The Washington times., 1918-04-26

prints a list Of the German agents
in Mexico with the addresses. and
calls upon the Mexican government
to deport them.
"On many occasions" says FL Uni
versal, 1--WE have made Il clear that
the press in German pay is doing
hostile work toward the United States
with a perverse purpose OF creating
serious international difficulties.
1--WE cannot understand how there
can be anyone who in good faith can
believe IL to be patriotic to under
take q sustained newspaper campaign
against a country that is officially
friend Of ours and which does not
show the least signs Of wishing to
assault US Snd which Is too occupied
with the Germans to have time for
conspiracy against US.
at Is for that reason that even n
there were no documentary proofs
and there are such proofs-of the ex-
istence OF mercenary reasons for all
this we could never admit that there
Is any sincerity on the part OF the
authors OF this insistent work Of ag-
gression against the United States.
For this purpose they resort alter
nately to calumny and insults. The
most absurd allegations are made,
and the extremes OF inconceiVable
audacity are attained. The photo
graphs of the headlines that we are
today publishing plainly show the
realization OF many OF their attempts
to provoke a Yankee-Mexlcan con-
flict
Admit Z. 5. IL strong.
The United States. which admit
l.
quiet concerning our country, and we
who are weaker are intent on COM
pelling her to become hostile toward
US even IL only through the dis
creditable means, OF q press that Is
supported by foreign money.
at would be difficult for the anti
Yankees to explain the advantages
that could be derived by precipitatlng
armed Intervention of the United
States In our territory. Il would also
be difficult for them to show that
II Is patriotic to excite the Mexican
people against the Yankees with the
purpose OF plunging them into a con-
test from which the former would
only obtain the worst OF It: and last
ly, It would be still more difficult to
convince public opinion that our
patriotism can be substituted with in
science. insults, lies, false news, and
( the fallacies OF a rapidly growing
Teutonic press, the economic and miIi-
tary elements that would be lacking
US in an armed conflict with the
greatest power In America
"One Of the positive results OF that
campaign Is to OFFER convincing means
to the enemies OF the Mexican gov
ernment who are residing in Ameri-
can territory. The old AIexican poll
ticians In exile who are, medltating
on their defeat by Us and disappoint-
ment are making use OF the publica-
tions that are viciously anti-American
to prove their allegations ahat the
men who control the affAirsVf Mexico
at the present time are really pos
sessed OF a deep hatred toward the
United States. The ends that are
sought in such undertakings are so
clear that 1t Is not necessary to point
them out.
Create Difficulties.
"If we add to this the difficulties
that the anti-Yankee fury OF the Ger
man press in Mexico places in the
way OF the execution OF the most in
significant agreement on trade mat
ters between the United States and
Mexico II will be understood how
harmful the work OF proyocation to
which we refer is toward the do