Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
FURTHER PROOF OF
SWEDISH PERF|D|TY
SHOWN IN LETTER
KAISER is ASKED TO DECORATE
MINISTER WHOSE PLOTTING
AIDED BERLIN-STATE DEPART.
MENT MAKES PUBLIC NOTE.

Washington. Sept 14.-The material
aid given Germany by Sweden was not
confined to transmission of naval Sc.
crets by code from Herr Won Eckhardt,
German minister in Mexico to his
home office, given out by Secretary
Lansing today, makes the startling
revelation that Folke Gronholm Swe
dish charge d'atfaires in Mexico City
was an active agent of the German
government
So extensive were his Sc ices that
he was recommended to tie Kaiser
as being worthy Of special decora-
ton as reward for his services
II is shown that Folke Cronholm
not only gave military and diplomatic
information to Minister Won Eckhardt
at least up to March, 1916. but that he
followed the example of his colleague
in Buenos Aires by transmitting Off
cial messages from the German EN-
bassy in the official Swedish code to
the foreign Office at Stockholm and
thence to Berlin.
Sweden Compels Morris Use French.
At the same time the Secretary OF
State made public a report from Ira
Nelson Morris, American minister at
Stockholm, declaring that while the
Swedish foreign office was transmit.
ting German messages in German
code for the German diplomats It was
requiring Mr. Morris to file his mes.
sages to Constantinople via the Sve-
dish foreign office in French.
The revelation in the letter from
Mexico City giving further proof OF
Sweden's pro.German attitude can be
met, according to opinion here tonight
only by dismissal from Swedish serv.
ices of the guilty parties. a break in
relations between Sweden and Ger
many and a profound apology to the
United States and other allies.
A few hours prior to the official
revelation of further use of Swedish
diplomatic channels by German diDlo-
mats Baron Akerhielm called at the
state department to tell Secretary
Lansing he had received from the
Swedish foreign Office such badly
mutiated text of his governments ex.
PLANTATION OF the transmission Of Ger.
man messages thru the Swedish lcga-
ton at Buenos Aires that he desired
to delay reading It to Secretary Lans-
ing until he could obtain version in
English. The copy he brought with
him was in French.
The departments reply to the Bar
on and TO Sweden-too the form Of
a disclosure of Herr Won Eckhardts
intercepted note to former Chancellor
Won Bethmann- Hollweg.
Sends News Over U. S. Wires.
Secret German messages were trans.
mitted over the cable and telegraph
lines of the United States from Mex.
leo City to Europe, under guarantee
Of the Swedish diplomats just as the
Luxburg dispatches were sent over the
British cables What Mexico may
care to do about the expose Is an.
other matter
When the letter which reveals these
things was written the United States
had not yet entered the war, but was
in the hottest part of the Mexican
embrogio, Pancho Villa was raidlnp
United States territory, killing and
robbing
The Note.
Washington, Sept IA Following is
the text given out by Secretary Lans
ing, Of letter from German Minister
Won Eckhardt in Mexico City. to the
German chancellor
Imperial legation, Mexica.
His Excellency. the Imperial
Chancellor:
Herr Folke Cronholm, the Swe-
dish charge d'afaires here. since
his arrival here has not disguised
his sympathy for Germany and
has entered into close relations
with this legation He is the only
diplomat thru whom information
from hostile camp can be OBJ.
tanned. Moreover, he acts as in
termedary for official diplomatic
intercourse between this legation
and your excellency.
In the course OF this he Is OBJ
liged to go personally each time
to the telegraph Office, not seldom
quite late at night, in order to
hand in the kilograms. Herr
Cronholm was formerly at pekin