Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-19
GERMAN LEGATION
STONED BY MOB
At BUENOS AIRES
Immense Crowds Join in Anti
German Demonstration.
COUNT LUxBURG is 0USTED
Minister Given Passports and Told to
Leave Country Immediately
Berlin Asked to Explain
Diplomats Action.

BuenOS Aires, Sept. 13.-lmmenSe
crowds Joined in an anti-German dem
onstration here The German legation
and German newspaper buildings were
stoned. There was serious rioting and
mounted police charged the mobs in
the fashionable Avenida Florida. De-
spite the strong mounted guard mob
broke all the windows in the Office of
the newspaper La Union.
German Envoy Ousted.
The Argentine government sent to
the German legation passports to be
delivered to Count Luxburg, the Ger
man minister in BuenOs Aires. The
whereabouts of Count Luxburg still
is unknown to the Argentine govern
ment. The Argentine government
also has demanded an explanation from
Sweden regarding the transmission of
messages to Germany.
The note sent by Foreign Minister
PueyrredOn to Count Won Luxburg, In
which the German minister was ten
dered his passports, reads:
''Mr. Minister: You having ceased
government, that government has de-
cided to deliver TO you your passports,
which I transmit herewith by order of
his excellency, the president of the ma
ton.
"The intrOducer of embassies has
instructions to assist you in your i'm
mediate departure from the territory
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'H. PUEYRREDON.
ITO Count Karl Won Luxburg, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tertiary of the German empire"
Demand Germany Explain.
The Argentine minister at Berlin
has been instructed to inform the Ger
man foreign office that Count Won Lux
burg has been handed his passports
and to ask for explanations regarding
the telegram disclosure. If the Ger
man government disapproves of the
text of the German minister dispatches,
and especially of the word ''ass," which
term the count applied to the Argen-
tine foreign minister, the situation
NAV clear. If Berlin does not disavOw
the minister's course Argentina will
recall her minister from Germany, but
NAV permit the legation to remain.
Argentina also has asked the Ger
man government for a full explanation
of its present policy of sinking Argen-
tine ships.
Washington Reveals Tips.
Washington, Sept. 10.-Diplomatic
relations between the United States
of a discovery that German official tel
egrams were forwarded to Berlin
through the Swedish legation at Bue-
nos Aires.
Secretary of State Lansing made the
following statement:
''The department of state has Sc
cured certain kilograms from Count
Luxburg, German charge d'affaires at
Buenos Aires, to the foreign office at
Berlin, which, l regret to say, were
dispatched from Buenos Aires by the
Swedish legation as their own OIL
cial messages, addressed to the Stock
holm foreign office.
English translation.
1.-THE following are English transla-
tions of the German text:
MAY 10, 1917, No. 32.-This gov
eminent has now released German and
Austrian ships over which hitherto
guard has been placed. In conse-
quence of the settlement of the Monte
(PrOtegido) case there has been
great change in public feeling. Gov
eminent will in future only clear Ap-
gentine ships as far as Las Palmas.
l beg that the small steamers Oren and
-Guazo, 31St January (meaning which
sailed 31s) 800 tons, which are (now)
nearing Bordeaux with a view to
change the flag, may be spared if pos
sible, or else sunk without trace be-
ing left ('spurlos versenkt) Lux
burg
"July 8, 1917, No. SOL learn from
a reliable source that the acting min
lister for foreign affairs. who is no.
torious ass and Anglophile. declared in
a secret session of the senate that Ar
gentina would demand from Berlin a
promise not to sink more Argentine
ships. If not agreed TO, relations
would be broken off. l recommend re-
fusal, and, if necessary, calling in the
mediation of Spain.-Luxburg.'
Sees Trouble Ahead.
July 8. 1917, No. 64.-Without
showing any tendency to make conces-
sions, postpone reply to Argentine note
until receipt of further reports. A
change of ministry is probable. As re-
CARDS Argentine steamers, l rec
ommend compelling them TO turn back.
sinking them without leaving any
traces or letting them through. They
are all quite small. Luxburg.'"
The statement by Secretary Lansing
was put in the hands of Romule S.
Naon, the Argentine ambassador, with
request that he forward 1t TO his gov
eminent asking for immediate and fit
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