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Show GERMANS INVOLVED IN DM INCIDENT Letters From Captain Franz Von Papen and Count Von Bernatorff Carried by Archibald, Who Also Had One Written by Consul General Von Pereked. SERIOUS VIEW IS TAKEN AT CAPITAL Von Papen and Von Pereked May Be Dismissed Dis-missed From Country; Diplomatic Relations With Both the Central Empires May Be Broken Bro-ken Off. WASHINGTON. Sept. H. President Wilson's request for the recall of the Austrian embassador. Dr. Constant in Theodor Lumba, ha broadened into a situation involving Captain Franz von Papon, the military' attache of the Ger-mau Ger-mau embassy; Alexander Nnber von Pereked, the Austrian consul general in New York, and possibly Count von Bernstorff, the German embassador. The official view is that the embassador, although technically involved, is not so seriously concerned as the military attache or the consul general. It is not unlikely that both of the latter may be recalled or dismissed from the couotry. Coupled with Germany's disappointing disappoint-ing and unsatisfactory explanation of the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic, after Count von Bernstorff had given assurances that full satisfaction would be given if it was established thnt a German submarine sank the ship, official Washington views the friendly relations with the Germanic powers ptrained more iward the breaking point than ever before. Crisis at Hand. Hopes that the submarine crisis had been safely passed aud that a break between Germany and the L'nited States had been avoided were displaced today by misgivings. Talk of the possibility of breaking off diplomatic relations were heard again, although this time it involved both the central powers, on the theory that Austria, after having her embassador practically dismissed from the country, might Ftand with her ally in relations with the United States. Unofficial reports ilifli a second note had been started from the Berlin foreign office for Washington furnished about the only basis of optimism lu official quarters so far as the submarine controversy was concerned. There was no official intimation inti-mation that another communication was on the way. but the American reply to the note on the Arabic will be delayed until officials can learn whether to e.xpect anything additional from Berlin. Brief but Unmistakable. It may be stated, however, that if nothing noth-ing conies in the nature of a modification of Germany' s explanation, an American note will reach Berlin probably early next week which will set forth the views of the United Stales in a brief and unmistakable unmis-takable manner. Germany's declaration that while she regrets the loss of Americans, she recognizes rec-ognizes no liability for indemnity even If the submarine commander was mistaken in believing the Arabic was about to attack at-tack Mm, especially offering to arbitrate the principle, is regarded in official circles cir-cles as leaving the whole submarine question practically where it was left by the Berlin's government's attitude toward the Lusltanla negotiations ami tn remarkable contravention of the favorable view which state department officials had been led to take by the statements of the German embassador. Keen Disappointment. The president spent most of today going go-ing over the German note. Xo official comment was made at the White house or the state depart ment, but the disappointment disap-pointment of officials was unalsgulsed; The latest turn in the submarine controversy contro-versy almost overshadowed the Pumba case. Captain von Papen is involved in the (Continued on Paee Two.) Papen'a case, ft regarded the use rf an American passport for carrying any sort of a comrhuntcatlon through the lines ofi the belligerents as an abuse of that document. doc-ument. The copy of the German note on the Arabic as received at the state department depart-ment varied from the copy cabled to the Associated Press from Germany only In that the former said the submarine stopped the English steamer Dunsley about siNty nautical miles FOulh of Kin-sale, Kin-sale, instead of sixteen. Otherwise the two copies were pronounced by state department de-partment officials as identical. GERMANS ARE INVOLVED IN DUMBA PLAN Military Attache Von Pap-en Pap-en and Embassador Von Bernstorff Also Made Use of Archibald. (Continued from Page One.) Dumba case because he forwarded by James F. J. Archibald, the American correspondent cor-respondent traveling: under an American passport, a personal letter In which he made offensive statements about American Ameri-can officials. Moreover. Mr. Dumba 8 letter to the Vienna foreign office, found on Archibald, mentioned von Papen as havina; approved what the state department depart-ment In its note to the Austro-Hungarian government characterized as a conspiracy conspir-acy to cripple the Industries of the United States. Consul General von Pere-ked Pere-ked Is drawn Into the case because the Dumba letter disclosed that he was connected con-nected with the strike plan. Editor Involved. High officials Indicated today that the government would take steps. of some kind against the editor of a Hungarian newspaper In this country from whom a memorandum was inclosed In the Dumba letter outlining carefully prepared plans for putting into effect the scheme for handicapping munitions plants. Count von Bernstorff is involved technically tech-nically because Archibald carried a letter for hfm, but ae it was a copy of a statement state-ment previously made to the embassador by Secretary Lansing, wholly of an innocuous in-nocuous character, officials do not regard the German embassador's status in the affair as approaching that of his military attache or the Austrian consul general. It is quite probable that until the Vienna Vi-enna foreign office replies to the request for the withdrawal of Mr. Dumba. nothing noth-ing further will be done in his case, nor In the cases of von Papen or von Pereked. If the documentary evidence bears out the Information now In the hands of the state department officials, they would not be surprised to see both men withdrawn by their home governments, or, as a final resort, dismissed from the country. Case of Sackville-West. The fact that von Papen's letter was a personal one would not alter the situation. It was pointed out today that Lord Sackvllle-West's personal letter on the political situation resulted in his recall from the British embassy here. Secretary Secre-tary "Lansing said that while the depart- m V,o tiA rtfflHal i nfnrmp Unn on VDn |