Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-09
War on America by Alliance OF
Mexico and Japan with Teu-
tons Proposed.
WILSON HAS THE EVIDENCE
President Has Copy Of Official lnstruc.
tons Outlining Details of conspir-
scy Against Our Government
Carranzs Told to Recon-
quer Texas, Arizona
and New Mexico.

Washington, March 3.-On Friday
morning the Western Newspaper
Union was enabled to reveal tiYat Ger
many in planning unrestricted Suhma-
rine warfare and counting its conSe-
quences, proposed an alliance with
Mexico and Japan to make war on the
United States il this country should
uot remain neutral.
Japan, through Mexican mediation,
was to be urged to abandon hec allies
and join in the attack on tue United
States.
Mexico. for her reward. was TO re
ceive general financial support from
Germany, recOnQuer Texas, New Mex
leo and Arizona--lost provinceS-und
share in the ySctoriouS peace terms
Germany contemplated.
Details OF the Plot.
Details were left to German Min
lister Yon EcSkardt In Mexico city.
who b. instructions signed by Ger
man Foreign Minister Zimmerman
at Berlin January 10, 1917. ~as direct
Ell to propose ihe alliance with Mex
leo to General Carrauza and suggest
tlar Mexico seek to bring Japan into
the plot
These instructions We're transmitteG
to Won Eckhardt through Count Won
BernstorfT, former German anibaS-
sador here. now on his way home to
Germany under safe conduct oh
tanned .,sNQm his enemies by the cmun-
try against which he VAS plotting
war.
Pictures World Dominion.
Germany pictured to Mexico by
broad intinatiOn England and the en-
tente allies defeated; Germany and
her allies triumphant and in world
domination by the instrument OF un-
restricted warfare
A copy OF Secretary zimmerman s
instructions t0 Won Eckhardt. sent
through Won BernStorn, is in posses
sion of the United States government.
oupicity is Exposed.
The document has been in The hands
Of the government since President viii
son broke off diplomatic relations with
Germany II has been kept secret
while The president has been asking
congress for full authority Ia deal with
Germany. and while congress has been
heStatiug. lt WAS in the presidents :
hands while Chancellor von Bethlnann-
HOllweg was declaring that the Unired
States had placed an Interpretation on
the submarine declaration never in
tended by Germany" and thar Ger
many had promoted aud honared
friendly relations with the United
States "as an heirloom from Frederick
the Great"
OF itself. If there were no other. it
Is considered "A sufficient answer TO the
German chancellor's paint that the
United states "brusquely" broke off re
latious without giving authentic" rea-
sons for its action.
Supplies Missing Link
The document supplies 'he missing
link to many separate chains Of cir
cumstances. which until nov have
seemed to lead TO no definite pmat.
II sheds new light upon the freq, ent-
ly reported but indefnable movements
Of the Mexican government to couple
It's situation with the friction between
the United States and Japan.
II adds another chapter to the cele-
brated report of jules Cambon French
ambassador in Berlin before the war,
of GcTinany'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.
II adds a climax to the operations of
Count Won Bernstorff and the German
embassy In this country, which have
been colored with passport frauds,
charges OF dynamite plots and intrigue
the full extent of which never has been
published
Emphasizes Our PeriIs.
II gives new credence te persistent
reports ot submarine bases on Mexi-
can territory in the Gulf of Mexico /;
1t takes cOgnizance Of fact long rec
ognized by American army chiefs,
that If Japan ever undertook to In
wade the United States 1t probably
would be through Mexico, over the
border and into the Mississippi valley
70 split the country In two.