The Ordway new era., 1917-12-28
PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA IN
VolvED IN DISCLOSURE OF
LUxRURG TELEGRAMs.
SECRET PACT PLANNED
STATE DEPARTMENT GIVES OUT
FURTHER FACTS ABOUT GER.
MAN DIPLOMATIC TRickERY.


Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
Washington.-The amazing stor, OF
how Count Luxburg, German charge
at Buenos Aires, used his official po
sition to spy out prizes for German u
boats, ridiculed officials to whom he
daily was processing the utmost
friendship. and held at his disposal
million dollars, was revealed by the
State Department
Secretary of State Lansing made
public all of the cablegrams and mes
sages which Luxburg sent in code to
the German foreign office in Berlin
through the Swedish legation to Ar
gentina. with three exceptions. These
exceptions were withheld because they
dealt entirely with affairs of Chile
and Uruguay
Accompanying the kilograms was
communication from the Argentine
minister of foreign affairs saying that
they had been forwarded by him 10
the Argentine ambassador in Wash.
ington, Dr. Romulo S. Naon, who had
secured them from the State Depart.
ment He makes 1t plain that the
messages are for the most part with
out foundation in fact.
One of the cablegrams gives in de-
tail the sailing OF three ships from Ar
gentina ports with their destination.
and description of them, especially
bearing on their low visibility because
of their being deeply loaded.
Another tells Germany, as already
has been made known. to express re-
gret that her submarine commander
was forced" to sink the steamer Toro
and saying that this action was due
to the vessel carrying contraband.
| Through several of the messages Is
sharp ridicule of the Argentina Off
cials with whom Count Luxburg came
in contact. -,
Indicating that Luxburg was at all
times in communication with German
submarines at sea or the great wire
less station through which Germany
has sent her wireless boats to victory
throughout the world, is another mes
sage in which he announces that the
"receiving station has been installed
as per Instructions
On June 80 last, Luxburg reported
that his bank balance was s5oo'ooo'
Commenting on this officials of the
State Department said possession Vi
such a huge sum was extraordinary
for a man in the position OF the Ter
man charge.
One of the messages revealed that
| I,uxburg had induced the President vi
Argentina to seek secret agreement
with Chile and Bolivia, mutual ap'
proachment for protection against
North America.
If also showed that everything pos
s;ble had been done to have Peru
brought into such an agreement
The correspondence deals larger!
with efforts made by the Gerllah
minister to prevent any rupture OF re-
lations with Argentina. and through
out the dispatches there was warn
ing to his government to fiatter 'he
Arpentinans and to word the note II,
reply to the Argentine protest against
+be sinking of the steamer Ioro Ill
such way as not to offend them.
Another of the Luxburg messages
hoasted that he had succeeded III
reaching an understanding WIN ries
ident Irigoyen. This proved par'icu.
I,r,v offensive to Argentina, it IS no"
known.
Evidence of the apparent piiapility
~ the Argentine President ana OF the
ornos,tion of Minister of Foreign Al
fairs Puerreydon is disclosed In many
of the dispatches. Frequent reielente
"a made by the charge 10 diiiieui''
he was having in dealing with the 10
atom minister, but emphasis Is paceu
unor the ease with which he commu-
nicated with the President.
In a statement accompanying the
.,,.orams the Argentine foreign MN
ister announced that there were 1nt.
messages not published, as ,ney ~,
lated solely to Chile and urusuay.
Thev have been delivered to those
governments. ,sed nv
Count I,uxburg to evade detection N
Communicating with his government
~ fhund in one dispatch where reler
y ance is made to his fear that tne 20
eret - wire" had been discovered. An
othar refers to an interruption OF me-
wire.
Tho Concluding Message.
A telegram dated July 20 last an
,ornced the completion Of . "receiv-
d. rlsnt- and ask for the wave length
Ie -. - -reat wireless station at Nauen.
The conciudins message. dated 'a'y
10. said: ...., a.
~. long q Chile 4 neutral YET
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