Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1917 — GIANT PLOT IS UNEARTHED [ARTICLE]

GIANT PLOT IS UNEARTHED

STATE DEPARTMENT REVEALS ATTEMPT TO SIGN SOUTH AMERICA AGAINST U. S.

Washington, Dec. 20.—Evidence of a German plot to align the nations of South America against the United States is revealed in telegrams sent to Berlin by the notorious Count von Luxburg, former German charge in Argentina, made public today by the State Department. In one of the messages Luxburg reports that he induced President Irigoyen of Argentina to enter into a secret agreement with Chile and Bolivian, a “mutual approachment for protection versus North America’ and did his utmost to have Peru included in such an agreement. Following is the statement of the Argentina minister of foreign affairs given out with the Luxburg telegrams : “The telegrams which appear below are all that the Argentina ministry for foreign affairs received from the embassy in Washington, of which the translations were made by the Department of State in the United States. “There are three telegrams not published, as they allude solely to the republic of Chile and Uruguary. The government has decided that it should not publish these telegrams and has delivered them' to the respective chancelleries. “The telegrams show a number of inaccuracies so surprising that no epithet will fit them, as they are at complete variance, both in substance and form, with the terms in which the negotiations were entered into, carried on and brought to a conclusion.” The German charge’s messages were sent during last July, August and September. All are addressed to Berlin and signed “Luxburg.” Today’s disclousres complete the story of Luxburg’s intrigues, which began when the State Department gave out the famous “spurlos versenkt” (sign without a trace) messages. They are of importance, chiefly because of their bearing on various heretofore unexplained activities in South America, and are particularly interesting at this time, when Luis Cabrera, envoy of President Carranza of Mexico, is on his way to Argentina to attend a so-called neutrality conference. The correspondence deals largely with efforts made by the German minister to prevent any rupture of relations with Argentina, and throughout the dispatches there was a warning to his government to flatter the Argentinans and to word the gr.-. 1 .: ■—■ - : : - -- ~ “

note in reply to the Argentine protest against the sinking of the steamer Toro in such way as not to offend them. Evidence of the apparent pliability of the Argentine president and of the opposition of Minister of Foreign Affairs Puerreydon is disclosed in many of the dispatches. Frequent reference is made by the charge to difficulty he was having in dealing with the foreign minister, but, emphasis is placed on the <ase with which he communicated with the