The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-14
State Department Publishes q Document Which Passed From Herr von Eckhardt, German Minister to Mex cico, to Imperial Chan ceIlor.
Hint That Story of Intrigue May Be Materially Added to By Publication of More Documents in Hands of United States Govern nnent.

Washington, Sept 14-How Eer1nany's secret practice of using Sweden's diplomatic ser vice for transmitting forbidden communications between Ger man agents and the Berlin for aign office prevailed in Mexico as we'll as in Argentina is re- vealed in a document publish ed by the state department, which passed between the cele- brated Herr von Eckhardt, Ger man minister in Mexico, and the chancellor.
 It disc1cees how Fo1xe Cronholm, charge of the Swedish embassy to Mexico, practically acted as a mess tenger boy fQr Won Eckhardt, person ,alfy transzntttfng as his legations own diapatcheSN messages from the German legation, even going to the point o1 deItYerng them personally at the tele- graph ofiice, and how Won Eckhardt recommended that a decoration be se- hcreffy bestowed on Cronholm for his servsces- r
 AS an added chapter to the story od the recently revealed intrigue in Ar lgentina the disclosure gives g. hint od the nature of the evidence in this gov ernnertss possession of Germany's H. Legitimate use of neutral diplomats The fnl1 extent of this evidence may never be published, but 1t is knowr to be complete, and this government action In making some of it public ii moi felt to be directed so much a Sweden as toward further informing X the world at large of Germany
 It does. however, raise some specu- r1atton ass to how the Stockholm foreig1 ofYlcs will explain 1t. Stockholm ha. decIared that Baron Loewen. Swedish minister to Argentina. transmitted rnessaees for Count von Luxburg, ths German charge there, without knowl edge Of their contents. Whether thu same defense will be made for Cron home is not known; he no longer il in the Swedish diplomatic service rThe interesting point, in the minds O Iohicials and diplomats here. is hoy much the Stockholm foreign offic' knew of the affair.
 von Eckhard't letter to the German chancellor recounting the extent t which Cronholm used Sweden's diplo ,matic privileges for Germany and hi recommendation of an imperial decor ation for Cronholm is regarded b. Allied diplomats here as further evi idence of their charge that Germap. has distributed decorations among tn diplomats of friendly neutrals for sucl services probably in other instances Copee, of the Won Eckhardt lette tr1ave been forwarded by the state de rpartunent to Ambassador Fletcher il Mexico, and to Minister Morris il Stockholm, but neither has instruc lions to present the information to tn government to which he is accredited
 Dispatches to the government iron the Hague dated yeserday, were tha up to that time the disclosures mad by Secretary Lansing of the manne in which Count Luxburg had used tn Swedish minister in Argentina. as bearer of dispatches had not been pub ished in Germany.
 It Is not expected that this govern ment will take any further action ex cept possibly to add to the story o intrigue by revealing more document in it's possession.