The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
BIG HOOK NOW I.
REACHES OUT !.
FOR v Q |.
Military Attache of German En-
bassy Non Persona Grata
y To The Administration
WILL BE FORCED TO ;.
80. ~ FOLLOW DUMBkS TRAIL
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'ldiotic Americans win Have To
Bhnder Along Without
. The Noble Captain
tAssocia.ed Press by Federal wireless,

. (AsSociated Press BY Federal Wtreless.)
WASHINGTON, October The
United States government is on the
point Of demanding the recall of Capt.
franz won Papen, military attache of
the German embassy, author of the
personal letters discovered on J.. F. j..
Archibald, the American correspond
ent who also carried the notorious
Dumha letters! ...
This announcement is made with
competent authority. II is taken as
greatly complicating the, relations of
the government with the German EN-
bassy, owing to the technical involve
ment Of Count Won Bernstorff, the Ger
man ambassador. =.
Several weeks have elapsed since the
state department was notified of the
discovery of the Won SPapen letters. IL
is apparent that the department has
come to the conclusion that the Ger
man government does not intend Of
its own volition to recall its attache
an. event which has been at least hint
ed at as being a desirable one in Of
fetal Washington circles.
Doctor Dumba, the Austrian ambas-
sador, is already recalled as a result
of the letters found on Archibald. ..
When the Won Papen letters were
discovered and their translation first
eabled to the state department., the
phrase 'those idiotic Yankees'' ap.
peared. The department announced it's
intention Of confirming the translate on,
and the originals having been received,
this was done, Won Papen in the mean
while enjoying himself on tour of
the West and the Panama Pacific Elk.
position.
In the letter which Won Papen tried
to run through England s blockade on
the person of the American correspond.
ent, he not only cast slur on the
American people as a whole but he
also made offensive remarks regarding
certain high officials. The fact that
this letter was personal was not con.
sidered by the state department, as
there was sufficient precedent for the
action taken. The recall of Lord
Sackville West from the British en-
bassy was the result of personal
letter. ~.
In addition the officials point out
that Won Papen s offense was compli.
Gated by the fact that he used an
American passport for the purpose OF
forwarding a communication through
the lines of belligerents.
In addition to the personal offense
Won Papen's desirability as an attache
of the embassy suffers from Doctor
Dnmba's statements regarding him in
that gentleman s confscated cores
pOndenee. Dumba' s note to the Wen
ma foreign Office found on Archibald
mentioned Won Papen as having ap
proved what the state department in
its note to the Austro- Hungary gov
eminent characterized as conspiracy
tn cripple the legitimate industries OF
the United States.
There is still another angle Of the
situation whose development is expect
ed to follow closely on definite action
in Won PaPen = case. This regards
Alexander Nuber Won Pereked, Ger,
man consul general at New York. He
is drawn into the case by the fact
that Dumha s letters show him to have
boon connected with the strike plans
His presence in the country has also
been said to be obnoxious to Wash,
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