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106 no one, from the Government to the majority of the American people, desires or would sanction American military intervention in that country. But the German plans are, almost without exception, made with military ends in view.

Early in 1915 there was organised in Mexico City a Union of German Citizens. On April sixteenth, 1916, the following report was sent from this Union to the Deutscher Wirtschaftsverband for Central and South America, with home offices at Potsdamerstrasse, 28, Berlin. The significant statement was made at that time, less than one year before the United States broke off relations with Berlin: "It is not practicable for us to aid Germany by force of arms." A bold confession, indeed, that they had been thinking of military co-operation; but because of the small number of Germans in Mexico it was not practicable to do anything which might aid Germany against the United States!

"This is to advise of the organisation of this society as far back as June sixteenth last year"—1915—the report began. "As your association is occupied in Latin-American countries, our society will pursue the same course here. It is not practicable for us to aid Germany by force of arms; so our main intention will be to aid all possible in an economic manner.

"The society was founded June sixteenth, having 164 members; and the first committee was chosen October twelfth, at which time the