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THE SUN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY' 12, 1917.
GERMAN CONTROL
OF MEXICO FEARED
Agents of Kaiser Gained Car
rnnza's Favor, Tt Is Said,
bv (lifts of Munitions. 2
,,000 TKITOXS THEKEXOW
V. S. ffovprninent Takes Steps
to Prevent Hostile Acts
Along Holder.
Washington, Feb. 11. German ac
tivity In Mexico, culminating In aerioua
miliary opcr.itlntm along Iho border and
In the destruction or auapenslon of tlio.
tremendous llrltNh anil American oil In
dustry In th T.imiilco district, 1 re
tarded as a posxlble If not probable
sequel of a long continued break in
diplomatic relations between the United
States and Gernnny.
Tula situation at leist bears a threat
enlne aspect and there Is reason to bo
litvo Uiat the Government of the United
Elites I:' now tukliiB pto; to check up
on recent German activities in Mexico
snd to reach a nonclunlon as to what ac
tion nny be required 'by develo)iments
which have leen brought to the atten
tion of officials In Washington.
The countermanding of return orders
for certain mllltU units on tho border
r dor-Ie-"fgnate Fletcher with nn expert
military arviser, Capt. Frank 11. McCoy,
to Mexico city, are looked upon na the
(lrst public fteps toward resisting the
further extension of German Influence
ever the uncertain Carrania Govern
ment. This Government has reason to believe
that Germany's desire to obtain a con
trolling influenco over Mexican affairs
his been ttimulated to a marked degree
by the recent break In dlplomtlc rela
tions. There is a suspicion that a large
part of the German prop-iganda In this
country, consular and semi-official, may
Ixi transplanted in Mexico city for this
purpose.
Reasons for Urllrf
Here are some of tho Incidents -which
live given pause to tho Administra
tion's plan to rush Into a full recognition
of the Carrania Government :
1 A report that the German aovern
retnt suggested that Count von Bern
storff remove to Mexico city In a seml
ollklal capacity after receiving his pass
ports from this country. This, It Is
said, the Ambassador declined to do.
I The German legation In Mexico
city has recently leased the largest resi
dence In the city, supposedly for the
housing of a greatly enlnrged official
trtd unofficial staff.
J Itellable reports from Texas rrlilrh
hive reached the Department of Jus
tire sinco lin break In diplomatic rela
tions t.how' that a great many Germans,
imong them many German reservists,
re drifting across the border Into Car
rania territory, from which nil Ameri
can consular agents have been with
drawn. 4 German hardware merchants are
lelleved to be In possession of upward
of 15,000,000 rounds of ammunition and
4ther munitions of war, smuggled Into
Mexico tnrougn raise mamresis ueiween
June CO and November 16. 1916.
C The Department of Justice Is In
pofsess'.on of evldenco that tho German
Kmbassy hero had detailed reports
('.lowing how Mexico could be turned
Into a military force against the United
States under German direction.
One Plot Frustrated.
I German Influences are known to
have been exerted In a recent attempt
en the part of Dr. Krum-Heller. surgeon
ireneral of the Carranjia army, to defeat
the American border embargo by tho
purchase of large supplies of ammuni
tion from SpunUh munition makers.
Warned by the British Government, the
Spanish Government blocked this at
tempt, and Krum-Heller barely escaped
with his liberty.
7 Maximilian Klos, a German reserv
ist, within tho last year has been placed
In charge of all Carraniista ordnance
and ammunition matters, including the
direction of tho Government munitions
plant at Santa Fe, about ten "miles
foulhwest of Mexico city. This plant
his a capacity of 60,000 rounds of small
irms ammunition dally.
I Tho German Minister. ,Von Kckert,
recently played a conspicuous part In a
Dig Carrania celebration In Mexico city.
The history of German Influenco in
Mexlrn In recent years has been marked
by two characteristics, tlrst, the Intimate
connection which the legation lias al
ways maintained with the B.O00 or more
lcrman subjects In tlio republic, and
second, by the respect which, alone of
nil foreign governments, Oermany has
commanded for her Interests during the
'even years of revolution and anarchy
Ince 1910.
In only two Instances has Germany
had cause to complain of the treatment
if her nationals, and these were prior to
the ascendancy of the Carrania faction.
In one caso she collected 100.000 marks
and brought about the execution of fif
teen Mexicans for the murder of a Ger
man family of three by Maderlsta sup
porters. In the other, the murder of a
German subject was punished by Huerta
with the devastation of the State of
Mlchoacan and the execution of all sus
pected of complicity In the outrage,
Baitnesa Nat Molested.
German Interests In Mexico are con
cerned almost exclusively with hardware
and machinery distributing agencies.
These have been molested less than any
ether branch of business.
Last November a shipment of "hard
wars on the Ward liner Esperanxa was
Jlsrovcred to contain 441,000 rounds of
Mauser cartridges consigned to the' Com
panla Ferretera Mexican a, Roberto
Bolter & Co., a German hardware Arm
m Mexico city. The parting of a cable
T which the "harware" boxes were be
ing swung from the ship to the dock re
vealed the true nature of the shipment.
The cartridges had been purchased In
this country, shipped to New Tork. and
consigned as hardware. The Mexican
Consul at New Tork, Juan T. Burns,
li now under 110,000 ball awaiting trial
tor swearing to a false manifest In con
nection with this and other shipments.
Can't Get Nickel for Bullet.
In view of recent revelations as to
Herman activities in Mexico officials
we are unwilling; to concede that this
jwmunltlon ever left German hands.
'"Carrania soldiers are using In large
f rifle ammunition manufactured In
jnelr Santa Fo factory. Becauso of the
inability to Import cupro-nlckel with
Wllleh to 1arlrAfln t..1l.i Ui 9 tnn
J turning out bullets made of copper
irantmlidion wire, cut Into proper
lengths for insertion In brass shells.
buch bullets have flat trajectory of
"out lo yards only before they com
mence to tumble and fall, due to the ab
nre of a cupro-nlckel Jacket. It Is
considered extremely doubtful that these
would bo in use if Carrania had ob
wiied the large supplies now known to
nve bien consigned to German hard
ware Anns.
" 1' pointed out that plenty of Ger
jnn i gold Is available In this country for
',? Ixanclng either of Carrania or some
Y wwerful Mexican faction In dem
"wrallona against our border which
csusa us serious trouble or In an
attack upon tho Invuluablo British and
American oil deposits which nro concen
trated within a radius of 100 miles from
the port of Tamplco.
HhouM this Government nccedo to the
pressure Carrania is bringing to bear
In behalf of the raising of tho embargo
ngnlnst munitions of wnr money might
easily be nvnllablo for the purchase of
as large supplies as American manufac
turers, could turn out. Cariumn nlrendy
ban taken over tho national and London
banks In Mexico, from which he ex
pelled all tho employees of their British
atld French owners, and has withdrawn
In moving vans ID.000,000 of tho J3.V
(iMO.OOO In reserves which were In their
vaults when taken over. It Is pointed
nut that should Carrania uso this money
for tho purchase of munitions, or should
hn u) German money, this Government
would never bo nblo to Identify tho
source of the credit.
Army officers and others who have
hnd occasion to study the Moxlcnn char
acter ngreo that n well fed, decently
equipped Mexican force under German
officers could criMto enough troublo on
our bonier to require tho attention not
only of tho force wo now have there, but
of many additional troops, and could
force upon this Government the task of
policing virtually tho mtlro Mexican re
public, which tho General Staff esti
mates under- present conditions would
require not less thnn 500,000 men.
The Government is In possession of
nrlgtnils of careful reports to Capt.
Franx von l'apon, formerly Gorman
mllltury nttacho here. In which German
agents in Mexico described the be-rt.
methods of arming and moulding Mexico
Into a military power.
Would lilt Britain llnril.
From the port of Tamplco C0.000 bar
rels of fuel oil nro Flipped dally, 12,000
barrels to tho British navy and the re
mainder to tho United States. Tho
United States obtains 210,000 gallons of
gasolene from this iwrt dally. Tho
source, of this supply Is many miles from
Tamplco. It Is admitted that a cnrefully
laid plot could work tremendous dam
age to this oil supply and suspend It
altogether for nn indefinite period. In
the city of Tamplco th,o German Consul
wields great Influence. There are be
tween sixty and seventy German cltl
xens in the town and tho Hamburg
American freighter Antoninn, with a
German crew of about seventy men, Is
Interned In the harbor.
A foreign diplomat In Washington Is
authority for tho statement that Great
Britain Is seriously considering plnclne
marine guards over nil the Brltle-h wells
In tho Tamplco district and over the
pipe lines attached thereto. It Is not
Improbable that tho United States would
take similar action In the event of n
state of war with Germany.
SAYS VILLA HAS 25,000.
Illpollto Asserts Claim Is True
Itldlculoua, Says Grn. Funaton.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 11. Illpollto
Villa, brother of Francisco, who, ac
cording to New Tork advices, sent to
John J. Hawes, Villa's representative, a
statement that Francisco Villa now has
a force of 25,000 men, declined to-night
to admit that he had forwarded the In
formation. Phown the figures purport
ing to detail Villa forces in various
parts of Mexico, he said: "From In
formation reaching me throtighvurfotw
sources I believe tho figures aro sub
stantially correct." -
When the .clulm that Villa has ::.,000
men wnH brought to the uttentlon of
Gen. Funston to-night the latter snld
ho considered the statement ridiculous;
that Villa nt no tlmo ever had such a
forco and could not under existing con
ditions muster ono of cuch proportions.
WILL BLOCK OFF VILLA.
Force of 2,(1011 Carranslstas to Oc
cupy Territory lVrvhlns; Ieft.
Douoi.AS, Arli., Feb. 11. Carrania
forces, said to number 2,500 Infantry
and cavalry, under command of Gen.
Gomez, leaclirfl Agua I'rleta, across the
Mexican border from Douglas, to-day
from southern Chihuahua, marching
from Naco.
It was announced the force would
move Into the territory recently occupied
by tho American punitive expedition.
DEUTSCHLAND AT BREMEN.
Hadn't Left Home Port Up to Jan.
nt, fayn Hllken
New I.ONDOK, Conn., Feb. 11. Up to
January 31 tho German merchant sub
marine Dcutschlaud had not left her
home port, according to n statement
made to the Associated Press to-night
by I'aul G. Xj. Hllken, vice-president und
general manager of tho Eastern For
warding Company.
Although Mr. Hllken declined to dis
cuss the probability of another royazo
to this country by the Dcutschland. It
was learned from reliable murces tint
neither the Deutschland nor u Muter mb
marine Would leave Germany for Amer
ica until after the present crisis had
passed.
Until a few days ago It was nn open
secret that the officials of the Kastern
Forwarding Company had expected nn
undersea boat to dock here. The usual
careful preparations to receive a sub
mersible had been made. Now there nro
no outward signs of activity at the State
Pier whero the Dcutschland docked last
November nor nt the company's ware
houses In this city.
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Round Trip
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WASHINGTON
Th4 Capital of ihiXatloii
SUNDAYS
rekruary 28. March ?J. April 30
and .May 27
Snedsl Train leaves New York, Penn
sylvania Station. 13.20 A.M. Iteturn
log. leaves Washington 4.35 P.M.:
llItimon a.ts P.M.
Tickets on sale preceding each excur
sion. Pennsylvania R.R.
t EXHIBITION OF
JEWELS-LACES-BOOKS
and other
Historical Relics
Fermerly the Property ef
George & Martha Washington
James Monroe and Family
la be sold by
STAN V. HENKELS.
1301 Walnut Hlreet, 1'hlladrlplifa.
To Be Exhibited in New York
until February 14th by
MAX WILLIAMS
Madlaon Avenue at 46th Street,
(Oppulto UU-Crlloo)
S.S. NEW YORK DUE
HERE THIS MORNING
Wireless Messages Tell of Safe
Passage Through the Sub
marine Zone.
UNABLE TO OBTAIN GUNS
American Lino Officials Hu
miliated at Being Forced to
Suspend Sailings.
Tho American Line steamship New
York, which sailed from Liverpool on
February 3, tho last day of graco speci
fied In tho German submarine decree,
niul was tiio tlrst American passenger
ship to pass through tho new wnr xone,
will dock th!s morning about 0 o'clock.
3'rlvnto wireless messages received from
tho ship last night said tho voyage had
been uneventful and all on board were
well. No men! Ion was made In these
messages of a Orninn submarlno having
ben seen.
Tho safe return of the New York was
good news for Pres'dent I. A. S. Frank
lino of tho International Mercantile Ma
rine, but the ship's arrival at home
merely emphasizes the intolerable situa
tion In which tho officials of the lino
find themselves. As matters stand the
New York will have to be tied up In
definitely to Join the St. l-ouls and St.
I'aul in costly, enforced idleness. Just
how much in dollars tho success of tho
German blockade of tho port of New
York Is costing th American Line nnd
other American steamship interests Mr.
Franklin was unable to estimate last
night, but tho sum Is formidable.
It is not tho pocket loss, however,
which so Irritates American Line offi
cials. Their feeling of humiliation at
being compelled to suspend sailings be
causo of tho disinclination of thn United
States. Government to offer protection In
the way of warship convoys or through
tho hiHii of naval guns and gunners
goes beyond words.
' Can't Get Naval Guns.
Mr. Franklin said yesterday:
"I think It would bo better for me not
to say anything more about the ImDOs-
Mhlo position In which American ships
aro placed. I have already expressed
mysolf, and It Is n situation that the
public must understand vividly. Wo are
blocknded by Germany nnd that's all
there Is to It. We can't get the guns we
would like to buy and apparently we
couldn't get enough trained gunners even
If we had the guns. If nny one supposes
It would be an easy matter to buy a six
inch naval gun from any of tho manu
facturers. Just let him try it. Thvy
can't be had.
'The news that Washington Is already
formulating plans to take charge of the
nrmlng of American ships Is very good ment's desire to get Count von Ilernstorff
reading. I hope It Is true, but I know a'"1 a" German officials safely home be.
nothing about It. No Intimation has ' frn tho U-boat campaign Is turned ill
come to us that wo are to get protection. I recently against American shipping. The
In fact, we havo milto another notion.'
The paralysis fastened upon the Amer
ican Lino was Illustrated yesterday
when President Franklin said a largo'
Broadway at
Hate arranged for this tccek. beginning
today, an important display of
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A Sale of Men's Hats
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.
part of the mall sacks that were put
aboard tho St. Louis for transmission to
Kngland havo been transferred to the
White Star liner Cedrlc, which Is duo to
sail this morning at 8 o'clock. If Amer
ican malls get to Europe at all they will
have to go under the British flag.
Twelve of the passengers booked, for tli
St. Louis, 'who havo beon'waltlng with
very lively Impatience for sailing , In
structions, havo transferred to tho Lap
land, but forty continue to wait for the
St, Louis, still preferring to take a
chance under' tho American flag. "The
Ccdrlo carries no passengers.
Won't Take Chances.
Mr. Franklin has no encouragement
to offer' those persons who insist that
the company fulfil' Its contract nnd take
them on tho St. Louis or on another
American Line ship.
"Thcro is nothing that would give me
nioro satisfaction thnn to be nble to nn
nounco that tho St. Inils was going out
to-morrow morning," Bald Mr. Franklin
last night af his home, 41 Kast Sixty
first street, "but wo cannot tnkc the re
sponsibility of endangering so many
lives and of Imperilling so much valuable
property. Tho situation remains Just
where It was. No American Lino ship
will sail unless the United States Gov
ernment takes measures to protect Amer
ican lives and American property."
Day by day the situation Incomes
more distressing to American ship own
ers. In blevsn days only two American
shins, both of which wero freighters.
carrying no passengers Biid both bound
for Bordeaux nnd to relatively safer
waters than exist now around the F.ng-
llsh x)ast, have left the port of New
York. Lay by d.y ship owners nro Im
pressed by the lact that. tho German
blockade, as it affects New York anil
other American ports. Is virtually abso
lute, y
The monetary loss Is growing; malls
nro delayed, thoreby caURlng great Incon -
venlenco to business men: passengers
are held up nnd freight congestion U bo -
coming alarming. In steamship circles,
howccr, thcro Is nn even moro patent
reason for tho general resentment
ngalnst enforced Idleness. That l tho
feeling that something should havo been
done to prove that American Fhlps have
actually ns well as theoretically the free
dom of the seas.
Ilrrnstnrff Goes WfilnrmU,
Federal officials confirmed jesterday
the announcement of the Scandinavian
American Lino that tho steamship Fred
erlk VIII., carrying Count von Itern
Btorff, the members of his staff and -2u0
German consular agents, :i patty of
more than 300 In all. will sail nt 2 P. M.
on Wednesday. It was understood last
night by then officials that tho Von
llemstorfl party will not ntrlvc nt the
dock from Wushlngton until Wednesday
morning, and that they will go directly
atourd the ship. No trouble Is antici
pated either by secret service men or by
tho police of Hoboken. but unusual pre
cautions have been taken to prevent tlio
German officials from insult or annoy
ance. They will be guarded all the way
here from Washington, und will have n
police escort from their special train to
the ship.
The opinion was offered last night by
an official who 1 watching events very
closely that the lull In the International
situation may he due to the Govern
prediction was made that when tre Am
hassadnr and 'his associates reach Ger
many things will begin to happen, and
that then the "showdown" will come.
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POLITICAL JOKE EEAKED
Bepresentntivo Kalin Is Try
ing to Oct Bill From Army
General Staff.
Washington, Feb. 11. Despite tho
action of tho Sen.ito Military Affairs
Committee in reporting out n modified
universal service bill thn IIouso prob
ably will not consider tho question at
this session unless In connection with an
out and out wnr measure. And then it
will not pass such a measure unless at
tlio direct and open request of tho White '
House. i
In tho House Mllltnn- Affairs Com. I
1 mlltce cnounh support tan bo depended
I upon to make the reporting of a modified
form cif universal tialultiK a possibility
I worth while nttenwitliK In tho event
I that tlio (letiet'il St.if of tho Arm.
I tliiough tho ttecftury of War, submits
ill measure which thnso who nro Inter
I cted In but not committed to universal
I training can report out.
1 To the broad question "Do you favor
' universal service"."' not more than 15 per
1 cent, of the membership of tho House
probably would return nn nfllrmatlvo
I answer If mich answers wero to bo pub-
Hnhed. Privately much larger pro
poitlon hellevq thnt Fomo form of mili
tary serlco must In time be adopted by
this country, but their position is that j
i mo country is not yet convinced or tile
i necessity for so radical a departure from
I our olmitiuy service system and that' it
wouni lie as much ns their lolltlcal lives
aro woilh to attempt to anticipate tho
feelltiK of their constituents on this
measure.
Representative Julius Kahn, ranking
rtepulilkMii on tho Military Affairs Com
mittee, Is nn avowed advocate of some
form of compulsory military service. Ho
has promised to introduce a bill of tills
nature of tho General Staff will submit
some fpcclflc measure, r.ecause of the
extreme nature of a measure which lias
been prepared Secretarv P.aker tefusod
last week to transmit the bill to Con
gress without material modifications.
Mr. Kahn lias asked thn War Depart
ment several times fAr tho measure and
It Is possible that he will accept the
Chamberlain bill and try to nuke a ftsht
on that If the General Staffs tnen-ire
docs not materialize within the next few
days, As nn amendment calling far universal
service could not be considered In con
nection with the army appropriation bill,
which comes iir this week, It Is not likely
that the Hnufe will be called upon to
consider a universal servlco measuio un-
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and approaches ni now kept warm by
nn abundance of heavy wlndproof cloth
ing, with old fashioned overshoes, thlok
gloves and extra sweater Jackets under
their short service overcoats.
Following a ronfetctico yesterday af
ternoon between Capt Fry nnd Deputy
l'ollce Commissioner Gudley It was de
cided to turn over t'.:o guarding of the
piers of the Queensboro Brldgo rest
ing on miiickwell's Island 4o Jhe city
police. Arrangements for lighting the
guarded sections will remain the same
as under tho naval en. The official
older will go out to-morrow netting the
exact day for the withdrawal of tho
nav.il mllltla und the substitution of thn
police. '''t
on each radiator and boiler
manufacture makes lowest
IDEAL Boilers bare
Urge fuel pots in which
the air and coal galea
thoroughly mis at in m
modem gas or oil man.
tie or burner, thus ca
trading every bit of
the lirat fiuin the fuel,
Esiicr to run than
stove.
Write Department N-9
104-108 West 42nd St.
New York