New Britain herald., 1917-09-15
BARON L0EWEN GOES
ON LONG VACATION
HE Is Removed, But That Is In
sufficient , Says Branting
PRESS ATTACKS GERMANY

Majority of Editors Indignant Because
OF Berlins Sang Froid in Face OF
| Reflection on Stockholm's Neutral
ity.
Stockholm, Sept. 15.-Hjalma ar
Branting. the socialist leader writes
IN the Social Demokraten that Baron
Loewen, the Swedish minister in
Buenos Aires, will be granted holi-
day because of sickness.
This Official" he adds "who acted
as telegraph agent to Stockholm
from Buenos Aires without consider
ing the contents of messages now is
removed. but this is insufficient"
! Inc newspaper announces that a
| mee11ng OF protest against the secret
diplomacy responsible for the scandal
Will be held on Sunday.
The situation brought out by the
disclosures from Washington regard
ing cable dispatches sent by the Ger
man minister to Argentina through
Swedish legation has passed from a
action.
The French minister, E. Thibaut,
called today upon Foreign Minister
Ltndman with formal request for an
explanation of the incident on behalf
OF his government. The other repre-
sentat1ves Of the Entente are expected
to follow his initiative. The American,
British, French and Russian ministers
held m r1aaf{r,r fo1o + +,ry1,; ;11, elk
uation was thoroughly canvassed.
News has be. en- received here Of
the action Of the Argentine govern
ment In giving Count Luxburg his
passports but the Argentine minister
as yet has taken no formal steps in
connection with the affair." contenting
himself with an informal discussion
OF the situation. Newspapers Of pro-
nounced German leanings urge the
government to adopt vigorous atti-
tude toward the country whose prac-
t1ces, they declare, in abusing the
confidence OF the Swedish government
and involving a friendly nation in a
highly EN- mbarrassing predicament. are
unpardonab1e.
The German statement, attempting
to evade the issue by raising the ques-
ton concerning America and giving
no explanation Or expression OF regret
for it's own offense, is declared by the
entire press to be utterly unsatisfac-
tory, and a general demand is voiced
for a further statement from the
German foreign office.
Fear Further Exposures.
Much curiosity is manifested here
in the press and by the public as to
the contents of 81 other cablegrams
which, as foreign dispatches point
out, were sent by Count Won Luxburg
through the Swedish route, and the
natural suspicion has been aroused
that transcripts Of other embarrassing
messages may be found in possession
of the American government.
Two pro-German evening newspa-
pers, by coincidence, referred to
Greece in their surveys Of the Luxburg
cablegram affair, intimating that an
attempt is being made through the
situation to reduce Sweden to con-
dition Of dependence upon Entente
allies wishes. Nya Dagligt Allehanda
sees in the distinction drawn between
the Swedish government and the peo-
Pile an attempt to help to power
Hjalmar Branting, the socialist leader,
as sort of Swedish Venizelos and
sounds a warning for Sweden, citing
the fates of Serbia and Rumania. The
same newspaper complains that the
affair is being exaggerated and mis-
represented in America to Sweden's 8
disfavor, calling attention to de-
spatches about the alleged transmits
sion of news regarding General Perish
ing's expedition and an alleged breach
between Argentina and Sweden as
examples Of unfounded reporting, and
sharply attacks Lord Northcliffe. In
the concluding paragraph the paper
says it is aggrieved that Germany in
her communication found no word of
regret for the difficult situation in
which Sweden was placed by the ac-
ton of the German Official
Resents American Interference.
The Stockholm Dagblad, comment
ing on the Swedish-Argentinia revel-
ations, says
"America acted as detective and
set scene for the play and then
really ceased to be concerned, as,
apart from her role as detective,
America has no right to interfere in
the affair. 1t is purely a question be-
tween Argentina and Germany and
Sweden
Regarding the charge that the Swed-
ish foreign office broke it's promise,
given in 1915, to cease forwarding
telegrams, the Gagblad says that M.
Wallenberg, the former Swedish for
eign minister, resolutely asserts the
promise only concerned kilograms be-
tween United States and Sweden. Thus,
the paper argues, American and Eng
lish insinuations that information was
sent regard General Pershing's trans
ports art without foundation.
The departure erom London of
Count Wrangel on a holiday at a
moment when his government was
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