THE GERMAN PLOT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11948, 6 March 1917, Page 1

THE GERMAN PLOT.

FEUS IN BERLIN. i A Aniridia* wJ M.Z. CabU Aasoc\»tion. , (Received Mnreh n\, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK. March ?>. Mr Cyril Brown, cabling from Bori lin. says rthat the news of tho German i pi or. was received in Berlin with the utmost* calmness. The newspapers soy that the betrayal. of Germany's oiler of an alliance to Mexico was made capital of by Mr Wilson. The Press, contends that Germany was within her rights in proposing the alliance. It is also stated that, tho law of .1.819 forbids merchantmen attacking the warships of a non-hostile Power. ! " INCOMPREHENSIBLE." \ RAYS COUNT REVENTLOW. I i j By T«l«srapk—P.fe«a Association.—OcpTlipM. (Received March G, 12.15 p.m..) I LONDON., March 5. ' Count Reventlow says that Ger- \ many's offer to Mexico is incompre- | henstble, because Mexico is unablo to | seke hold of United States territory. | UNFORTU- | NATE." I The "''Frankfurter !' that it Is" particularly u'nTortu'riate tE.at such, a- very secret document should fall into treacherous hands. The "Cologne Gazette" says that Germany's step was conditional on the United States declaring war. It is generally known, it continues, that the I United States -have long been euj gaged in provoking neutrals against \ Germany