VI—My letter again. I go to America and become a United States soldier. Sent to Mexico and sentenced to death there. I join Villa’s army and gain an undeserved reputation 111 VII—War. I re-enter the German service and am appointed aide to Captain von Papen. The German conception of neutrality and how to make use of it. The plot against the Welland Canal 151 VIII—I go to Germany on a false passport. Italy in the early days of the war. I meet the Kaiser and talk to him about Mexico and the United States 173 IX—In England—and how I reached there. I am arrested and imprisoned for fifteen months. What von Papen’s baggage contained. I make a sworn statement 190 X—The German intrigue against the United States. Von Papen, Boy-Ed and von Rintelen, and the work they did. How the German-Americans were used and how they were betrayed 212 XI—More about the German intrigue against the United States. German aims in Latin America. Japan and Germany in Mexico. What happened in Cuba? 236 XII—The last stand of German intrigue. Germany’s spy system in America. What is coming? 264 ILLUSTRATIONS The false passport upon which Capt. von der Goltz went to England FRONTISPIECE FACING PAGE Photograph of Capt. von der Goltz taken outside the Cuartel at Juarez 28 Raul Madero and his staff 42 A group of recruits in Villa’s Army 42 Von der Goltz’s commission as Major in the Mexican Constitutional Army 64 Colonel Trinidad Rodriguez, Capt. von der Goltz’s first commander, and General Villa 88 General Raul Madero 88 A telegram from General Villa to Capt. von der Goltz 112 A group of Constitutional soldiers 124 The six months’ leave of absence from the Mexican Army, granted to Capt. von der Goltz at the outbreak of the European War 140 A letter of recommendation given to Capt. von der Goltz by Raul Madero 140 A letter from Dr. Kraske, German vice-consul at New York to “Baron” von der Goltz 152