Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-03-08
TEUTON PLOT
AGAINST US.
Intrigue by Germany lnvolv
ing Japan and Mexico.

Washington, March 1.-Reve-
lation Of how Germany, expect
ing war with the United States
as the result of the submarine
campaign of ruthlessness, plot
ted to unite Mexico and Japan
with her for an attack on the
United States, stirred the capital
to it's depths today.
Members of congress, many of
whom have been hesitating be-
fore President Wilson's request
for all authority to deal with
Germany in the present situa-
tion, went to the capitol today,
reading documentary evidence of
the intrigues which proposed to
separate Japan from her allies
and add the United States to the
list of nations which Germany
seeks to see conquered in her
dream of world domination.
How Germany, confident that un-
restricted submarine warfare is the
instrument by which she will bring
England to her knees, proposed a
triple blow, is revealed in set of
instructions from German Foreign
minister Zimmerman to German Min
lister Won Eckhardt in Mexico City,
which was transmitted through Count
Won Bernstorff, late German ambas-
sador here. At one sweep Germany
proposed to weaken the Entent Alli-
ance by the detection of Japan; strike
a crushing blow at England's naval
power, by cutting off the vital sup
ply Of Mexico fuel oil; and thorough
ly engage the attention of the United
States by an invasion in which Japan
was to be invited to join, and for
which Mexico should be rewarded by
reconquering her ''lost provinces-
Texas, .New Mexico s 60 and Ariaena.
!: This astounding document, dated
Berlin. January 19, 1917, contents of
which have for some time been in
possession of the United States gov
.ernment, shows plainly that Ger
many, while making repeated pro-
testations to the United States that
she had no intention of resuming her
sea campaign of ruthlessness, was
making the final arrangements for
its execution two weeks before it was
announced, and had even gone so far
in consideration of the consequences
that she proposed to meet them by
the attack with Mexico and Japan
upon the United States.
To American officials, the startling
disclosure throws new light on Ger
many's real. attitude towards the
United States. It shows that while
the administration has been going to
utmost lengths to avoid an armed
clash with Germany, even to the ex-
tent of repeatedly, enduring fragrant
violation of American rights on the
sea and breaches of neutrality on
American soil, Germany. with the
diplomacy SO suddenly revealed by
the outbreak Of the European war,
has been numbering the United
States among her enemies and max
ing provision to meet such q situa-
ton. ..5,n s E4t.5E ~
The documentary proof Of Ger
many's plot to unite Japan and Mex
leo against the United States has
been in the hands Of the United
States government while German
statesmen have been pleading that
President Wilson's action in break
ing of Of diplomatic relations was
''brusquen and harsh, and that they
were informed of no authentic rea-
son" for his action While Chancel-
lor Won Bethmann-Holweg was max
ing his celebrated speech in the
Reichstag. in which he deplored the
break and protested that Germany
had promoted and scherished the
friendshiptof the United States, the
documentary evidence in the hands
Of officials here showed that Ger
many was plotting an attack on the