The Dolores star., 1917-03-09


The document supplies the missing
link to many separate chains Of cir
cumstances, which until now have
seemed to lead to no definite point.
1t sheds new light upon the frequent.
ly reported but indefinable movements
Of the Mexican government to couple
Its situation with the friction between
the United States and Japan.
1t adds another chapter to the cele-
brnted report of Jules Cambon, French
ambassador In Berlin before the war,
Of Germany's worldwide plans for stir
ring strife on every continent where
they might aid her In the struggle for
world domination which she dreamed
was close at hand.
1t adds climax to the operations Of
Count Won Bernstorff and the. German
embassy in this country, which .havs
been colored with passport frauds,
charges Of dynamite plots and intrigue.
the full extent Of which never has been
published.
Emphasizes Our Perils.
1t gives new credence to persistent
reports Of submarine bases on Men-
can territory In the Gulf Of Mexico;
1t takes cognizance of a fact long rec
ognixed by American army chiefs,
that If Japan ever undertook to In
wade the United States It probably
would be through Mexico, over the
border and into the Mississippi valley
to split the country In two.
It recalls that Count Won Bernstorn
when handed his passports was very
reluctant to return to Germany, but
expressed Q preference for 1syium in
Cuba.
II gives q new explanation to the
repeated arrests ON the border Of men
charged by American military authors
ties with being German intelligence
agents.
Last Of all, It seems to show q con-
nection with General Carranza's' re-
cent proposal to neutrals that exports
Of food and munitions to the entente
allies be cut of, and an intimation
that he might stop the supply Of oil,
10 vital to the British navy, which II
exported from the Tampico fields.
What Will Congress Dot
What congress will do. and how
members Of congress who openly have
sympathixed with. Germany in their
opposition to clothing the president
with full authority to protect Ameri-
can rights will regard the revelation
Of Germany's Vaccinations to attack
the United States u the subject Of the
keenest interest.
Such 4 proposal as Germany In
structed her minister to make to Mexi-
CO borders on an act Of war, II. actu-
ally. 1t 10 not one.
No doubt exists here now that the
persistent reports during the last two
years Of the operations Of German
agents not alone In Mexico but all
through Central America and the West
indies are based ON fact.
There IL now no doubt whatever
that the proposed alliance with Mex
leo was known to high Mexican ON
Gals who are distinguished for their
anti-Americanism. Among them are
Rafael Zubaran, Carranza's minister
to Germany, and Luis Cabrera, Car.
ranza's minister of finance.
The Hand of Mexico.
It IL apparent that the proposal had
taken definite form when Zubaran re-
turned to Mexico City from Berlin re-
Gently. His return from his foreign
post was covered by the fact that Car
rama had called in many Of his diplo-
mats, for Conferences"
1t was declared by a high japanese
authority on Wednesday night that IL
the German proposal Of an alliance
ever reached Tokyo 1t was regarded AZ
merely a new ebullition Of German
"kultur" and that 1t was thrown In the
wastebasket where 1t belonged.
He asserted no such proposal had
been made to the embassy here and
that II 1t had been no attention would
have been paid to It.
He said: 'The whole idea was abso.
lutely preposterous."
In. order to make an alliance with
Germany, he added, It would be neces-
sary for Japan to break from the allies
and negotiate Q separate peace with
the Teutonic powers. But above III
that. he said, the japanese sincerely
desired friendly relations with the
United States.