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person close to the ambassador, quot
ing him as saying that If the United
States severed diplomatic relations
with Germany war would follow almost
Immediately. made this statement:
Il have given no interview; / never
intend to give an interview, and any
thing that is published and represented
as coming from me is fake.
obviously, 1 cannot discuss the par
ticulars of the purported interview, for
if 1 did 1 would then be giving an in
terview."
A Unreasonable Message"
THE HAGUE. September II. via Lon
don. 9:27 p.m.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke,
the American minister, explained the
departure of James F. J. Archibald of
New York, as follows:
Being informed of secret treason
able message from Ambassador Dumba
to the foreign office in Vienna carried
by James Archibald, I stopped Archi-
bald. took up his passport and sent him
back to America aboard the Rotterdam
to report to the Department of State"
DR.. Dumba Silent.
LENOX, Mass, September 11.-Dr.
Constantin T. Dumba, ambassador of
Austria Hungary, whose recall has
been requested by President Wilson,
arrived here today from New York, ac-
companied by his secretary, Prince AL
fred Zu Hohenlohe. DIR. Dumba told
newspaper men that he had nothing to
say at present regarding the action of
the United States government, but that
he would give out a statement in two
or three days.
After luncheon with Nine. Dumba at
the Poplars, the ambassadors summer
home, DR.. Dumba and Prince Zu Hohen-
lohe drove to the embassy at Lenox
village, where they were met by Baron
Erich Zwiedinek, counselor of the en-
bassy, and Stephen Hedry de Hedri, one
of the secretaries. Later the ambassa- l.
dor returned to his residence.
Berlin Papers Reserved.
BERLIN, via London, September II,
1856 p.m.-The Berlin newspapers,
after seeing the American note to
Austria requesting the recall of the
Austrian ambassador to the United
States, DR.. Constantin Theodor Dumba,
and having read the letter from DR..
Dumba to Baron Burien, Austrian min
lister of foreign affairs. which caused
the sending of the note, discuss the
matter with greater reserve.
The Tageblatt says the fact cannot
be mistaken that the American govern
ment mas taken pains TO keep the note
in friendly tones, which, in a measure,
smooth over the painful affair. The pa
per calls attention to the fact that
Washington asks. not demands, the
recall of DR.. Dumba and wishes a con-
tinuance of friendly relations.
The .Tageblatt says it sees a striking
analogy between the present case and
that Of Lord Sackville-West. British
ambassador to the United States dur
ing the Cleveland administration,
whose recall was demanded by Presi-
dent Cleveland and who was handed his
passports, and yet Great Britain saw
no occasion to treat the matter as of
great political significance. The paper
says that the present case still less
contains elements for political friction.
The Vossische Zeitung also notes that
Washington avoids the more abrupt
course of demanding the recall of DR..
Dumba, dissolving personal relations
and handing him his passports, which
it says is admissible in such cases.
Comment in Paris.
PARIS, September II, 5:25 p.m.-"The
White House," says the Temps, in COM
menting upon the Washington govern