The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-09-13
GERMAN PLOT MAY
FORCE ARGENTINE
into THE WAR SOON
Messages Urging Destruction OF
Ships Cause Excitement.
SWEDEN HELPED THE KAISER.
Teuton Minister Trapped by Washing
ton Sending Dispatches Through
Swedish Legation at 6uenos
Aires May Be Recalled.

Buenos Aires, Sept. 10.-Public in
dignation is at fever heat over the dis
| closure of the Washington state de-
partment that the Swedish legation
had forwarded German U-boat mes
sages, directing that Argentine ships
were to be SUNK without any traces"
being left. g-t rF
BE- Demand War on Germany.
The Argentine press is clamoring for
the immediate rupture >of relations
with Germany.
Some leading organs demand dec
! laration of state of war, following
the example of the United States.
Official. comment is withheld pend
Ing representations to the Swedish.
and German governments.
Luxburg Reported to Have Fled.
Well-informed persons here believe
Luxburg left the city for Chile imnie-
diately after word of the exposure by
the American state department was re-
| ceived. ..r.
The government will demand an ex-
PLANTATION from Sweden. s'5
| Recall OF Both ENJOYS. na
Deriiand on Berlin for the recall of
Count Luxburg, German minister to
| Argentina, was considered inevitable.
1t is also considered possible Sweden
will be asked to recall her minister.
l. Washington Reveals Tips.
Washington, Sept. 10.-Diplomatic
relations between the United States
and Sweden are strained as the result
of discovery that German official tel
| egrams were forwarded to Berlin
through the Swedish legation at Bue-
: nos Aires. The fact that messages
from German Charge d'Affaires Lux
burg at Buenos Aires to the German
foreign office had been forwarded
through the foreign Office at Stockholm
was revealed in an official statement
by the state department. The messages
concerned the diplomatic situation in
| Argentina and dealt with the method
to be pursued by submarines In sink
ling Argentine ships. ri
-" State Department Has Text. a.
The text of the messages forwarded
to Berlin by way of Stockholm is in
| the hands Of the state department.
How the message was secured is not
made known in the official statement
! given out. ,..
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, I regret to say, were
dispatched from Buenos Aires by the
Swedish legation rs their own Off
cfal messages, addressed to the Stock
holm foreign Office.
English Trane'ation. 80
"The following are English transla-t
lions of the German text: -.....
MAY 10, 1917, No. 32.-This gov
eminent has now released German and
Austrian ships over which hitherto a
guard has, been placed. In conse-
| quence of the settlement of the Monte
| (Protegido) case there has been
great change in public feeling. Gov
| SA VIII III IuLuLC Dlly NlCul al
gentine ships as far rs Las Palmas.
beg that the small steamers Oren and
Guazo 31st January (meaning, which
| sailed 31st) 800 tons, which are {now)
nearing Bordeaux with view to
change the flag, may be spared If pos
sible, or else sunk without a trace be-
ing left (spurlos versenkto Lux
| burg ~ ..H. RI
"'July 8, 1917, No SOL learn from
| a reliable source that the acting min
lister for foreign affairs, who is a no
torious ass and anglophile, declared in
4 a secret session of the senate that Ar
| gentina would demand from Berlin a
promise not to sink more Argentine
ships. 1If not agreed to, relations
would be broken off. / recommend re-
fusal, and, If necessary, calling in the
| mediation of Spain.--Luxburg.'
Sees Trouble Ahead.
"'July o, 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, I rec
ommend compelling them TO turn back,
sinking them without leaving any
traces, or letting them through. They
are all quite small. Luxburg.'" b.
| The statement by Secretary Lansing
was put in the hands OF Romule S..
Naon, the Argentine ambassador, with
a request that he forward It to his gov
| eminent asking for Immediate and At
ting action. Relations between Ger
many and Argentine have been strain
| ed for months. 1t was believed the
| crisis has passed when coucifiatory
note was forwarded, to Buenos Aires
from Berlin two weeks ago, but the
| revelations contained In the statement
by Secretary Lansing are expected to
precipltate new crisis. A breaking
off Of diplomatic relations and prob
able declaration Of war by Argentina
| against the Imperial German govern
nett were predicted by official WASH