The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-13
HERMANN AGAIN IN l NASTY DIPLOMACY
,,obt by United States in Sending w@r Messages Thru Swedish Le- n,tiou Which Is in Tragic
 Plight.

.,.oo hrief dispatches made public h,, fhe state Department yesterday revealed another case of sinister eerman diplomacy, this time direct q od aoainst Argentina and involving ,bo swedish Foreign Office in an ap- narent grave breach of neutrality and diplomatic propricty
 They were messages to Berlin from Count Luxburg, the German ebaroe at Buenos Aires, forwarded bv inc swedish legation there as it's ovn communications. Besides ad- vising that no concessions be grant ad Argentina in the submarine con- troversv. they suggested that the South American countrys ships be sunk without leaving any trace and gave information as to the sail ing and positions of certain vessels.
 The departments announcement also was sent tO the Argentine em- bassv and the Swedish legation here
 Exposure Creates Sensation.
 The action created sensation, particularly among the neutral di- Dlomats. Baron Akerhielm, the Swedish charge, would not comment further than to say it was not prob able that Baron Lowen, the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires, knew of inc contents of the dispatches Axel Robert Nordvall of the special Swedish Economic Mission, declared he was certain that Baron Lowen had no knowledge of the contents of the dispatches.
 Mir. Nordvall was of the opinion that Baron Lowen would be recalled by the Swedish government and said he looked for an explanation and a disav0wal of any intention to com init an unneutral act.
 What effect the disclosure will have on Argentina's relations with Germany could only be guessed at both by the State Departments f. fcials and by Ambassador Naon
 Lansings Statement.
 The secretary of state today made the following statement:
 The Department of State has se- cured certain telegrams from Count Luxburg, charge d'affaires at Buen- os Aires, to the Foreign Office at Berlin, which regret to say were dispatches from BuenOs Aires by ihe Swedish legation as their own official messages, addressed to the Stockholm Foreign Office"
 Complained 0f by England In the spring of 1915 the British government, learning of the em- ployment of Swedish telegraphic facilities in German interests, brought the information to the not ice of the Swedish government with the intimation that unless definite assurance could be given that this practice had ceased it would be ne- cessary to place restrictions on the Swedish telegrams in cipher, as the use of British controlled cables was concerned. Sir Eyre Grove, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, by Ed ward Greys direction. spoke to the Swedish minister in this sense May if. After some delay and a remind CT of the importance of the ques- tion the Swedish minister, on behalf of his government, issued formal as surances that no cipher message of the kind would in the future be al- lowed to pass thru Swedish official channels. Similar assurances were given at Stockholm.
 4 Promise by Sweden.
 July 2, 1915, the British minister reported that the Swedish govern ment had promised not to send or receive telegrams on the German account and on August i0 he again placed the situation before the Swedish minister of foreign affairs. The latter admitted there might have at one time been grounds for complaint, but added: Nothing of the kind has happened for months and it 0will not occur again" sd Full credit is given the American secret service for actually discover ing the system whereby German messages were transmitted thru Sweden and deciphering the tele- grams made public yesterday
 Sweden in Tragic Plight.
 Washington, Sept. 8.-The situa- ti0n arising out of the State Depart ments exposure of the sending of German messages from Buenos Aires to Berlin thru the Swedish le- gation in Argentina is most delicate for both Sweden and Argentine. sweden's plight is more or less trag- ZIG; Argentina's that of nation long considered pro-German in refusing to join the allied cause. and now finding that Germany's envoy was plotting against her and laughing at her acting foreign minister.
 Sweden appears guilty of furnish Ing the emmy with information-an act which government authorities said could be construed as so un- Friendly as to warrant a break Tn relations with Sweden.
 Do Not Expect Break. However, it is not expected that a break with Sweden will be insisted on If 1t can be avoided, as the en- trance of Sweden into the war as an ally of Germany would be an added menace for Russia.
 
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