Evening star., 1917-09-14
Luxburg Is Granted Respite
to Avoid Angry Argentines;
Mobs Battle With Police
By the Associated Press.

BUENOS AIRES. September IA
President Irigoyen has given permission
to Count Won Luxburg to remain in
Argentina for a brief period SO that he
serious Inconvenience. and has assigned
an officer Of the army to act as his
aid.
The president has expressed himself
bitterly against the anti-German DEM
onstratfons in Buenos .Aires and the
riots Of yesterday and has ordered the
chief of police to begin Immediately
the prosecution of the police captains
of the three downtown districts where
the disturbances were most serious. on
the charge of failure to obey orders to
perform their duties.
Count Won Luxburg lodged threaten
ing crowds which were waiting him on
his arrival at Buenos Aires from the in
terror
He was persuaded by the police to
leave the train at San Martin, twelve
miles outside. when news Of the crowds
that had gathered at the Beunos Aires
railway terminal reached them.
The chiefof police was on hand with
his automobile at San Martin, together
with a large guard Of secret service
men. and the count was conveyed to his
home in the chiefs car.
And these are my friends, the Argen-
tines." he exclaimed to employees of the
legation who met him.
What has happened?" he asked. 'T
know absolutely nothing. What has
transpired?"
Ignores Chance for Denial. -
The count. however, although shown
the Washington messages of last Sat-
urday exposing his suggestion that Ar
gentine ships be sunk without leaving
a trace" and his asperson upon the
acting minister of foreign affairs of
Argentina, ignored an Invitation to
deny their authenticity.
Thousands of persons congregated
last night along the Avenidas Mayo and
Florida in an attempt to organize an
other anti-German demonstration and
to demand rupture of relations with
Germany.
Acting under the orders Of President
Irigoyen, however, squads of mounted
police were sent out to maintain order.
They frequently charged crowds that
endeavored to assemble. using their
sabers freely. Many citizens were in
jured, and a number of policemen also
received hurts.
The crowds raided newsstands of edi-
tions of the German newspaper La
Union and also took copies from news
boys in the streets and made bonf1res
Of them.
The activity of the police during the
evening prevented large crowds from
concentrating at one point in the city
long enough to do serious damage.
The mobs resisted the police. who
charged repeatedly, and several of the
police were injured by vitriol thrown at
them. A police lieutenant was badly
burned and taken to the hospital.
President Irigoyen proposed to the
cabinet that the government reimburse
the Germans for the damage to their
property, but this matter was not de-
cided and may be considered at the
next cabinet meeting.
swedes Deplore Incident.
The Swedish colony here after a long
discussion of the Washington expose of
| the Luxburg affair, has given out the
| following:
I'VE protest against the person or
| persons whose unusual procedure has
| created the uncomfortable and difficult
| situation in which the Swedish colony
| today finds itself, and we express the
| most complete disapproval Of these
| measures on the part of Sweden, which
violate the most sacred rules of neu-
| trality."
| MONTEVIDEO, September IA
| great anti-German demonstration has
been held here, and Argentina was
cheered for the expulsion of the Ger
man minister. Count Won Luxburg.
| There were numerous clashes between
| the mobs and the police. Strong guards
| have been placed around the German
| legation and consulate, as well as the
| German business houses, in order to
| prevent destruction similar to that at
| Buenos Aires.