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Show GERMAN! UNINFORMED lu e nan the reasons for the re a 1 of apta ns Boy Ld and "Von Papen a e ot understood nor are the apers e ttod to d s ss the q est on ox ce).t n the aguest terms On the other hand the papers there suspect that e erywhere else in the world the reasons ha e been made public but that s not altogether true Our government has demanded the recall of the at ta hes because of the r offensive na val and n ihtary activit es but the state department has not publ shed the details of these act v t es It s known of course that Capta n Boj Ed hai h s offices n New lork w th Doctor Buenz who has been con v cted of break ng the laws of the Un ted States n h s efforts to supply German ra ding warships It came out at the tr al that some of the money for th s offense passed through h s hands Beyond that h s offenses and those of Von Papen are not known to the public on th s s de of the water In Germany not even th s much s known as is revealed by the comments of the Frankfurter Zeitung wh ch says If the Germans committed blun ders or worse it s not to be appro ap-pro "ed It seems unfortunately that n the recent tnals two per sonages attached to the embassy in Washington were mentioned in a way wh ch we, for reasons men t oned cannot def ne closer If the pos tion these gentlemen have taken was incorrect that would be cons denng the provocation dis agreeable but not world shaking b nee diplomacy has its own eode and persons who may be unobjec t onable and are most efficient In other spheres are useless n that realm when they are no longer agreeable to the other side. We hope in any case that Count von Bernstorff emerges from these complications unaffected Our handling of fore gn af fa rs, part c ularly as regards the United States under highly difficult war condi tions has displayed much firmness and taet ana it woold be highly regrettable on account of false m press ons if, after dangerous and v olent conflicts have lost the r sharpness through skillful band ling the good work should be brought o naught. |