The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-03
Zimmerman May Quit and BernstorH
Retire Because of Barred Conspiracy
AMERICAN PLOT ALLEGED

b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press
BERLIN March }-Ihc following
vas .Eou on, today by the Overseas
New, agency. uhc official German
ucw, hurcaul
"lurcyn Sccrc,ar, zimmerman was
a kcd b, staff member ot the over
seas New, Agency about the English
report that GcrmaE plot had been
revealed 10 get Mexico To- declare war
agalns, the United state, and TO Sc
cure Japan, aid agalrs, the United
States Secretary zimmerman an
swcfed
Answer Is Limited.
ou understand that IT Is mpos
'lhlc Tor me 20 discuss the tact, ol
this revealed plot just at TN, mo
men, and under these ,lrcum ,tancc,
| therefore. may be allowed To limit my
answer to what IS ,aid IN the English
reports. The English report cNprcN ly
states that Germany expected and
wished TO remain OF terms OF trend
hip with Nhc United States. hu, that
We had prepared measures ot dctcnsc
IN case the United States declared war
against Germany. | fail to sec how
'uch a plot IS inspired hy uniricndll-
ness on our part II would mean
nothing but tha, We would use means
uulterSslly admitted IN war. IN case the
United States declared war
The most important par, OF the
alleged plot Is IT'S condition and form
The whole "pl,o" falls flat to the
ground in case tho United State, docs
not declare war against rs And n
We really, as the report alleges, con
,,dcred the possibility of hostile acts
ot the United States against rs. then
vt really had reasons ~ do 80
An ALLEGED American Plot.
Nm Argentine newspaper short.
while ago really revealed a plot when
!, told that the United States last year
suggested TO other American republic,
common action against Germany and
her allies This plot apparently was
tot conditional IN the least The news
As published b, la rrcnla ORucuo,
AyrcS. agrees we'll with the intcrprc-
,dt,on given, ior instance. hy an Nmcr-
lean ncwSpapefman Edward Price, ~
Perrin and London who SAID that the
United State, was waiting ouly tur the
proper moment m order oppurtuncly
tu assist the entente The same Amer.
ican stated that NmcriCanS from the
beginning OF the war rcall, partiClpdt
ed m u hy putting the immense re.
sources oi the United State, At the
cr,cn,c', disposal aud ,ha, Americans
had not declared war only because they
i,lt sure that assistance hy friendly
neutrality would he. during ,ha, time.
much more efficient ior the entente
than direct participation IN the war.
Whether this American ncwSpapctmau
reported the facts exactly We were at
loss "a nudge IN satisfactory fashion.
since NC were more or less completely
cut of from communication with the
United States
But thct, were other fact, which
seemed to confirm TIN, and similar a..
SuranccS Everybody know, these
facts and need not repeat them The
entente propaganda services have sui
iicien,ly hcralded all pro entente dem
cnStra,ionS IN the United States And
u YOU link these demonstrations with
tie actual attitude oi the United States.
then II is obvious that i, was not friv-
olous on our par, to consider what &c.
icnSive measures We should take in
case We were attacked hy the United
States