Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-31
LUXbURG DESIGNS
FURTHER REVEALED
Messages Shed More Light on
Teutonic Intrigue in South
America.
ASKED FOR U-BOAT SQUADRON
Wanted to Awe Some Countries
and Flatter Others With
Salutes.
ASKED FOR U-BOAT SQUADRON
NV Associated Press.l


WASHINGTON. October 3O.-Two
more Of the notorious Count Won 1ux-
burE's messages 10 the German Foreign
Office from Duenos Aires were made
public tonight by Secretary Lansing.
They provide official confirmation of
Germany's plan to control Southern
Brazil. shed additional light upon Ten
tonic intrigue In South America gen
erally. and reveal that LuxhurE an
pealed vainly for squadron of sub
marines with which to awe some
Latin-Americans and to na,ter others
with salutcs.
DISPATCHES GIVEN OUT
WITHOUT DISCUSSION
These dispatches. like others that
have gone before. were given out by
Secretary Lansing without discussion
or their contents. The only comment
was In this statement attached to the
copies:
I'm view OF the fact that the sub
stance OF certain kilograms addressed
by count LuxburG TO the German
Foreign Office has been published. the
Secretary OF State makes public the
actual text Of the kilograms"
The messages follow:
Number 63. July :, 1e17-.Our at
titudc towards Brazil has created the
impression here that our easy-goinE
good nature can be counted on. This
is dangerous in South America. where
the people under thin veneer are In
dfans a submarine squadron with full
powers to mo might probably still
save the situation. I request instruc-
n wi al.
relations, legation Is to start for home
or to remove to Paraguay or possibly
Chile. The naval attache will doubt
less go to Santiago de Chile.
"LUNBURG."
convinced that we shall be able to
carry through our principal political
aims In South America, the mainte-
nance OF open market In Argentina
and the reorganization of South Brazil
equally we'll. whether with or against
Argentina. Pleas, cultivate friendship
with Chile. The announcement OF n
visit of submarine squadron to sa-
lutte the President would even now
exercise decisive influence on the sit
uation in South America. Prospect ex-
cellent for wheat harvest in December.
"LUXBURG"
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES
SENT HERE FOR DECIDING
After the state Department made
public the sink without a trace" mes
sages. which caused Argentina to hand
Won LuXburg his passports. the Argen-
tine government sent to washington
number OF the former German min
ister's dispatches for DECIDING. Whether
the two now published were among
them or were obtained by the United
states at the same time il came into
possession of other kilograms for
warded to Berlin through the Swedish
legation at Buenos Aires, is not dis
closed
Several days ago press reports from
Buenos Aires said sensation had
been created there by the publication
of dispatch from Rio Janeiro saying
the Brazilian Foreign Minister had
raade known that translations of the
LuXburg messages revealed a German
plot to invade Southern Brazil. The
Argentine newspapers demanded then
that their government either publish
licatlon by a foreign government"
The reorganization" of Southern
Brazil referred to by Won Luxburg Is
assumed here to refer to the activities
of the Hamburg Colonization Company,
in connection with the large German
element already located in that section.
Several months before this dispatch
was written there were reports of plans
for German Instruction
The break between Argentina and
Germany. which Won Luxburg appar-
emily was expecting in July, has not
yet come, and latest advlces from
Buenos Aires do not indicate any in
tcntion on the part OF the Argentine
government TO join Brazil and other
South American nations on the side OF
the allies. Won Luxburg, who was
kept in n detention camp for a tt,ne
after his exposure, is expected to sail
FOR home November 1. the allies hav-
ing agreed to grant him safe conduct
for the voyage.
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