File No. 763.72/2669
The Ambassador in Germany ( Gerard ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11.20 p. m.]
3861. The widespread sentiment of the German people, especially the ruling class, is that Germany is only waiting until the end of this war to be revenged on the United States for the export of arms and stand on submarine war, and that then with open communication, numbers of its people of the Prussian races can be stirred to revolt, important bridges, canals, arsenals, etc., dynamited, and the Mexicans can be armed, drilled, and led to war by German officers. I find this sentiment practically universal.