The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-15
SAYS MEXICO
IS PLANNING
AN INVASION
col. LEADER, CANADIAN WAR
VETERAN PREDICTS GERMANS
HAVE SCHEME
FORCES BEING TRAINED
TEUT0N OFFICERS TRAINING
GREASERS TO INVADE THE
UNITED STATES

Is Germany planning an invasion of
the United States from Mexico? That
question is being asked in more than
one place and the answer is not in
sight, but there are grounds for be-
lieying that such a scheme has been
under contemplation for some, time
and that German officers have been
training Mexican armies and that
German money has been arming them,
Col, Leader Canadin war vetern
who had both less shot off in France
and is Walking ON cork LEGS, recently
made the statement at Monmouth,
Ore, that Germany is planning to
throw a great horde of Mexicans in
to the United States and that the Mex
lean soldiers are being well trained,
armed and equipped by Germany, He
predicted that all of the Germans who
could be gathered up in South Amer
lean and Cenetral American countries
would be thrown into the United
States with hordes of MeXicans when
the great final battle in Europe is at
its height,
Col, Leader has been ON the Mex
lean border training soldiers for the
United States and claimed to have dis
covered these plans and feels con-
fident that there is grave danger OF
such an attempted coup by the COM
bined Mexican and German govern
ments, 1t has been known that for
the past year German reseryists have
been sneaking across the lines from
the United States to Mexico and that
former German officers have been
with the Mexican armies, training
them in German military methods,
The following despatch from Fort
Hancock, Texas, telling of the con-
centration of Mexican national troops
along the southern border of the Uni !,
ted States is significant, when taken
in connection with the story told by
Col, Leader The despatch follows
FORT HANCOCK, Tex,-American
'oalavry and Mexican federal troops |
faced each other Wednesday night
across the Rio Grande at the San Joe
mine, eight miles southwest of here,
and the challenges of the Mexican out
posts may he heard from the American
side, The Mexieans are entrenched OPP
posite here, They fired on an Amer
lean patrol Tuesday night,
Three Mexican federal oavalrymen
were known to have been killed We'd
nesday when machine gun detach-
ment of American cavalry opened fire
on the Mexican force, after the Mexi-
cans had fired approximately loo
shots at an American patrol at the
ford, After two bursts of bullets were
fired from the machine gun, the Mexl-
cans retired from the river and were
not seen again.
Two Mexicans we're killed near
Ysleta Wednesday by United States
troops, Soon after the skirmish De-
tween the Mexican and American
forces here column of Mexican cav
airy appeared from the direotoh Vi
west of here The column
was one-half mile long and 1t was es-
timated to include 500 soldiers
The destination of these and other
Mexican troops moving down the river
is unknown, but United States officefs
have known for a week of genera
concentration of federal troops IN inc
Big Bend district east of here ana
these troop movements are thought 10
be mart of this concentration Wh'ie
the purpose of this concentration -
unknown, it is believed by army orli-
GERS that an organized effort VIII pc
made to oppose further invaslons OF
Mexico by American troops In pursuit
Of bandits, Col, George T. Langhorne'
of the Biz Bend aistric'