ARGENTINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1917, Page 5

ARGENTINE.

PROBABLY DECLARE WAR. UNITED STATES MAY FOLLOW. Beceived Sept. 10, 8.15 p.m. London. Sept. 10. The Times' Washington correspondent Says that the Argentine will probably declare war against Germany. The relations between America and Sweden fire strained, being almost at breaking point in the United States.

"SUNK WITHOUt A TRACE." explains several mysteries. SWEDEN'S GUILT PROVED. blockade a potent punishment. Received Sept. 11, 1.15 a.m. London, Sept. 10. Newspapers express the opinion that the words '"spurlos versenkt," meaning •'sunk without a trace left, - ' will be remembered as long as Hollweg's "scrap of paper."

Count Luxburg's policy explains the firing on the boats' crews like in the r-ase of the Belgian Prince, and the total disappearance of many neutral vessels. Sweden will doubtless deny complicity, £>ut the dismissal of Swedish representatives abroad will not satisfy Washington, which has evidence that the envoys were acting with the connivance and under the order of the Stockholm authorities. It would be an extreme punishment to throw the whole of the people into war because of the crimes of their "rulers, but the Allies have a potent instrument in the blockade. BRITISH OPINION.

STRONGEST BLOCKADE MEASURES URGED. Received Sept. 10, 8.15 p.m. London, Sept. 10. While taking a most serious view of the Swedish disclosures, newspapers think the Allies are not likely to take extrente steps, though they have every right to treat Sweden as an enemy. The papers urge the strongest blockade measures being taken against Sweden. A SENSATION IN BRITAIN. THE DUPLICITY KNOWN. Reuter Service. London, Sept. j). Mr. Lansing's revelations have caused ft sensation in Britain. It appears that the Foreign Office at Stockholm has been acting as a telegraph office for the German Government, regularly transmitting German cipher cables as Swedish Government messages for the past three years. Thus German Ministers in various foreign countries have had free telegraphic communication with Berlin by handing messages to the Swedish Minister, who signed them and dispatched them to Stockholm, whence they were sent to Berlin.

The British Government learned of the existence of the system in the spring of lfllo, and told the Swedish Government that unless it ceased it would be necessary to place restrictions oil Swedish cipher telegrams using British controlled cables. The Swedish Minister in London promised that the practice should cease, and similar assurances were given by Stockholm. The Foreign Minister, in August, 1915, admitted that there might at one time have been ground for complaint, but nothing of the kind had happened for some months, and would not occur again.

One of Count Luxburg's deciphered messages indicated that an assurance was given by the Argentine Government that Argentine ships would only clear to Las Palmas. This shows that the pretended immunity of Argentine ships, accorded with a show of magnamity by Germany, is a mere farce, because the immunity is secured by the Argentine undertaking that no Argentine ships shall be found in the war zone.

| HOW TO DEAL WITH SWEDEN. UNITED STATES' ACTION. New York, Sept. 9. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times pays that Sweden will be given an opportunity to explain the transmission to Germany of dispatches from Buenos Ayres before the United States takes action. If she is unable to give a satisfactory explanation the United States will probablv break off relations. The dismissal of Count Luxburg by the Argentine Government is believed to be inevitable, and tho Argentine will probably break off relations with Germany. The recall of the Swedish representative at Buenos Ayres is predicted. Another course to satisfy the United States and the Allies is believed to be that Sweden should now be compelled to state whether she is remaining neutral or will side with Germany. The authorities regard the willingness of Swedish representatives at Buenos Ayres to transmit to Germany information enabling the Teutons to learn of Bailings and to sink ships as the most important feature of the disclosures, as it places the Swedish Legation at Buenos Ayreß in the position of sanctioning the U-boat ruthlessness. ;i,.

A DENIAL 'BY SWEDISH LEGATION'.

Received September 10, 5.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 9. A despatch from Buenos Ayres states that the Swedish Legation denied knowledge of the transmission of German messages. There is much indignation as the result of the disclosure. Th® police are taking special measures to protect the German and Swedish Legations. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 9. The Count Luxburg revelations have 'caused great excitement. Strong precautious have , been taken against an u A. Urrn'un itpmntutrkikm.