The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
GERMANY VIOLATED NEU-
TRALITY OF ARGENTINA
Sweden,The Catspaw Through Which
Messages Were Sent to Destroy
ships And Men of Country With
Which Germany Maintained Peace
Relations.

Washington. Sept SCOPES Of
three brief dispatches made public by
the State Department today revealed
another case of sinister German dl-
plomacy, this time directed against
Argentina and involving the Swedish
Foreign Office in an apparent grave
breach OF neutrality and diplomatic
nropriety.
secretary Lansing's statement fol-
lows:
THE Department of State has Sc
cured certain kilograms from Count
LuXburg. German charge de affaires
at Buenos Aires. TO the Foreign Off
ce ut Berlin. which, l regret to say,
We're dispatched from Buenos Aires
by the Swedish Legation as their own
official meSsa ges addressed to- the
Stockholm Foreign Office.
The following are translations of
the German text:
May 10. 1917. No. 81. This
government has now released Ger
man and Austrian ships on which
hitherto a guard had been placed.
In consequence of the settlement OF
the Monte (ProtegidoD case there
has been great change in public
feeling. Government will in future
only clear Argentine ships as far as
Las Palmas. | beg that the small
steamers Oran and Guazo. 31St OF
January, (meaning which sailed 81 ,
800 tons which are tnow) nearing
Bordeaux with d view to change the
flag, may be spared, if possible, or
else sunk without trace being left
tSpu"loS VerSenkt.)
LUXBURG.'
Judy 3. 1917. No. SO. | learn
from d reliable source that the ac-
ting minister for foreign affairs, who
is a notorious ass. and Anglophlle,
declared in a secret session of the
Senate that Argentine would de-
mand from Berlin promise not to
sink more Argentine ships. If not
agreed to relations would be broken
off | recommend refusal, and, if
necessary. calling in the mediation of
Spain. LUNBURG.
Without showing any tendency
to make concessions, postpone re-
ply to Argentine note until receipt
of further reports. \ change of min
istry is probable. AS regards Ar
gentine steamers, | recommend eth
er compelling them to turn back,
sinking them without leaving any
trace. or letting them through. They
are all quite small.
LUVBURG.'
Copies of the State Department s
announcement were delivered at the
same time they were made public to
the Argentine Embassy and the Swe-
dish legations here.
Besides revealing the means in
which Germany used Sweden in her
Vaccinations in Argentina, the dis
patches show how the German
charge, at the time Argentina was
having a critical diplomatic centro-
versy with sfermally over si.brl AZ Inc
destruction of her ships, was sending
through the Swedish legation infor-
nation. of the sailings of certain YES
sells with recommendation that they
be sunk without leaving any trace
and in other dispatches was inform
ing his government how to regard
Argentina's protests against the de-
struction of her shipping.
From these messages it will be
seen at glance that Germany's rep
resentative was using the Swedish
Legation to abuse the neutrality of
Argentina, and was advising the sink
ing of Argentina's ships without
leaving a trace, which, of course,
meant the drowning of all on board,
which was not warfare, but deliber-
ate. premeditated murder of the
ships officers and crews.