The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-16
EFFORT To CRIPPLE
MUNITIONS PLANTS
REQUEST 10 THE ANSWER OF y.
8. TO AUSTRIAN ENJOYS Ex-
PLANTATION OF LETTER..
GERMAN ATTACHE INVOL WE'D
Captain Won Papen Equally Interested
In Scheme to Cause Strikes In
Plants Making War Supplies
for Allies, Belief.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE United
States has asked for the recall of DR..
Constantin Theodor Dumba, the Aus
TRAN ambassador to this government.
The request was contained in a note
cabled to Ambassador Penfleld at
Vienna. 1t was the answer Of the Am
erican government to DR.. Dumba's
explanation of his intercepted letter to
Vienna outlining plans for handicap
ping plants in this country making
war supplies for the allies.
German Military Attache Involved.
The belief is strong that this gov
eminent will take similar step in
the case of Captain Won Papen, the
German military attache in this coun-
try. The letter written by DR.. Dumba
to his government which was found
among the effects of James F. J. Arch
ibald, when he was arrested by the
English police, indicated that Captain
Won Papen was equally interested in
the scheme to cause strikes in Ameri.
can manufacturing plants.
On this point DR.. Dumba's letter
said:
1T is my impression that we can
disorganize and hold up for months
If not entirely prevent the manufac-
ture of munitions in Bethlehem, and
the Middle West, which, in the opin.
ion Of the German military attache, is
OF great Importance and amply cut
weighs the expenditure of money in
Volved.'
Bernstorff Not Affected.
The decision Of the president to ask
for the recall of DR.. Dumba came as
the result of the conference between
Dr. Dumba and Secretary Lansing
The conference was held at the re-
quest of DR.. Dumba who desired to
submit his version of the incident to
this government. The ambassador, it
is we'll known, endeavored only to ex-
plain his position, and declined to adj
NIT that in trying to interfere with
the manufacture of munitions in this
country he was committing an impro
priety. The ambassador told Secre-
tary Lansing that he believed he had
right to advise his countrymen, even
to the extent of asking them to quit
certain kinds of employment. He
pointed out also that inasmuch as the
Austrian subjects in this country were
practically military reservists, they
should not be expected to manufacture
arms and ammunition to be used
against their own government.
Austria to Comply, Belief.
1t is believed there is little posi-
bility that the Austrian government
will decline to comply with the re-
quest for the recall of Ambassador
Dumba. 1t has been said that it rests
with the government to which a rep
resentative is accredited to say wheth-
or he is acceptable and that mere
suggestion that he is not satisfactory is
sufficient for his recall. Cases have
occurred, however, in American his
tory, where other nations declined to
accede to the request of the United
States for the recall of their represen-
tatives. In such cases the United
States followed regular diplomatic pro-
cedure and refused to recognize the
representatives to whom objection had
been taken.
The action Of the president asking
for the recall of Ambassador Dumba
is stated to be based on two reasons.
One OF these is new to the diplomacy
OF the country.
The first reason is that the ambas-
sador interfered in the internal af-
fairs Of the country. The second is
that he employed an American citizen
to violate the neutrality of the United
States.