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Had Asked Mexico and Japan to Unite With Her in Case This Country Did Not Remain Neutral When Ruthless Submarine VfqriMe Was Commenced. fctalta* Was Asked to Negotiate With Japan to Secure Their Aid in War on United States a?d Waa to bo Given Texas, New Mexico and Arizona as Reward for Part in War?Was to Receive Financial Assistance from Germany-German Envoy Was handling the Man iWottfh Advices Received from Ambassador Yon Bern&orff. WeatttQgtoa. Fob. 11-?The Asso etaled Press Is suabled to roveal that flsnssi J in planning unrestrictsd hutiiSTl si wiutoxo and counting Its inMiggqiicnrss. proposed an alliance with Mexico vid Japan to make war On the United States, If this country should not rusnaln neutral. Japan through Mexican mediation, was to as urged to abandon her alllee and Join tn the attack on the United Mexico, for her reward, was to re negro general financial support from Oermany, reconquer Texas, New MSjsdoo and Arisona?lost provinces ?-and share in the victorious peace lernte contemplated. Details'wore loft to Gorman min? ister Bokhardt la Mexico City, who by Instructions signed by Gorman |TSrsign Ministsr Zimmermann at aWlln January It, ltlT, was direct? ed to propose the alliance with Max loo to Gen. Carransa and suggest that Mexico seek to bring Japan Into the wiot. These instructions were transmitted to von Eckhardt through Count von njstinwoirT. former German ambassa? dor hero, now on his way home to Oermany under a safe conduct ob? tained from his enemios by the country against which ho was plot? ting war. Germany pictured to Mexico by hgnad Intimation, England and the entente allies defeated; Germany an I her allies triumphant and In world Crenel nation by the instrument of un sgsgriotod submarine warfare. A copy of Zimmermanns Instruc-. ttottgvie von Eckhardt, sent through; Nbw* Bernetorff. Is In possesulon of mm UnHed gtates government It Is nifouw ^ "Berlin, January It, ltlT. **Ou the nrst of Fohruary we Intend to begin submarine warfare unre? stricted. SO. spits of this. It Is our Intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America. "If this attempt is not successful ww propose an alliance on the fol? lowing basis with Mexico: That we ewall make war together and together We shall give general support and It Is understood Mexico Is to reconquer the lost territory la New Mexico. Texas and Arisona, The details are left to you far settlement. "Tow are Instructed to Inform the lent of Mexico of the above as as It Is certain that there will ha an outbreak of war with the Unit? ed gtates and suggest that the presi? dent of Mexico, c n his own Initiative, should communicate with Japan snggssHiig adherence at once to this nenn; at tho same time, offer to me? diate between Germsny and Japan. "noes* call to the attention o? tho president of Mexico that tho em? ployment of ruthless submarine war? fare aow promises to compel Eng hind to make peace In a few months (Sinned) "Zimmermann." This document has been In the hands of the government since Pres? ident Wilson broko off diplomatic re latione with Oermany. It has been kept secret while the president ha been asking congreaa for full authority to donl with Oermany and while con? gress has boon hesitating. It was |r tho president's hands while Chancel? lor von Bethmann-Hollwcg was de? claring that the United 8ta4es had placed an interpretation on the sub warln? declaration "never intend? 1 by Germar v and that Oermany hud promoted and honored friendly re? lations with ths United gtates "as an heirloom from Frederick the Great" Of Itself. If there were no other. It Im considered a sufficient answer to tho Oerman chancellor's plulivt flint tine United gtatea "brusquely" broke off relations without giving "an t?ieattc" rsssons for Its action. Ths document supplies tho mlmlna link to many separate rhulns of fir eumstsnces. which until now have pggsmed to lead to no definite polo* it shed* nsw light upon the frequently repeated but Indefinable moveim its of tho Mexlcsn government to couple Its situation with ti,^ - friction l?e tsreon tho United States and .1 pun. It ndds snother chapter to the ccle htstsd report of Jules Camion, French ambssasdor In Berlin, tefore the war, of Germany's worldwide i plans for stirring strife on every continent where' it might aid her in j the struggle for world domination which she dreamed\as close at hand.1 It adds a climax to the operations of Count von Bernstorf! and the German embassy In this country, which have been colored with pasuport frauds, charges of dynamite plots and in? trigue, the full extent o:f which never has been published. It gives new credence to persistent reports of submarine bases on Mexican territory in the Gulf of Mexico; It takes cognisance of a fact long recog? nised by American army chiefs, that if Japan ever undertook to invade the United States it probkbly would be through Mexico, over the border and Into the Mississippi valley to split the country in two. It recalls that Count von Bernstorff when handed his pass? ports was very reluctant to return to Germany, but expressed a preference for asylum In Cuba. It gives a new explanation to the repeated arrests on [the border of men charged by Ameri? can military authorities with being German Intelligence agents. Last of all, It seems to show a con? nection with Gen. Carransa's recent proposal to neutrals that exports of food and munitions to the entente al? lies be cut off, and an Intimation that ' he might stop the supply of oil. so j vital to the British navay, which is exported from the Tampico Molds. What congress will do and how members of congress who openly have sympathised with Germany in their opposition to clothing the president with full authority to protect Ameri? can rights will regard the revelations of Germany's machinations to attack the United Sttaes Is the subject to? night of keenest Interest. Such a proposal as Germany in? structed her minister to make to Mex? ico borders on an act of war, If ac? tually It is not one. No doubt exists here now that the persistent reports during the last two years of the operations of Gorman agents not alone in Mexico but all through Central America and the West Indies are based on facts. There Is now no doubt whatever that the proposed alliance with Metlco was known to high Mexican officials who are distinguished for their anti-Ameri? canism. Among them are Rafael Zubaran. Carransa's minister to Germany, and Luis Cabrera, Carransa's minister of finance. It Is apparent that the proposal had taken definite form when Zubaran re? turned to Mexico City from Borlin re? cently. His return from his foreign post was covered by the fact that Carranza had called in many of his diplomats for "conferences." Some time before that Cabera. while still at Atlantic City in the conference of the American-Mexican joint commis? sion, had suggested in a guarded way to a member of the American section that he regretted that the commission had not succeeded fully in settling the ' difficulties between Mexico and the United States.\ for he said, ho had hoped It might continue its work and mrke peace for the world. When pressed for some details of how the commission could restore world peace, Cabrera suggested that tho American republics controlled the destiny of the war by controlling a large part of Its supplies. Mexico, he intimuted, might do her part by cut? ting off exports of oil. The Ameri? can commissioners dismissed his ideas as visionary. Almost coincident with Zubaran's return from Germany, Cabrera re? turned to Mexico City, open In his expressions of anti-Americanism. Zubaran. before being sent abroad had represented Gen. Carranza here, while the Niagara conferences were proceeding and was no less avowedly antl-Amerlenn than Cabrera. i Mnanwhlle, Itaron von Sehoen. f>oc retary of the German sH^MS) here, was transferred to the location In Mex? ico City. No explanation could bo ob? tained of the reason for his transfer and such investigation as was possible fulled to develop why a secretary from the United Ptatcs should bo sent to the German legation In Mexico. PS I till von Bchoen's association with the moves, if any at all, does not appeur. The only outward indication that he might have been connected with them is found in the fact that he re? cently had been detached from the German embassy in Tokyo and was well acquainted with the Japanese minister in Mexico City. Carranza's peace proposal was openly pronounc? ed an evidence of German influence In Mexico by officials here, who de? clared it was intended only to embar? rass the United States. Then appar? ently some influences showed their effect oh the course of the Mexican government and on February 25 Ca? brera, the minister of finance, issued ! a statement describing the "amaze? ment" of the Mexican government that the American newspaper should have interpreted Gen. Carransa's pro? posal to cut off exports of munitions as a suggestion that he might cut off shipments of British oil. They were, Cabrera, declared, "entirely ground? less," and that feature of the situa? tion ended. There was an Intimation that Germany's astounding proposal that Japan turn traitor to her allies was answered by Toyko. Count von Bernstorff's connection with the plot, further than serving as the channel of communication, is in? tensified by the fact that the German embassy here was not merely the me? dium of delivering a message In this instance but was really a sort of head? quarters for all the German missions in Central and South America. The German naval attache, Capt Boy-Ed, and the military attache, Capt. von Papen, whose recall was forced by the state department be? cause of their military activities in this country, also were accredited to Mexico and before the outbreak of the war and their departure from this country made at least one visit here. For months many naval officers here have believed that the mystertom German sea raiders of the South At? lantic must have found a base some? where on the Mexican coast, and thnt such a base could not be main* -C without the knowledge and consenc Of Mexican officials. L#ast November the British charge at Mexico City pre? sented to the Carranza foreign office a notification that if it was discovered that Mexican neutrality thus had been violated the allies would "take drastic measures'* to prevent a con? tinuance of that situation. In a note almost insolent in tone Foreign Minister Agullar replied to the charge that, if in effect, it was the business of the allies to keep subma? rines out of western waters, and that If they were not kept out Mexico would adopt whatever course the cir? cumstances might command. To German influence also have been attributed in some quarters the vigorous steps taken by the de facto finance minister to force loans from the Banco Nacional and the Bank of London and Mexico, owned by French and British capital. The institution were closed by the Mexican author? ities and some of their officers Impris? oned and held for weeks despite re? peated protests by France, Great Brit? ain and the United States. Reports of German machine guns and German gunners in theCarrai:za army also have been persistent, al? though the relative Importance to the proposed alliance is not fully es? tablished. It was recalled tonight, too that last November when the Mexi? can-American joint commission was making its futile effort to adjust the differences between the two countries, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador at Mexico City, Count Kaiman Volkanyr made a trip to the United States on what he described as a "secret mis? sion." A suggestion interpreted by some of? ficials as an Indication that Germany rnmht have made approaches to Mex? ico at that time was made by ^abrca. In n address at Philadelphia on No' jnbor 10. "'.he foes of the United States will certainly assums to bo friends of Mex Iro." said Mr. Cabrera, "and will try to take advantage of any sort of re? sentment Mexico may have against the United States. Mexico, neverthe? less, unocrstands in case of a eonflirt between tho United States and any other nation outside America, her at t!tudo mu:t be one of continental solidarity." LODGE PLAYING POLITICS. -1 REPUBLICAN SENATORS STILL ENDEAVORING TO EMBAR? RASS PRESIDENT. Desire to Gain Partisan Advantage is 'Paramount With Republican Lead? ers Even in the Hour of Crisis in American Relations With Foreign Enemies. - Washington, Match I.?Senator Lodge. Republican, today introduced a resolution providing that President Wilson be requested to Inform the senate if the "Zimmerman" note is authentic. Senator Swanson, Demo? crat, informed Senator Lodge that the Democratic senators were author ized by the president to state that the Zimmerman note as revealed this morning by the Associated Press was substantially correct. Senator LaFol lette, Republican, favoi nA an amend? ment^ the Lodge resolution, asking the president to say when the United States government got possession of , the note. The senate foreign relations com? mittee has ordered a favorable report on the Lodge resolution. The commit? tee amended the resolution by strik? ing out the provision asking the pres? ident when the "Zimmermann" let? ter came into the United States' pos? session. The Republicans appear to be abandoning the filibuster on de? fense and armed neutrality legisla? tion. HOUSE WOULD LIMIT AUTHOR? ITY. Willing for President to Arm Ships for Protection, but Would Not Grant Other Agencies. Washington, March 1.?The Flood bill authorizing the president to arm and protect American lives and ships, but not giving him the power to use "other instrumentalities," as asked tc meet the submarine crisis, was taken up by the house on an agreement vote, after three hours debate. Th* administration backs the senate bill which grants the use of "other instru? mentalities." STATE SENATORS EXPELLED. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28.?State Senators I. V. Burgess and S. C. Sim: indicted Monday on charges of brib? ery, today were expelled from th? senate. A resolution which declarer that bribery charges against them had been sustained in an investiga tion by a senate committee and order? ing thorn expelled, was adopted by a vote of 25 to 8. It has been an open secret that de? partment of justice agents In thei. Investigation of plots to violate Ameri can neutrality by setting on foot arm? ed expeditions in Mexico more that once have uncovered what appeared to be trails of the German secret ser vice. A few days ago Fred Kaiser, sus pected o? being- a German agent, wa arrested at Nogales on charges brought under the neutrality statute: department of justice agents declar? ing he had attempted to obtain mill tary information on the American sld< of the border and had cultivated the society of American army officers with an apparent intention of promotin those efforts. Last July, when W. H. Schweibz who claimed to be a former Germai army officer, escaped into Mexico at Nogales after arrest on simila charges, the deputy marshal who tri? to follow him was stopped by Mexiea authorities. The full extent of the evidence o Germany's plotting against the United States gathered by the American se crct service, may become known only according to the course of the future relations between the two countries It is known that such evidence of th operation of the German embassy an persons who were responsible to b never has been permitted to come ou' because officials had to guard agains' intlaming the public mind In the tense situation with Germany. The public amazement which a full exposition ol the evidence in the hands of the gov ernment would cause can not be over estimated. Only today the council of national defense created by act of congress is sued an appeal to all Americans tf show every consideration for alien in this country. "Wo call upon all citizens," said th appeal, "if untoward events shotllt1 coihe upon us to present to thesi aliens, many of whom fmiorrov would bo Americans, an attitudo o' neither suspicion nor aggressiveness We urge upon all Americans to mee' these millions of foreign born witl unchanged manner and with unprcju diced mind." GERMAN PLOT ?10. WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DE? PARTMENT OFFICIALLY CON? FIRM PRESS REVELA? TION. Evidence of Von BcrnstorfTs Hostile Activities Was in Possession of the State Department Before the Break With Germany?Washington Stir? red as Never Before. Washington, March 1.?Full official confirmation of Germany's proposal to Mexico to form an alliance with Mex? ico and Japan to attack the United States was given today both at the Whlt? House and state department. The revelation of German Foreign Minister Zimmerman's letter to Ger? man Minister Von Eckhardt, at Mex? ico City, transmitted through former German Ambassador Von Bernstorff, urging Mexico to propose suj#h alli? ance to Japan has stirred the capital and congress to the utmost depths. Although the part taken by Ambas? sador Von Bernstorff, other than transmitting the letter for the Ger? man foreign office, has not been re? vealed, it is known positively evidence of his activities sufficient to force his departure from the United States at any time was in the hands of the government, even before it knew of Germany's attempted intrigue with Mexico and Japan. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. Washington, March 1.?After some debate, in which Senator Hardwick urged delay in the consideration of the resolution, because Senator Stone, the chairman of the foreign relations committee, was not present, Stone appeared and requested that the res? olution be referred to the committee without instructions as to when il should report. The senate agreed tc this unanimously. In making the re? quest Senator Stone said: "It seemt that tho resolution ought to go to th< committee. Here Is a newspaper re port "that th? secretary of forelgr relations of the German governmen sent a hostile communication to Ger man ambassador in Washington. It ap pears in the morning papers, but w< are not informed of its source. Then may be information in the hands o the State department that it might b< incompatible with the public interes to reveal." LANSING MAKES STATEMENT. Washington, March 1.?Secretary Lansing today authorised this state ment: "We do not believe Japan ha: had any knowledge of this Germar proposal or that she considered am proposition made by her enemy. \V< are confident that Mexico \ ould noi be a party in such an agreemnt." Secretary Lansing also said, in view of the fact that the plan was not to be presented until "it is cer? tain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States," it is not certain that the matter has beer officially presented to Carranza. Sec? retary Lansing declined to say how the information came into the Unit? ed States' possession. SPARTANURG HOTEL OPENS. Cleveland Gives Dinner for Old and Young, Followed by Dance. Spartanburg, Feb. 28.?The Cleve? land, Spartanburg's new $300,000 ho? tel, was formally opened last night. The stockholders and their guests ?vere served an eight course dinner, and immediately after this a dinner was served to the younger set, pat? rons and patronesses of tho initial dance, social event of the new ho? tel. This event was probably the greatest in the history of Spartan? burg's social life. Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wof ford college, presided at the stock holders' dinner. After the dinner Dr. Snyder made a speech at ihe close of which he presented a loving cup to J. W. Allen, president of the Spar? tanburg Hotel corporation, who had given diligent effort and unlimited time to the work of building the ho tel. Mr. Allen replied with a few re? marks in which he expressed his ap? preciation of,the gift. John B. Cleve? land made the last speech In which he praised tho efforts of C. O. Hearon, editor of the Spartanburg Herald, whose assistance, Mr. Cleveland said, was largely the cause of the success? ful completion of the hotel. The first guests registered today. TURKISH A It MY SI IATTEI t ED. London, March 1.?It was announc? ed In the house of commons that the retreating Turkish forces have been completely shattered. It Is said that the Turks reached Bagdad only as a disorderly mob. BERUMS mt BACK. GERMAN WAR OFFICE ADMITS WITHDRAWAL IN FRANCE. Abandon Advanced Position onAncrn and Prepare to Evacuate Bapaume ?British Continue Pursuit of Torna in Mesopotamia, New York, March L?German army headquarters has announced that a voluntary and systematic with? drawal has been made from parts of the German advance positions on both sides of the Ancre river, on the French front. London officially announced that a hostile airplane had bombed tho town of Broadstalrs. It also report? ed that the British pursuit of the Turks on the Tigris front continues; Unofficial reports from Paris said that the German lines have been dropped back to Bapaume on the Ancro front and the evacuation of that town is imminent. Patrol en-^j counters between the French and Gor* \ mans occurred in the Argonnes and Alsace. WOMAN ENDS ?ER UTK. Anderson, Feb. 28.?Mrs. Robert F4 Irby, wife of a well known cotton man of Oklahoma City, who has of? fices in several large cities In the cot-* ton belt, committed suicide here this morning by shooting herself With a pistol. The bullet entered her right temple and passed through her head? Mr. and Mrs. Irby arrived hoiw Fri? day to see their friends, Capt. and. Mrs. R. J. Ramer. Mr. U-by was called back to New York on Sunday and because of Mrs. Irby?s extreme nervous condition she was prevailed upon to remain here and visit thai Ramers. The tragedy occurred at tho Rainer home before any of the household had got up for breakfast. Mrs, Irby fired the shot as she lay in bed, death resulting 30 minutes later.\ She was unconscious until tho endj and left no note giving reasons for her rash act. Ill health is given the cause and after conf< the physician who was called oner Beasley announced that he did not think an inquest necessary. Mrs. Irby was 45 years of age and married Mr. Irby last Christmas. An Mrs. Bentley before marrying Mr. Irby she visited Anderson on two oc? casions and was a social favorite here. The body will be taken to Oklahoma City tomorrow for burial. Capt. Ra? mer, at whose home the suicide was committed, is captain of the Machine gun company of the First regiment and once resided in Oklahoma City. ference jritii uied in <JorV WILSON RECEIVES PEACE AD? VOCATES. Reminds Callers Country is Faced by Momentous Problem in Present Sit? uation, ij I Washington, Feb. 28.?President Wilson told peace advocates who call? ed on him today to protest against the stops he proposes in dealing with Oermany that the country was faced by a .momentous problem in the pres? ent situation; that he always had been for peace and would do everything within his power to maintain it. The president received their sug? gestions sympathetically, members of the delegation said, but told them the country must realize the magnitude of the question. Washington, March 1.?Great Brit* ain has withdrawn its objection and made known its permission for Had* lelds, Limited, an English munitions concern, to sell shells to the United States navy. _ ~\ New York, March 1.?A cablegram! to the Ken* Steamship line received this morning announced that the American steamer Rochester had arw rived at Bordeaux. Four American ships, the Dochra, for Genoa, and the Gold Shell, Orleans and Roches* ter, for Bordeaux, safely traversed through the submarine war zone. Juarez, March L?The German con* sulate was robbed last night and a number of important papers werg stolen from the files of Consul Mag Weber, who has been handling Ger* man affairs in northern Mexico. - York, Feb. 28.?John E Bankhead, a well known farmer of the Bullock creek section of York county, com* mitted suicide early this morning by hanging himself with a rope in his barn. He had been in ill health for some time and brooding over hie physical condition is thought to have temporarily unbalanced his mind. Hg Is survived by his wife and ten chtU dren. ^