Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-13

longer smiles behind its hand at American diplomacy One of
following the farce is the master
swedens assistance to Germany while posing
neutral.
Swedish particularly its foreign department
aiding the Berlin authorities in every possible way The
proof and publication des
patches Swedish government to Berlin by
ing Berlin sink Argentine ships without leaving trace
behind, living or inanimate, is the startling result -
sorts Of products to Germany and view Of
over this point We insist however that Sweden shall
not have products to ship to Germany and that what
As bslligeren we have the right also to insist that
Kasers board has received much valuable information
countries the American continent through the Swedish
us1s sG route The ruler has for
n,It,a is n nov known thst W Eken9rsn Swedish
By the United States secret service It noticed that
persistent the debates Of Congress- at times
na adviser Of Count Son Bernstor former German
ambassador to the United States From that time this
Of aid to Germany
anew the arsghedness of the Kaiser in marrying all the
Europe: We haye the genuine military service given
the Kaiser by Constantine Of GREECE blocking Greek aid
cess intrigued Russia to the complete unmannng Of that
Sweden now furnishes another Illustration Of the ef-
fectiveness of the Kasers royal matrimonial bureau
king of Sweden who born in 1853, married in 1881
Victoria of Rsy in the
man M seem to completely overshadow any sym
the the as
Mash e and marshal Of Nap
Queen Victoria has not only deeply sympathzed with
championship Of the Kaisers as was the carna Of
Russia Her influence unquestionaby accounts in small
degree for the secret aid the Swedish has been
The question arises what will be the effect of the
effective service for Germany while posing as
Geua The first and most notable effect to disgust all
American published zmmermanns mes-
e G s ga e Mss with
made their foreign department look like three tecent
pieces The following Of that debace by the publishing Of
py by aysng his to sink the ships Of the
sibly could be in international diplomacy
another very gratifying effect is the further convincing
to be trusted as President Wilson said in his reply to the
Popes suggested peace plan.
find language sufficiently severe to condemn the dupicity
Of the German count who thus abused the hospitality Of
plete elimination of all attempts the part Of German
sympathzsrs in the United States to justify the Kaiser Per
American
government of the United States.
The effect of this uncoverng of German dupicity in
Argentina can be imagined The Argentine authorities had
Just been pumng themselves their great diplomatic
victory over Germany in gaining immunity for their ship
ping Now the publishing of the Luxburg message
to Berlin to give Argentine ships the Spurlos Versenk
treatment literally "snk without leaving trace"
1t thus becomes manifest that the Immunity" guar
anteed Argentine ships by Germany wholly pretended
and farce adding injury to insult Argentina which is the
only big foodproducng country not arrayed against Ger
many chew the cud of STANDARDIZATION and learn
wisdom at its leisure, if it does not enter the
against autocracy.
If the result of the Lansing disclosures concerning Ger
and Swedish dupcity should be the drawing Sweden
and Norway into the it would be tremendous gain for
the entente allies the map that the use
of the neutral threeme limit about Sweden Norway by
German Uboats has been of marked advantage the Kae
ruthless warfare This neutral strip of the entirely
around the Scandinavian peninsula has been by u
boats base to marked degree Within this British
ships could not pursue the submarines.
With Norway and Sweden drawn into the conflict Bri-
tain could promptly this entire region German craft
and bottle up the Kaisers submarines in their "haven
of rest Indeed the chances that this would be the
complete solution of the Kasers ruthless submarine puzzle
Under these circumstances it readily be understood
that the Kaiser will exhaust every possible help
and the offences of the German and Swedish