UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

VON PAPEN'S MISTAKES. SOME REVELATIONS. Washington, March 31. Herst von der Goltz, who was brought from Britain to give evidence in the American anti-neutral prosecution, confessed that Captain von iPapen was implicated dn an attempt to blow up the Welland Canal in Canada.

A regular scheme to invade Canada was agreed upon in conjunction with von Papen, in order to prevent Canada sending troops to Britain's help. The plans, however, miscarrried. Many arrests of pro-Germans in the United States are expected as a result of von der Goltz's revelations.

"IDIOTIC YANKEES." MAY SUDDENLY BE AROUSED. OMINOUS NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. London, April 1. The Times' correspondent at Washington states that the situation lias been aggravated by the torpedoing of the Eagle Point, with, it is believed, an American aboard. It is stated that President Wilson had decided on sending a Note, framing a final indictment, to Germany, leaving her no course save to renounce utterly her evil ways or to forfeit American friendship. But it is asked: What is the use of more words? Washington is full of gloomy forebodings, and it is feared that the von Tirpitz extremists are in control. Count BemstorfT persists in declaring that the Sussex was mined, but the evidence received by the Government, although not yet announced, is conclusive and seems to point to the vessel having been torpedoed. It is noted that the Manchester Engineer, Englishman, Tubantia, Silius, and Eagle Point were unarmed, and the Germans are thus robbed of another opportunity for quibbling. Each of these outrages makes it more difficult for (President Wilson to translate into terms of diplomacy his countrymen's feeling in the East, which is now fairly aroused and will soon be echoed in the West. Germany will pel haps be able to avoid a rupture, but if she attempts to surround Britain with a murder zone it is difficult to see how she can avoid forfeiting her friendship with Washington. It is significant that whereas the Sussex dispaßhes, edited by the Government, are sedatively consular dispatches, those about the Eagle Point were handed to the press apparently intact. '

The Times says that the Washington telegram, as above, is most ominous, for Germany shows that the effect of her crimes is cumulative. Probably she thinks she can continue deluding the "Idiotic Yankees" so long as suits her, but she may have a sudden and rude awakening. »■