 Fifth avenue,
New York. 1t is a complete and absorb
ingly interesting resume of all the plots SO
far discovered. 1t will open the eyes of
even those who have read the story in the
newspapers. In conclusion this little book
"The great question that confronts the
people Is one of preparedness
against this or a like system. Any foreign
that knows the moves Of the
United States before they are made is in a
to do the country much harm in
peace and tremendously greater harm in
war. In view of the crimes perpetrated by
Germans and Austrians in America in 1914,
1915 and 1916, 1t behooves the American
government to take steps to destroy the
root and branch, to see that no ma
ton ever builds up a similar system in the
United States. This government must take
such steps as will insure 1t against treach-
cry from within.%