Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-01
Planned Attack From Mexico

Planned Attack From Mexico
The astounding document. dated
Berlin, January 19, 1917, contents of
session of the United States govern
ment, shows plainly that Germany,
while making repeated protestations
to the United States that she had no
intentions of resuming her sea CAM
paign of ruthlessneSS, was making the
final arrangements for it's execution
two weeks before it was announced,
and had even gone so far in consider
alton of the consequences that she pro-
posed to meet them by the attack with
Mexico and Japan upon the, United
States.
To american officials the startling
disclosure throws new light on Ger
many's real attitude toward the United
stare 1t shows that while the ad-
mir stration has been going to utmost
lengths to avoid an armed clash with
Germany, even to the extent of re-
peatedly enduring fragrant violations
of American rights on the sea and
breaches of neutrality on American
soil, Germany with the diplomacy so
suddenly revealed by the outbreak OF
the European war, has been number
ing the United States among her ene-
mics and making provision to meet
such a situation.
Triple Alliance Against Us
The documentary proof of Ger
many's plot to unite Japan and Mexico
against the United States has been in
the hands of the United States gov
ernment while German statesmen have
been pleading that President Wilson's
action in breaking off diplomatic re-
Ilations was "brusque" and harsh, and
that they were informed of no "au-
thentic reasons for his action. While
the German chancellor, DR.. Won Beth
man-HollweG, was making his cele-
brated speech in the Reichstag IN
which he deplored the break and pro-
tested that Germany had promoted
and cherished the friendship of the
United States las Bismarck put it-ar
heirloom from Frederick the Great,
the documentary evidence in the hands
of officials here showed that Germany
was plotting an attack upon the United
States by a triple alliance.
American officials wonder how, in
the light of these disclosures, German
officials will reconcile their plea thai
the United States put an Interpretation
on the new submarine orders not in
tended by Germany" with the organ
lied disabling of German merchan
ships in American ports, at a pre-
arranged signal from the German EN-
bassy here-some of them even be
| fore the break was an accomplished
| fact.
Toxic Turns Down Move
American officials are equally in
terested in knowing what reception
the startling disclosures will meet il
Germany and what will be the effec
on the German people if they are per
mitted to know about them.
The evidences at hand are that i
Mexico, as Germany suggested, com
municated to Japan the proposal 70
an attack upon the United States !
met with reception in Toxic whicl
was quite contrary to what Berlin hat
expected. 1t is thought here that Ger
manys announcement that she in
tended to withdraw from the Pacific
as part of the making of peace, wa
carefully planned long ago to attrac
Japan to Germany's schemes with thu
prospect not only of occupying tn,
German possessions in the Pacific
adding TO her dominion of that grea
ocean, but of settling the long stand
ing friction with the United States.
Mexico Didn't Take Step
Observers here believe that thu
breakdown of the scheme, so far a.
Japan was concerned, was signalize,
when the Mexican government sud
denly reversed it's attitude and an
nounced that it had no intention o
fuel oil, as had plainly been indicated
in General CarranZa's proposal Il
make peace in Europe by cutting of
exports of food and munitions from
neutrals.
Aside from the plan to alienatt
Japan from the entente and turn tina
country against the United states, thu