DISHONOURED GUESTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2640, 10 December 1915, Page 5

DISHONOURED GUESTS

VON PAPEN AND BOY-ED By Talegraph—Press Associatlon-Oopyrtglii ( Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. Decomber 9, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 8. Mr. Arthur Wiliett, writing from Washington, says: "A sensational background has been given to the' President's address to Congress by the serious turn which the German-American- controversies have taken. Cabinet has ..decided to make 110 definite complaints against Captains Boy-ed and Von Papen (the German Military Attaches who are concerned in the recent conspiracies to wreck the war factories), further than to assure the German Government that the action of the American Government was not'taken in consequonce of the evidence at the trial of Dr. Buenz in the Hamburg-Ameriko, case.' "Count Bemstorff (the German Ambassador at Washington)! has been instructed to tell Mr. Robert Lansing (United States Secretary of State) that ill view of tho outragious insinuations against Captain Boy-ed, German honour has been' affronted. Unless matters are convincingly cleared up, says the "New York -World," Count Bemstorff may depart.. We have not asked for safe-conducts, but our friends point out that it would be better to have Captains Papen and Boy-ed 'fighting in Europe than intriguing in 'Latin-America. The Press brands tho German_ reply a 6 impertinent. Replying to a question in. the House of Commons by Sir E. A. Cornwall, Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) saidithat he had not been asked for a. safe-conduct for Captain Boy-ed. The number of safeconducts which had been granted to Austro-Germans from America was four, including that for M. Dumba, the Austrian Ambassador at Washington.

STIRRING UP A WAR'IN Mexico .

GERMAN SCHEME TO KEEP AMERICA BUSY. V,, 9r Telegraph—Press Association- -Copyright Washington, December 8. The United States Government is believed to possess information .revealing German eiforts to start a revolution in Mexico, with a view to preventing the United States making ammunition for the Allies and compelling the United Sta.tes to take over the munition '.factories for its own use against the Mexicans. A German named Von 'Rintein is_ known to be prominently. connected with the plot. Von Rintein is reported to be a 6pccial friend of the Kaiser.

NO PASSPORTS FOR FORD

WIRELESS' REQUEST REFUSED., By Telecrapfc—Press \AesooJat,lon—Copyright (Rec. December 9, 9.30 p.m.) Washington, December 9. Mr. Robert Lansing (United States Secretary of State) ' has refused Mr. Henry Ford's wireless request for passports to the belligerent countries foi his peace mission.