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Show f BERNSTORFFS PURPOSE -WJ If it is true that Count Bern torff MS '1SS aked the Un ted tates governajent 1 fw to state the reasons for demanding the t "L gag" recall of Bov Ed and A on Papen the lJ?r naval attaches of the German legation lrf he is making what i9 popularly de BJmT ECTibed as a grand tand plav but it KIeL la a grandstand play with a purpose EaM perhaps with several purposes Kjgfi When a sovereign demands the recall RflS. of a diplomatic representative his action w3SL seldom is questioned The foreign rep WBBt re'entatives are the gnests of the Eire sovereign or of the government and the IfeBp sovereign has a right to demand their KIk recall as soon as they become persona Hp eqii grata. He can select his own cause B&f of offense however unsubstantial it may HJe be, and the government which has ac HJt;re3ited he envoy must recall him vnth HEgout haggling But the German govern Pfl&T inent is sensitive nowadays and shows a K, Jeei5ed di position to haggle about ev 1 1 lEieriihmg Sensitiveness however mav noc he a complete explanation of the haggling m this eae It is more than probable that the German government , desires to find out how much the Amer ican government knows about the great j German conspiracy fa this country j If the German government could se cure front our government all the evi dence against Boy Ed and Von Papen it would help the conspirators immense-j immense-j lv Those under arrest would be able with the aid of then- lawyers to ' determine the chances of conviction -i Those not under arrest and still en gaged in conspiring would learn whether they were suspected Courtesy may constrain the president ! to explain to the German government, T I Id ra rt 18 e kPe 'at ne wl" not H r impair the government s invest gat ons fm - telling ne knows about the con w S ' spiracy As for Boy Ed and Von Papen H enough was revealed at the trial of j Doctor Buenz and his confederates to s warrant the government in demanding gj ! the recall of the a t aches. H Count Bernstorff has informed our PJ ! government that under no c rcumstances ML i will German accept afe condu t from mjk 1 the Bnt sh government for the lepa&t a i -rag attaches Natnralh to do so wo-ild S be bumil ating to a nat on which pro 3 i i esses to be able to hold ts own agaimt cj ; Great Britain on the seas To ac ept CJ , ' safe conduct from the enemy would 1 e 1L , an almsson that the erman na H could not saleguard the pa sage of e J , own rpresentat es B t n th san j breath that he ref ses Br t sh naff on H duct the embassa lor le lares s the ji ' dnt of the In ted States to safcg a IS the pa sage f two prrra ul e lJ t rmng to the r nat lan I Id e 1 , to th h nt mat o the 1 n te I S e ! go ernment sho Id w th 1 av es j I 1o the Br t sh g e d nent for a y 1 t anl sbo I gge t o F n a ho M i Bernstorff t a the erman g n j snlabSto tak ts a al atta 3 h 6 : |