METHODS OF ASSASSTN AND THUG.
GERMANY'S DESPERATE PLIGHT.
COMMENTS BY AMERICAN PRESS,
-(netoftltfln and is. 7 r- a b!*_ Association.) (Received March 2, 10.50 a m.) NEW YORK, March 1. Tt is now evident that the German Embassy at Washington has been the headquarters of German missions m °entral and South America for months. Naval, officers believed that German yaiders m the South Atlantic had a base m Mexico. There were many reports of German machine gunners m the Mexican army. Th« full extent of Germany's plotting, which is m possession of the Secret' Service, may become known according to future relations.
The Now York Times say 8 that the «tory reveals Germany's desperate plight 'nth startling distinctness. "It shows that we fyave not acted too soon m severing relations with Germany."
Well-informed _ American * quarters scout the suggestion that Japan would entertain the proposition for a moment. The Providence Journal states: "It nrovides more evidence of the damnable character of the plotting Teutonic mind. f yemranv has' the methods of the assas'••'n and thug, and has now descended to ♦hf. bn.aeat conspiracy and intrigue." Other .napers say thn.t the plot is •haracteristxally Germa n
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14236, 2 March 1917, Page 3
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