The Mena weekly star., 1919-08-28
STARTLING TALE
OF GERMAN PLOT
psrmer U. S. Secret Agent Says Huns
Soon win Have Economic Control
Of Mexico-Invasion Planned
Carranza Involved.

United States ratifies the treaty of
seace, the result of the war not end
ING the German dream of conquest, but
only delaying it."
That was the statement issued to-
sight by the National Association for
the Protection of American Rights in
Mexico, quoting DR.. p B. Altendorf,
late of the United States Intelligence
Department and during the war also
in the pay of Germany as spy in
Mexico.
The association states that it has
investigated Doctor Altendorf's claims
and that Brig. Gen Marlborough
Churchill, head of the military intelli-
gence department, "spoke in terms of
highest praise of the zeal and trust
wortyness of Doctor Altendorf and the
great value of the services he rem
cered."
Fled to Mexico When War Broke.
Doctor Altendorf, the son of
Polish banker in Cracow, Austrian
Poland, abandoned medical course
in the University of Vienna at the out
break Of the war and fled to Mexico,
where he was offered a position as a
German spy to operate against the
United States, by Kurt jain of the
German secret service in Mexico
with pretended reluctance, but
with secret joy, | accepted" he said,
"and at once found myself in a posi-
ton to render valuable service TO the
Allies in general and the United States
in particular
Seek Control of Latin America.
Within six months after the United
States ratiies the treaty of peace"
Doctor Altendorf said, Germany will
have complete economic control of
Mexico. Within a few years, if. the
Germans are permitted to carry out
the plans they have formulated and
are now executing as fast as they
can, they will have absolute control
Of Latin America, with headquarters
in Mexico"
In Confidence of Carranza.
Continuing to quote Altendorf, the
statement says he claimed the init
raate confidence of both Won Eek
hardt, the German ambassador to
Mexico, and Carranza, and helped
train 900 German reservists in Sonora
who were to be the nucleus of Ger
man army of $4,000, which was to in
wade the United States at the same
time of the last great German drive
in France and on to the sea in 1918.
HI&n,,Io,~f - - hat obi
valuable information for both the AL
lies and the United States and sue
ceeded in betraying more than fifty
German agents to United States au-
thorities.
The statement of the association
concluded with the following para
graph, quoting Altendorf:
The treaty of peace restricts the
manufacture of munitions of war in
Germany, but it does not say anything
about the 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. For one
thing there will be no lack Of subma-
rine business. German agents are ac-
tive everywhere in Latin America, and
the newspapers have told us there is
to be an extensive German emigration
to that part of the world in the near
future. The result Of the war did not
end the German.dream Of world DOM
ination-it merely delayed it."
Prevented German Raid.
To the invasion of the United States
DR.. Altendorf set forth that ins his
dual capacity as a captain in the Ger
man Army and colonel in the Mex
lean Army he helped to train 900 Ger
man reservists in Sonora, who were
to form the. nucleus of the proposed
German Mexican Army, and that in
his true character as an American
secret service agent he prevented the
raid from being carried out.
THE ambitious scheme" he said,
was financed by Won Eckhardt Ger
man ambassador to Mexicoi and was
undertaken with the cooperation of
Carranza"
Mexico Was An Enemy.
The American people ought 10
KNOW he says, "that Mexico was not
neutral during the war, but an enemy,
active to the extent of its limited ca
pacity. Mexico gave no few
er than eighty German officers COM
missions in the Mexican army and as
signed them to, train troops for serv-
ice against the United States. German
uniforms were worn so commonly inI
Mexico that even the local Mexican
papers complained about it, Moreover,
by Carranza's direct orders, Mexican
telegraph wires were thrown open to
German code messages. personally
carried orders from Carranza to Gov
ernor Calless to permit the spy, Wa
birski, 70 send code messages freely
Prominent Mexican officials arc al
legged by Doctor Altendorf to have.
been on the payroll of the German em-
bassy. He says:
Mario Mendez, director of tele-
graphs, received a salary of 5000 a
month from Won Eckhardt His
brother, senator with influence, re-
ceived the same salary. A third
brother, who held position in the
postoffice, also received 5000 month