The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-26
ARGENT|NES ARE AROUSED.
IEOPLE IN STREETS OF BUENOS
AIRES CALL FOR ACTION.
Members or Mob Menace German
Property Shouting "Long Live Re-
public" and death to President
Irigoycn''-COngress to Demand
Explanation From Government.

Buenos Aires, Dec. 21.-As the re-
suit of the publication of the telc-
grams sent by Count Won Luxburg,
tie former German minister to the
Eerlin foreign office, it again has
been necessary to call out mounted
patrols to dispense crowds Of people
who demand rupture of relations
with Germany.
The mob, which was shouting
Long live the republic" and Death
10 President Irigoyen" was dispersed
after fight with the mounted police
IN the Calle Florida.
Heavy guards again have been
placed over the property owned by
Germans I'm the city and mounted meu
also are guarding the office Of th1
newspaper La Union. for which Count
von Luxburg obtained n subsidy.
In political circles certainty is ex
pressed that congress will demand ct
plantations from the government ri
garding the state OF affairs as expos
ed by the Won Luxburg telegrams
The general belief is that the publ
cation of the documents will lead to
new demands for the severing
of relations with Germany, con
gress having already refused Ito
sanction the budget appropriation for
continuing the Argentine legation dn
Berlin. which was insisted on by tie
organization Of President Irigoyem
Street comment indicates that the
public is not satisfied with the goS-
ernment's statement which accompa-
MED the publication OF the Won Lux
burg kilograms.
The newspaper La Patria Degli Ital-
iani. in commenting on the publica
tion by the Argentine government 9f
the secret diplomatic kilograms Of
Count Won Luxburg. the former Ger
man minister to Argentine says:
1--WE would like to believe the gov
ernment's note introducing the toIe-
grams but it's words of today do not
agree with the facts Of yesterday The
government answers the telegram
with simple affirmations and without
proofs. No one can deny the facts of
the last months"
The newspaper then summarizes
the evidence in the affair among
which is:
Count Won LuXburg assured Ger
many of President Irigoyen's friend
ship. which has been confirmed by his
patience in awaiting the Toro note
until August s; Won Luxburg speaks o.
the agreement with Irigoyen in which
1t was specified that no more Argen-
tine ships should sail for the war
zone and it is a fact that since August
2S the government has impeded and
often refused clearing any vessel car
rying the Argentine flag and nothing
more has been said Of the Oriana sink
Ing.
1T also is true that in October this
government proclaimed it's friendship
for Spain and Japan, as predicted by
Won Luxburg on August 1S. II the
kilograms are false Won Luxburg at
least OWNED the events which later
happened.
argentina tried to prevent the visit
of the American squadron and the
public wondered why Won Luxburg
explains to his government the re-
pugnance of Irigoyen toward Ameri .
cans and the English. Ferrian do
Saguier went to Bolivia and Chile ap-
parently on visit of courtesy but
Won Luxburg explains that friend
Seguier' was embodied with ample
powers to arrange a secret agreement
against the United States.
"Von Luxburg now is without au!
thority from both Germany and Ar
gentina. although Germany gave him
confidential instructions after those
most notorious kilograms, and Argen-
tina, after giving him his passports
permits him to remain undisturbed in
this country.
why? His friends say it is be-
cause Argentina knows that he can
reveal further scandals when he
reaches Berlin. This contradiction
between the words of tho govern
mcnt today and its acts Of yesterday
pcrplex u.s.