The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
Germany S ''South American
Policy" More Fully Exposed

Washington, Dec 20.-Through a
long series Of kilograms exchanged
between tie notorious Count Lux
burg. a former German charge IN Ar
eentina, and the Berlin foreign Of
fee, the state department tonight dis
closed further facts about German dl-
plonaatic trickery and at the same
time shed light upon some hitherto
unexplained activities Of certain La
tin American statesmen.
Luxburg, in one of his messages,
dated August l.. last, reported that
President Irigoyen of Argentina at
last had made up his mind to con-
elude a secret agreement with Chile
and Bolivia for protection against
North America before the confer
ence idea is taken up again"
In Latin-American diplomatic
quarters here, it is regarded as GER
tain that the disclosures will result
ger; quickly in an Argentine declara-
lion cf war against Germany. Con-
gTess and majority of the people
favored this step when the American
government made public the "Spur-
los VeTsenkt" (sink without tracey
message of LuXburg, and it is believ-
ed TIE presidents opposition now will
be swept away if it is not Withdrawn.
The messages were made public by
the state department in agreement
with the Argentine government,
which, in an accompanying statement
BY its foreign minister says the "in-
accuracies" of the German diplomats
no
tllet will fit them. The messages
were sent to Argentina soon after the
state department gave out the first
series of intercepted kilograms, but
heretofore demands for their publica
ton have been in vain.
Argentine Disturbed
The first of Luxburg's intercepted
kilograms was transmitted to Berlin
by the Swedish legation at Buenos
Aires in it's diplomatic code, and
publication of that fact by Secretary
Lansing not only threw Argentina in
20 q turmoil, resulting in the dismis-
sal Of the charge but precipitated a
crisis in Sweden. No explanation is
given of the means by which the later
messages were sent, although one or
two of the kilograms in today's batch
were among those given out previous
".
All of the correspondence was ex-
changed during July, August, and
early September land most Of it deals
directly with the negotiations then in
progress over the sinking of Argen-
tine ships by German submarines. Be-
fore the messages fell into the hands
of the American government Ger
many virtually had settled the matter
by agreement to pay indemnity and
totreat Argentine ships according, to
fllternationallaw. The secret reports
now reveal that Argentina on it's side
was to keep it's ships out of danger by
not allowing them to sail for the
war zone, an easy task, in view of
The fact that she had almost no ship
ping left.
Luxhurg Tells Troubles.
Throughout the messages Luxburg
dwells upon his difficulties with the
foreign minister and upon his influ-
ence with the president. Finally, he
was conducting negotiations directly
with the president, although the for
eign minister's attitude made this
goyen's projects for on anti-North
troublesome. How far President Fri
American alliance went, the CORES
pondence does not develop. It mere
" says that he made up his mind to
conclude the agreement with Bolivia
and Chile, "a mutual aproachment for
being the purpose as described. In
protection vis-a-vis North America"
The concluding telegram Of theseries,
however. Luxburg, addressing an I'M
named person in Santiago, Chile,
probobaly the German minister, says
that as long as Chile is neutral, Ger
:, many after the war will be able to
carry out her South American policy
just as we'll if not more easily in OPP
position to "an infatuated and mis-
guided Argentina as with Argentina
on her side"