The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-01
TEXT OF DEMAND
y FOR DUMAS RECALL

1 FOR DUMBA'S RECALL
The following note, demanding the
recall Of DIR. Constantine Theodor Dunn
ba, as ambassador from Austria. Hun.
gary, was sent by Secretary of State
Lansing to Ambassador Penfeld, nj
Vienna, and delivered by him to the
minister for foreign affairsi tf, rr-
"Mr. Constantin Dumba, the Aus
tro. Hungarian Ambassador at Washing
ton, has admitted that he proposed to
his government plans to instigate
strikes in American manufacturing
plants engaged in the production of
munitions Of war. The information
reached this government through
copy Of a letter of the ambassador to
his government. The bearer was an
American citizen named Archibald, who
was travelling under an American pass
port. The ambassador has admitted
that he employed Archibald to pear
official dispatches from him to his gov
eminent.
Wilson Resents Presence
By reason of the admitted purpose
and intent Of Mr.. Dumba to eonspire
to cripple legitimate industries or the
people Of the United States and to in
terrupt their legitimate trade, and by
reason of the fragrant violation of dip.
lomatie propriety in employing an Am
erican citizen protected by an Amer.
lean passport as a secret bearer of Off :
cial dispatches through the lines of the
enemy of Austria Hungary, the. Presi-
dent directs me to inform your excel
lency that Mr.. Dumba is no longer ne
eepted to the government of the Unit
ed States as the ambassador of his
imperial majesty at Washington.
believing that the imperial and
royal government wilhrealize that the
government Of the United States has
no alternative but to request the recall
Of Mr.. Dumba on account Of his im-
proper conduct, the government of the
United States expresses its deep regret
that this course has became necessary,
and assures the imperial and royal gov
eminent that it sincerely desires to
continue the cordial and friendly rela-
tions which exist between the United
States and Austria Hungary.
Dumba Away From Washington
a Doctor Dumba was at the Austro-
Hungarian summer embassy" at
Lenox, Massachusetts,, when his letter
TO Foreign Minister Burian was taken
away from Capt. James +. J. Archi-
bald, the American correspondent, in
London. To newspaper correspondents
the ambassador admitted writing the
letter, and said in a joeOse way: 81
can't understand how Archibald could
have been so stupid"
Doctor Dumba said frankly the pro
posal was nothing more or less than
calling out of the munition making
plants the citizens of Austria hungary
and by establishing q labor employ
ment bureau, find other work for them.
This would be q costly undertaking and
one for which the sanction of the i'm.
perial government WINS necessary.
Dumba Denies Improperly
Doctor Dumba denied there was any
thing in the despatch Archibald ear
ried which was not entirely proper
to communicate to his government.
There was memorandum of the num-
Der of Hungarians and others of Ans
TRAN citizenship employed at various
steel works and some other information
which was perfectly proper for the am
bassador to communicate to his gov
eminent he commended.
"There was nothing in the dispatches
which Archibald carried that cannot be
satisfactorily explained" said Doctor
Dumba. 1.-THE proposals regarding em-
barrassing steel workers were nothing
more than very open and perfectly
proper method to be taken to bring be-
fore our races employed in the big steel
works the fact that they were engaged
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their fatherland and that the imperial
government would hold the work rs in
munition plants where CONTRACTS are
being filed for the allies with 'eing
guilty of a serious crime against their
own country, something that would be
punishable by imprisonment or penal
servitude, should they return to their
own country.
Thousands Of 'Hunlkies' Busy
"There are thousands of working
Jmen in the big steel industry, ma
tives of Bohemia, Moravia, CarniOla,
Galicia, Dalmetia Croatia SlavOnia,
and other peoples of the races from
Austro- Hungary, who are uQeducated
and who do not understand that they
are engaged in q war against their
own country. In Mder to bring ills
before them / have subsidized many
newspapers published in the languages
and dialects of the division mentioned
attempting in this way to bring their
felonious occupation to their attention.
But this has been difficult.
"Ih some of the great steel plants
Of Pennsylvania, these uneducated men
of my country are nothing more or
less than slaves. They are even work
ing them twelve hours day and herd
ing them within stockades. 1t is diff.
cult to get at these workers except en-
masse, and Q peaceful walkout Of these