Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-09-14

'bNNi"i ttustu
transmitted the German "sink without
leaving trace" dispatches.
Baron Akerhielm, Swedish charge
here, said tonight in response TO n
query that Cronholm was dismissed
from the diplomatic service last Jan
uary, He would not discuss the cause,
but there was no intimation that 1t
was in any way connected with Croa-
holm's relations with the Germans
Gives Sweden's Explanation.
Baron Akerhielm called at the state
department during the day to inform
Secretary Lansing that he had receiv-
ed from his government the statement
already given to the public at stock
holm explaining that Sweden had for
warded dispatches from the German
minister at Buenos Aires to Berlin in
German code without knowing of
their contents. He did not leave
copy Of the statement. 1t Is assumed
that the Stockholm foreign office will
not address any communication to the
American government on the subject.
The departments translation OF the
Won Eckhardt letter follows:
Won Eckhardts letter.
Imperial Legation. Mexino.
ITO His Excellency, the Imperial
Chancellor:
Herr Folke Cronholm, the Swed-
ish charge d'affaires here, since his
arrival has not disguised his sympathy
for Germany and he entered into
close relations with this legation. He
is the only diplomat through whom
Information from a hostile camp can
be obtained Moreover, he acts as in
termediary for official diplomatic in
tercourso between this legation and
your eNcellency. In the course Of this
he Is obliged to go personally each
time to the telegraph office, not sell
dom late at night, in order to hand
In the telegrams. Herr Cronholm
was formerly at Peking and at Toxic
and was responsible for the prelimi-
nary arrangements which had to be
made for the representation of his
country in each case. Before he came
out here he had been In charge of the
consulate general at Hamburg. Herr
Cronholm has not got a Sweden but
only a Chinese order at present
venture to submit to your excellency
the advisability of laying before his
majesty, the emperor, the name of
Herr Cronholm. with a view that the
Crown Order of the Second Glass be
BESTOWED upon him.
Should BE Secret.
"It would perhaps be desirable, in
order not to excite the enemy's sus-
picions, to treat with secrecy the mat
ter of the issue of the patents until
the end of the war, should the decis-
ion be favorable to my suggestion.
This would mean that the matter
would be communicated to no one but
the recipient and his government, and
even to them only under the seal of
secrecy; while the publication OF the
bestowal of the decoration would be
postponed until the end of the war.
81 should be particularly grateful
to your excellency If I could be fur
nshed with telegraphic news of the
bestowal of the decoration which I
strongly recommend. in view of the
circumstances detailed above. Won
Eckhardt."
Watch Argentina Situation,
Officials here are watching with in
terest the situation in Argentina.
where reports indicate that the in
dignation of both the people and the
government has been aroused to such
a pitch that the government may have
difficulty in keeping itself from being
forced into breaking relations with
Germany regardless of any explana-
tions from Berlin, and of being press
Cd into sharp controversy with
Stockholm.
No representations either to Sweden
or Mexico, 1t is understood, will be
made by the United States in connec-
ton with the conduct of the Swedish
representative in Mexico City, but it
is regarded as not improbable that the
Mexican government may make II the
occasion for action that would show
its earnestness in the matter Of neu-
trality.
Won Eckhardt's part in the latest
chapter has been no surprise. This
government has known of his activi-
ties long before the discovery of the
evidence given by the Zimmerman
note and since then his activities in
propaganda have been watched care
fully. That he was heading big or
ganization that had for its object not
only propaganda, but espionage, has
been suspected, and these suspicious
have been conveyed to the Mexican
foreign office in the hope that 1t might
take steps that would check any vio-
lation of neutrality