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Show Foreign Minister Pueyr-redon Pueyr-redon Appears in the Chamber and Reads All Dispatches Passing Between the Two Countries Leading Up to the Count's Dismissal. Dis-missal. SWEDEN FEARS UNITED STATES Government at Washington, Wash-ington, However, Is Disposed to Accept Landman's Statements of Regret; Official Admission Ad-mission of Guilt Is Expected. Ex-pected. By International News Service. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. JS.-Tho Argentine Ar-gentine senate, by a voto of 23 to .1, declared a break of diplomatic relations with Germany foniglit. The resolution now goes to the chamber of deputies. Foreign Minister Pueyrroilgn appeared ap-peared bel'oro the senate touight and read all tho dispatches that passed be-twoon be-twoon Germany and Argentina up to tho dismissal of Count Lu.tburff s charge d 'affaires. He said (hat no further explanations or negotiations wore pending. Senator Gooaweit spoko for three hours, bitterly arraigning German diplomacy di-plomacy throughout its history since Bismarck. JIo concluded by moving tho resolution to break diplomatic relations rela-tions with German v. Th mi.tlnn n- seconded by Henntor Boca, who, in an equally spirited speech, pointed to the destruction of Argentine shipping and to Germany's policy of taking advantage advan-tage of a militarily weak country, humiliating hu-miliating the republic before the world. Argentine's national reputation, however, how-ever, the senator declared, was a price that would never be conceded. His words were greeted by tremendous cheers. Then the vote was taken. SOME SURPRISE AT WASHINGTON OVER ANNOUNCEMENT WARFfJXGTOX, Sept. lfl.News that the Argentina femite had voted overwhelmingly 1 o .sever diplomatic re-latiniiH re-latiniiH with (iermany was rceeived in Washington tonight with gratification and no little surprise. OTfiejalH had recognized Mint recent disclosure concerning caMepniniH sent to .Berlin by the German minister ;it .Buenos Aires through the Swedish foreign for-eign office hnd nggniviited the situation situa-tion brought about by Germany's sinking sink-ing of Argentine ships, but it had been assumed that with tho German minister handed his passports no further offieiul action would be taken pending receipt of iierlin '3 cxjjJri nation of ihe messages. mes-sages. Although it is under.-dood the slate department's purpose iu making public copies of the cablegrams was onlv to expose Hie German government's worldwide world-wide syst cm of duplicity and int rigue, it is no secret 1hat. Argentina's naittei pat inn in t he wa r won Id be welcomed. Kven the breaking oft of relations, it is poi nted out , would ha ve a powerf u I effect on pub lie opinion in all South A merican count ries where German j n-fhiem-es are known to bu strong. That ! action also probably would result in considerable material benefit to the allies by restricting Argentine g'niu and in eat export s to neu t ra I eon 11 trie t hro ugh v!i ich t hey might i t 11 1 1 their (Continued on Pasre Three. i ACTION OF LUXBURG BITTERLY ASSAILED (Continued from Page One.) way to Germany. Argentina is now the- only yreat neutral' food-producing country. WASHINGTON IS INCLINED TO BE EASY ON SWEDEN WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Sweden 's official reticence concerning the exposures expos-ures made bv Secretary Lansing of the part her diplomatic agents have taken in transmitting German' messages is regarded here largely as a cloak to cover what must necessarily be an embarrassing em-barrassing internal reform. Of f ieiaisi' of the state department today to-day made no effort to conceal the fact that the United States is disposed to accept the unofficial statements of regret re-gret and indignation from Admiral Lindman, minister of foreign affairs at Stockholm, as a true indication of the Swedish people's attitude. Cablegrams from London have quoted'a spokesman of the British government as. saying that the same admissions made to it by the foreign fcninister would be re-' re-' garded there as satisfactory, i Until official, admission of a measure j of guilt is made, however, and prom-ises prom-ises of greater care in the future are given, it appears improbable that Swedish Swed-ish diplomatic representatives will be ! afforded the same facilities for the ; transmission of their dispatches, i Although the American government j has not placed anv restrictions .on the Swedish legation 'here, thtre is daily-evidence daily-evidence that code massages sent to i and from Stockholm through cable stations sta-tions in the con'-rol of Great Britain are being subject to indefinite delay. I Reports from Stockholm that changes in the government would include the placing of Admiral Lindman in the premier's seat have gone far toward ; convincing this government . that the ' Swedish sentiment has been so aroused that formal assurances will soon come i that such incidents ns those discovered in Argentina and iloxico will not be i repeated. I Vhe disclosure of the part played by i the Swedish representative in Mexico when he acted as messenger for Minister Min-ister von Lekhardt is not regarded by-state by-state department officials as having ; created a situation demanding any action ac-tion whatever by Mexico. . |