Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

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cattle in the United States, and the
revelation of q plot by four Germans
to blow up the hydro electric plant
at Niagara Falls.
Calling attention to German COM
mercial plans in Mexico, Dr. Alien
dorf reports that the first attempt to
carry out an ambitious German
scheme for the economic conquest and
ultimate military domination Of Mex
leo was plan originated by the Ger
man consul. Rademacher. at Guaymas,
with the active aid Of Gov. Gales. to
build a cement plant with a capacity
OF $4,000 bags a month at Hermosillo,
Sonora.
The foundations were completed"
he adds, and materials for the super
structure were on the ground in July,
1917, when I reported the scheme in
time to stop it, and the factory had
to be abandoned until after the peace
treaty had been signed. This factory
was to furnish the cement for re-
building piers and other structures
and building new ones on the west
coast. J
"Not Neutral, But an Enemy"
THE American people ought to
know" he continues, that Mexico
was not neutral during the war, but
an enemy. active to the extent of it's
limited capacity. mexico gave
no fewer than eighty German officers
commissions in the Mexican army and
assigned them to train troops for SER
vice against the United States. Ger
man uniforms were worn 80 common
~ in Mexico that even the local Mex
lean papers complained about it.
Moreover. by Carranza's direct orders,
Mexican telegraph wires were thrown
open to German code messages.
rama to Gov. Gales to permit the spy
Wabirski to send code messages free
ly."
Prominent Mexican officials are al
legged by DR.. Altendorf to have been
on the pay roll Of the German en-
bassy.
He says: Mario Mendez. director Of
telegraphs. received a salary Of $500
a month from Won Eckhardt. His
brother. a senator with influence, re-
ceived the same salary. A third
brother, who held a position in the
post office. also received $500 a
month for opening and reading pri-
vate letters and passing the infor-
nation along to the Germans"
DR.. Altendorff states that he, per-
sonally, late in November, 1917, car
ried request from Gov. Gales of
Sonora to Rademacher, the German
consul at Guaymas, for $4,000, saw
the money put in a bag and carried
the bag. accompanied by Rademacher,
to Gales.
German Capital Guaranteed.
Continuing. the statement says:
Eckhardt has guaranteed to Carranxa
An abundance Of capital to turn Mex
leo into an Industrial country. In
fact. Won Eckhardt went to Germany
last April for the express purpose Of
financing German corporations and
perfecting other arrangements for
building great chemical plants, tex
tile factories. tanneries and all the
other industries necessary to make
Mexico Independent of the United
States and Europe.
"As soon as the treaty is ratified
there will be hegira of a quarter of
2 million Germans from the United
Mexico $500, 200. 900 capital. There are
already 10000 Germans in Mexico,
and German immigration on q large
scale will soon turn the country into
a German colony.
property is explained by the fact that
Germans with plenty Of money stand
ready to pick up the property at bar
gain rates.
THE full Significance of all this be-
comes apparent when I tell you. fur
ther, that part of the German scheme
provides for great munition plants at
Mexico City, which will make 1t I'M
necessary for Mexico to import war
materials in the future. The treaty
of peace restricts the manufacture of
munitions Of war in Germany. but it
doesn't say anything about Germans
manufacturing as large quantities as
they please in Mexico. Thus there is
no practical difficulty in the way of
Germany's plans for the next war.
German agents are active every
where in Latin America, and the
newspapers have told us there is to
be extensive German immigration to
that part Of the world in the near
future. The result Of the war did not
end the German dream Of world con-
quest; 1t merely delayed it,"