Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1915 — U. S. MAY DEMAND DUMBA'S RECALL [ARTICLE]

U. S. MAY DEMAND DUMBA'S RECALL

German Consul at New York and Vienna’s Attache in America May Also Have to Depart. Washington, Sept. 6.—The text of the Dumba letter, obtained from London tonight, leaves no doubt in the minds of the officials here that the president must act vigorously against the representatives of the AustroHungarian empire in his country. They anticipate: 1. The voluntary retirement of Ambassador Dumba or a request by this government that he be recalled by the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. 2. The withdrawal of Alexander Nuber von Pereked, Austra-Hungar-ian consul general in New York, or the cancellation of his exequatur by the government at Washington. 3. The voluntary departure of Captain Franz von Papen, German military attache, or a request by this government that Germany recall him. 4. The prosecution of all persons involved in the project to foment strikes in munition factories.

The state department expects that M. Dumb?. will confirm the authenticity of the letter attributed to him. He already has done so in the public prints, and his explanation, to put it mildly, has increased the gravity of his predicament. But the letter itself is the chief evidence against the ambassador and the consul general in New York. It shows there were negotiations on to precipitate strikes, that these negotiations were conducted by the AustroHungarian consul general and that they received the apprdval of the Aus-tro-Hungarian ambassador, who requested his government to approve the project determined upon. The object in view was two-fold, as follows: 1. Disorganization of the munitions industry through strikes; failing which, 2. Creation of a crisis as a result of which more favorable working conditions could be Obtained for the employes.