Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-06
Austrian Ambassador in
Frank Statement Con-
cerning Efforts.
SOUGHT TO STOP
MUNITIONS PLANTS
Admits Warning Austro. Hung arians
That They Violated Laws Of Native
Land in Employ Of Ammunition and
Arms Factories in United States
Dispute Over Pope's Peaes Message
Little Change at Fronts.

Washington, Sept. 6.-The White
House and the state department con-
tinued to preserve strict silence today
on the published statement Of Ambas-
sador Dumba, of Austria, that he had
taken part In movement to curta.l
the production of war materials in tHc
United States. by reminding Austro-
Hungarians that they are violating the
criminal code Of their native land by
taking employment in the munitions
factories.
The White House had no request
from the ambassador for an engage
ment with the president.
The ambassadors frank statement
Of his activities was received with un-
disguised surprise in official circles. No
official was willing to venture guess
on what position the administration
would take until the ambassador mad
seen Secretary Lansing. 1t was re-
garded as one of the most unusual and
susceptible of developments that has
arisen in diplomatic quarters since the
outbreak of the war.
No Conspiracy, Dumba says.
Dr. Dunba says there has been no
conspiracy and that articles lookins
toward calling out all of the men OF
Austro- Hungarian citizenship from
plants making war supplies has been
printed in newspapers published In for
eign languages in New York and else
where.
AS the responsible head of his sov-
ernment in the United States he has
sought to show the men Of Hungarian
birth and citizens Of Austfia-Hungary
that employment in arms and munition
plans, where the product is to be used
by the allies, is a felony in their coun-
try and that workers in plants are IL
able in Austria Hungar! to long terms
OF imprisonment or penal servt1rde for
rendering vital assistance to their en-
enies.
DR.. Durnba yesterday afternoon sent
Ia telegram to Secretary of State Lans-
Ing. asking for an interview in Wash
ington and Tuesday, at which he will
explain the exact import OF his dis
patch which Archibald carried. He will
leave Lenox today for New York and
expects Secretary Lansing will grant
him the interview on the following day.
Conflict Over Peace Move.
The apparent conflict between Rome
and Washington dispatches regarding
Pope Benedicts peace message to Pres
ident Wilson is regarded here as rest
ing solely over whether the pope actn-
ally addressed a personal message to
the president.
Cardinal Gibbons on his visit to the
White House last Thursday said he
had delivered message from the pope
to the president 1t was learned tiial
;ol No
gram from Rome. addressed to the
cardinal, contained CONGRATULATIONS
from the pope to the president. on his
efforts in behalf of peace. and ex-
pressed the views of the vatican, which
are well known. Thus the message
technically was to Cardinal Gibbons.
altho he was commanded to communi-
cate the message to the president.
In Catholic circles it is believed the
vatican intended that the cardinal
should express to the president what
was the view of the pope, the pope TAX
ing the opportunity to prepare the way
for peace message later.
1t Is viewed here that the statements
from Rome were prompted by n desire
for the text of the message to the White
House and that they were not in
tended as denials of the story as 1t
had been published in this country.
Dunba Would Eplain.
! Secretary Lansing later in the day
received a request from Ambassador
Dumba for conference and made an
appointment to meet him at the state
| department tomorrow afternoon. 1t is
| understood the Austrian wishes to offer
explanation of dispatches which
| British officials found in custody OF
+. j. Archibald, an American news
paper correspondent, regarding Ameri-
| can war munitions factories.
State department officials stated
| that no details Of these dispatches had
been received, altho Ambassador Page
had forwarded them. Ambassador
Dumba, however, will produce copies OF
the papers which were directed to the
foreign office at Vienna. Officials point
out that the subject which has arisen
from this incident IL new one In
American diplomacy and there are nc
precedents for official guidance. 1t is
declared that unless existence OF con-
| spiracy can be shown 1t is doubtful II
any statutory laws can be involved.
| May Make No Protest.
It is recalled that this government
never has been able to secure from the
French government any abandonment
of dts claim to jurisdiction in French
TERRITORY of persons Of French birth OF
descent even to the second generation
The government has been obliged IL
many cases to recognize the European
doctrine that the Individual and no
the territory govern because 1t was no
able to resist its application which
ttwouid involve a breach Of official rela
tions with several of the great Euro
pean powers. Therefore some officiaA
can not see the way clear to max,
strong legal protest against the actor
of the Austrian ambassador in ad
dressing his countrymen in the United
States and warning them OF the cos;
sequences OF the Austrian law.