The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17

The white book just made publ ontains in the following note frol ,ecretary Lansing to Count von Ber1 torff:N
 Department of State, Washington, Dec. 4, 1915.
 Excellency- Confirming my con- versation with you on Dec. 1, have the honor to state that var ious facts and circumstances hav- ing come toNthe knowledge of the | government of the United States, as to connection of Captain Boy Ed. Naval Aattache, and Captain won Papen. Military Attache. of the Imperial German Embassy, 8 with the illegal and questionable : acts of certain persons within the United States, the President reached thee onwction that the { continued presence of these gem tlemen as attaches of the Elm bassy would no longer serve the ] purpose of their mission, and would be unacceptable to this government.
 The President, therefore, ,di- i rected me to notify your Excel X lency. as did orally, that Cap tain Boy-Ed and Captain von z Papen are no longer acceptable to the government of the United $ Etates as attaches.of his Imperial Majesty's Embassy at Washing saton, and to request that your { Excellency's governmeht with draw them immediately from ] their official connection with the { Imperial German Embassy.
 As informed you at the time of our interview the government Of the United States deeply re- grets that this action has become necessary and believes that the s Imperial government will realize that this government, has, in view of all the circumstances, no alternative of the two govern rnents in the interests with each other. 8
 Accept, Sc.
 ROBERT LANSING.
 At the time for demand for the re all of the attaches 1t was the under tanding in Washington that aCour on Berpstorff that this governmer efused to go into details. A not which the German ambassador wa understood to have written at tn ime asking for the facts against tn .ttaches does not appear in the pal ial correspondence made public.
 Reiterated Recall Demand.
 The notes now given out jump i lates from Dec. 4 to Dec. 10, whel t now becomes known, Secretar 4ansing found it necessary to send harp reiteration of his demand he German ambassador for the reca # the two attaches. This note follow,
 Department of State,
 Washington, D. C., Dec. 10,1915. My dear Mir. Ambassador:
 On Dec. 1 I informed Your Ex- cellency that Captain Boy-Ed, the Naval Attache of your Emb and Captain von Papen, the Military Attache. were no longer personae gratae to my govern ment and requested that the Im- perial government Immediately recall the two Attaches.
 As ten days have passed with out the request of this govern ment being complied with and without communication from you on the subject. other than your personal letter of the 9th inst. which in no way affected the fact that the two Attaches were un- acceptable or presented a ground for delay. feel compelled to di- rect your attention to the expec- tation of this government that it's request would be immediately granted.
 I trust, my dear Ambassador. that you appreciate the situation and will urge upon your govern ment prompt compliance with the request in order that this gov ernment may not be compelled to take action without awaiting the recall of the Attaches, an action which this government does not desire to take but will be forced to take unless the Imperial gov ernment meets the express wish of this government without fur ther delay. need not impress upon your Excellency the desira- bility of avoiding a circumstance which would increase the embar- rassment of the present situation. am. etc.
 ROBERT LANSING.
 Count von Bernstorff's "person letter of the 9th inst.," to which g fusion is made, is not included in u few von Papen and Boy-Ed pape now made public for the first tim and has never been made public. I'll Is the note to which allusion w made Dec. 2. 1915, as having be, delivered by Count von Bernstorff as Ing for a statement of reasons f the recall of the attaches This go