The Washington herald., 1915-09-20

ignores the principal cause for the Uni
ted States governments request to Vienna
that he be recalled. This was, of course,
the following paragraph from his letter
10 the Vienna foreign minister taken
from Archibald by the British:
Il am under the impression that we
could. if not entirely prevent the produc-
tion of war material in Bethlehem and
the Middle West. at any rate strongly
disorganize it and hold it up for months.
which. according to the statement of the
German military attache. is of great i'm
! portance."
| 1t was this statement by the Ambas-
sador which was the chief basis of the
decision at Washington that DR.. Dumba
could not longer be regarded as persona
a srata and an acceptable representative
/ OF great power with which the United
states desires to maintain friendly rela-
tlons. This sentence was taken here as
obvious evidence of an intent to disrupt
an American industry, an industry which
the United States government had only a
short time before informed Dr. Dumba. 8
government is entirely legal and entitled
TO the full protection of the United States
1t was not the plan for calling the
attention of Austria HUNGARIAN SUBJ
Jects to the attitude of their govern
ment toward their engaging in the manu-
! 1acture OF war materials for the use
of the enemy. that caused the request
for DIR. Dumba's recall; it was his
statement of a plan by which he hoped
| to break UP the production of war
munitions in American plants. Conse-
quently. the Ambassadors latest
letter practically ignores this real
cause. and discusses at length an is
sue which never really entered into
| the matter of his recall, there is no
disposition in official quarters to give
any particular consideration to his
defense in this regard
Explanation Fails to Satisfy.
The secondary cause for his recall
as mentioned in the American note to
Vienna. was his giving official papers
to an American citizen, bearing an
American passport, to be carried
through the lines Of the enemy. This
Washington regarded. and so declared,
| as an improper act on the part Of the
Ambassador, and as an offense on the
part of the American in question also,
as 1t sought to make unieutral use
of an American passport and the priv
ileges accorded to II. DR.. Dumba's
| statement that it has been done n
hundreds of other cases does not, in
the opinion of officials here, alter the
character of the offense in the slight
est degree.
Finally, the Ambassadors charges
and insinuations with regard to his in
ability to communicate with his gov
ernment. on account of the attitude of
the United States government. are
much resented here. The United
States absolutely refuses to accept any
responsibility for the situation created
by the military act Of Austria's
enemies in cutting the cable to Ger
many and the fact that Italy's being
at war with Austria closes that avenue
Of communication. With regard to
wireless. this government held at the
outset of the war that radio stations
in United States Jurisdiction must be
used only for neutral messages, in
view of the fact that otherwise the
territory OF the United States might
be used for the purpose Of communi-
eating directly as q base for the opera
tions Of belligerent vessels on the
high seas.
watertown. N. T.. Sept. 1s.-Secretary
OF State Lansing, who arrived At Hen
derson Harbor today for q ten days va
cation, had nothing to say tonight con-
cerning the letter of Ambassador Dumba.
of Austria, which was made public today.
At the Secretary's summer homo on
Lake Ontario II was said tonight that NO
dispatches had been received during the
day
The greater part Of Secretary Lansing's
vacation viii b spent IN nshing on Lake
Ontario and In resting, although he said
today that he expects to Keep In touch
with the State Department during his
stay.