Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1917 — GERMANY PLANNED WAR ON US [ARTICLE]

GERMANY PLANNED WAR ON US

Conclusive Evidence Is Now in Hands of the Administration. Washington, D. C., August 28. — Evidence which made American government officials believe Germany planned to make war on the United States after defeating France and England is in the hands of the administration, the state department announced yesterday. The state department confirmed Lord Robert Cecil’s statement of Germany’s intentions. Secretary Lansing refused to be specific as to what evidence there was, but it is believed the evidence was brought here by James Gerard on his return from Berlin as ambassador to Germany. Mr. Gerard himself has frequently said the Teutons had their eyes on this country, and Lord Robert Cecil said he had proof of this intention. Vast amounts of data showing the net of intrigue woven about America by the kaiser’s agents are filed in the state department. including the clumsy attempt of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman to create a union of Mexico and Japan against this country. This and other autocratic dreams showed the trend of the German mind. They also afford President Wilson the opportunity he will soon take of showing why America can not deal on friendly terms with Germany as long as the kateer reigns.