The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18
RGENT| INA AND
 AL SOUTH AMERICA
 SHOULD ENTER WAR
This Is Statement of Former Minister of Foreign Af- fairs Following Expose
 of Count Luxburg

Buenos Aries, October Correspond ence of the Associated Press.)-Argentma and all the Americas should declare war upon Germany, declares pr. Luis M. Drago, formerly Argentine minister of foreign affairs, in statement he has is- sued concerning the revelation that Count Luxburg, the former German ani- bassador, had proposed to the German government that Argentine ships be sunk without trace"
 Dr. Drago is one Of the leading states men of Argentina, an internationally known jurist, and author of the "Drago doctrine" Much of the strength of the movement in Argentina to break off dip- lomatic relations with Germany is de- velopment of the widespread discussion of pr. Dragos statement. Tn it he said:
 Count Luxburgs telegram cannot be considered exclusively as an individual act only affecting himself personally. It is the result of an intimate collabora- tion between him and his government. 1t is not merely the minister accredited to the Argentine government who has ceased to be persona grata to this coun- try; it is the German government ftse1 which, having received the monstrous counsel to sink Argentine ships without leaving any trace, is directly reSpOnSi- ble for the excesses of its agent who for long time after the date of the tele- gram, has continued to fulfill his dual function of diplomatic envoy and of spy. Working in combination with the Swedish legation.
 The German government appears to have received with complacency the se- cret communications of the agent who treated us so contemptuously, judging from the fact that it maintained and I-:.- l.. .t-&.- -. through his 1ntermediation the settle ment by means of which the good faith of our foreign office has been abused.
 Tt is not unreasonable to suppose that the ruthless counsel of the minister has been applied to the steamer Curu- nlalan--Argentina owned and flying the Argentine flag-which disappeared mys- teriously, leaving no trace, some months ago on it's Journey between Liverpool and Bahia Blanca, with cargo of coal. There is every reason to believe, moreover that the recent explanations and promises of Germany responded to no other intention than that of being able to maintain here its great South American espionage agency. with the as- sistance of the Swedish leeation; so that if again now Germany were to offer us new explanations and renewed protesta- tions of friendship. that would only means that some other occult motive in duced such an attitude.
 If, many months ago, I considered decidedly that We ought to break with Germany when that nation declared its Illegal blockade. with much more reason today, am convinced that 1t IS m- possible to maintain cordial relations with country which makes use of surh methods and such agents. To break off our relations with Germany besides be- ing in keeping with the national dig nifty, would place us in line with the great democratic nations of the world and would strengthen our bonds of uni 'n with the sister republics of this conti- nent. The action of the Argentine gov ernment in continuing relations With the German government is a serious wrong.
 "The Argentine republic should have followed the example of the Unite|l States and declared war against Ger many when the United States declared war. Having failed in this 1t should now show it's historic sympathy for the pan-American movement and especial y sts friendship for the United States. and