WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Fair, cooler."td. ahf Tuesday fair continued cool., "south Carolina: Fair tonight and, Tuesday, except , probably 'showers pear the coast j Somewhat; cooler to- FlilM edition FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE ' j - ' . . V0L. XXIII. NO. 322, Wilmington; -north Carolina; monday: afternoon: September i o, ;i 9 1 7; 1 PRICE 4 FIVE CENTU Kf3 DEFIOITE PE1CE 3f - 4f -X- -H- ' f n n il winFf-w rim ! if fin I J, 'AMFRlhANS - IN - P.ARtlAI TV1' JS. t ' . -:.V LIST; In Y ' . (By Associated Press). , ' AM6 RUSSIANS .Ottawa, OntV Sept.t10. T,,M. -Saunders;' Maitland, . Fla., .i's,-X-uX-among the Americans - reported ' "killed in action'1 in, today's, cas- -X- ualty list. -M. P. Har6, or lelray, -X-;4f Pla.,-was-among the 'wounded. . IS ANTICIPATED UOUUItK KtlLI I y M i! I I I ltl II' I I . - f i . - l..iiX - 1 MM : H .ii I'ALjJi'Aixjy) v OFFER CAUSES TROUBLE ' , t , S v . . for the Mastering of the Com manding Position on Mont San Gabriele - - . ALLIES MAKE GAINS ON WESTERN FRONT Germans Repulsed in Counter Attacks With Great Loss Fighting in Macedonia Re newed Italians Capture Many Cannon - Rebellion In Russia. The groa t battle which General Ca dorna is waging for Mont San .'6a hripiA continuine uninterruptedly. despite the inclement weather. Tbef ! Austrian are being" subjected to ui relenting pressure; but by means; of heavy concentrations of fresh . troops they havo been able to keep the Ital ians from achieving the notable suc cess which completion of the capture of the mountain would constitute: Tha Italians have captured -145 guns from the Austrians since the beginning of this offensive. , ' N General Petain'si- troops Jast night clinched the success they won north east of Verdun on Saturday when they pushed their lines ahead : ma terially in the Fosse and Caurieres wood sector.l iTher ' Germans, were obliged to abandon their furious as saulting tactics of the day,'; probably lecause of the heavy losses they sus- tained in their French line Paris characterises the repulse sus- tamed by the Crown . Prince here as - an "important" one . and dwells upon l the extremely serious extent, of the I casualties in.'iicted by the French . fire. - r f There were only raiding operations , . .1 . - t, on the rema ruer of the French army, front and there was similar activity or a major sort aiong me onui . - 1 t 1.11.J.1.! !Nl 41, . M.Vr-UMrAni nNtll.l hill ;uashriMi: :'TfTits availa-blcr ftfairKdwaflcsa- Igr, 6f ff'willingiTesB tft accept: a" status quo , i three guards' stabbed. . . er, put in a busy night m successful- The first trouble occurred yester ly consolidating the positions taken At breakfast call about 20 of by them yesterrlay northwest Of SL fri nnnvirt hrnk from the line and Quentin in the neighborhood of Hargi-- seizing a, Spade, is said to have court, London announces. Berlm:' threatened a guard. The latter, after however, declares that this ground. ordering the convict to drop the wea was re-taken by the Germans early j shot, him. today- . - This morning, at the same hour, the The Macedonian fighting is again tr0UDle broke out afresh. The men assuming importance. On the ex-jagain broke from the line and in the treme wet of the front the French melee whIch followed three of " the have apparently massed a consider-jguards were stabbed. The guard8 able force. Yesterday they - reported clubbe(J the prisonera ( with their ri occupymg several villages in the Ma-ifl QT11 ftrr1pr .nnarfltit.lv was restor- lik lake region .nncl the German war office today admits that Teutonic forces there were obliged to retreat before superior forces' pressure. , The German advance in. the Riga region is definitely halted according to indications in the current report. The only "vents reported there today by Berlin are clashes between Russian raidinsr pnrHes and Gerioan reservea. Russia again has a critcial political situation to face, however , with Gen eral Korniloff. deposed from the ? chief i command because of his demand -for dictatcrinl powers and with martial law declared in Petrograd, presuma - by wav of preparing to cope with the thronfened resistance by the Gen-j CTal to h;S deposition, and a possible am attempt to overthrow the pro- Tspnal government by force iTemier Krensky, in a proclama tion, assures the people, that ' all nec essary measures are being taken . to Preserve the fruits of the 'revolution and counsels them to remain calm and . -" i . - firom me niaus wi cw mm muucnoi in the nerformance of their duty jQerman language newspapers printed preserve Russia against -the foreign tin various ,, sections of rn United Km?- '. States is under consideration. by the niioff-s Action Declared Rebellion. '.postoflice Department, as a part of the "trograd, Sept. 10. Members of, government's determination to pre Russian cabinet today told the As-vPnt circulation of anti-war propagan rociated Press that the provisional -, . ". . ,. wvornny-Tii regarded General Korni- -,y ' ' " ' , .: ... n s pronuniamento as an act of , re- TIflOROI IS PROTFST Ion vi irh must be ruthlessly sup- rircAxriyTiriU f 1 The government, it was FROM OHIO'S GOVERNOR jaded, beloved it had enough loyal1 ". ' , - . . roPs and ;ho support of the Russian! n (By Associated Press.? - wople in ononis Cl Columbus. O.. Sept. 10.--When Govt rniloff movement. SHni wRW MEAL FOR FOOD! . .composea or iormer uaio nauuiiax IVnci,- (P,y Asso,i'ite(t Press.) -"'ill', i on o i. pw..a' 1bp Presont hiffh nricea is the ! 'Hoov r ,,1,tritious foods, Herbert! fleers, were needed they could be.tak jR r nnouTicps in a. statement urg-1 ' tfrrr thn non-commissioned offi W hrnr ':' neral USG of meal for mak-i cers of the Ohio regiments. I 'Th a(l . 1 He pointed out ihaf these non-com- 1 Valup twicp as much nutritive missioned officers have had Mexican ' ' in ia ,lollar's worth of corn meal -border service and 'would ,-. doa comper fat th oH;ir's worth of wheat bread tent to fill he positions to which the Uoovit (?rf'Sf nt prices", says' Mr, ,Atnta officers have been assigned. -,iinpon ' 011(1 corn must play a yery r Secretary Baker, replied,- advising nea n iPart in the conservation of tthat the "assignment of the Atlanta els o' roilllr;,f-. There are four busia- officers to the Ohio division: was but every on"1 lnUM'fl in this country :io .temporary and that it would not inter na good ot whcat and corn, meal. is ffere with the promotion or selection of u tor food as is wheat." officers for the Ohio guard. HOUSE ftPPmUDS SPEAKER CLARK For Sentiments Uttered in Ad vocating Soldiers and Sail ors Insurance Bill . - (By. Associated Press.) . ' Washington, Sept. 10. Applause swept over the ; House floor and through the galleries today when Speaker. Clark,' in a brief, speech de fended the soldiers' and sailors' in surance' bill as the best measure brousntt: befoJe Congress - since the r1fnlarntinn of war. leclaration of war. "One of the objections to this bill," ie said, "Js " that the government is liable to find itself in a hole, -as. a resu1x of it., V don't know whether.-it ; put the i government in a holeior L not and I am not very much exercised about that. 1 am in favor .of ' making the soldiers that go to Europe as. com fortable as possible, both physically and mentally. I don't want them to have to worry about their families back home. -Jit they are willing to risk their lives, we ought, to take care of them. - ' .... - , Representative Gillet, of Massachu setts,' acting Republican leader, en dorsed all, the measur. 'except ' the op tional; insurance -feature. . Instead of issuing optional j pension- policies he bo -equally, shared by aU that need neip. - - . -,, : SERIOUS REVOLT IN JOLIET PRISON , . . .. . k j AJSznjKiaxi x icon. lfi..t ym , st 1ftiA rW'nmir. , tl0 Q1.i0 nr;ar,n Vioro tmiavAnr. g which one convict was shot and , fles and order apparently was restor- e'd. The rioters had become angered at the imposition of the restrictions of discipline. . V MORE CLERKS STRIKE . ON THE SEABOARD (By Associated Press.) , .' ;' f Richmond, Va., Sept. 10. All local (freight office and yard- clerks in the service of the Seaboard Air Line rail- way walked out n sympathy with a general strike this morning, ; with the !i result -that .freight traffic over' this f road is crippled, pending the adjust-. ,'ment of demands for an increase in pay. About thirty-two employees quit 1 work here. TO CLOSE THE MAILS CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS (By Associated Press.) ;." -..?;' Washington, : Sept. 10 Exclusion I eirnor Cox learned today that 200 pffi- cers from the training camp at At- j Janta had been sent, to Camp. Sheri- lin n t Mnntsnmfiry.1 Ala., to be as- signed to regiments in the division (guard troops, he sent a vigorous pro meal Vest to the War Depawnent atWash- ington. insisting that if 'additional of The Proposal to -Be for Im- frfmediate Cessation of . Hos- . . : tilities on a Status Qiio ; SERIOUS CONDITION : : AFTER CLOSE OF WAR Of Domestic Affairs in Ger- ; manyNecessity of Se :. curing Food and Raw Materials . -' (By Associated ' Press.) London, Aug. 27. (By Mail). is hftM that n; vprv viofini ro nter. will-come1 from Germany before win- wr ana mat me otter will suggest im- r;:r' 1at. . Ul 7 1 ' ' -1 Entente statesmen have fully indl- cated.that they will refuse such terms and no doubt Germany is aware of x.u. uCiiu.u iciutjis iesiiiu a have conducted an active campaign status quo offer from the German sidejfor the amendment. The opposing as. an indispensable step in the prep- forces have been led by the Maine aration of German public opinion for Association Opposed ..to Suffrage 'for further concessions. Women. Leaders of both sides i said A high .official, authority gave the they felt confident of victory. Associated ; Press today the following! While j the weather .was clear, lead- statement of the situation in Germany' as regaras peace:. There is no dottbt. t.ha't. tho Ci pnvpnmiPflt it! nnTinno tn srof nnt nf' Z'ZV.IZ i " iFV.:i :.TIul'C0MUS '-v,iU10 v"Vrr , . the war at the earliest possible mo- uieuisn auy ierms wmcn wui insurer. them against revolution at home and national collapse. "Great numbers of people in Ger many today would welcome a peace on a status quo basis, this meaning prac-. tically a draw, in which no belligerent would occupy territory beyond " that iwhi.ch it possessed in July, 1914, and in which, moreover; each side would hear its own burdens in respect of the material losses. But it , isj impossible to cay how far this - view; has spread among '; the German- proletariat," be cause naturally, where it exists, it has '.ha-d small opportunity of; public expression, it is obvious that if the German people ultimately come to ac cept vft; net- loss -of territory as -inevi tably theymust pass to that frame 6f peace, . if the, war continues to go against . Germany' tes. offers to con ; ; (Continued on Page Six.) PUBLICATION OF HES AROUSES MHf INTEREST All Sections of The Territory Well Represented - More Names Tpday -Vote Totals Will be Changed in Tomor : row's Paper Vote Coupons in Each Day's . Dispatch. . 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 THE PRIZES. $775 Briscoe Automobile. Ford Touring Car. $200 in gold. ,. '' $100 in gold. ' $93 furniture suite. $75 Columbia Graf onola. $50 merchandise order at J. W. H. Fuchs' Department Store . $25 wrist watch. Two $60 1 diamond rings. , . Ton per cent, commission to 4 41 all non-winners, who remain 4 4 active, .on money, for new sub- "-fr Ascriptions;- ' 4 4 . 4. 4. 4, 4, J 4 4J 4 Considerable interest was aroused t by the publication yesterday: of the ini--tial list of contestants entered in The Dispatch contest. Comments had been freely made before the publication of he list, but at no time were they so frequent and favorable as since the names of the contestants were" made known... - . Few, if any sections, of this part of rthe State but what were represented, and today's list .contains the names of Others who have entered the. race. Coupon votes ihave been received from nearly every 'section,;-which in dicates beyond the question of a doubt that The Dispatch contest is going to 'be one of the most popular iiiovoinents inaugurated for a long time.. Each candidate started off in .the ne with 5,000 votes, the. number al:v 1,'wed on each! nomination. Tomor row's paper will . show the .total' vote -received by each candidate up until 4 o'clock today. After today the votes 'Will be credited to the candidates each rday rnd published in the paper.' , The eal battle has, as ,yet; scarcely Started and the 'winners will be those who are alert to it. Life holds no greater regret than the remembrance hf wasted i opportunities. How; often have,: we neglected some .shining offer which was later .; snapped up by anoth er and how often we had the chagrin of seeing ' just how much that - same chance would Tve meant to us had we embraced It; , v You have seen the benefits and ad vantages? which were derived by y our more discerning: sisters or brothers in t -X- -X- . X;-X- -X- -X- , - - J i ri rnTifui ui nn h i hi tLtbiiuiy iviam I The Contest Oyer Proposed ' enskyCommittee of Eleven Amendment to Constitution : Holding Conference On -, -Light Vote Expected V . , : , Situation (By Associated Press.) rrPR ) ; Portland, Me., Sept.-10. .The votcs Potroerad.. Sunday, Sept. . 9. (De nf MftitiR wptit foTthe noils nt n r,Trt cial election today to,' cast thfeir bal- lots on the question of ratifying the CQnstitutional amendment for woman suffrage submitted to the people by th last Tnislaturfe. ; Thn Ma inn Eaual Suffrage League" and the Suf-I ,frage Referendum League of Maine 1 ers of both factions looked for a light j vote, ' largely because ' farmers were -k, i. : i- i-u re especially interested. . - v - ' MAN AND WIFE KILLED FIGHT OVERL DRAFTING ' ' (By Associated Press.) Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 10 Thomas Simon, a Syrian called for the draff army in spite, of -his. claim that a broth er in the Turkish army made him' an alien enemy, was killed with his wife here Saturday night awhile resisting arrest for; assaulting a member of the exemption' board. . After the assault Simon, his wife and a brother barricad ed themselves, in .iheir .iitore and greet- ed a posse of officers and citizens with, the fire, was returned; Simon and his wife ..fell dead; the -Jattejr still grasping Three members of : ; the , posse ' were wounded, one of them seriously with a bullet in his lungs. other cases. Forestall a repetition. Do not sit idly by and see the oppor tunities slipping further and further from yo'u each day, only at the end of the contest to remember in sorrowful retrospection what might have been. Your friends ' have nominated you. Show your appreciation of their in terest by at least calling at - The Dis patch office "and acquainting yourself with the details of the plan. You . cannot expect people to help you in any way or at any time unless you give some evidence that their con- tfldence in you is deserved and appre- ciated. ,' ' ' ". '. . Thi. nnnnnnR 'ark, now annefl.riner in The Dispatch 'daily. Perhaps your; the northern front which bar the way friends "who nominated you are saving Uo i Petrograd, , and I order General them, assuming that you will enter J Klembovsky to assume provisionally and aspire for one ' of the valuable the functions of generalissimo, , while prizes. They may already have' sent remaining at Pskov. A . . tsome in to place your name among the "Secondly, I declare a state of war list of vote getters.' You have plenty m the town arid district of Petrograd. of time to organize your- forces and I appeal to all citizens to remain commence a decisive campaign.- The calm, maintain- the order necessary publication of the names of, the can-! for the welfare of the fatherland and didates; the first. votes polled for themthe army and navy, and tranquilly and marks the real beginning of tne cam- faithfully fulfill their, duty in the de paign for prize honors. - fense of the fatherland against the "Those who wish to win should BtBAtonl':-'' ' , ' at once in xrder to .insure success.! w.S iJ There are several - urgent - and com-' Washington, Sept. lO.-Russian em-pelling,-reasons why a contestant assy officials believe the resignation should make -an early start.. In the f Gentem f -Ft xST7 first place it takes only a f ew of . the SS SSd ten-vote ballots to give a contestant a and soiaiers delegates, ppposea xo total of 1,000 votes. . You can vote' just enforcement of the death penal for as many of these' ten-vote coupons as mutinous soldiers, and; that General vmi ran secure each day 1 j'Klembovsky, the new commander, will you canjsecure eacn oay. 1 modify, the death penalty, order.' . : In the second Place, the time of the , Representatives of the workmen and contest has been divided into Periods, 'goldierg in the Kerensky . cabinet it and. each $15 worth, of subscriptions, pointed out have, been dissatis turned in during the first period, calls wtb ; thp strinffPnt . measures Jfor more votes than, will be given dur- mg lue Beciyiu ur vuu xue to discipline,-fearihg the power might of first period and second, period menace the new democratic ideals of amounts to 10,000 votes, which might the repubiic. . They insisted that a make i h difference between . success lesg- .drastic disciplinary code ! would and defeat at the finish, , v receive more wholehearted support of- (V ' ' J, ' ' . ' Jthe ai-my, and, consequently would be , NAMES OF CONTESANTS. " 1 more effective.' . .- Mrs-J. JC.VBaldwin Edna Cashwell ..... v t - Ida- Siiggs s " ', Acme, N. C. . . Rena Bradt L , i-. ." . . . . -. . s , vjCcuunued; en .age Two) 5,000. - -" 5,000 peneral Korniloff Starts An- . . i f other Revolution Against . the Government - DECLARES HIMSELF ; : L COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF : Proclamation by Premier Ker- iayeaj. Eleven . caDinct 'ministers lve been in continuous session in the w nLCI lou;iy ccinsiaoTjig meas- ures j to lace uenerai Korniion; s re volt which; in conversations with xthe Associated Press cdrrespondent, the ministers admit is the gravest event since the revolution. - ' ; ' So far, except"; for the deposition of -General' Korniloff; which the gener- al yis . apparently determined to defy,? no. measures have been decided upon, but the discussion Is proceeding on a plan to constitute a directory - of fi ve men vested with full power, l The- names . iuc so far submitted for! J membership m-this body are Premier j lverensity, , vice rremier JNeKrasou, Mi Skobeleff, "the . minister of labor; M. Terestchenko, i the minister of foreign affairs,' and M. ; Savinkoff, the assist ant minister of war. , . ,-v In a talk with ' the correspondent, Foreign Minister "Terestchenko said: "The plan for the; directory is under discussion and may. be . decided tonight- So far the government is -unable to make any statement.- f At 12 o'clock, we expect the arrival of Gen- oral 1 Alexieffc withxwhom we :will con fe, Mv nersonai oninJon iR'th oPn.rbpdy was this $1,905,53 which went 'tot ous and is" partly . due to a misunderr standing iWhlchV3yiJL,be cleared xw" j -. Regarding tie rumors of widespread arrests in Petrograd . today in connec-1 tion s with : the revolt, the Associated t Press correspondent is authorized- to j declare that' no arrests have -yet been made by order of the government, al though" there may have been some, by the judicial authorities under -the ordi nary process of law. Premier KerenskyV has ' issued , the following proclamation: if' "On September 8, a member of the Duma, M. Lvoff,' arrived m Petrograd ad called upon me j in tb e , name of G eneral Korniloff, to hand, over all civil and military, powers to '! the gen eralissimor who would form , a new government at his pleasure.' , The au thenticity' of - this summons was after wards confirmed by General 'JCprniloff himself, who had a conversation with ! mp nvpr th Hirpit 5 fplpfrrnnhio wire! between Petrograd : and main head-, quarters. Considering ' this summons addressed through me to the provis ional government : as ; an attempt by certain quarters to profit by the diffi cult situation of the country to estab lish a state of things contrary rto the interests or the revolution, the provis ional government has recognifcga'' the necessity of charging me, for the safe ty of the : republican regime, to talM the urgent, indispensable mearur s necessary to cut at the roo, tempts against the supreny - i ud rights of the citizens 'v i . tue rev olution. " - - "I, therefore, the maintenance in the country of liberty and public order, f am taking ; all measures which I shall . announce at the proper mo ment to the people. At the same time, I order General Korniloff to hand over his funstions to General Klembovsky, commander-in-chief : of the armies on opted'to restore the .Russian army J - ; The embassy had not received offi cial4 news of General Kornilpft's re 5.000 moval. v- " ; ": 1 . - An official statement says that . Gen-4 -B.OOOCeral L6komsky 'also prpyed a traitor.") refusing to take command of jhe Rus- sian armies in succession to. General Korniloff. - i ViT -"i," '' - n c a jj liinnrn iirm i Bin ' t, UNUtn NLW LAW GOVERfUQR'SAUTIQN IN GIVING PARDONS Takes Quite a Good Sized Sum. of Money " Out of , , State Treasuiry i WHEN THE PARDON 1 WAS NOT APPRECIATED j Woman Who Had Been In the Penitentiary for Years Re- fused to Leave' the.' . i - : ...... n . Institution ' (Special to The Disnatca. l" Raleigh, t Sept.' 10. Governor' Bick- ett's raid on the State prison last week when , he delivered from bodies of death a dozen infants alongv with. 16 men, was likewise .such a raid upon the State treasury 'as to . make many such surveys a financial embarrass ment . . The largest amount . of money ever; paid to '.'prisoners1' who. left in a the men and the one woman who had made such splendid records:! Not until the late, the rvery late, :tardy, but not gave authority ; to 'pay, prisoners small wages, was any provision made in law j for this ; financial , return but a prison policy that- gives, a , pittance f of the laborer's earnings .back, to him when he went out. has always been sanction ed. These 21 were entitled to consid erable on that basis. . Then :they had been drawing regularly pay .under the new prison" act. j It has, not been ope rative long enough to make a big dent in the State's finances, but it got away o a ' good start and Class - A men , and women all get . more than they ever drew.. This, added to the fact that the Governor released" the best block of prisoners ever turned loose by a single order, was responsible : for : the big amount of jmoney that was paid out when the men received their- dis charges. - The pathos of ' it all is the. more plainly seen that, each 21, snowed; a perfect record, but- "no human being was interested in their release." Thev had lost interest in it themselves, one woman who had been pardoned, declin ing to leave, although she had served 38 years. She predicated this remark able caprice upon natural causes. She had been here since 1879 and' all fri.mds ' and relatives in. whom ? she ffiuld have been interested were dead naa gone - trom tne . community which sent her up. She is now t75 arid has spent nearly "of her life in prison; The current issue of. the Raleigh Christian Advocate, - edited by Rev:; Mr. L. ' S. Massey, continues the search for the ' authorship of the, lay men's address which was printed two Wfiplrs Jlfrt and in txrliiVi lotfor ra1Iril changes in church policy were demand- ea. , ., t . i ' , t ' executive and legislative. ' ' ' . T ; Sherwood. Upchurch. ancient alder man and political leader of . Raleigh, has been 'made manager of the Raleigh theatre and opens his house this weec. Mr. Upchurch managed the .local play house six years ago when ,the' city and if s official attempted suppression of a play that resulted U in sundry suits which remain oh Ithe -docket, n The play .was stopped ' by 5 Former -Chief VJ; P; Stell and his patrolmen and out of it grew bitter suits. C ' - ' v'. Superior Court,' which convenes here tdday will try, for assault on a prison er, Warden -S, J. Busbee of the State prison. Mr. Busbee waived examina tion when the case was taken before a magistrate, August 28 arid' has there fore given no testiniony. i The prisoner who hi-ought the indictment against him 'charges that he was severely whipped a year ago .when Warden Busbee i detected him t in the act of sending a newspaper clipping to ah Vher prisoner in iWhich narrative" was the amusing comment' on Warden Busbee's1 loss" of ' four cooks -at the prison. 1 - STATE GUARDSMEN ? . BREAK LABOR PARADE ( Tiy - Associated " Press.) " , ' Springfield,- 111.,: Sept. 'lO.4 Two men were - shot and wounded and others were beaten - with revolver butts yes terdayr.afternoon when the 9th Illinois Infantrv brok nn a labor narat. nlan-t ned as a demonstration of sympathy With striking stfeet v car conductors and - motormen. - A leader or' the pa-) rade Was- knocked down . while', carry iQg an American'flag. J Several arrests were made, and -soldiers v re patroling J the streets. Illlilllll In Matter of Use of Swedish Code By Germany to Trans-" mit "Secret Information THE TRANSACTION; SEVERELY DENOUNCED By the Semi-Of ficial Organ of ; Argentene . Government ' Recall of . Both Ministers Likely to be . Demanded- ' . Comment of British Press. ; (By Associated Press.) Buenos Aires, Sept. . 10. Argentine officials," according to newspaper ac counts today,; are 1 still unable to be- . lieve that the despatches sent o Ber- . lin through the Swedish legation here t were accurately translated. - -The foreign office today! said that. If was without official advices from Am-" bassador; Naon or, American' - Ambas' sador; Stimson.'- , . Newspapers ; and officials generally. wuys mui ui suvei uuieui wm ,ue- tnand tthe recall of ' Count: Luxburg, ??rmaJ ' 'Charge d'Affalrs at. Buenoa Aires, but abrupture in diplomatic re lations with Germany is not antlcipat ' ed at present the Argentine govern. ment preferring, it is said,, to consider. the affair a personal one between thj German and' Swedish representatives here , v' : - a; La Bpoca, the recognized mouth-. . s j party, . s,aysj .."?"-,' ' ," ' "These. 'documents' .'show discour tesy , arid ' duplicitjj:' so. great .that ,wa '. wre'uilaBle' at'-'first 'to Deneve' jirae. - tices possible 'by such" !jneni f We :" mustr confess, "despite the unlmpeach able source of information. . that' we f did not' believe possible', such ' moo ' strous conduct, which is so exception al in these times, . when . diplomatic customs have acquired a splr.it -of sin- . ceritv and; frankries. Before such stupendous duplicity calm ; perplexity is possible arid It Is impossible . to be lieve that a natioji calling itself our - Iriend (we refer principally to Swe-1 aen, uermany s , metnoas oemg ; ai- -ready; : doubtful )could: observe such ! conduct-without, any, cause for, ..a I grudge against us at- the .present mo ment with, its terrible : events .re-, awakening; the . worst instincts ;W ' thought forever 'dead! . ..," . "Although unable to ? foretell what action the government will take, 'Jsv' certain that it will take energetic measures tp assure - the dignity of the -nation's. highest .officials, who are thus insulted ( iij.an unprecedented manner. despite their best efforts to treat Ger- many with dignity, during the delicate situations arising through the tramp- ' ling under foot of the : Argentine flag."" La Nacion in its issue today, . de- . clares that, it is absolutely necessary that both the German and Swedish ministers . leave ; the country Jmiue- ' diately , ',"J " British Press Comment.' London,, Sept., ID Th. Dally Mall,.. in an editorial,, congratulates the Am-v eriean intelligence, service on 'the' iNecond great exploit of , this year' and says:. ,-. f "A- blacker piece of , diplomatic dev ' :ltry on .Germany's part never ; was ex-; posed, while, on . Sweden's part an , of-1 ' fense against . neutrality and against, every decency of international inter course, . deep, . . deliberate " and despl-; ? cable how despicable can only, be re alized when we -recall xthat Sweden - herself suffered.; from'; sucfi outrages; as she is assisting Germany to 'inflict ' upon? Argentina.. , , j "As matters, stand; the Allies have, . every excuse for4 treating Sweden as?, a country, that has-one over .to j the nemy. We are : confident; however, . ihat ; hp;, allied government wishes to; visit upon Swedish , people" the ex- ; treme punishment of war,for the crlm-y Inal acts of their rulers But the Al- . lies, "especially the - .United t States,; ' have a sharp weapon . in their hands ; in the form, of a blockade." ' . ' Attitude of American Government . ; i" "Washington,. Sept.? 10. The govern-."' ment ; today, still was waiting for. some ; indication 6f how ;the Swedish govern- . ernment .regards, the disclosures of the part takenhy its legation in Bue-, iios Aires; in transmitting the German legation's dispatches . to Berlin. ' - ' " Neither the Argentine : ambassador ' thor the Swedish minister has present ed any message from their govern ments, and it was .indicated, that until . one or both had. communicated with the State. Department this government : would take.no step towards the deyel opment of what may lead to a serious alteration of. Sweden's position among ' the neutral governments.. , 2 '; ; - At the State Department today, it was made clear . that there was no disposition to questipn. the good faith pn nonesty ; or tne.. sweaisn peopie. - aistinctiQn . petween me peopie -and the. government . was carefully. pointed out.,. . - - . , That ' Argentina will take prompt (Continued on Fage Eight) . 'VI J .:

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