UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1915, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

SENT TO MEXICO. TO MAKE MORE TROUBLE. Washington, Sept. 23. Captain von Papen, the German military attache, has been moved to Mexico and is attached to the German Legation. The State Department views the transfer with concern, as he may stir up unrest in that country by German manipulation. Germany apparently thinks that if the United States' hand's are tied with Mexico the country will be inclined to pay less attention to the submarine warfare. ANOTHER GERMAN NOTE. ON THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. Washington, Sept. 23. Germany's latest Note over the ease of the William Frye announces that strict orders have been issued to the German naval forces not to destroy American merchantmen carrying conditional contraband, but to allow them to proceed unhindered if it is impossible to take them into port. The State Department regards Germany's undertaking as assuring American vessels against attack without warning. Germany, however, reserves to itself the right to destroy vessels carrying absolute contraband, whenever such destruction is permissible under the provisions of tbje Declaration of Leaden,

AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR. AMERICA WANT A REPLY PROM VIENNA. Received Sept. 24, 6.35 pm.. Washington, Sept. 2/3. M. Dumba has asked for a guarantee of safe conduct, 'but the Government will take no step until the Vienna Government replies to the request to recall the Ambassador. THE ARCHIBALD DOSSIER. INDIGNATION OF AMERICAN PAPERS. Received Sept. at, 8.30 p.m. New York, Sept. 23. Newspapers, commenting on the Archibald dossier, hotly resent Captain von Papen's description of "idiotic Yankees," considering that the average American intelligence is at least as high as that of a German. Archilbald continues to protest that he is a scapegoat, but his record proves that he was persona grata with the Teutonic powers. A TRAIT OF GERMAN ATTACHES. . Received Sept. 24, 8.30 p.m. 1 " Washington, Sept. 23. It is intimated that Captain von Papen's prospects of future usefulness have been destroyed, particularly as this was not the first time that German attaches had been charged with violating United States' hospitality.