New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Notorious Von Eckhardt
 ommends Him As M
 ment to Secure News Hostile Camp.''
CRONHOLM OPENL1
 FRIEND OF BEHI

Mexican Officials Disclaim knOs
 of Sensational Disclosure by
 States-Stockhol Reprcse1
 Acted as Messenger Boy fO1
 many and Often Went Late Ut
 to File Telcgrams.
 Washington, Sept. 14.-Oft1ciaX 1 diplomats today are awaiting next development in the confusi ternational situation created \ state departments revelation tn Swedish legation in Mexico as in Argentine was utilized by th& man government as a secret me conveying valuable communicat the Berlin foreign office.
 A letter written March s, 19y Won Eckhardt, former German ter to Mexico, who was concert the notorious Zimmerman ploN interrupted by American o1 while en route to the imperial1 cellor. It discloses that Folkea holm, former Swedish charge leo City, virtually was emplo31 the German legation to furnA formation from "the hostile can
 The letter asks that the inn, government recognize the serv1s Cronholm by awarding him th( der of the cross of the second
 Swedish Government Implica
 The most serious portion ol confidential letter which Vonl hardt wrote to Dr. Won Beth4 Hollweg directly concerns the ish government. The ministerl gested that as secrecy was nec1 until the end 4 the war, lind not to excite the enemy's suspNl it would be well to tell no one conferring of the decoration !. the Swedish go-between and hi ernment.' This reference ind that the Swedish government wa plicated in the deal by which th work in behalf of Germany Vi be made known to the authoritl Berlin through the Swedish i'd office
 The disclosure appears to cd the cuba bility of the Swedish] ~rnment in widespread arl1 ment under which unneutral nation of military value to Ger was to be forwarded to Berlin | the protection of the cipher \ Swedish diplomats were privileg send from foreign countries to ' holm without interference from allied governments.
 The letter obtained by the stat partment is strong corroboratiye dence of tho charge of unneutrl dishonorable conduct implied in retary Lansing's action of Saturi public translations of c messages containing military info ton sent in May and July of tliis by the Swedish minister in Arge in behalf of the German minist Bucnos Aires.
 Sweden thus stands accused more before the world of hpving. mitted acts not tolerated a1 honorable nations. But the U States government is avoiding mi the disclosures a diplomatic ino with Sweden. It is leaving 10 the course to be aGo] nor is this government asking A; tina to take action. The state Go ment Is contenting itself with x to the public the texts of commty lions in it's possession, showing collision to felp , many in her war with the a nations.
 Other Revelations Expected.
 More disclosures are expected. 'etary Lansing will say nothing ! he extent of the Information possesses as to the German conspti put it is suspected that the stata ,artmsnt has a mass of German swedish diplomatic correspond hat is being translated.
 An opera bouffe aspect Is givo his serious breach of internatione' igation by statements in the written by Minister von Eckharf Or. von Bethmann Hollweg re, nending that the Charge d'Affs Cronholm, be rewarded for his V ion of neutrality by being given Crown Order of the Second Glass Lppears from the minister's letter me. of the reasons why Cronholm especially deserving ol yard was that he had to go lat light, under cover of darkness, to office in Mexico City in 0 to hand in the telegl o obligingly transmitted for the nan minister, so as to reduce suspi nd avoid the possibility of detet hat might come from intrusting ther person with this task.
 It appears also that the only dec ion which Cronholm had succeede came from the governr f China. Even the Swedish gov nent had not seen fit to reward ervices in the consular and diplou eld by granting him an order Of inction or nobility. H
 The state 1epartmen does not