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60 German representatives have the use of an uncensored wireless.

When in the summer of 1917 there were reports that German agents in Mexico were plotting against the United States President, Carranza summoned the German Minister to inform him that the government would not permit attacks on a friendly government to be hatched on Mexican soil. The Germans to-day are working quietly with but one object. They believe that after the war, when the real fight for raw materials and commercial supremacy begins, the greatest possibilities for Germany will be in Mexico. This country has many of the raw materials which Germany will need, and the Germans figure that it will be easier for German merchants to buy in Mexico, if that country remains neutral, than in any of the lands which were belligerents. For this reason, alone, it is highly in the interests of the Kaiser's Government that Mexico remain friendly to Berlin. It is generally believed in Mexico that one of the factors determining President Wilson's policy toward that country was the attitude of Latin-America. The Carranza Government was quick to recognise this, and now everything possible is being done to fuse the bonds between Mexico and South and Central America. Diplomats from the nations of South and Central America who arrived in Mexico during my stay were accorded the most enthusiastic receptions. At that time the Republic of Argentine sent a new