The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13
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Swedish Diplomats Carried NsNs
Ship Sailings to the sa
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den's delegation in Argentine ia Al N
ing as a secret means Of coma I
|tion between the German chAfG
tBuenos Aires and the Berlin foHs
office, transmitted information 81
sailing of ships and directions idS
their destruction by submarines,
I-revealed today in official dispatches
made public by the State Department..
+ The subtle workings of the plckSia
which Sweden thus violated neutral
Fifty and carried sinister MESSAGES "a
Invent Count Luxburg, the ArgsA-
tine German charge d'affaires, 80
Berlin, may have far reaching consc-
quences.
Sweden had never before been ~
pected of such fragrant violation ~
| neutrality as permitting code mes
sages to go as her own notes.
Revelations of this fact will doubt
| less cause complete shutdown 81
communications with Germany VA
Sweden, as far as the Allies can ct
feet this. sss$
Sweden recently requested supplies
from the United States and promised
that they would not be shipped
to Germany. The revelation Of her
gross violations Of neutrality, how
ever, will cause further tightening
of the embargo.
Copies of the State Departments
announcement were delivered at the
same time they were made public to
the Argentine embassy and the Swed-
ish legations here.
Ambassador Naon said this after
noon that he had transmitted to the
Argentine government the State De-
partment's information on Count
Luxburg's activities in Buenos Aires,
but has not yet received reply.
In the absence of any official COM
ment it appeared that the manifest
purpose of the United States in pub
fishing the correspondence were two.
First, to show the relations be-
tween Germany and Sweden, at least
so far as the legations in Argentina
were concerned.
Second, to disclose to Argentina,
where German influence seems to
have been strongest in all South
America the manner in which the
German diplomatic agent at her cap
ital was giving secret instructions Tor
the destruction of her shipping and
the manner in which he was guiding
his government in dealing with Ar
gentina automatically.
Germany recently gave Argentina
a promise that no more of her ship
ping would be sunk in violation OF
international law. 1t was announced
that Argentina accepted Germany's
promise as a satisfactory solution of
the situation that threatened break
in diplomatic relations, If not actual
war.
The communications made public
bore on Argentina's protest in the
Monte Protegido case and subse-
quent developments.
Luxburg sarcastically referred to
the acting Argentine minister of for
eign affairs as notorious. ass and
Anglophile," and insolently advised
his home office that it not heed Ar
gentina's demands in the U-boat sit
uation.
He counseled that Germany refuse
Argentina's pleas and if necessary
call in Spanish mediation.
Most daring of all his recommends
tons was that Germany compel Ar
gentine ships to turn back or to sink
them without leaving any traces
in other words, to murder the crews.
The State Department made the
following announcement:
1.-THE Department Of States has Sc
cured certain kilograms from Count
Luxburg, charge d'affaires at Buenos
Aires, to the foreign office at Berlin,
which, l regret to say, were dis
patched from Buenos Aires by the
Swedish legation as their own Off
cial messages addressed to the Stock
holm foreign office"
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