The Second Mexican-American War

You seem to forget that the American Army had recently finished an insurgent/guerrilla campaign in the Philippines. The American Army had extensive experience fighting guerrilla soldiers and I doubt Funston would let things get so out of hand.
 
June 8th – The First Ponga Note. Kaiser Wilhelm writes to President Wilson demanding the indisputable right of Germans to sail the high seas, reparations for the confiscation of German goods, reparations for the detention of German sailors, and reiterating “Strict Accountability” and demanding the abandonment of the ‘search and seizure’ routine against neutral ships.

That's not going to fly, as its a rather blatant violation of the Hague Convention.

Art. 6.

The supply, in any manner, directly or indirectly, by a neutral Power to a belligerent Power, of war-ships, ammunition, or war material of any kind whatever, is forbidden.

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague13.htm
 

Hnau

Banned
Tell that to the British at war in 1914. Or even the Germans to some degree. The Ponga Note is a complete reversal of the Lusitania Note.
 
Tell that to the British at war in 1914. Or even the Germans to some degree. The Ponga Note is a complete reversal of the Lusitania Note.

And was Lusitania boarded by German sailors who discovered the arms?
 
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