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Show Want Facts As To RaymonSwoboda State Department Directs Ambassador Ambassa-dor Sharp at Paris to Ascertain Them All Washington, April 3. Ambassador Sharp at Paris was called on by tho stato department for a roport as to tho circumstances surrounding tlio arrest of Raymond Swoboda, an American Am-erican citizen, charged with having sot tiro to La Touralno, a French liner, lin-er, on hor recent trip from Now York to Havre. Friends of Swoboda In Now York city had brought press ro-ports ro-ports of his arrest to tho department's depart-ment's attention and vouched for his American citizenship. Swoboda's right to tho passport ho exhibited in New York and Paris nl ready was under investigation by. tho Justlco department, tho duplicate from fllos of tho state department having been referred to for that purpose. pur-pose. This, however, was regarded raorely as a routine procedure, and thoro Boomed to bo no ground for doubting that tho man was entitled to whatover protection tho Unltod Statos government extends to Its.eltl-zens Its.eltl-zens In similar circumstances. It. K. Maclea of New York, yrho Is associated with Swoboda in purchasing purchas-ing supplies for salo to tho allies, camo to Washington today and fllod with tho stato department allldavlts to provo Swoboda'B citizenship. Ho had with him a letter written by Swoboda Swo-boda In Paris to Thomas Hooper In Now York, describing Inconveniences rosultlng from tho firo on La Touralno Tour-alno and tolling of saving some tox-tile tox-tile samples. Mr. Macloa formorly was connected with tho tariff board hero ns a tex tlio export. It was pointed out tont?ht that for tho present tho state department depart-ment could do no moro than Instruct Ambassador Sharp to see that Swo boda gets a fair trial in tho courts. Diplomatic negotiations would follow fol-low only In case tho ambassador ro, ported thero wns reason for believing believ-ing Justlco had not boon accorded. |