Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-08-24
BARES ALLEGED
GERMAN PLOT TO
INVADE THE i. S.
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coast in April, 1918, one month be
fore it actually took place; reporting
agents sent by Germans in Mexico tx
poison cattle in the United States, an(
the revelation of plot by four Ger
mans to blow up the ,hydro-electr
plant as Niagara Falls.
Mexico Not Neutral.
Calling attention to German com
mercial plans in Mexico, DR.. Alien.
dorf reports that "the first attempt
to carry ont an ambitious Germa;
scheme for the economic conquest and
ultimate military domination Of Mex
leo was a plan originated by the
German consul, Rademacher at Quay
: mas. with the active aid of Governor
Gales. to build a cement plant with
a capacity of 10000 bags a month,
at Hermosillo, Sonora.
"The foundations were completed y
he added, land materials for the
superstructure were on the ground IN
july, 1917. when /. reported the
scheme in time to stop it and the
factory had to be abandoned until
after the peace treaty had been sign
ed. This factory was to furnish the
cement for rebuilding piers and other
structures and building new ones on
the west coast. + +
"The American people ought to
know" he continues, that Mexico
was not neutral during the war, .ut
an enemy, active to the extent OF IT'S
limited capacity Mexico gave no
fewer than 80 German officers com
missions in the Mexican army and
assigned them to train troops for
service against the United States.
German uniforms were so common in
Mexoco that even the local Mexican
papers complained about it. More
over, by Carranza's direct orders,
Mexican telegraph wires were thrown
open to German code messages. l
personally carried orders from Car
rama to Governor Gales to permit
the spy, Wabirski to send code mes
sages freely"
| Prominent Mexican officials are
alleged by DR.. Altendorf to have been
on the payroll of the German
embassy
German Ca2ital.
DR.. Alterdorf states he personally
late in November, 1917, carried re
quest from Governor Gales Of Son
ora to Rademacher the German consul
at Guaymas, ro$150,000, saw the
money put in bag and carried the
bag. accompanied by Rademacher, to
/ Gales.
Continuing. the statement says:
! 81 was able to discover that Vor
Eckhardt has guaranteed to Car
rama abundance of capital to turr
Mexico into an industrial country. III
| fact, Won Eckhardt went to Germany
last April for the express purpose OF
! financing German corporations ana
perfecting other arrangements for
building great chemical plants, text
! lie facories, tanneries and all the
other industries necessary to make
| Mexico indeuendent of the Unitee
States and Europe.
GAS soon as the treaty is ratified
there will be Hagira of a quarter OF
a million Germans from the United
States who will take with them to
Mexico, four hundred million dollars
capital. There are already 10000
Germans in Mexico and German i'm.
migration on a large scale will soor
tnrn the country into a German col
on !,r.o Nativity, 81 carr,nz, in bar.
| he dCUlVlCy vi oc1I etlAeA Ia iAe~A
rying Americans out and conflscatlne
their property is explained by the
fact that Germans with plenty OF
money stand ready to pick ( ! up : the
"The full significance of all this
becomes apparent when tell yol
further that part of the German
scheme provides for great munitions
plants at Mexico City which viii
make it unnecessary for Mexico tt
import war materials in the future
The treaty Of peace restricts the
manufacture of munitions of war n
Germany, but doesn't say anything
about Germans manufacturing as
large quantities as they please il
Mexico. Thus, there is no practica
difficulty in the way Of Germany's
plans for the next war"