Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-06
GERMAN EFFORT.
To HOLD MEXICO
IN LINE FAILS

| Ell IA0O, lex, july o.-Slnce the
| IpTo-ally campaign in Mexico was first
started by Ell Universal in Mexico City
the sentiment favoring the Allies has
reached northern Mexico, and during
! the past 30 days a well-deined move
ment favoring an open break with
/ Germany and the alignment of Mexico
on the side of the Entente Allies and
the United States, has developed. This
has been in spite of the pro-German
sentiments published daily in Chihua-
hua City and in other papers believed
to be subsidized by the Germans in
the north of that country.
A reflection of sentiment was recent
ly seen in the statement by General
Francisco Gonzales, acting command
er-in-chief of the northern military
zCne, with headquarters at Chihuahua
He was overcharged by the German
firm of Ketelsen & Degeteau for some
| padlOcks. The manager was arrested
and placed in the penitentiary The
| German consul made a demand for his
release lin the name of the imperial
German government and the kaiser" >"
according to an American officer who
was present at the time.
Tell the German consul he, the i'm,
perial government and the kaiser may
| all so to hell" General Gonzales an
swered
To Declare War in 30 Days.
Prominent MeXicans, men in close
touch with the capital, predict Mexico
will declare war on Germany within
30 days According to these men, all
German money in Mexico City, Tor
reon, Chihuahua City and other banks
will be seized as soon as war is de-
clared, the German gunboats in Tam
pico and other ports will be seized,
thereby giving Mexico a much needed
merchant fleet, and all Germans will
either be interned or deported at once,
their properties being conffscated
Tampico oil fields would be made
safe for oil supplies of the Allied and
American fleets by declaring a zone in
which traffic would be restricted, and
the mines, smelters and mills reopen
ed at once to produce munitions and
metals for the Allies
we can do nothing in a military
way in Europe" said one of them, but
VIC can make Mexico safe for the al
lied nations and for their properties.
We can show our sympathy with the
cause for. which we have been fighting
for the past six years by aiding the
Allies in every way, even though we
are unable to assist materially in the
war"
The good effect Of such declaration
upon the relations of Mexico and the
United States, especially along the
border is pointed out 1t would mean
closer cooperation with American Of
Gcers in stopping the wholesale traffic
! in. ammunition, cattle smuggling, gun
running and all of the other violations
/ of the laws along this border
Germans 0ver-Play Hand.
The anti-German movement is not
/ IunopBosed in the north. as the German
residents of Chihuahua City, Torreon
and other places have been spending
money lavishly entertaining officials,
army officers and influential citizens.
| But with the usual German method,
they seem to have over-played their
Land and brought about reaction by
causing the naturally suspicious Mexi-
cans to suspect they had an ulterior
motive in their friendship.
Americans returning from Mexico
City say sixty days will elapse before
Mexico declares war against Germany.
They say the German sentiment there
is eXae gerated and that the great mass
] o. Mexican citizens are in sincere sym
pathy with the Allies. They say also
that the part General Obregon played
III the pro-German agitation was ex-
aggerated. They say the former war
minister is friend of Americans and
the Allies,
There is nc doubt the Germans have
been using every possible effort to
create German sentiment in Mexico,
and since the pro-ally movement was
started, to counteract the effects Of
this movement as it gained popularity.
But like the pro-German propaganda
in the United States, the Germans
were apparently acting without taking
into consideration the racial traits and
temperament Of tie Mexican people,