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that she must be included with Ger
many as an enemy.
DUMBA ADMITTED GUILT.

IN SepleuDei, 1910, ~ WSso OAoSo'
cred that Ambassador Dumba and
Austrian consuls in st. Louis and
elsewhere we're implicated In inst1gat'
ing strikes in American manufacture
ing plants engaged in the production
of munitions of war. An American
citizen named Archibald, travelling
under an American passport, had
been entrusted with dispatches in re-
gard to this matter from Dumba and
Bernstorff to their governments.
These acts were admitted by Dumba.
BY reason of the admitted purpose
and intent of Dumba to conspire to
cripple business industries in the
United States and by reason OF
the fragrant violation of diplomatic
propriety in employing an American
citizen protected by an American
passport as a secret bearer of oficia!
dispatches through the lines OF al
enemy of Austria-Hungary,, the
government was
requested to recall Dumba-
OTHER coNSULS IMPLICATED.
"The Austrian consuls at St. Louis
and New York were implicated with
Dumba in the transactions, particular
w in the circulation of strike propa-
ganda. They were implicated in pro-
curing forged passports from the
United States for the use of their
in. going homo.
Long before thel'above activities
were made public our government
had evidence that the Austrian diplo-
matte and consular service was being
used in this country for Germany's
war-like purposes.
while Austria's submarine war
fare has been of very limited char.
acter they have adopted and adhered
to the policy OF the ruthless subma-
rine warfare of the imperial German
government.
ANcoNA NOTE RECALLED.
"After diplomatic relations with
Germany had been broken, the de-
partment, on February IA. 1917, dis
patched the following telegram to the
American embassy at Vienna survey
ing briefly the position Of the Aus
trian government on submarine war
fare:
"Tn the American note of Deem
Der G, 1915 to the Austro- Hungarian
government in the Ancona case, this
government called attention to the
views of the government Of the
United States on the operations OF
submarines in naval warfare which
had been expressed in no uncertain
terms to the ally of Austria-Hungary
and Of which full knowledge on the
part of the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment was presumed. In it's reply Of
December Is, 1915, the imperial and
royal government stated that it was
not possessed with authentic knowl
edge of all of the pertinent cores
pondence of the United States nor
was it Of the opinion that such
knowledge would be sufficient to
cover the Ancona case, which was OF
essentially a different character from
those under discussion with the Ber
lin government
SINKING OF THE PERSIA.
Nevertheless in reply to the
American note of December Is, 1915,
the Austro-Hungarian government in
its note Of December 20 stated:
AS concerns the principle ex.
pressed in the very esteemed note
that the hostile private ships in so
far as they do not fee or offer resist
ance may not be destroyed without
the persons on board having been
placed in safety, the imperial and
royal government is able substan.
italy to assent to this view of the
Washington cabinet
Moreover in the case Of the
Persia the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment in January 1916, stated that
while it had received no Information
with regard to the sinking Of the
Persia, yet in case its responsibility
were involved the government would
be guided by the principles agreed to
in the Ancona case.
AUSTRIA'S U-RoAT EDicT.
within one month thereafter the
imperial and royal government, CO.
with the German dcclara-
ton of February 10, 1916. on the
treatment Of armed merchantmen an
that all merchant vessels
armed with cannon for whatever pur-
pose by this very fact lose the char
acter Of peaceable vessels and that
under these conditions orders have
been given to Austro-Hungarian naval
forces to treat such ships as belliger-
ent vessels
"In accordance with this deciara-
ton several vessels with Americans
on board have been sunk in the Medi.