The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
LUxBURG PLOT.
fcoutlnued from First PaSe)

made public by tho state department in
agreement with the Argentine govern
,r..r.. which Is an accompanying state
,,..,,t h,- rs foreign minister. says the
inaccuracies" Of the German diplomats
report are go surprising that no cp''hot
will fit them. The messages were sent
~ Argentina soon after the state ue-
partn,ent gave out tho first series 10
intercepted kilograms. but heretofore
Efforts for their publication have oeen
In vain.
Tho Ptrss Messages
The nrst Of Lu1burSs intercepted
kilograms were transmitted to Berlin
b. the Swedish legation at Buenos Ares
IN irs Diplomatic code. and publication
d: that fact by Secretary Lansing NOT
only threw Argentina into turmoil.
resulting In the dismissal Of the charge
but precipttated a crisis in Sweden. \"
exclamation Is given Of tho means by
which the later messages were een'.
though one or two Of the kilograms IN
rodav.s batch were among those given
out previously. The Famous squF1oe
yersenkt- messages in which LuNour9
recommended avoiding difficulty with
Argentina by sinking her ships without
leaving a trace, however. does not ap'
pear this ttrne.
All OF the correspondence was eS-
changed during July. August and. carly
September and most Of It deals directly
with the negotiations then In progress
over the sinking Of Argentina ships ny
German submarines. Before the ries
sa ses fell into the hands Of the tNroerl-
can government, Germany virtually haa
settled the matter by agreeing 10 pay
indemnity and to treat Argentine ships
according to international law. The sec
rot REPORTS now reveal that Argentine
- IN ire SIDE was to keep its ships out OF
danger by not allowing them to sail 1oe
-he war zone. an easy task IN We" Oh
+be fact that she had almost no snip
ping LETT.
President HE Ally.
rnrouShout the messages Lu1burs
dw.1ls upon his difficulties with tho
foreign minister. and upon his intlu-
ence with the President. Finally no
was conducting negotiations directly
with the President although the Tor
eign minister's attitude made this trou-
blesome. How far President 1rigoyens
projects for an antt-North American ALI
ance went the correspondence does not
develop. It merely says that he made
,tp his mind to conclude the agreement
with Bolivia and Chile: "a mutual rap
rroachnnent for protection Wis a Wis.
North ArCer1CS oelRS lHe purpose aS ue
srribed In the concluding telegram Of
tho series. however. Luxburg addressing
an unnamed person In Santiago. Chile.
probably the German minister there.
says that as long as Chile is neutral.
Germany after the war will be able to
carry out her South American policy
Just as we'll II not more easily In oppo-
S;slon to an infatuated and misguided
Argentina as with Argentina on her
side" This apparently was written
when the likelihood Of the president
holding Argentina out Of the war ap-
peared to be fading.
Minister Naon. OF Argentina declined
tonight to make any comment upon the
matter further than to say that the
statement OF the foreign minister COW
cred the situation. He was advised OF
the purpose Of the United States and his
government to make the messages pub
lie here and at Buenos Aires slmultane-
ously.
The kilograms.
Following Is the statement OF the Ar