AMERICA AND GERMANY

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 18, 6 March 1917, Page 5

AMERICA AND GERMANY

ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THE PLOT. NEWSPAPER RESTRICTIONS. Amsterdam, March 4. A German semi-official statement declares that it was not only the right but the duty of the Government to approach Mexico to counterpoise the United States’ joining the Allies. The German Minister at Mexico City was instructed not to take steps until it was certain that the United States was declaring war. The German press is debarred from commenting on the Mexican revelations. This restriction has caused a bad impression. It is considered possible that Herr Zimmerman will be forced to resign, and Count BernstortE to retire. A JAPANESE AMBASSADOR’S STATEMENT. PLOT REGARDED WITH SCORN AND RIDICULE. London, March 4. The Japanese Ambassador in London informed the correspondent of the “Philadelphia Ledger’’ that he regarded the contemptible Mexican intrigue with scorn and ridicule. An Embassy official said the revelations should cause Americans to realise once for all that they had as little cause to fear the Japanese as had the Dominions in the Pacific which Japan was assisting to defend.