New Britain herald., 1915-09-22

LOioOu, OePC. &lA.-OI CHo IIllI ty four Austrian and < German papers found in the possession of James F. J. Archibald, the merican newspaper correspondent, when he was appre- ! hended August 30 at Falmouth while proceeding from New York on board the steamer Rotterdam for Rotter- dam, seventeen are described as hav- ing been made public and the other seventeen as being insufficient to warrant publication"
 Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States, in one letter says that Mr. Archibald lis proceeding to Germany to collect ma- terial for lectures in the United States in the interest of the German cause.' Letter To Archibald. Tn a letter addressed to MT. Archi- bald, Count von Bernstorff says:
 1T have heard with pleasure that you wish once more to return to Ger many and Austria after having pro- m oted our interests out here in such a jealous and successful manner.
 Captain von Papen, the military at tache at the German embassy in Washington, in a letter to a Berlin friend said:
 MT. Archibald is going to Germany and Austria to collect new impressions from the point of view of the strictly impartial journalist he always has been."
 Dr. Dumba's Letter. The letter of pr. Dumba, which is dated August 20, says:
 "The reply of Secretary of State Lansing to the note of June 29, in which your excellency protested against the enormous deliveries of weapons and munitions to the allies from the United States, was published here-I do not know whether with the agreement of the Austrian govern ment-on the 18th ultimo.
 "As was to be expected the refusal was quite categorical. The legal ar guments are certainly very weak. for the references to articles supplied by Germany 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 to the Boers via the neutral port of To- renzo Marques, and if I am not mis- taken carried the point after the war against England.
 Ground For Discouragement.
 '"The true ground for the discour aging attitude of the President lies, as his confidant, MT. House, already informed me in January and now has repeated, in the fact that the authorl- 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 MT. Wilson allow this source to dry up.
 6tYTY- that a return to the question whether officially, by replies of your auth ority or by a semi official conversation be- tween myself and the secretary of state will not only be useless but even, having regard to the self-willed tenn ,perament of the President, harmful.
 Secretary Lansing Criticised.
 There are three letters from Dr. Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian am bas- sador, to Baron von Burian, Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, dated August 20. The first is the letter already published relating to proposals for the prevention of the production of war material, or the disorganization of munitions factories in the United States. The second criticises Secretary of State Lansing's report to Baron von Burian's protest against the delivery of weapons to the allies It declares the legal ar guments of MT. Lansing are "cer- tainly very weak" but adds that to return to the question is useless, "hav- ing regard to the somewhat self willed temperament of the President"
 The third letter tells of the publi- l cation of the documents, adding:
 Count Won Bernstorff took the po- sition that these islanders require no 1 answer and had the happy inspiration to refuse any explanation The let l ter concludes: l
 "Everything German here will be 1 more energetically and consistently ] s1andered and befouled. No impartial ] person could fail to be impressed ] with a feeling of gratitude at the wide | activity of Geheimat Albert. There | are, however, very few impartial peo- pie in New York.
 Torpedoing of Arabic.
 The torpedoing of the Arabic, l should she have sunk without warn- ing or should any American passen- gers have lost their lives, would have a more favorable effect with regard to Germany on public opinion in the United States than all the newspaper revelations.'
 Tn this matter I agree entirely with the view expressed by Consul Schwegel in a report attached. The president has broken all the bridges behind him and made his point of view so definite that it is impossible for him to retreat from this position
 As last autumn, he can always through his personal influence either