Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-21
POSSIBILITY '. IF ARGENTINE GERMAN WAR |S IMMINENT.
Publication of Many Dis patches Between Berlin and Buenos Aires May Force Argentine to Declare War.
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 WASHINGTON. Dec 2O.-Through a long series of telegrams exchanged between the notorious Count Luxburg- former German charge in Argentine, and the Berlin foreign office, the state department tonight disclosed further facts about German diplomacy trick cry and at the same time shed light upon some hitherto unexplained ac- tivities of certain I-atin-American statesmen
 I.uxburg in one of his messages, dated August l. last, reported that President Irigoyen of Argentine at last had made up his mind to conclude a secret agreement with Chile and Bolivia for protection against North America before the conference idea is taken up again The conference idea" is assumed 10 have been the plan for a Latin-American neutrality. strongly supported by President Car ranza of Mexico and much discussed in some Of the South American cOun- tries, while the proposed secret agree ment may explain reports that have come from Buenos Aires recently of President IrogOyen's proposals for a league of South American nations
 War Declaration Expected
 In Latin-American diplomatic guar ters here it is regarded as certain that the disclosures will result quick Iy in an Argentine declaration of war $ against Germany Congress and majority of the people favored this step when the American government made public the spurlOs versenkt" (sink without a tracel messages of Luxburg, and it is believed the presi- dents opposition will be swept away if il is not withdrawn
 The messages given out today were made public by the state department in agreement with the Argentine gov ernment. which in an accompanying statement by its foreign minister says the Inaccuracies of the German dip lomat's reports are so surprising that no epithet will fit them. The mes sages were sent to Argentine soon after the state department gave out the first series of intercepted tele- grams, but heretofore demands for their publication have been in vain
 The first of Luxburg's intercepted telegrams were transmitted 10 Berlin by the Swedish legation at Buenos Aires in its diplomatic code, and pub Hcaticn of that fact by Secretary Lan- sing not only threw Argentine into a turmoil. resulting in the dismissal of the charge. but pTecipitated crisis in Sweden. No explanation is given Of she means by whiSh the latter messages were sent, though one or two of the telegrams in tOday's batch were among those given out previous ly. The famous "spurlOs versenkt messages. in which Luxburg recon mended avoiding difficulty with Ar genuine by sinking her ships without leaving a trace. however. does not appear this time
 Concessions Granted
 All of the correspondence was eS- changed during July. August and early September. and most of it deals di- rectly with the negotiations then in progress over the sinking of Argen- tine ships by German submarines. Be fore these messages fell into the hands of the American government Germany virtually had settled the matter by agreeing to pay indemnity and to treat Argentine ships according to international law The secret re ports now reveal that Argentine on iss side was to keep its ships out of danger by not allowing them to sail fer the war zone. an easy task in view Of the fact that she had almost no shipping left
 "lnfatuated" Argentine
 Throughout the messages Luxburg dwells upon his difficulties with the foreign minister and upon his infiu ence with the president. Finally he was conducting negotiations directly with the president, although the for eign minister's attitude made this troublesome. How far President IrOgOyen's projects for an antiNortt American alliance went. the core spondenee does not develop. It mere ly says that he made up his mind 10 conclude the agreement with Boil via and Chile. "a mutual rapproche ment for protection vis-a-vis North America" being the purpose as de scribed In the concluding program of the series. however, Luxburg. ad dressing an unnamed person in Santi ago. Chile. probably the German min