The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-17
Resolutions Declare Ma
tons Honor Imperiled
By. Diplomats
DEMOCRACY HOPE
LIES IN RUSSIA
Call on Leaders There to
Close Their Lines and
Meet German Attack
@soRRY,D SAY GERMANS;
ORDER AGENTS NOT TO
TELL MESSAGE CONTENTS.
(Ry Associated Press.l

London, Sept. 17.-Germany
has sent a note to Sweden. ac-
cordinu TO the correspondent at
Stockholm of the Central News
agency, highly resretting the
disaureeabIe issues raised on
account of Sweden transmitting
tsIeurams 60 Germany.
Germany says she is obliged to
the Swedish government for
Transmitting the messages, but
reuFets that her representative
In Argentina should have sent
the teleurams In the phraseoloay
he did.
The Nya paaIigt AIdenhanda
of Stockholm, which printed the
announcement that Germany had
sent the note 60 Sweden, says
The German government has iB-
structed all it's representatives
In foreign countries 20 refuse TO
acceds TO any attempt which
may be made TO force them 60
reveal to the Swedish govern
ment che contents Of code mes
sages which they may submit
to IL.
Stockholm, Sept. 17.-The organ
izine committee of the Stockholm
Socialist conference, in its report or
the question of holding the confer.
ence. the date for which, 1t is said
would be fixed as soon as passport
difficulties had been settled. after de-
claring that stockholm was closely
connected with the revolution tr
Russia, expressed the hope thai
Russian comrades would close theil
ranks and depend upon Russian
democracy to solve the crisis.
working classes in all countries
the report added, 'hail with enthus-
iasm the Russian emperor's fall and
condemn the counter revolutionary
efforts.
The committees report hoped that
Germans and Austrian Socialists
would protest energetically against
projects and tactics tending to weak
en- the Russian revolution, and tc
make Germany an accomplice OF the
counter revolution.
Declaring that present eircum-
stances pFevehted the giving of a
definite reply regarding the date OF
the conference to various requests
from France, Austria, Germany
Bohemia, ETC., the committee resolv-
ed to continue it's activities to pub
lish a collection of documents from
adherents and to issue general re-
port. 1t was decided also to send, II
the organizations concerned were
willing, delegates to the new inter-
allied conference.
Condemn Policy.
Hjalmar Branting, the Socialist
leader, was the chief speaker at a
meeting which was attended by b.
900 Socialists. Sunday at the con-
clusion Of the address the following
resolution was passed:
Events Of the last few days show
how the leading circles OF Germany
ruthlessly have misused the careless
Of the Swedish conserva-
tive government, which directed the
policy of Sweden during the war per-
iod.
'sThis meeting therefor emphasizes
the determination to maintain a corr
rect attitude which is felt by all the
Swedish people. We realize with in
dignation and humiliation that. our
good name has been jeopardized by
the conduct of a few men. Obvious
III. the nations fortunes cannot con-
tinue in the hands Of these few men
WIZ AeANgA SASA @N~AAA@ ~%A&0 @AA~NAA
ods.
Liberty Meeting Condemns Action.
At a great liberty meeting held here
today, a resolution by Prof Eden,
leader OF the Liberal party in the Sec
ond chamber, was unanimously pass
ed to the effect that the meeting ex-
pressed the. deepest regret that the
Swedish foreign office was not in a
to deny the assertion that IL
had forwarded cipher kilograms in
ignirance of their contents, which
contents, when revealed, awoke the
lust abhorance of all SWedes, and
that such careless acts could happen.
The resolution vigorously demand
ed that the government Immediate
Iy undertake all measures to demon-
strafe indubitable to the Swedish peo-
Die It's determination to maintain to-
wards all belligerents absolute neu-
trality.
Whereabouts Unknown.
Stockholm. The present wherea-
bouts OF Follxe Cronholm. former
Swedish charge d'affaires at Mexico
City. mentioned in the correspondence
recently given out In Washington. as