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VOLUME XIV.
Congress, Shocked By Plot, Falls Into Line With Wilson
GERMANY BLAMED FOR COLUMBUS MASSACRE;
PLOTTED TO DRAW U. S. INTO WAR WITH JAPAN
House Takes Up Bill to Give Wilson Power to Act
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ABANDON FILIBUSTER
■ FUCK PRESIDENT
■„ ■ »
Democratic Leaders Are As
sured of Their Support of the
Nation’s Chief Executive in
National Emergency
(By Aneciated Praaa.l
WASHINGTON, March I_—Shocked
and amazed by the revelation of Ger
many a attempt to unite Japan and
Mexico to war upon the United States,
'ongreas today forgot its differences of
opinion and began .swinging into line
behind the president.
Senate Republicans abandoned their
general filibuster and gave Democratic
leaders assurances of their support to
the president in a national emergency.
In the house, without a roll call, and
under special provision Tor its immedi
ate consideration. Representative Flood’s
*u*l to clothe the president with author
itr to deal with the German submarine
■eenace by arming ships, was taken up
snder an agreement for a vote after
three hours of debate.
The magnitude and astounding char
acter of Germany’s proposal complete
ly overshadowed all other considerations
in the government today.
Full official confirmation of Germany’s
intrigue to ally Mexico and Japan with I
’-er to make war on the United States, as;
-wealed last night by the Associated
Press, was given today at the White'
House, the state department and in the
On the floor of the senate it was an
nounced that Democratic senators had
*»eefi authorized to state that the reve
lations. including the text of the in
structions from German Foreign Minis
ter Zimmerman to German Minister von
Uckhardt at Mexico City, were correct.
On motion of Senator Lodge the ren-,
ate at once took up a proposal to ask
the president to communicate the facts:
to congress officially. .
Chairman Stone's request to have the
Lodge resolution referred to the for-.
e;gn relations committee without any in- '
strwctions as to when it should report. I
was adopted by the senate by unanimous
consent. •
Senator Stone then called a meeting of
th committee to considr the resolution
• The text of the Lodge resolution fol
lows:
’That the president be requested to
inform the senate whether the note
signed *Zimmermann.’ published in the
newspapers o fthe morning of March 1.
inviting Mexico to unite with Germany
and Japan in war against the United
States, is authentic and in the posses
sion of the United States, and if authen
tic, to send to the senate, if not incom
patible with the public interest, any
further information in the possession of
the United States government relative
to the activities of the imperial Ger
man government in Mexico.“
Senator LaFollette. of Wisconsin, said
he would not object to passage of the
Lodge resolution. provided it was
amended to ask the president to state
when the Zimmermann note had gotten |
into possession of the United States :
government.
The committee ordered a favorable I
report on the Lodge resolution after!
changing only a few words.
The committee amended by striking
out the provision asking the president
for information as to when the 'Zim
mermann" letter came into possession
of the United States.
Senator Lodge added to his resolution
a clause requesting that the senate be
supplied with ail other information re
garding this matter if not incompatible
with the public interest.
Senator Lodge declared that when "a
great news gathering association like
the Associated Press put forward se
riously and solemnly* what purports tn
be a dispatch from the secretary for for
eign affairs of Germany inviting Mextsn
and Japan to unite to make war on' rhe
United States.** it was time the congress
and the people should be informed of the
matter.
While Senator Swanson was assuring
Mr Lodge that he was authorized to
state that the announcement by .the As
sociated Press was correct, full confirma
tion was being given officially at the
White House and state department.
Senator Hardwick, of Georgia. Demo
crat. objected to immediate considera
tion of the Lodge resolution and ether
«enators urged him to withdraw it. Sen
ator Works. Republican, of California,
arrued that It should be adopted.
"It is exceedingly important." said
he. “that we have explicit information
whether the president, at the time he
asked congress to confer extraordinary
powers upon him knew of these condi-
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Rome Makes a Splendid
Presentation of Claims
For Armor Plate Plant
Manner in Which Her Case Is
Submitted to Armor Plate
Board Would Have Done
Credit to Any City
BY BOGEBS WTITTEB.
(journal Staff Correrpondent.)
ROME. Ga., March 1. —The claims of
this city for the location of the armor
plate plant to be built by the United
States government for manufacturing
armor plate for ships of the navy were
presented Wednesday afternoon to the
armor plate board in a manner that
would have done credit to any city in
the United States.
From the very outset of her campaign
to secure the armor plate plant, Rome
has based her bid on merit alone. She
has 'Conducted her case on the principle
that she wants the plant to be located
in Rome if the authorities of the gov
ernment decide that Rome is the beat
location, but she doesn't want it or ask
for it if they decide that some other!
location would be better suited.
This has been the keynote of her
whole campaign, and it was the key
note Wednesday afternoon of the pre
sentation of her claims to the board
appointed by Secretary Daniels of the
navy to inspect the nineteen available
locations which have been tentatively
recommended.
Nothing was offered but facts; only
such facts as had a direct bearing upon
the subject, and every angle of the sub
ject was thoroughly covered.
At the conclusion of the hearing. Cap
tain Commander Frank H. Clark, a mem
ber of the board, took occasion to say
to T. E. Grafton, secretary of the Rome
chamber of commerce, that Rome had
made the most comprehensive presenta
tion of her case of any city in the whole
list of fourteen which have been vis
ited by the board.
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
The armor plate board consists of
three officers of the United States navy.
The chairman, is Admiral Frank F.i
Fletcher, who is a member of the gen
eral board of the navy, and the man
who commanded the fleet at Vera Cruz.
Then Captain Commander Clark, men
tioned above, and Lieutenant Command
er Reuben E. Bakenhue.
When it was decided by congress that
the government should build an armor
plate plant and make its own armor
plate, rather than pay the steel com
panies exorbitant prices, some 200 cities
applied for the location of the plant.;
All of these were eliminated except nine
teen. and Rome was one of the nineteen,
being the only Georgia city in the nuin-i
ber.
Secretary Daniels of the navy ap
pointed the board to make an inspection
of the nineteen cities and recommend
to him the one most suitable for the
location of the plant. The members of
the board have visited and inspected l
fourteen of the nineteen cities. The re
maining fix e are all in the west.
Arriving in Rome Tuesday night, the
members of the board spent a very
pleasant social evening with Rome citi
zens and ladies, then Wednesday morn
ing they started on a tour of the differ
ent sites which are offered by Rome for
the building of the plant.
Three splendid sites were offered and
inspected by the board. All are in a few
miles «f Rome, all comprise more than
200 acres .and all are accessible to the
railroads and the Coosa river, and are
situated on level ground in valleys.
Besides inspecting the sites, the mem
bers of the board made a visit to the
famous Berry school and to Shorter Col
lege, after which they were brought
back to the city and.tendered a luncheon
by the Rome Rotary club.
ATLANTIANS AID ROME
Present at the* lunheon were a delega
tion of Atlanta citizens who came up to j
aid this city in presenting her claims and ;
to let Rome know that Atlanta Is equally
as enthusiastic in Rome’s behalf as she
would be if she was bidding for the lo
cation of the plant.
The members of this delegation were
Ivan E. Allen, president of the Atlanta
chamber of commerce; Walter G. Coop
er, secretary of the Atlanta chamber of
commerce; W. B. . Willingham, W. J.
Davis. B M. Hali and Sam W. Wilkes.
When the luncheon was over the board
adjourned to the commissioners’ room in
the city hall and there the formal hear
ing wa» held. beginning about 3:15
o'clock and running until about 4:30.
None pf Hie speakers spoke longer
than six minutes. None of them made
the slightest effort at oratory. None of
them indulged in any compliments or
iouquets or laudatory remarks concern
ing Rome or the armor plate board or
President Wilson or anybody else. They
confined themselves entirely to facts, and
presented these facts in <ne most direct,
concise and business-like way.
The members of the armor plate board
sat behind a long table. At the end of the
table sat Secretary Grafton of the Rome
chamber of commerce, who called up the,
speakers one at a time. In the audience,
were citizens of Rome and visitors ad
mitted by card.
“We will begin at the ground and
build up. gentlemen of the board.” said
Secretary Grafton, and called up his first
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RE-THML OF ROGERS ON:
SAME GROUND OE-COVFOE9
Solicitor Puts Up Only Two
Witnesses and Then Rests
State’s Case
The retrial of W W. (Boots) Rogers,
which commenced Thursday morning,
on a charge of robbing Paymaster Boy
kin. of the Martel Manufacturing com
pany, near Hapeville on the morning of
last December 2. is covering practically
the same grountT that was gone over last
week In Rogers' first trial, which came
to an end when Judge Hill declared a
mistrial as the case was nearing the
finish.
Solicitor John A. Boykin put up only
two witnesses Thursday morning, and
then rested his case: The first was
Paymaster Boykin, who again described
the robbery, again positively identified
Rogers, and incidentally brought M. J.
Yarter into the case by asserting that
‘Tarter aided Rogers in the hold-up. The
second witness was Mrs. »t>ra Lloyd,
who happened to pass when Boykin was
being robbed, and who again identified
Rogers.
Yarter is the man whom Rogers ac
cused when he took the stand in his
own defense in his first trial. It will
be recalled he asserted his inno
cence and threw the crime on Yarter’s
shoulders by asserting that he dicto
graphed Yarter in the home of Mrs.
Viola Tyler and overheard him tell her
about robbing Boykin.
At a preliminary trial held Wednes
day, Boykin sprung a surprise by iden
tifying Yarter as the man who was
with Rogers, and aided him in the hold
up. Yarter. as the result of this testi
mony, was bonnd over under a bond of
15.000.
Governor-Elect Hugh M. Dorsey, chief
counsel for the defense, grilled Paymas
ter Boykin for an hour in an at
tempt to break down or weaken his iden
tification of Rogers, but the paymaster
stuck to his story.
When Solicitor Boykin had closed, the
defense immediately began to present its
case. Instead df putting Boots Rogers
on the stand ahead of the alibi witnesses,
as In the first trial. Attorneys Dorsey
and John W. Moore, who is associated
with him, led off with the alibi wit
nesses.
R. God.frev. motorman. and J. Nesbtt,
conductor of the street car that carried
Boykin to Lang avenue on the day of the
robery testified that Rogers* was not the '
man who got off of the car behind Boy- |
kin and thaj Yarter was the man. Bo: hi
were put through a severe cross examin- ,
ation by the solicitor and admitted that
they could not remember any other stop i
made that morning or anything about '
any other passengers whom they car
ried on that day.
The Jurors, who were selected without
much difficulty, are as follows:
J. A. Adams. A. V- Toney. H. B. Phil
lips, Sam Clower, T. L. Middlebrooks.
William F. Maurer, D. R. Evans. W. O. I
Dewberry. W. H. Smith, L. H. Hill, J.
E Paden, W. R. Johnson.
At 1 o’clock Judge Hill took a recess I
until 2 o’clock and announced that the
trial would then run until 6 o'clock.
BINOITS HOB BINK
MO KILL TOWIf MAYDH
Two Men Get $3,000 From
Collinstown, La., but Drop
It in Flight
<By Press.)
MONROE, March 1. —Two uniden- '
tified men held up and robbed the Bank
of Collinstown. La., twenty miles north
of Monroe, about today, and in the j
pursuit which followed they shot an'l |
killed P. W. Vaughan, mayor of Collins
ville, a member of the posse. Reports
from the scene stated one of the rob
bers had been captured.
The robbers obtained $3,000 from the
bank and fled on horses they found tied
nearby. A posse quickly was organized
anti started after the robbers, who were
so closely crowded in the pursuit that !
they dropped the bag containing the
stolen money, according to reports. The
authorities here were Informed that cit
izens of Collinsville were threatening to
lync)i the robbers for killing Mayor
Vaughan, if they were captured.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1917.
FURTHER BETBEAT ON
THE WESTffI FRONT
ADMITTED BV BERLIN
“Voluntary and Systematic”
Withdrawal of Parts of Ger
man Advance Positions on
Ancre Is Announced
..(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, March I.—The remnants
of the Turkish force retreating from
Kut-el-Amara have been shattered com
pletely, according to information given
out in the house of commons today.
The Turks, it was said, would reach
Bagdad only as a disorderly mob.
<By Associated Press.)
NEW YOrtK, March J.—Berlin today
made its exiiected announcement on the
Somme front retiremerft, referring to
the move as an evacuation of “a part
of our advanced positions" on both
sides of the Ancre. The move 'was
made several days ago. it jp declared,
and remained concealed from the Brit
ish, upon whom considerable losses were
inflicted by the Germaq rear guards as
.they fell back, according to orders. The
defense, it Is stated, has been trans
ferred to another prepared line.
The German office also reports the
repulse of two British attacks, just
south of the evacuated ground, one near
Le Transloy and the other near Sailly.
The British appear to have penetrated
the German positions in the latter case
and to have established themselves in
what Berli nailudes to as ‘‘riflemen’s
nests” of local importance only.
According to Paris dispatches the
great retrograde movement of the Ger
mans on the Franco-Belgian front con
tinues. Apparently even the strong
hold of Bapaume, for months the main
objective of the British operations on
the Somme front, is to be abandoned, if,
j indeed, it has not already been evacu
ated.
Taris military circles report Informa
tion that tMe fall of Bapaume is immi
nent, the Germans having already fallen
back behind the town. Dispatches from
the front byway of London lent color
to the reports. The Germans appear
'to have been preparing for evacuation
j and were said to have blown up the
■ famous dock tower there.
The new German line, according to
French information, runs behind Ba
paume- and thence southward along the
Bapaume-Peronne road. This would ap
proximate the present line from Le
Transloy, three and a half miles south
of Bapaume, southward to Peronne.
Northwest .of Kut-el-Amara. on the
Tigris, the British still have the Turks
in,full retreat, according to the latest
official received in London. The
pursuit was previously reported to have
reachefl a point more than thirty miles
north-northwest of Kut. and the addi
tional advices announce it as continuing.
More prisoners and material have been
captured.
The American merchant steamer
Rochester from New York for Bordeaux
has arrived safely in French waters. ;
Another German air raid on (England
has been carried out. A single airplane
was the raiding medium. It bombarded
Broadstairs, on the Island of Thanet.
The British official report says one
woman was Injured.
Teutonic submarine operations have
resulted in the sinking of four more
vessels, aggregating 8,796 tons. The I
largest was the British steamer Clan
Farquhar, of 5,853 tons. A Norwegian
steamer, a British sailing vessel and a
French schooner were the other vic
tims.
WASHINGTON COES DRV
Bi VOTE BE 273 T 0137
Conferees on Postal Bill Reach
Agreement Favoring Reed
Amendment
(By Atiociated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March I.—Prohibition
won a double victory In congress last
night when the house passed, 273 to 137,
the senate bill to make the national cap
ital dry and senate and house con
ferees on the postal appropriation bill
unexpectedly announced an agreement
under which the Reed “hone, dry”
amendment is virtually assured of en
actment.
Hope of agreeing on the postal supply
measure had been abandoned by the
conferees, who submitted a resolution
to continue existing postal appropria
tions for another year. Last night,
however, they got together on a report
which includes the Reed amendment,
prohibiting shipment of liquor Into pro
hibition states, and which they expect
to present in both houses today or Fri
day. The leaders thought there was no
doubt of its acceptance in senate and
SPURRED TO ACTION.
AGREEMENT IB MADE
TO VOTE I 3 HOURS
’House Is Notified Wilson
Stands Squarely Behind
Senate Measure “First, Last
and All the Time”
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March I.—Spurred by
the developments of the International
situation the house today took up the
bill to clothe the president with au
thority to deal with the German sub
marine menace under an agreement to
vote after three hours’ debate.
The statement was made officially
that the White House stands behind the
bill as drawn in the senate “first, last
and all the time,” and does not approve
the house bill in its entirety because it
does not provide the "other instrumen
•talities” which the president desires,
and proposes to refuse war insurance to
ships which carry munitions.
The portion the administration wants
may be inserted on the floor of the house
or after the bill gets to the senate.
A special rule for immediate consid
eration of the Flood bill to empower the
president to arm and protect ships "un
der United States registry” was favor
ably reported today from the house
rules comnrittee.
Without a roll call the house unani
mously adopted the rule and three hours
general debate on the measure was be
gun immediately.
FLOOD STIRS HOUSE.
At the outset of the house debate
Chairman Flood aroused intense en
thusiasm on both sides. Every refer
ence to America’s willingness to pro
tect the rights of citizens wherever they
had a right to travel was met with a
volley of applause. He cited that au
thority for the president to act as sug
gested in the bill had been granted to
other executives in 1794, 1798, 1805,
1815, 1839 and 1856, and, incidentally,
attacked the pacifists protesting against
the’ bill.
“In 1798," he continued, "many people
in this country at that time said our
rights should not be upheld and that to
uphold them would lead to war with
France. We gave the president the i
power, our commerce was protected, our I
honpr vindicated and war was averted."
Even, greater applause greeted Re- j
publican Leader Mann’s stirring speecji
in favor of the bill, his remarks being
interrupted by patriotic outbursts.
"It is well known," Mr. Mann said,
“that I have done and will do every
thing in my power to keep this country
out of the European war and the peace
settlement that is certain to follow its
end. But I do not see how it is possi
ble for a patriotic nation to refuse to
give the president at the time of this
crisis power which he asks and which
is provided for in the pending bill.
REFUSES TO CAVIL.
"I recognize the fact that those oppos
ing this proposition are' filled with pa
triotism and devotion io the country aS
the rest of us are,” he con<inued, "but
I am not willing to cavil over the terms
of power conferred on the president.
"When the time comes that our ships
shall be assaulted and the limit of our
patient bearing of insults or destruction
that may be heaped upon us is passed,
it becomes the duty of a great or small
government to defend its rights upon the
sea.
"I hope and believe that by giving
this power to the president we shall
be more to keep out than to get into
war.”
Representative Kitchin, of North
Carolina. Democratic leader of the house,
announced,, amid applause, that he would
vote for the bill.
"I shall vote for this bill—but not
without hesitation and misgiving,” Mr.
Kitchin said.
"The nation confronts the gravest
crisis. It faces the supremest responsi
bility to itself and to the world. /
“Already the European » catastrophe
threatens the faith of mankind in Chris
tianity, in civilization,
"The widening of that catastrophe by '
a great, powerful nation like ours would
seem to challenge the right of Chris- ;
tianity to exist. It calls to the test i
the potency of civilization itself.”
Representative Cooper, Wisconsin, 1
Republican, contended the bill surrenders L
to the president the war power.
Representative Campbell, of Kansas.
Republican, contended the warring pow
ers should not be delegated.
house. They are taking It for granted,
too, that President Wilson will approve
both that and the District of.Columbia ,
prohibition bill. .
The district bill, which would become
effective November 1, was brought to a '
vote after a stubborn opposition had '
delayed for several hours the final roll
call which the leaders knew would mean ,
passage. All day and until late in the
evening they stood by their guns, ex
hausting every parliamentary expedient 1
to ward off action and watching for an <
opportuntiy to put the measure into a
- that would mean its failure 1
with the expiration of the session Sun- *
day. 1
MISER TRIED TO FORM
1 ALLIANCE WITH MEXICO
ANO JAPAN AGAINST 0.5.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March I.—Revelation of how Germany, expecting
J war with the United States as the result of her submarine campaign of ruth-
I lessness, plotted to unite Mexico and Japan with her for an attack on the
. United States has stirred the capital to its depths.
, Members of congress, many tof whom have been hesitating before
President Wilson's request for full authority to deal with Germany in the
’ present situation, went to the capitol today reading documentary evidence
' of the intrigue which proposed to separate Japan from her allies, and add
the United States to the list of nations which Germany hopes to see con
quered in her dream of world domination.
The investigations of the American military intellingence officers and
, the secret service along the border have disclosed many German activities
’ there, which now in the light of these revelations can be assigned to their
proper places in the sequence of events.
At Columbus, N. M., it is charged that German influences were respon
sible for the Villa raid, with the object of forcing intervention by the
United States, which was expected to draw the attention of the American
military forces and munitions and conseqnetrtlj cut
exports to the allies.
BELIEVED GERMANY PROPMTED
ATTACK AT PARRAL, MEXICO.
The army intelligence officers are in possession of information which
seems to imply possible connection of Theodore Kock, or Kouch, German
vice consul at Parral, Mexico, with the attack by Mexican troops on the
American cavalry under Major Tompkins - while in pursuit of the' Villa
bandits. Although American officers say they did not find Kock at Parral v
when they were there, they have received reports that he urged the Mex
icans to attack the American troops in order to prevent the capture of Villa,
fearing it would be followed by revelations of the alleged German influence
behind the raid. One high army officer said: , >
“I am positive Koch had something, if not a deal, to do with the
trouble at Parral.”
From other sources information has come to the government of other
German activities and influences in Mexico. Dr. Krum-Heller, a German
active in Mexico many years, is reported to be very close to General Car
ranza and active in conducting pro-German propaganda in Mexico. Other
information in the hands of government intelligence officers is that Mex
imillian Klaus, a perman, is in charge of the Carranza ordnance factories
which have been established near Mexico City, None of these facts in itself
is regarded as having a direct relation to the proposal of Germany to Mexico
and Japan, but it is realized they are collateral evidence of Germany’s gen
' eral plans.
How Germany, confident that unrestricted submarine w*arfare is the
; instrument by which she will bring England ,to her knees, proposed a "
triple blow, is revealed in a set of instructions from German Foreign Min
ister Zimmermann, to German Minister von Eckhardt in Mexico City, which
was transmitted through Count von Bernstorff, late German ambassador
here.
JAPAN WOULD NOT CONSIDER
AN ALLIANCE AGAINST UNITED STATES.
The Japanese embassy made the following comment:
“With regard to the alleged German attempt to induce Japan and
Mexico to make war upon the United States, made public in the press this
morning, the Japanese embassy, while lacking information as to whether
finch invitation ever reached Tokio, desires to state most emphatically that
any invitation of this sort would under no circumstances be entertained by
the Japanese government, which is in entire accord and close relations with
other powers, on account of formal agreements and our common cause, and
moreover, our good friendship with the United States, which is every day' >
growing in sincerity and cordiality.”
At one sweep, Germany proposed to weaken the entente alliance by'
the defection of Japan; strike a crushing blow at England’s naval power
by cutting off the vital- supply of Mexican fuel oil; and thoroughly en
gage the attention of the United States by an invasion, in which Japan
was to be invited to join, and for which Mexico should be rewarded by
reconquering her "lost provinces”—Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
This astounding document, dated Berlin, January 19, 1917, contents’
of which have for some time been in possession of the United States gov
ernment, shows plainly that Germany, while making repeated protestations
to the United States that she had no Intentions of resuming her sea cam
paign of ruthlessness, was making the final arrangements for its ex- ‘
ecution two weeks before it was announced, and had even gohe so far in
consideration of the consequences that she proposed to meet them by the
attack with Mexico and Japan upon the United States.
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF
HANDLED DOCUMENTS AT CAPITAL.
Details were left to terman Minister von Eckhardt 1n Mexico City,
who, by instructions signed by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann at
Berlin January 19. 1917, was directed to propose the alliance with Mexico
to General Carranza and suggest that Mexico seek to bring Japan intff
the plot.
These instructions' were transmitted to Von Eckhardt through Count
von Bernstorff, former German ambassador here, now on his home
to Germany under a safe conduct obtained from his enemies by the country
against which he was plotting war.
It is known positively that evidences of the activities of Count von
Bernstorff, sufficient to force his departure from the country at any time,
were in the hands of the government even before it knew of the attempted
intrigue with Mexico and Japan. •’ • , ’
Germany pictured to Mexico by broad intimation, England and the
entente allies defeated; Germany and her allies triumphant, and in world
domination by the instrument of unrestricted submarine warfare.
JAPAN NOT RECEPTIVE.
The evidence at hand are that if Mex
ico. as Germany suggested, communi
cated to Japan the proposal for an at
tack on the United States it met with
a reception in Tokio which was quite
contrary to what Berlin had expected.
It is thought here that Germany’s an
nouncement that she intended to with
draw from the Pacific, as part of the
making of peace, was carefully planned
Jong ago to attract Japan to Germany’s
.schemes with the prospect not only of I
occupying the German possessions in
the Pacific abiding to her domination of
that great ocean, but of settling the
NUMBER 43.
long-standing friction with the United
States.
Observers here believe that the break
down of the scheme so far as Japan waa
concerned was signalized when the
Mexican government suddenly reversed
its attitude and announced that It had
no intention of cutting off the British
supply nf naval fuel oil, as had plainly
been indicated in General Gaxcanza's
j proposal to make peace in Europe
| cutting off exports of food and munitions
i from neutrals.
A copy of Zimmermann’s Instructions
to Von Eckhardt, sent through Von
Bernstorff, is in possession of the Unit
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