The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-08
bUEN0S AIRES
LEGATION SENT
TIPS TO BERLIN
Ship SaiIIngS and Directions
for Destruction,
GO THROUGH STOCKHOLM
information Sent as Official
Swedish Messages,

WASHINGTON, Sept 8, - How 4
Swedcn's legation In Argentina acting
as secret means OF communicates
between the German charge In Buenoe
Aires and the Berlin foreign ofilee,
transmitted information OF the saiIih9 4,
of ships and directions for their %.
siruc,on by submarines, was revealeo
today in official dispatches made pub
lie by the state department.
Copies OF official dispatches sent %
tho berlin foreign office by Count
Lusburg, the German charge In Buenoe I.
Aires, in cipher through the Swe0soh
legation there, as its own cornrnuntces
tions, were made known today BY See
retary Lansing, without any commemf y
as to how they fell into the hands Of
this government, or any indication 01
what is TO come n the result oi ~
disclosure.
Germany Using Sweden. .
Besides revealing the means by whieo
Germany used Sweden in her n,schlne4
tion, In Argentina. the dispatches sHsW
how the German charge, at the Wne
Argentina was having 4 critical dlplos
matte controversy with Germany ovoe
submarine destruction OF her ships, woo
sending through the Swedish leSetioo
information OF the sailing Of certsta
vessels with recommendations that they
be sunk "wi,hou, leaving anv tfaee
and in other dispatches was iniormta0
his government how 10 regard AsSeos
tinA's protests. i
In the absence of any official CON-
ncnt, II appeared that the manifest ~
poses OF the United States In Pueltoe
ing the correspondence were two. Fisse
to show the relations between Germany
and Sweden, at least so Tar - the -
cations in Argentina were concernedS
and second, to disclose TO Argentina
where German influences seem to hevo
been strongest In all South America
the manner in which the German dipler
matte agent had secret Instructions ~
the destruction OF her shipping and ~,
manner in which he was guiding M
government in dealing with Arssnelao'
automatically.
Recent Promise to Argsatina. p
Germany recently gave ArgentinA u
promise that no more of her ehievoeOF
would be sunk In violation OF intesuok
,ional law. II was announced that A.
gcntina accepted Germany'd promise 81
a satisfactory solution to the situattca
that Threatened . break In dipIomatto
relations, If not actual war.
Statement Of War Dspatmsoe
The following was issued At the stseU
department,
"The department Of state has heard q
certain ielegrams from Count Luxbure,
German charge d'affaires at busnce
Aires. to the foreign office at Be!lie
which. | regret say, were dispatche4
from Bueno, Aires by the Swedte0
/ legation as their own official n,essaqoey
addressed to the Stockholm toreio1
office.
foundations Of Tsxt. /.
"The following are translations =
the German text q
"'May 10, 1917. No. S73. TN Y
government mas now RELEASED 0ss. \
man and Austrian ships On wAl1e
hitherto q guard had bssA plaee4 Y.
In consequence Of the ssttls1Ant q
the Monte (ProtsSido) case, tleto Y
has been q great change h leoMo X
feeling. The govsrnmsnt WIN 1e
sure only clearly ArGsatias sel I
ments as far % Las palmAs. I ~ 4
that the small stsAmefs OfaA e1uh
Guafo, 3ist Of January (noo111D \
which sailed 3ist) 800 toaa, vAn y
are (now) soaring Bordeaux ~ N
view 10 change the flhG ~ ~
spared II possible or sunk vl(AGug
trace being len (Spurlor Ven.
ssnkft). "a
(Sisned) "LUxDUR0."'
"july J, 1917, No. 50. ! learn fror
a reliable source the acting minister fol
foreign affairs who ID a notorious All
and Anglophile, declared in secre'
session Of the senate that Argentina
would demand from Berlin promise
no, to sink more Argentine ships. II
not agreed to, relations would be broken
off. | recommend refusal and, II nee:
essary, calling in the mediation q
Spain ..,,vr,,pc-.
nJuIy II, No. o. without
showing any tendency TO MAKE coo-
eessions. postpone reply 70 Afesh-
time note until receipt OF funhet
reports. A change Of ministry 70
probable. As regards Argentine
steamers, I recommend either com
peliing them to turn back, sinking
tbem without Having any traese Z
or letting them through. T1sy are
all quite small .
Baron Akerhelm, the Swedish cloG
daifaires, declared II was impee
that the Swedish minister 4
Aires knew OF the contents a. 4
patches. or he would not haSo
them to 20 forwse N