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Show Sweden, Norway, Holland Hol-land and Spain Will Not Accept President Wilson's Invitation to Sever Diplomatic Relations Re-lations With German Empire. WILL BE CONTENT WITH PROTESTS Proximity of the Scandinavian Scandi-navian Countries and The Netherlands to the Seat of War the Excuse; Ex-cuse; Chile W7ill Remain Re-main Neutral; Attitude of Others. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 7. The Argentine Republic this evening handed to the German minister its reply to Germany's notification of the new zone of naval warfare established es-tablished by that country. The Argentine Ar-gentine note declares tho government govern-ment regrets that the German emperor em-peror has thought fit to adopt measures mea-sures so extreme and that Argentina will conform its conduct as always, to "the principles and fundamental rules of international law. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 7, via London, 5:55 p. m. Sweden will not accept ac-cept President Wilson's invitation to sever diplomatic relations with Germany. Ger-many. The Swedish government, however, how-ever, will protest against the newly inaugurated in-augurated German naval policy. The answer of the Swedish government govern-ment to tho note which the American minister, Ira Nelson Morris, delivered to K. A. Wallenberg, the foreign minister, min-ister, yesterday, has not yet been communicated com-municated to Mr. Morris. But the Associated As-sociated Press learns from a well-informed source that Sweden is just as firmly resolved now as she has been from the first to maintain the most strict neutrality While Sweden will protest against the tone of Germany's new blockade, she. will content herself with a protest and will take no step which could make it more difficult to maintain her neutrality. Responsible statesmen declare that even if Sweden desired to follow the lead of the United States, her situation would render this impossible, while the United States is so favorably situated geographically and so might' in resources re-sources that it could limit its participation partici-pation in the war to such an extent as it might desire. Sweden, on the contrary, con-trary, they asserted, is exposed to great possibilities of harm ou either side, and certainly would be obliged to suffer great hardships without anv sure prospect pros-pect of concrete gain. Mr. Morris today had a long conference with the foreign minister, after which he would sav onlv that President Wilson 's note to neutrals was one of the subjects discussed. Later it was learned that Mr. Wallenberg Wallen-berg requested Mr. Morris to call and informed him that, the king and council coun-cil had considered carefully President Wilson 's invitation to Sweden to join with the United States in breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany" and had reached the decision that such action ac-tion was impossible under the exi-tin circumstances. n SPAIN PROTESTS, BUT WILL NOT JOIN UNITED STATES MADRID. via Paris. Feb. 7, 10:30 p. m. The Spanish government's reply to Germany's submarine war zone note Is a lrm and dignified protest against It. It declares that Germany's decision to close (Continued on Paga Two. HIM NATIONS PECUE TO BHEHC (Continued from Paga One.) completely certain sea routes la outside the legal principles of international law. It adds that If Germany hopes to have Spain's help to avoid more loss of life it must be understood that Spain, while ready at the proper time to lend the initiative ini-tiative in support of the establishment of peace, cannot accept the legality of exceptional ex-ceptional methods of war. |