The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
GOVERNMENT Of
SWEDEN SPEAKS
HAS RECEIVED NO OFFICIAL IN.
FORMATION OF DUPLICITY OF
MINISTER IN ARGENTINE.
VIEW
One Says That If News From Buenos
Aires Is True, Then Swedish Honor
Is Stained-AnOther One, in Rage,
Attacks the United States.

London, Sept. 1.-THE Swedish for.
eign office, according to dispatch frum
Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph
company, has issued the following state
ment regarding the swesEsh.Argentin-
ian revelations:
THE Swedish foreign Office mas not
received any account regarding the
transmission Of the kilograms men,
toned in the statements Of the govern
ment Of the United States and the
Swedish government therefore is un.
able at present TO determine what its
position should be on the question
opened up by these statements.
Makes One Admission.
1T is, however, accurate to say that
just after the world war broke out the
Swedish foreign minister expressed the
opinion that he ought to transmit a
German telegram concerning the civil
population Of Kiao.Chow" CThe Ger
man former fortress in the Chinese pc
ninsula of Shan-TungJ
Statements TO the same effect were
made to the representatives of both
belligerent groups without there being
any question Of Sweden taking over
representation Of any powers interests.
AS regard the United States in par
ticular, the United States minister here.
has in this year in certain special cases
demanded and obtained permission to
/ transmit letters to and from Turkey,
and at a time when Turkey was not in
state Of war with America and when
Sweden had not taken over the pro-
lection Of American interests
Acts as Regular Channel
'In the summer Of 1915, the wish
was expressed from the British side
that the transmission OF kilograms be-
| tween Germany and North America
should cease. No formal demand was
made but the foreign minister acceded
] to the wish The Swedish minister, who
was cognizant Of all the negotiations,
was Of the opinion that this was no bar
TO the continued transmission of tele-
grams to neutral states other than the
United States, and therefore to Argen-
tina, Since then. Sweden has continu-
ed to be the intermediary for communt
cations between Germany and the Ar.
gentine.
Promises TO Stop Ii.
This telegram mentioned in the Am
erican statement was written in code
and transmitting il the Swedish minister
was by that reason unable to decinher it.
Whether its contents were as reported,
Is a point which the first duty of the
Swedish government must be 10 con.
firm, and its next action must be to get
an explanation from Germany. Sweden
will also take measures TO prevent any
repetition of the incident
d No application as to the cessation Of
the transmission Of kilograms from Ger
/ many to the Argentine republic has yet
= been made either by the British or Am
erican governments.
THE whole affair has only become
; known 10 the public through the press
d but in spite Of this the wishes express
ed 10y the interested parties would i'm
4 mediately have been acceded TO-"
Newspaper Opinions.
The Social Emokraten says
II II N'N"iN9H l" Ni"W Si'Nlai ot'Vi
p tion TO the seriousness Of the case a
II II the accusations are true the Swet
e ish minister, Count Lowen, is hopeless
l, ly compromised and the country's hor
Al or stained"
The Conservative Dageblad says
H. "The publication OF the telegram,
.d which some American agent must hav
Is stoleu-the cipher being given to tn
Id American press before being handed I
W the Swedish legation at Washington
IN is a method inconsistent with trad
" tional diplomatic courtesy. The word
c. about exposing connections which e.
n ist between Germany and Sweden an
It. considered a gross and wilful insult
the Swedish government"