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THE SUN, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917.
hilt nil Mnniift'i Central America mill the
Wri"t Indict nri' liacofl on f.ict.
The e ir iio no iloiilii u.iticvcr that
the proposed alliance with Mexico an
Known to Iilstli Mexican olllclul who are
ellftlnso.fi.i'd lor their nntl-Atnerlt nn
Urn. Ainoiirf (linn nro Unfile I K'JUaraii,
Carran.t'ii .Minister to (in many, and
f.uK i',ihrra, t.'iirraiir.a'M MlnlMer nl
iilinmii I in ol i ll In I'lol.
It Ii i! parent that the proposal liml
taken Icllnlle form wliuti Kubaiun re
tnniei! to Mexico c It y from Merlin re
wnll) lllc ifcttirn from Ills ioiclin post
an iiril h the fuel thai ('urrnnzii
hud called In many of his il.lom.it for
"conference.."
Inine ine iM'forc that (".ilncra while
at Atluntii. City In the conferences ot
the Amen n-Mlen Joint coinm.islon (
lino MJ-CKi'llli 'I ;n il kuiu'i-!! ;ij i
moiiiher of the American section that he
rmrctf'1 that the commission hail not
Hjciciileil fully In Kettllns ths illthcul
ttct liitvveen Mexico ami the fnlteil
Kbit en. l-'or, he said, he hail hopeit It
mlsht tmiMnue Its woik ami make pence
for ijm wot lil.
When re.e.l for sninc iletallH of how
the en.'nnilnnlon couM reitorc world
pence. Cabrera MiKxe.ted that the Amer
ican iipiihllcn rontiolleil the ileHlny of
the war b) eontiolllm; a large part of
Its supplier.
xeleo Itt'titl)' Ai'l.
!elro, he Inthnaleil, inlKht do her
part hy cnttlnc on export of oil. The
American t omuilssioiier tlhmliwd hi
lilfa ,n visionary
A'ni'i-t coincident wllh .uh.iran'H ir
tuni from (Scrmany Cabrera returned to
Mcxtio city, oien In IiIm expressions of
anti-Americanism. Zubnrati, before
bclni: .ent ahroad. had represented (Sen.
Cun.inza here while the N In Burn media
tion i miff Tellers were proceeding and
was not Ic.in uvowdly anll-Antcrlcaii
Own Cabrera,
Jkle.inwhlle tlarnn von .Schoen, secre
tary of the (icrman Knibimy here, was
tiKnuferreil to the legation In Mexico
ctty. No explanation could be obtained
of the red mm for his transfer and such
InvtHlgation ax wan possible failed to
di'ielnp why a secretary from the United
State f-hould be sent to the (leiman
Leg.! I km In Mexico.
' Von fchoen Murk From Jnpnu.
'Baron von Schoen's association with
the move?, If any at all, does not appear.
lh only outward Indication that ho
might havo been connected with them Is
found In the fact that he recently had
been detached from the German Km-bat-gy
In Toklo nnd was well acquainted
with the Japanese Minister In Mexico
cat)-.
'Carran&t'g peace proposal was openly
declared by official here to be an evi
dence of tiernian Influence In Mexico.
Tliey asserted It was Intended only to
ernli.ii rues the United States. Then ap
parently some Influences showed their
effect on the course of the Mexican
Qovernment and on February 25 Ca
brera, tho Minister of Finance, issued
a tatement describing the "amazement"
of the Mexican Government that the
American newspapers should have In
'erpreted Gen. Carranza's proaal to
cut on exports of munitions as a sug
gestion that he might cut off shipments
of British oil. They were, Cabrera dc
ilared. "entirely groundless." and that
(feature of the situation ended.
" .nnu'ir Mnile by Toklo.
There was an intimation that Ger
many's astounding proposal that Japan
turn traitor to her allies had been an
HWeied by Toklo.
' Count win Hetnstorff's connection with
ho plot, further than serving as the
Channel of communication. Is intensified
by the fact that the German Embassy
here wus not merely the medium of de
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GERMANY READY
FOR WAR WITH U.S.
V
Cluuiffllors Tioic-listiiff Speech
Is Taken lis Forecast of
Open Clash.
WATER
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whatever course the circumstance
might commend.
To German Influence also have been
attributed In Mime quarters the lgoroun
steps taken by the de fiittn Finance Min
ister to force loalii from the llanco Na
ilnii.ll .Hid the Hank of London -and
Mexico, owned by French and Ilrltish
capital. The Institutions ueie tln'eil by
the Mexican nllicJals and some of their
ollleers Imprisoned and held for weeks,
despite rejieuted protests hy France,
Great Britain nnd tho United States.
German (.nils In Mrxlen.
Ueports of German machine guns and
German gunners In the Carranza army
also have been persistent, although the
relative. Importance of that to the pio
posed alliance Ik not fully established.
It Is recalled to-nluht too that last
November, when the Mexican-American
Joint commission was making lie futile
effort to adjust the difficulties between
the two countries, tho Austro-IIungarlan
Ambassador at Mexico city. Count Kal
man Kama Votkanya, made a trip to
the United states on what he ilencrlbcd
as a "secret mission."
A suggestion Interpreted by some of
ficials as an indication tiiat German)
might have made approaches to Mexico
at that tlme""va.s made by Cabrera In an
addrrss at Philadelphia on November 10.
"The foes of the United States will
ALI 1WRTIKS I'XYIKLIHXH
SoeialM Lender Hcuiets the
Ihenk. but Kiiipliasizes
National Peril.
certainly assume to be friends of Mftx- ,,r,.scnt constitution
Uekmn. via Iwmdon. Feb. 28. Chan
cellor ion Hethinalin-IIollwcg's dUcus
sion of relations with the United States
is tegarjed here us Indicating his pur
pose to prepare the German public for
the eventuality which Ih looked forward
to In many quarters. There Is much
confusion of opinions and iropheclr on
this point on account of the continued
absence of authenticated news from
Washington as well an the reports re
ceived In regard to the state of public
opinion In America. The German prc-M
continues to servo up fragmentary hut
sensational bulletlnn Indlcatlisi feierlsh
war preparations In the United titate.
It may be said that a declaration of
war from Washington would mid the
German mind finite prepared for It. A
final break with the United states would
be likely to meet with stoical Indiffer
ence so far as the public at large Is con
cerned. There Is no feeling that a crls!
Is at hand, but merely an ominous ten
sion which has been gathering Inteimlty.
The nation Is now plunlnt; Its faltli to its
U-boats.
Confidence In IT-lltmt War.
When Chancellor von Itethmnnn-Uoll-weg
had concluded his address In the
Ilelchstan rfieeches wore made by the
varlou party leaders. Dr. Feter Spahn,
leader of the Centre party, said:
"Our confidence In submarine warfare
Ls Arm, an It represents the earlleot pos
sible termination of the war. The Ger
man nation will continue In future as In
the past to rest on the present mon
archical bails and will adhere to tile
naval forces of the United States, which
the 1 'resident objected to aa sounding;
too belligerent, but In effect authorizes
the President to use such forces' for the
protection of American lives or In con
voylnic American ships Ti e power thus
granted Is In every way as broad as that
requested by tho President.
The third amendment was not directly
referred to the President, but waa ac
cepted by the committee because It had
lieeu clearly Intimate. i that the 1'iesl
dent, whether required to do so or not,
would refuse to furnish arms to chips
currying arms and ammunition. This
amendment prohibits the extension of
the war risk Insurance provisions of the
bill to American ships and cargoes con
taining arms anil ammunition.
The amendment represents the limit
I to which the committee would go In con
Impossible. Our honor and existence
and the fieeiloui of development of our
empire must emerge from the war un
changed. "The Chancellor did not withdraw
anything from his former utterances
about war lm, nor has uny contradic
tion of the recent peeches of Premier
Tlsza of Hungary that the war must not
last Ioniser than Is necessary for the se
curity of the country been heard. This
prudent utterance met with the greatest
uppioval In Germany, though not among
Irsons like Admltal von Knorr and
others who want to seize the Chancel
lor by the throat."
Count Frledrlch von Westarp, Con
servative lender In the Itelchstag, said:
"The refusal of our peace offer was a
blow In the face of the German people.
The Kntente declined In Its declaration
to President Wlbon to lie compared with
us as human bellies, The German peo-. roSslons to the pro-German and pacifist
pie cannot stand such an Insult to the elements. All those who voted ngalnst
honor of the Kaiser and his people. We ' the bill as amended Insisted upon limit
ate now empbiilng our last lighting hnR ne arming of merchantmen to ships
weapon, with whJch Kngland's vital spot , enrryttn; no contraband of war. Ucpre
wli: be directly hit, sentatlve Porter of Pennsylvania offered
"In lew of the recognition of the fact ; several amendments to this effect. All
that F.ngluml can reckon on the support ( were rejected on precisely the same vote j diplomacy
SAYS JAPAN SEEKS
TO KEEP FRIENDSHIP
could be trusted t conduct the State
prudently ami wletiy.
"Vmi must remember that constitu
tionally we are a young nation. We
cannot evolve loo rapidly. Vet must
we be ever alert to hold what we hale,
guard over our prerogatli es Mini stead
ily push forward Into n tiuei form of
representative government. We are but
eeklng the light of pi ogress as the
Wi M has sought nnd found it.
"The great stumbling block to consti
tutional progress In Japan Is the Geiiio,
or lllder Statesmen, These men drifted
Into power nobody knows Just how--aboiit
twuity-flie yeari ago, about tho
time of the llrt Matsukata Cabinet.
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( orfwndfKt ot Aoclalfd rr,, lldvMtlK PVPr Hlnce Tncy
ToKlo, Feb. 2. Vuklo Ozaki, Japan s rnme to the Cabinet meetings. et they
foremost progressist and a member of are responsible to nobody not to uio
,.,e late Okuma Cabinet. interview -.intern -
concernlns the political situation of the ( 1)pn W(, Jri, ot t)I,ofP, to them a In-
Japanese envilte tald : dividual-, but an all Institution. I hey
"One steadv aim of Ibe bile Okuma are an anachronism In modern japan.
Cabinet waa the promotion of friendship
with the United fclate. That. I bellcie.
will always be the keynote of Japanese
Yiikio Ozaki Blames the Uenro
for the Fall of the Okuma
Cabinet.
BERNSTORFF S GOLD SEIZED.
of the American people, the German peo
ple stand united and determined nelima
the Kaiser, Men those who until now
as the mil was reported out wun u
to 6. Three temocrars who voted for
the bill opposed the amendments offered
have raited objections against unre-' epresentatlve Rogers of Massa-
Ico." said Mr Cabrera, "and will try to
take advantage of any sort of resent
ment Mexico may have against the
United States. Mexico, neicrtheless. un
derstands that In case of a conflict be
tween the United States and any other
nation outside. America, her attitude
must be one of continental solidarity."
Secret Agrntii Actlir.
It has been an open secret that De
partment of Justice agents In their
Investigations of plots to violate Ameri
can neutrality by setting on foot armed
expeditions In Mexico more than once
have uncovend what appeared to be 1 conditions.
The Government's action In the mat
ter of ieace proposals has our entire
support. The F.ntenta eulers pet up pro
posals full of Mn and hatred, risking
their crowns and the lives of their sub
jects. "President Wilson's peace sucgestion
was brushed nelde by their statement of
conditions which were impossible of nc
cffitance. We may reply that the Ger
man Government In Its peace offer nude
reservations providing for the freedom
and development of our people. There
was no reason to make Known to me
world in scneral the details of our peace
trails of the German secret service.
Fred Kaiser, susiiected of being a
German agent, was arrested at Nogales
a few days ago on charges brought
under the neutrality statutes, Depart
ment of Justice agenta declaring he had
attempted to obtain military informa
tion on the American side of tho border
and had cultivated the society of Amer
ican army officers with an apparent In
tention of promoting those efforts.
When W. 11. Schwelbz, who said he
i,as formerly a German armv ofllcer,
escaped Into Mexico at Nogales last
Ilverlnir a message In this Instance but :""' alter arrest on similar charges.
Was really a sort of headquarters for the deputy marshal who tried to follow
all the German missions In Central and him was stopped by Mexican authorities.
South America. ' The full extent of the evidence of Ger-
The Gorman Naval Attache, Capt. many's plotting aaalnst tho United
Boy-IM, and tho Military Attache, Capt. I States, gathered by tho American .secret
yon I'apen, whose recall was forced by j service, may become known only uccord
the State Department because of their i In? to the course of the future relations
military activities In this country, alo between the two countries. It i known
.were accredited to Mexico and between that much evidence of the operations of
.the outbreak of the war and their de- the German Ilmbassy and persons who
parture from this country made at least were responsible to It never has been
one visit there. I permHted to come out because, officials
For months nuny naval officers here pieferrnl to gu.-.rd egaitist Infl lining the
'have believed that the myste.'lous Gur-' public mind in the tense situation with
man sea raiders of the South Atlantic Germany. The public amazement which
,must have found a base on the Mexican a full exposition of the evidence In the
coaft, and that such a base could not be 1 hands of the Government would cause
maintained without the knowledge and cannot he overctlmated.
iconsent of Mexicans officials.
The British chaige at .Mexico City
"presented to the Carranza Foreign Of
flce last November a notification that if
It was dlEcoiered that Mexican neu
trality thus had been violated, the Allies
'would take "drastic measures" to pre
iveiit a continuance of that situation.
Insolent .Vote In IIiikIiiihI.
trite ( iinslilerntlon fur tllrns.
Only to-day the Council ot National
Defence, created b) act of Cnngree". Is
sued an ajpe.il to all Ame'icans to show
every consideration for aliens In this
louiitrj .
"We call iiioii all citizens." said the
(ippeal, "If untoward eients should come
ijoin us, to present to the.-c alleii, many
In a note almost in-olcnt In tone For- , of whom to-morrow will be Americans, an
elgu Minister Aguilar replied to the
.charge that in effect it was trie business
of the Allies to keep German submarine!
'out of western waters and that If they
were not kept out Mexico would adopt
attitude of neither suspicion nor uggres-
fivenes-. We urge upon all Americans
tn meet these millions of foreign lioi n
with unchanged manner and with un
prejudiced mind "
Knuland Is attempting to starve even
the people In German) who take no di
rect part In the lighting. America has
protested against this, but she has re
fused to follow us. With full apprecia
tion of the seriousness of the situation,
we must hold on and conquer, whatever
President Wilson's decision may be. The
submarine weapon can be fully utilized
only If unrestricted, and serious dam
age to England Is certain.
Kmalre'a Destiny at Slake,
"The order for unrestricted submarine
warfare Involves the ques'.lon of the
whole destiny of our empire. We wage
submarine warfare not because we are
In a desperate position but because we
hope thereby to terminate the war
quickly. It is misleading for anybody
to talk about our rlvlng up our claims
to all indemnity on the principle that
everybody has to bear his own burden.
This standpoint Is not shared by the
Chancellor. (This temark was greeted
with applause.) Ail damage and loss
of pmperty must be borne by the origi
nators of the war."
Philip Scheiriemann, the Socialist
leader, said : "Our enemies arc waging
a war of lonquest. We are waging a
war of defence. Germany Is unanimous
that all our power must be strained to
frustrate the plans of the enemy. Our
peace offer and President Wilson's mes
sage were regarded as factors which
weie allowed to have ihelr effect In
enemy countries. We were dlnppointed.
Hut much as we regret this we can un-
ilestand how It came about. Premier
L.oyd George, the father of new de
cisions and Intensified warfare, decided
upon It after the Home confeience. We
desire it. It will bilng peace soon.
"The first sequel has been a rupture
with America. We regret this most
deeply but trut that our national
strength armed to the teeth will ren
der possible what our enemies consider
trlctcd submarine war.
Decision H Irrevocable.
"Our decision on unrestricted sub
marine warfare Is Immutable. The whole
world must be In no doubt thereof.
Everything must lie avoided that would
give the slightest suspicion that we will
yield anything here.
"We regret the recent loss of Dutch
ships, but It was Kngland's fault, for
she prevented the ships leaving during
the period of safety. Iet this be an
earnest warning to neutrals.
"Austria Is In complete agreement re
garding the huhmarlne war. Nor can
there be any retirement before the de
mands of the United States. The whole
nation agrees In that, President Wil
son's attempt to bring neutrals to his
side completely failed. We rejoice In
that, and also that after our rupture with
America Mr. Wilson Is done for as a
peace mediator bo far as we .are con
cerned." Count von Westarp outlined the Con
servative party's Ideas of peace terms,
saying: "New sacrifices require new
demands, new compensations. Sufficient
war Indemnity must be collected to arm
us against dangers of. the future and to
provide for resumption of economic com
petition. "We must retain territory of economic
value conquered with our blood. Cour
land and Livonia (Hussla) offer ground
for colonization, and a German popula
tion there will protect our interests on
the Baltic. At Hriey and Longwy
(northern France) wo can And useful
coal and Iron. The harbor at Ant
werp we cannot do without, and with
this In our hands the individuality of
the Flemish population can also be
protected.
"The military safety of our frontiers
must be attained, even If military and
economic objections thereto exist. As
In the Kast, our flank must be protected.
The high defensive and offensive value
of the Flemish coat Is obvious In
strengthening our position against Eng
land, Germany must be Invincible."
Dr. Otto Wlemer, Progressive, said :
"The Chancellor's words regarding the
rupture of relations with America will
not fall to have their effect outside
the House and In certain quarters In
America which thus far have not recog
nized the situation clearly. For the rest,
we consider reserve necefsary as re
gards discussion of relations with
America.
chusetts, a Republican, which were
I adopted. The vote on these was 11 to 9
We wish not only to main
tain good relations with our frlcirJs
arroH the Pacific, but to cooperate with I
thi'Mi wliereer nosslble. Tills struggle I
i... Uf n,,fni.,.,l u inirelv ii domestic , imrteil here tn-nlght that prior t" the
affair and cannot affect our fure1- -! a- j sailing from here for Copenhagen of
tltude. Hut I believe party cablnetB the steamship Fredcrik VIII., with
In in of aun,OIM TnUen From Conn
lesa MntUM'hkH Alnnr.
IUi.ifax. N. S Feb. 2S. It was re
count von lternstorff niul u s
Imard, 125,001 in riiM was i.-,
the ("llllllllHs M.lllf ill i i
II was s.inl lih a' ie g
b tin- passengers c it, , n n
the Ilrlllsh authorities as i ,
liefote the hhip S id I
HernstoKT thanked the naval '
I'hargo of the rxan ' it,.iri c.' .
for the iiirteoiis w,r hi nim
hail pirformed their i:uiie
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tliut With lleilciin tl.lt.
San Dikco, Cat., Feb iv ,r. ,
tloiiB from Washington of German i,v
Iran intrigues tn-n'ci l n i,.
fresh force the lepml of Cant t k
nr.trnll of the schooner W" and K nticn
he arrlied here Felnu.iri I., fi i, ii ,c,
daleii.i Hay that a "teamhip ilj K ,j
German lla had entetf, m,,k
Hay fully In I e. en. Iter an.i ,i r(,
in .lined In the bay for mure than tui'v,
hours.
At the time Hie German siea :iB
was In Magdiilena Hal mice Janann,
warehlliH were sighted if Cipe Sa- ,u.
ens, at the extreme tip of Louei M.
fornla.
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thought tre President already possessed
the power. The entire Republican dele
gation of Michigan met to-day at the
call of Senator Smith and decided to
vote for the bill.
Senator Vardaman, one of the pacifist
members of the Senate, announced to
day that he would vote against tho
armed neutrality bill, but that he would
do nothing In the way of debate to
hinder Its passage.
The Senato will probably defer action
upon thu armed ship controversy until
the House has acted. There were signs
to-night, however, of a purpose on the
part of the Administration leiders to
clear the legislative decks as rapidly as
poslble to give place for the forthcom
ing struggle.
I'pon motion of Senator Simmon,
chairman of the Flnanco Committee, the
proposed amendments to the revenue
bill were thrown overooard. The naval
ar.d mllltiry bills will be rushed as
rapidly as possible, but with the utmost
speed the completion of the task before
the Senato In the face of threatened op
position seems almost Impossible. The
time remaining of the present session is
so brief that the demands for reasonable
debate on the armed neutrality bill can
be met only with difficulty and the r-iiua-Hon
Is most favorable for a filibuster.
William J. Rryan arrived in Washing
ton to-day to rally his pacifist support
era in the House for the opening of the
conflict to-morrow. He was only one of
a score of pacifist leaders who have
hurried to tho capital to throw them
selves in the breach and exert inem-
selve to the utmost to induce Congre4
to rerrain from any move which might
savor of war.
The rallying pacifist cry was sounded
by Representative Shackleford of Mis
souri, a member of the. Foreign Affairs
Committee, who nied a minority report
in opposition to the armed neutrality
bill asking whether the objects which the
I'nited States sought were worth the
terrible cost of war.
He said that both Great Hritaln and
Germany had undoubtedly given suf
ficient provocation for war, but added;
"Let us count the cost."
He estimated It In billions of dollars
and countless lives and In general dis
tress and suffering. "All of thin for
wlial?" he continued. "To enforce our
right to sail the North Sea, which tho
Urltlsh have mined anil declared to bo
n war zone. To enforce our right to
carry food, clothing, arms and ammuni
tion to the ports of Great Hritaln am
her allies. I cannot bellcie that it would
be to our Interest to wage such a war."
Speaking for President WINon, Sec
retary McAdoo this morning accepted
the two amendments to the Flood armed
merchantmen hill, us outlined In Tun
SfN, nnd with one further amendment
the bill was repurted out with only six
votes In opposition. These otes were
cast by HeprcsenUtlves Cooper an, I
Porter, Republicans, and Hagsdale, Ilud
illehton, Shackleford and Thompson,
Democrats.
The amendments not only do not re
strict the power and authority a.skei
by the President, but by Implication
direct him to put thoso powers into
effect.
The bill will be taken up and passed
by the House to-morrmv under a rule
which tho Rules Commllteo will report
out at a meeting to-morrow morning.
The rule will not seek to limit debate,
unless later on a determination to fili
buster develops.
The Hrst change ugreed to by the
committee to-dsy Involves the elimina
tion nf the words "ehould it, In his Judg-
i inent, be necessary to do so."
Tho second change, as outlined In Thk
SUN, eliminates the pnraseoiogy "employ
such other instrumentalities and meth
ods us may In Ids JudKinent and discre
tion seem necessary arm adequate," and
sirnply leaves In direct authority to
prutccl American lives and American
ships "against unlawful attack."
To Be a Real Patriot To-day
is to KNOW THE FACTS
Think, Talk, Act Intelligently!
N Friday, February 2, it was every man's and woman's privilege to
be neutral to the point of not knowing and not caring anything
about the neutrality of nations, blockades, international agreements or
rules of war. It was his or her privilege to take no cognizance of any
aspect of the war if he or she did not wish to think about it.
On Saturday, February 3, by the severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany, it instantly became the duty of every man and woman
in the United States to know positively what this nation is doing and
why it is being done.
President Wilson is the executive
head of your government, placed
there by you, to do and to see that
others do those things that make
for the welfare of all the people.
The representative in Congress
from your district and your sena
tors are your representatives to
see that legislation for your benefit
is enacted and to see that legisla
tion inimical to your welfare is
avoided.
No one thing is so important to
remember right now as the fact
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Was President Wilson right in break
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Germany?
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relations led to war in the past?
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May a belligerent destroy the prop
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