The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-09-09

arisen in diplomatic circles since the
outbreak of the war. .
Lenox, Mass, Sept S.-The right to
call a strike of Austro- HUNGARIAN
workers in the big steel mills Of the
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 the summer embassy here. DR. Dunn
ba 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 yesterday
making public excerpts from letters
and memoranda forwarded by Mr..
Dumba to Foreign Minister Burian of
Austria Hungary which were seized
by the British naval authorities from
James F. Archibald, an American cor
respondent, who was apprehended an
a spy when the steamer rotterdam ar
rived at Falmouth the latter part Of
August.
Dumba wrote the letter in New York
on August 20. In referring to Capt.
Archibald as q messenger, he wrote
that Archibald furnished "a rare and
gard to strikes in the United States"
I'VE can disorganize and hold up
for months, If not entirely prevent"
the letter said, the manufacture Of
munitions in Bethlehem and the mid
die west, which, in the opinion of tho
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 ap-
proved measures Of this kind in Amer
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 at
Washington. The Photographic copJ
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. It was pre-
pared by the editor of q Hungarian
L
orandum contained detailed informa-
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 DO
explained. In regard to one part OF the
- nkakn In fnI1
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
munitions of war for the enemies OF
their country. This constitutes a crime
against their country, which Is punish
able by Imprisonment and penal servi-
tude should they ever return to their
and do not know that they are doing
wrong. 1t Is my position to point out
to them that they are committing q
crime, and to do all in my power to
keep them from wrongdoing. 1t Is part
of an ambassadors duty to keep his
may be stationed.
Has Subsidized Press.
1T 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 uneducated.
have subsidized many newspapers 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 1 can reach only a minor
ity in that manner. The only way is to
inaugurate a peaceful walkout in the
big steel mills. where all Austro- Hun
garian citizens may be reached en-
maSse.
1T was therefore my duty to make
known these facts to my government
There has been no conspiracy at all
about it. I shall leave for Washington
today and call upon Secretary Lansing.
/ shall give him the complete copies OF
the correspOndence which I have. be-
fore any garblcd letters. upon which no
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