The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

arisen in diplomatic circles since the
outbreak of the war.
Lenox, Mass, Sept. 6.-The right ia
call a strike Of Austro-Hungariar
workers In the big steel mills Of thu
country engaged in filling war or.
ders for the allies, was claimed by DR.
Constantine Theodore Dumba, ambas.
sador from Austro-Hungary to the
United States, in a statement issued
at n summer embassy here. DR. Dunn
pa said he Intended to leave tomorrow
Tor washington to explain his position
to Secretary of State Lansing.
Correspondent" Bore Letters.
The facts in the case were revealed
in the New York World yesterda,
making public excerpts from letter.
and memoranda forwarded by Mr.
Dumba to Foreign Minister Burian, o.
Austria-Hungary which were seize{
by the British naval authorities from
James f. Archibald, an American corr
respondent, who was a~pprehended a.
q when the steamer Rotterdam ar,
rived at Falmouth the latter part Of
August.
Dumba wrote the letter in New YorI
on August 20. In referring to Capt
archibald as a messenger, he wrott
that Archibald furnished "a rare and
safe opportunity to the writer in re.
gard to strikes in the United States.'
we can disorganiZe and hold vi
for months, If not entirely prevent
the letter said, "the MANUFACTURES O,
munitions in Bethlehem and the mid
die west, which, in the opinion Of thu
German military attache, is Of great
importance and amply outweighs the
expenditure of the money involved"
Ambassador Dumba asked Minister
Burian to reply by wireless If he APP
| DTOVpu n1aa C11rnc Of thic Lind ", -.
lea, as set forth in the letter carried
by Archibald.
Photographic Copies Sent Lansing.
A Photographic copy of the letter
from Ambassador Dumba was made by
the authorities. Its contents were
cabled to the state department al
Washington. The Photographic copy
is now on its way to the secretary OF
state.
Other communications forwarded to
the German government through Capt.
Archibald have also been photographed
and copies of them have been started
to Secretary Lansing.
Ambassador Dumba not only sent a
letter to Minister Burian in his own
handwriting, but he also sent by Capt,
Archibald a typewriter memorandum
Of considerable length. 1t was pre-
pared by the editor Of a Hungarian
newspaper in New York. This mem
ton as to how the Bethlehem Steel
works and various munitions factories
could be put out of commission.
Says He Can Explain.
DR.. Dumba declared that there was
nothing in the dispatches from him to
his government, captured by the Brit
ish naval authorities, that could not be
explained. In regard to one part Of the
published statement, in which 1t was
said that typewriter memoranda pre-
pared by DR.. Dumba contained detailed
information as to how the big steel
mills at Bethlehem, Pa. and elsewhere
could be put out Of commission, the
ambassador said:
There are thousands of citizens Of
Austria Hungary working in the big
steel mills at Bethlehem, Pa, and else
where. They are engaged in making
munisons Of war for the enemies Of
their country. h constitutes a crime
against their country, which is punish
able by imprisonment and penal servi-
tude should they ever return to their
native land. Many of them are ignorant
and do not know that they are doing
wrong. 1t is my position to point out
to them that they are committing a
crime, and to do all in my power to
keep them from wrongdoing. 1t is part
of an ambassadors duty to keep his
countrymen out Of trouble wherever he
may be stationed.
Has Subsidized Press.
sit is difficult to get at these labor
ers owing to the conditions under
which they work and because Of the
fact that SO many are u~neducated. I
have subsidized many and
printed in the several languages Of the
Austro-Hungarian races and through
their columns have told the citizens Of
the government I represent what their
duty is. But I can reach only a minor
ity in that name The only way is tn
inaugurate a peaceful walkout in he
big steel mills. where all Austro-Hun-
garian citizens may be cached en-
masse.
TT was therefore my duty to make
known these facts to my government.
There has been no conspiracy at all
about 1t. I shall leave for Washington
today and call upon Secretary Lansing.
/ shall give him the complete copies OF
the c-orrespondencs which I have, be-