According to the telegram sent by Arthur Zimmermann, how would Mexico be rewarded if it sided with Germany in a potential war with the United States? Germany would help Mexico retake its former lands in the United States. Germany would help Mexico capture Pancho Villa, Germany would help Mexico restore Porfirio Díaz to power. Germany would help Mexico reform their government.
The Germans would provide military and financial support for a Mexican attack on the US in exchange for Mexico's freedom to annex “lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.” Furthermore, Von Eckardt was instructed to use the Mexicans as a go-between to persuade the Japanese Empire to join the German cause.
