The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-01
GERMANY PLOTS
 AGAINST THE
 UNITEO STATES
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\ Mexico, and between the outbreak of
 he war and their departure from this
 ountry made at least one visit there
 For months many naval off cera
 ere have believed that the myster-
 ous German sea raiders of the South Atlantic must have found base somewhere on the Mexican coast, and hat such a base could not be main tained without the knowledge and consent of Mexican officials. Last November the British charge at Mex 10 City presented to the Carranza foreign office a notification that If 1t was discovered that Mexican neu- rality thus had been violated, the llies would take drastic measures" O prevent continuance of that sit nation.
 In a note almost insolent in tone, oreign Minister Aguillar replied to the charge that in effect, it was the business of the allies to keep German submarines out of western waters. and that if they were not kept cut. Mexico would adopt whatever course the circumstances might com. mand
 To German influences also have reen attributed in some quarters the vigorous steps taken by tte de facte finance minister to force loA. from the BancO Nacional and the Bank \oi London and Mexico, owned by French
 nd British capital. The institutions were closed by the Mexican authori- ties and some of their officers i'm Drisoned and held for weeks, despite repeated protests by France, Great Britain and the United States.
 Reports of German machine guns and German gunners in the Caranza army also have been persistent, all though the relative importance to the proposed alliances is not fully estab- lished It was recalled tonight, too, that last November, when the Mex ican-American joint commission was making it's futile effort to adjust the differences between the two countries the Austro-Hungarian ambassador at Mexico City Count kalman Kama Volkanya, made a trip to the Unit. Jed States on what he described as secret mission"
 A suggestion interpreted by some officials as an indication that Ger many might have made approaches 10 Mexico at that time was made by Cabrera in an address at Philadelphia on November l0
 "The foes of the United States will certainly assume to be friends of Mex. ico' said Mir. Cabrera, and will try to take advantage of any sort of re- sentiment Mexico may have against he United States Mexico neverthe iess, understands that in case of a conflict between the United States and any other nation outside America, her attitude must be one of cOntinen. tai solidarity"
 It has been an open secret that de partment of justice agents in their investigations 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.
 A few days ago Fred Kaiser, sus pected of being a German agent, was arrested at Nogales on charges arcught under the neutrality statutes, department of justice agents declar- ing he had attempted to obtain mil itary information on the Mexican side of the border and had cultivated the society of American army officers with d nappaient intention of promot- ing those efforts
 Last July m hen w H, Schwenbz | who claimed 10 be former German officer, escaped into Mexico at Noga les after arrest on similar charges, the deputy marshal who tried to fo:. low him. was stopped by Mexican au- thoritles
 The full extent of the evidence of Germany's plotting against the Unit cd States, gathered hy the American