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Show ULTIMATUM SENT TO KAISER B! ARGENTINA Attitude of German Government Govern-ment on Minister's Action Is Demanded. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 22. The Argentine Ar-gentine government has sent an ultimatum ultima-tum to Germany. In Us note the government demands a formal statement from ' the German government gov-ernment of its attitude toward the behavior be-havior of its minister, Count von Lux-burg, Lux-burg, and a repetition of the promises made respecting Argentine shipping in connection with the Toro settlement The Argentine government has received i no explanations from Berlin since the j disclosures by the American secretary of : state, except a verbal statement from Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen, undersecretary of the German foreign office, of-fice, made through Dr. Molina, the Argentine Ar-gentine minister to Berlin, which Argentina Argen-tina considers insufficient. The Argentine foreign minister made a statement in the chamber of deputies today to-day regarding the situation and it was understood that the radicals had prepared pre-pared a resolution, which they intended to introduce, declaring a state of war already exists with Germany. The government is anxiously awaiting Berlin's response before deciding on a rupture of relations or a declaration of war, and, according to the foreign office, If the German government's reported appreciation ap-preciation of Von Lux burg Is confirmed, Argentina will consider It an insult and declare war Immediately. If no confirmation confir-mation of this report Is fgorthcomlng, only a rupture of relations Is likely. A declaration of War would i esult in a shake-up in the cabinet, several of the ministers maintaining that no cause for war exists, although a majority of the ministers and the public generally are willing to follow the government, even into war. A great mass meeting was held today and there was a unanimous call for an immediate break with Germany. Ger-many. . . SANTIAGO. Chile. Sept. 22. The Chilean Chi-lean papers aro discussing the vote -tn tho Argentine senate relativr to a rupture rup-ture with Germany. They characterize as disloyal and impolite Count von Lux-burg's Lux-burg's conduct, and find justification for the attitude of the senate. In their view Argentina's senate action indicates that solidarity ought to exist among the American nations for the defense of their dignity and honor. |