Show VEDE S sv ENVOY 1 DENiES DEES I Sensation o of Wartime Involving Mexican Offices Recalled STOCKHOLM Oct 13 A- A Folke Cronholm S charge In Mexico Me City I 13 in n 1917 17 tuho ho Is 18 credited with having acted I In the thO Interests t of ot Germany In tn the passage of Important notes In tho early part of tho the war star ar has given gisen en out outa outa a statement in which he hI denies his hIM guilt c Ho 10 declares declare he lie did not play the spy for tor Germany ny during the tsar ar out that In delivering cable cable- cable In codo to the German Girman lega- lega legation lega legation tion in Mexico he lie was acting le-I le upon tho Instructions of his superior K KI KA KA KA I A then Swedish mm- mm min later of foreign affairs Mr Cronholm's statement says In part port i I Upon my return home I learned earned of the rumor that I J as Swe Swe-I Swe Swedish dish charge chargo In M nas as guilty of acting as liS a n spy for J Germany during the war an and l that as a result rosult Isas I was sas recalled from my I post Referring to th thIs this latter olI allegation tion which v i li 1 ridiculous and false fale I ha have hate 0 already declared publicly lIcy that my alleged relations with nith Ith the German Government had nothing to tod cio o nith Ith my recall As to the tho charge chargo that In lle J I acted as a German spy I 1 declare that the only cause causo for these ru- ru rumors ru rumors mors more and accusations Is to be found In that I as later did also my suc sue successor cessor cesor In to obedience to orders front Crom my superior K It A Wallen- Wallen berg then Swedish S minister for Cor affairs delivered ered a 0 number of cablegrams received ed from him and written In a secret code of I 1 had hod no kno knowledge ledge Res Re- ReI Ites- Ites Responsibility I In this case which led to such disastrous consequences for Sweden rests upon Mr und not upon me his agent My purpose toll toda on my re- re return return re return turn home hornet Is to free froe myself of these thee suspicions I 1 stand of having acted as ns a 0 German Spy during tho war ar while chief of th Swedish legation In Mexico Cit and during my confinement In Mex ox Mexico ico I had no chance to rehabilitate |