Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-22
DUMBA IS CRITIC
OF j. S. OFFICIALS
Refers to "Self-Willed Tempera-
ment of President" and Lam
sings Weak Legal Arguments.
DOCUMENTS ON ARCHIBALD
Number of Letters Found in Pos
session Of American Made
Public in London.

LONDON. September 21.-Of tho
thirty-four Austrian and German papers
found in the possession Of James +. j.
Archibald the American newspaper cor
respondent when he was apprehended
August 30 at Falmouth while proceed
ing from New York on board tho steam
CT Rotterdam for Rotterdam, seventeen
are described as having been made
public, and the other seventeen rs be-
Ing insufficient to warrant publca-
ton"
Count won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador to the United States in one
letter said that Mr.. Archibald "is pro-
ceeding to Germany to collect material
for lectures in tho United States in the
interest OF the German cause"
In letter addressed to Mr.. Archi-
bald, Count Won Rcrnstorff SAYS:
Il have heard with pleasure that you
wish once moro to return to Germany
and Austria after having promoted our
interests out here in such a Jealous
and successful manner"
Captain Won Papcn, the military at
tache at the German embassy in Wash
ington in n letter to Berlin friend
said:
and Austria 20 collect new Impressions
from the point of view OF the strictly
impartial journalist he always has
been"
LETTERS FROM DUSIDA
TO BARON Won BURIAN
There are three letters from DR..
Dumba. the Austro- Hungarian ambas-
sndor. TO Baron Won Burian, Austro-
Hungarian Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
dated August 90. The first is the let
ter already published relating to pro-
posals for the prevention Of the pro-
ducuon OF war material. or the dis
organization of munitions factories in
the United States. The second criti-
cizes Secretary Of State Lansings re-
ply to Baron Won Burian's protest
against the delivery OF weapons TO the
allies. II declares the legal arguments
of Mr.. Lansing are Certainly very
weak" but adds that to return to the
question is useless, having regard to
Of the President"
The letter OF Dr. Dumba, which is
dated August 90. In part says
The reply OF Secretary of State Lam
sing to the note of the ooth of June. in
against the enormous deliveries Of wea-
pons and munitions to the allies from
the United states was published here
do not know whether with the agree
mcnt of the Austrian govcrnment-on
the 18th ultimo.
DECLARES LEGAL
ARGUMENTS VERY WEAK
LAS to be expected, the refusal
was quite categorical The legal arsu-
ments are certainly very weak, for the
references TO articles supplied BY Ger
many and Austria during the Boer
War are not TO the point and are mis-
leading. for At that time Germany
claimed the right to send foodstuffs
10 the Beers via the neutral port of
Lorenzo Marques. and, if / am not mis-
taken. carried the point after the war
against England.
The true ground for the discour-
aging attitude of the President lies,
as his conf1dant, Mr.. House. already in
formed me in January and now has re-
peated, In the fact that the authori-
ties in a serious crisis would have to
rely on neutral foreign countries for
all their war materials. At no price
and In no case Will Mr.. Wilson allow
this source to dry up.
For this reason, am OF the opinion
that return to the question. whether
officially, by replies of Your Excellcncv
CT by semiofiicial conversation be-
tween myself and the Secretary of
STATE. will not only he useless. but even.
having regard to the sclf-willed tenn
rerament OF the President, harmful.
I'm this matter agree entirely with
the view expressed by Consul Schwegel
Continued on Thirteenth Pagc.)