The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
GERMANY IN LATIN AMERICA

Brazil has declared war against Germany, and every other
self-respecting Latin-American republic should follow hr *
ample. Count Luxburg, Germanys disgraced minister 10 buehos
Aires, calls all South Americans Indians under a thin veneer
by which he intimates that they are ignorant barDarlahs' a
man may well be proud of the Indian blood in his veins ana
vet resent this insulting use of the term. In dispatches 10 MS
home government last summe Count Luxburg spoke In hs
contemptuous way of L~atin-Americans and also called the A-
gentine foreign minister an ASS" AS these dispatches were
part of a regular chain of correspondence, his attitude evident
ly met with approval in Berlin.
Our department of state has been able 10 expose I'LL ="
man plot against Latin-America to destroy pan-Amerlcanlsm
and the Monroe doctrine. The first step was to have a reVolu-
ton against Brazil in the province of Rio Grande de ou' WHERE
a large German colony has been planted. By separating this
southern province from Brazil and entering into an alliance
with Chile, Germany hoped to dominate both Argentina ana
Brazil, and finally the whole continent of South America:
To start this revolutionary ball rolling Count Luxburg
asked his government to send a submarine squadron to make
a demonstration in Brazilian and Argentine waters, using GER
tain points in the Germanized portion of southern Brazil as
bases of supply and operations.
In this attempt to gain a foothold in South America last
can be seen a repetition OF the scheme hatched III the
previous year to establish in Mexico a base of operations
against the United States, which was exposed by the publlca-
ton of the famous Zimmerman note and which contributed to
drive us into war. Having failed to embroil us in war with
Mexico and Japan, Germany promptly turned her attention to
South America.
This plot against the peace and freedom of Brazil, Chile,
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in particular, and finally of
all Latin-America, if success crowned the initial effort, should
unite all the Americas against a common foe. rms tond
scheme was commercial in it's essence. Germany desired to
control all Latin American markets by force or chicane in
order to compensate herself for the loss of her African colon
les and the trade of her present foes.
Every country in the western hemisphere from the Arctic
Ocean to Cape Horn should realize the danger of %harboring
those who foment such plots. They should sever diplomatic
relations with a government capable of such base treachery.
They should scorn the faintest semblance of friendship with
the kaiser whose accredited minister advised the sinking of
Argentine ships without leaving a trace" and who would
bring the war to them in the guise of a fleet of submarines
provided with bases on their coasts. If Germany is not crush
ed these plots against Latin-American republics will not be
abandoned. They should join Brazil in taking a stand against
Prussian aggression shoulder to shoulder with their best friend.
customer and natural ally, the United States of America. =
New York Commercial.