Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-02
German Intrigue With Mexico Uncovered;
War on United States Put Up to Carranza;
japan to Be Asked to Join in the Combine

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Mexico City presented to the Car
rama foreign Office a notification that
il it was discovered that Mexican
neutrality thus had been violated, the
allies would take drastic measures"
10 prevent a continuance of that situa-
ton.
Reply of Aguilar.
In a note almost insolent in tone,
Foreign Minister Aguilar replied to
the charge, that, in effect, it was the
business Of the allies to keep German
submarines out OF western waters, and
that il they were not kept out, Mexico
would adopt whatever course the cir
cumstances might command.
To German influences also have
been attributed in some quarters the
vigorous. steps taken by the de facto
finance minister to force loans from
the Banco Nacional and the Bank OF
London and Mexico, owned by French
and British capital. The institutions
were closed by the Mexican author
tiles and some OF their officers i'm
prisoned and held for weeks despite
repeated protests by France, Great
Britain and the United tSates.
Germans in carranza Army.
! Reports of German machine guns
and German 'gunners in the Carranza
army also have been persistent, al
though the relative importance of that
to the proposed alliance is not fully
established 1t was recalled tonight,
too, that last November, when the
Mexican-American joint commission
was making its futile effort to adjust
the difficulties between the two coun-
tries, the Austro-Hungarian ambassa-
dor at Mexico City, Count Kalam
Kama Volkanya, made a trip to the
United States on what he described as
secret mission"
A suggestion interpreted by some
officials as an indication that Germany
might have made approaches to Mex
leo at that time was made by Cabrera
in an address at Philadelphia on No
vember 10.
Trails Of German Agents.
"The foes of the United States will
certainly assume to be friends of Mex
ico," said Mr.. Cabrera, "and will try to
take advantage of any sort of resent
ment Mexico may have against the
United States. Mexico, nevertheless,
understands that in case of conflict
between the United States and any
other nation outside America, her at
titude must be one of continental
solidarity" n
1t has been an open secret that De-
partment of Justice agents in investi-
cations of plots to violate American
neutrality by setting on foot armed
expeditions in Mexico more than
once have uncovered what appeared
to be trails Of the German secret
service. 49,
A few days ago Fred Kaiser, sus-
pected Of being German agent, was
arrested at Nogales on charges
brought, under the neutrality statutes,
Department of Justice officials declar-
ing he had attempted to obtain mill
tary information on the American
side of the border and had cultivated
the society;o American army officers
with an apparent intention of prornot-
ing those efforts. T =
Stopped by Mexicans.
Last July, when w. H. Schweibz,
who claimed to be a former German
army officer, escaped into Mexico at
Nogales after arrest or similar
charges, the deputy marshal who
tried to follow him was stopped by
Mexican authorities.
The full cxteat OF the evidence of
Germany's plotting against the United
States, gathered by the American
secret service, may become known
only according to the course OF the
future relations between the two
countries. 1t is known that much
evidence Of the operations of the
German embassy and persons who
were responsible to it never has been
permitted to come out, because Of
ficials preferred to guard against in
flaming the public mind in the tense
situation with Germany. The public
which full exposition Of
the evidence in the hands OF the gov
eminent would cause cannot be over
estimated.
Appeal Of Defense Council.
Only today the Council of National
Defense, created by act of congress,
issued an appeal to all Americans to
show, every consideration for aliens
in this country.
I'VE call upon all citizens" said the
appeal, IF untoward events should
come upon us to present to these
aliens, many of whom tomorrow will
be Americans, an attitude of neither
nor aggressiveness. We
urge upon all Americans to meet the
of foreign-born with un-
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