The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-03

conviction OF the Hamburg-American
line officials. however. the situation
became one where a jury had given
"a verdict holding to be Illegal certain
operations in connection with which
the German naval attache was gem
orally accredited with having been
connected, and the usual Diplomatic
procedure in such n case Is to regard
the usefulness Of such an officer as
ended and his further presence as oh
icctlonahle.
In the case Of minor officials OF an
embassy. such as Captain Boy-Ed. the
government does not ask for a recall,
for that Is quite outside Of its power.
Tho usual course is to indicate to the
head OF the embassy, in this case
Count Won Bernstorff. that the Of
Tending attache is persona non grata,
and nothing remains for the ambaH-
sador but 20 sever his Connection with
the embassy,
Captain Boyd would not neces
sarlly need to leave the country, al
though It "a expected he probably
would. The countries TO which he
might go under existing circumstan-
ces are limited practically TO MeSico.
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West Indies, and ne might W. dif-
hculty In getting that far. since u Il
doubted that the allied governments
would azree 90 a safe conduct
The German naval attache would
be the second foreign diplomatic Of
ficer TO find himself in difficulties be-
cause OF his conduct in the United
states since the wal began. The FIRST
was DIT Constnntin Dumba, the am
bassador from Austria, whose recall
President Wilson asked because Of his
connection with plans TO cripple
American munition plants.
Testimony at the Hamburg-Amer-
lean trim was 10 the effect that Cap
tain Boy-Ed had furnished the money
whereby a conspiracy was conducted
by agents Of the Hamburg-Americau
line 20 obtain clearance Tor twelve
ships 10 provision German warships.
No other German official In the Unit
ed states was brought In.
During the first day Of the trial In
New York the defense withdrew an
admission previously made, pertaining
TO the alleged connection Of Captain
| Boy-Ed with the acts charged by the
government This part the admission
stated hat Captain Boy-Ed Rad been
consulted regarding the sending OF
steamships with supplies 10 German
sen raiders. and that the work had
been carried on largely under his d.
rection. one of the governments at
torneys charged that captain Boy-Eo
directed the chartering and loading OF
\ some Of the vessels and that 1880
600 Tor the relief Of German Warship'
WAS spent in New York.
Il was also stated by the attorney
THAT Captain Boy-Ed had rlddcr
rough shod over the laws OF tbs
United states. treating them as u thcl
were scraps Of paper
u later was brought at that Off
cials of the Hamburg-Amorican lin
HAD acted In what has now been ad
Judged "a conspiracy, under the term
Of an agreement made between m.
line and the German government De
fore the outbreak Of the "a TIT
agrecment and other correspondence
in the case, b was said iu court. Is h.
the custody Of the German embassy
hero. During the trial il was state,
lthat Count won Bernstorif. the Ger
man ambassador. would file "a protes
Twin the state department regardinl
tho bringing ln Of the name OF Cap
tain 1900. Ed, Whether one has hcci
filed was not known today.