The Independent . he first day ofUermany Plans , , . J „ ... March the nation was Coalition startled by the pub- lication of a note from Foreign Min-ister Zimmermann of the GermanEmpire to the German embassy inMexico. The document, which wasdated January 19, 1917, announcedthat on the first of February unre-stricted submarine warfare would beresumed. Should the United Statesrefuse to remain neutral Germanywould be glad to have Mexico for anally. We shall, it said, give generalfinancial support, and it is understoodthat Mexico is to reconquer the lostterritory in New Mexico, Texas andArizon
The Independent . he first day ofUermany Plans , , . J „ ... March the nation was Coalition startled by the pub- lication of a note from Foreign Min-ister Zimmermann of the GermanEmpire to the German embassy inMexico. The document, which wasdated January 19, 1917, announcedthat on the first of February unre-stricted submarine warfare would beresumed. Should the United Statesrefuse to remain neutral Germanywould be glad to have Mexico for anally. We shall, it said, give generalfinancial support, and it is understoodthat Mexico is to reconquer the lostterritory in New Mexico, Texas andArizona. The President of Mexico wasthen to be invited to mediate betweenGermany and Japan and win overJapan to the anti-American will be noted that at the time thisnote was written the United Stateshad not broken diplomatic relationswith Germany and the relations be-tween the two governments were, onthe surface, perfectly friendly. The Associated Press made the notepublic in the first place and many per-. (c* c ndencoud *£ Underwood OUR BROOMSTICK BRIGADEThe Plattsburg recruits who are keeping in practice to do their bit if war should come are hampered by the armys lack of equipment. But the Plattsburg pep predominates in spite of difficulties: lacking rifles they drill with broomsticks sons refused to credit its authenticityuntil officially confirmed. Even Con-gress was inclined to be a long and rather excited discus-sion the Senate agreed to a resolutionwhich requested President Wilson tofurnish what information he couldabout the German note unless it wereagainst the public interest to do reply President Wilson sent a reportof Secretary of State Lansing whichguaranteed the authenticity of the noteand added that the evidence was pro-cured by the Government within theweek. This set at rest all doubts ofthe genuineness of the discovery. Withcommendable frankness the GermanGovernment made no attempt to denyits responsibility for the conspiracyagai
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