The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-20
GERMAN NOTES
REMAIN SECRET
Dpaonaats Are Told to refuse
to Tell Swedish Officials
Contents of Code
Messages.

Lo!fQOn, mas Sent
. note to Sweden. according TO the COR
respondent at Stockholm OF the Cen
trail News agency, highly regretting the
| disagreeable discussion on account OF
Sweden transmitting kilograms to Ger
! many. Germany says she is Obliged to
the Swedish government for transmit
ting the but regrets that her
representatives n Argentine should
have sent the kilograms in the phrase
ology they did.
Stockholm, which printed the an
nouncement that Germany had sent the
note to Sweden. says the German gov
eminent has Instructed all it's repre-
~sentatives in foreign countries to re-
fuse to accede to any attempt which
TO the Swedish government the con-
tents OF cod messages which they ma
| submit to It
Stockholm. Sept 18-The organizing
committee OF the Stockholm ~ocialist
conference in it's report on the ques-
ton OF holding the conference which it
/; said had not been abandoned, but that
q date would be fixed as soon as pass
port difficulties had&been settled, after
declaring hat Stockholm was closely
connected with the revolution in Rus
sia, expressed the hope that Russian
comrades would close their ranks and
depend upon Russian democracy to
solve the present crisis there.
Hjalmar Granting. the Swedish So
cialist leader. was the chief speaker at
q meeting which was attended by 15,-
900 socialists. At the conclusion of the
addresses the following resolution was
passed:
Events OF the last few days show
how the leading circles of Germany
ruthlessly have misused the careless
confidence OF he two Swedish conser-
vative governments, which directed the
policy OF Sweden during h war
period. 4
This meeting therefore. emphasizes
the determination to maintain a cor
rect attitude, which is felt by all the
Swedish people.%We realize with indig-
nation and humiliation that our good
name has been jeopardized by the con
duct OF a few men. Obviously the ma
tons fortunes cannot continue in the
hands Of these few men who favor
such systems and methods"
Washington, d. c.. Sept. 1S--Scan-
dfnavian REPRESENTATIVES here, particul-
arly Swedish, pleaded today that the
new prohibitory wheat embargo would
bring their nations to starvation. The
Swedish representative declared that
Sweden would be the first to feel the
pinch.
The application OF this new rule is
Itkely to swing Sweden away from its
Q9C-1eFIIlGn aIQIudo more Quickly than
anything else. The Swedish popuIa-
ton, according to A. r. Nordval. dele
gate etosfthe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
only seven 6nndes of wheat daily, the
smallest in Europe
Stockholm, Sept. S1SAAtd a great
liberal meeting heldGhere today a reso-
luton proposed by Rrofessor Eden,
leader Of h liberal party ins the
second chamber. was Unanimously
adopted; to the effectthat the meeting
expressed the deepest regret that the
Swedish foreign office was not in a
position to deny the assertion that it
had forwarded cipher kilograms in
ignorance OF their contents, which con-
tents, when revealed, awoke e Just
abhorrerce Of all Swedes.
The resolution vigorously demanded
that the government Immediately
undertake all necessary means to
demonstrate indubitably to the Swed-
ish people its determination to main
tain. towards all belligerents, abso-
lutely neutrality.
CAN'T FIND kAlsER's spy.
Mexico City. Sept. l8-Ths Swedish
charge. Anderberg, declared today that
| he had W received Instructions from
! his government for transmitting mes
ssagesato Germany. "a search for the
former charge, Cronholm. was futile.
~ ssSe s@GAfF