Show SWEDES REPUDIATE GERMAN TRICKERY REALIZE GRAVITY OF SITUATION AND WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE POS POSe SIB SIBLE E TO SETTLE PROBLEM Declaration Made That Had Swedish Government Had Slightest Idea of Nature Nature Nature Na Na- ture of Dispatches They Would Not Have Been Transmitted Stockholm Sweden eden S Realizing the time seriousness of the situation created by bythe b the time recent disclosures Ules at nt Washington ton regarding the transmission of German dispatches Sweden expects to take all steps possible to put matters right Foreign Mi Minister nister Lindman declared Saturday during an nIl informal talk tulle All transmission of German dl dispatches dispatch dispatch- patches patch patch- es had hai been stopped he said and amid Gelman Germany Gel Ger man ninny many had been asked for tor an explanation tion of time the abuse of the privilege for- for merl extended In the course of his discussion of the affair alTair Admiral Lindman brought out the following points Affair Taken Seriously First That FIrst That the Swe Swedish ish government was not as alleged in certain quarters taking the affair lightly but on the time contrary realized fully the serious a aspect lect of the time situation and ancl intended to todo todo todo do ever everything possible to settle the problem Second Second That That transmission of dispatches dispatches dis- dis patches latches on behalf of Germany laid had hadeen been een stopped absolutely from the moment moment mo- mo ment when the time disclosures were brought to the foreign ministers minister's attention attention attention at at- and would under circumstances circumstances circum dream stances be bo resumed Third Third That That had hall the Swe Swedish ish government government gov gov- had the slightest idea of the time nature of the dispatches which the time German government go was vas as transmitting the he messages would not have been transmitted Fourth That Fourth That strong representations represents represents- hall had been addressed to the time German German German Ger Ger- man government on on the abuse made of this practice accompanied by a request request request re re- re- re quest for explanation to which however however however how how- ever no reply had yet et been received Admiral during luring the entire conversation seemed Imbued with the desire to see the situation cleared up fully full and completely l on a n basis satisfactory satisfactory satis saUs' factory to the United States State and Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den and In a way to permit the die continuance con con- of the most friendly cordial relations with the time Amerl American an government government govern govern- ment meat and people |