Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 1 | Argentina to Break with the Teutons

PRESIDENT HIPOLITO IRIGOYEN of Argentina, Argen-tina, who is expected to sever relations with the German Ger-man empire. t . 1 . t - k f.t ' V i i VN , ! X i iVn , if " ' I ' i ' . . i !i EMM TO BREAK with wwm President Irigoyen Confers With Minister of War on Sinking of Steamer. BUENOS A IRKS, Feb. 2. President Irigoyen had a Ions: ix'nfervnce today with the ministers of war nnd f oro ten relations in regard to the slrdunp of the Argentine steamship Minlstro lrriendo. It was officially announced that no reply had been received from the military attaches at-taches In Berlin and Vienna, who hao been recalled, but the extremely lon conferences and tho absolute reserve of all officials concerned leads to the belief be-lief in political circles that tho government govern-ment lias news which compels grave deliberation. de-liberation. It is believed that the Argentine government gov-ernment this time Is planning- an actual breaking of relations with Germany, but that the necessary preliminaries in the cabinet and the congress will occupy about a month. Observers expect a rupture rup-ture before the congressional elections In ilarch.