| The false passport upon which Capt. von der Goltz went to England | Frontispiece |
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| 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 |
| Captain von Papen’s letter to the German consuls at Baltimore and St. Paul, asking for their assistance in Capt. von der Goltz’s enterprise | 166 |
| How Capt. von der Goltz secured explosives for his Welland Canal Expedition. Two communications from Capt. Tauscher | 178 |
| Bills from the du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. for “merchandise” furnished Capt. von der Goltz | 180 |
| The check which almost cost Capt. von der Goltz his life | 196 |
| Safe Deposit receipts for papers which von der Goltz left in Rotterdam | 210 |
| The British order for the deportation of Capt. von der Goltz | 240 |
| Photograph of the cover of the British white paper containing Capt. von der Goltz’s confession | 256 |
About This Book
A first-person memoir recounts a decade of clandestine diplomacy and covert operations carried out by a German agent, including impersonation to obtain sensitive treaties, theft and careless handling of documents with deadly consequences, and active involvement in Mexican revolutionary affairs. The narrative details schemes to exploit neutrality, attempts to sabotage Allied infrastructure such as a canal plot, coordination with operatives and sympathizers in the United States and Latin America, arrest and imprisonment in England, and the eventual exposure of a spy network through captured papers and sworn statements.