The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
ARGENTINA WAITS FOR OFFICIAL
 NEWS OF SWEDEN'S BREACH OF NEUTRALITY BEFORE ANY ACTION


 Buenos Aires, Sept. 111News dis- patches to the effect that passports may be handed to the German and Swedish diplomatic, representatives to Argentina, are declared by the for- eign minister to De premature, as the government. is unable even to consid- CT such procedure until 1t receives o1rlcfal details respecting the Wash sngton revelations.
 The foreign minister announces that the steamers Gran and Guazo, referred to in one of the messages sent by Count Luxburg through the Swedish legation to the German for eign office, arrived in French ports m June after Luxburg had sent his dispatch
 An Argentina, patriotic society has Issued statement urging that Count A1uxburg must not be given his pass ports but tried for a criminal of fense In melting the assassination of Argentine citizens. This action is inn possible. however, as diplomatic re- presentatives are immune from court sumn1onses.
 All documents relating to questions ;. between Argentina and Germany have been published, the foreign minister declared, adding that nothing had been held in reserve and that there is not now and never had been a pact. written or verbal. with Germany limiting in any way the freedom of Argentine shipping.
 Further doubt concerning Argen- tina's faith and truthfulness after this declaration must be considered na- tionaI offense.,@, the foreign minister declared. He added that the best proof of the inexactness of Count Luxburg's May 1s dispatch was that eiwht Argentine steamers cleared for the war zone during June.
 London. Sept 1.-The Swedish foreign ofice. according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph Co. has issued the follow Ing statement regarding the Swedish Argentine revelations:
 The Swedish foreign office has not receive any account regarding the transmission of the telegrams mem ernment of the United States and the able at present to determine at present mepts already made.''
 At t-f lA0WCtrAr 1t1tC4TdL0 IlO say LtAnL just after the world war broke out the Swedish foreign minister express led the opinion that he ought to trans- init af German telegram concerning the civil population of Kiaochow (the fornler German fortress in the Chin ese peninsula of Shantung)"
 Statements to the same effect were made to the representatives of both: beliigerent governments without there being any question of Sweden taking over representation of any powers interests.
 As regards the United States in particularly. the United States sminis- ger, Here has this year In certain spe-l cal cases demanded and obtained permission to transmit letters to and from Turkey and at time when Turkey was not in a state of war with America and when Sweden had not yet taken over the protection of American interests. {,sss,f,lff ffs s.
 In the summer of 1915 the wish was expressed from the British side that the transmission. of telegraus be- tween Germany and North America Faould cease. No formal demand was made. but ndtwithstanding this the fcre5gn minister accedeId to the wish. The Swedish minister. who was cog n'zant of all the ncgotiations, was of Inc opinion fhat this was no bar tos the continued transmissien of tele- FTans to neutral states othef than the United States, and Therefore to Ar gentina. Since then Sweden has con- fnued to be the intermediary for Communications between Germany and the Argentine. s
 The telegram mentioned in the American statement was written in code and in Transmitting 1t the. swed- ish minister was by thattreason un- able to recopy 1t. Whether it's con- tents were as reported is a point which the first duty of the Swedish government must be to confirm, and It's next action must be to Nget an ex- pIanation from Germany if 1t be found that any misuse has taken place. Sweden will also. without re- gard, to any reference. made to her, take measures to prevent any repeti- tion of the incident.
 No application as to the cessation of the transmission of telegrams from Germany to the Argentine republic has yet been made either by the Brit ish or the American government, even now or at any earlier period.
 The whole affair has only become known to the public through the