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’ GERMANS ENROUTE MEXICO PASSING THROUGH LAREDOrv *. - .ARRIVE HERE, FROM DIFFERENT C:/;' PORTIONS OF COUNTRY. \vt':' Remain Here'-': 0hi y :tohg/. £nlt;«gh / • to_.' Cross to.- the Mexican Side: and ./! • ‘Take Trains to Southward;' In all portions of The United-'States. ®..-at tiiistime the -TJermaii. spy! 5*.: ine-isace is - pronounced one1' of tBo l~ most dangerous eventualities. of a proclamation: of . - war / .between./V-tbe. e United; States.and. tlie entente//pb.w/i ! ers that/ could be- countenanced, aiid;j i| consequently measures to/‘*erdilt;t:e'i d j the 'spies - are'- being Made and :/siis-j Spicious characters' are. /being: kept /un^ ; t/der . surveiilan.ee everywhere•'at;/this' Fjtime; •- /l- - :/!i Judging from- the number of Ger-') inabs :'who.; /are., , entering/,. Mexico ‘‘{'through/ Texas ..ports//and/-Laredb-tiB' j included, .they are going there ap^ ?'i pareutly. for no good, tor iC/tbCy were t; of .'the.; GerMan-Aitaerican - /class .//and f sincere M their . sympathy for- this fj country ’they/ would- -stay - there;' // The 3-| numerous Germans . passing ttoongh ‘‘I here at This. time.are/ well-dressed, '5 well /appearing. Men, and with them j they are Taking an excessive amount *. of baggage. . Where ./ their destltia* 1j tions in Mexico are could not . be; .j learned, but many .are reported, as go-' ■‘Itag to Mexico City.'! While these Germans are on.Ameri-. j ean soil their suspicious actions and . | hurry southward to the Texas borderI *| are kept under surveillance by the3ecm service men and department jof justice officials, but when they get ' ;.to the Mexican side very few of them i are raid Lo be kept under watch, fori if they discover they are being fol-3 lowed, they no doubt employ someconniving Mexico to get the pursuer off their trail. No suspicious actions have yet been reported from the' i numerous strange Germans passingThrough Laredo to Mexico, but tlie I proper officials who keep a lookout'on them uro allowing nothing to go'amiss In their watchful work.Many of the Germans arriving here cornu armed with the necessary passports secured from Mexican consuls elsewhere, principally In St. Louis, Chicago or San Antonio, while those Who have forgot the documents got them from the Mexican consul here. I Hume of therm people remain bore ;onJy long enough lo net a meal and | then crorm to Nuevo Laredo.
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 01, 1917
Page 5
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