New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Exposure Of Swedish ENJOYS Share
~ In German Plot StirS British Press

enemy. whose activities and value in
the prosecution of the war they have
affected to despise, has been to expose
a procedure which affords damning
evidence against themselves and
against a neutral government which
it is charitable to regard as their dupe
"The contents of the published tele-
grams cannot but snow neutral gov
ernments the amount of faith they
may put in German promises and Ger
man concessions. The accredited rep
resentative Of the German Empire, at
Buenos Ayres. while actually enjoying
the hospitality of the Argentine Re
public, is seen advocating the deliber-
ate murder of Argentine subjects on
the high seas in order that the SINK
ing of Argentine ships by German sub
marines should leave no trace which
would make their crime known IN
Argentina and so make an enemy OF
/ that country.
4 Consistent Policy
This is no single instance. 'Spurlos
versenkt' is a consistent policy, which
I is deliberately carried into erect IN
an attempt to hide from neutral coun-
! tries the results Of unrestricted sub
marine warfare, and other nations than
} Argentina, SuCL ds -NOIN III POI wv
( lar, know IL to their cost
Second Great Exploit of Year
The Daily Mail" in an editorial,
( congratulates the American intelli-
/ gence service on "the second great eX-
/ plot of this year" and says:
"a blacker piece Of diplomatic devil
| try on Germany's part never was ex-
posed, while on Sweden's part an Of
/ fence against neutrality and against
| every decency of international inter
I course, deep, deliberate and despicable
how despicable can only be realized
when we recall that Sweden has her
| self suffered from such outrages as she
/ is assisting Germany TO inflct upon
Argentina.
"Such conduct combines maximum
/ cowardce with maximum treachery,
and we are confident that every honest
( Swede will promptly resent it as a
cruel stain upon national honor, and
/ demand a strict account from the gov
/ eminent that juggled the country into
( a position so basely callous and dis
| honorable.
"As matters stands,the Allies have
i every excuse for treating Sweden as 8
country that has gone over TO the en-
cmy. We are confident, however, that
/ no Allied government wishes to visit
upon the Swedish people the extreme
punishment of war for the criminal
acts of their rulers. But the Allies,
and especially the United States, have
n sharp weapon in their hands in the
| form Of blockade"
/ "The Daily News" under the caption
/ Of "The Latest Perfdy," says:
at is impossible to discuss what
/ effect the astonishing revelations will
/ have on the general course Of the war.
/ If further evidence were needed Of the
/ cynical brutality with which Germany
| fights, it is surely here. Among the
rufians to whom the German public
service appears to afford refuge in
: such numbers, Count LuXburg Ger
man charge d'afraires in Argentina, is
: entitled to a very prominent place"
Break Is Expected
"Ihe Daily News" thinks it is scarce
~ credible that Argentine public opin-
/ ion, even il the Argentine government
were willing, will tolerate continu-
I snce Of friendly relations with Ger
many.
ut is still possible TO hope" THE
| Daily News continues, that Count
/ LuXburg's actual use of DE expression
credited to HMM plain English, the
! prosecution of murder on the high
seas-is unknown TO the officials CON
cerned, but 1t can scarcely have been
| unsupported, and at best the express
1 sion itself is an abuse Of confidence
/ which clearly cannot be tolerated
"On the other hand, there are grave
( reasons why, pending Swedish expla-
/ nations, the matter should be handled
cautiously. The pending Swedish cleo
| tons may result in a decisive defeat
( of the German propaganda, and il
/ would be folly to destroy the effect OF
/ the labors on behalf Of the Entente OF
/ lIjalmar Branting Socialist leader in
I the second chamber of the Swedish
/ Parliament and the party he repre-
/ sentS."
/ The Swedish Minister here, Count
[ Wrangel, paid q hurried visit TO the
| legation to-day, but disavowod any
| knowledge Of the Argentine natter be-
! yond what he had read in the news
papers.