Argentina's efforts to obtain satisfaction for Count Luxburg's " blazing
indiscretions " have supplied a fresh proof of the impossi- bility of dealing with the present rulers of Germany. Count Luxburg had, through the Swedish Minister at Buenos Aires, telegraphed home the movements of Argentine vessels and advised that they should be turned back or " sunk without leaving a true." When asked by Argentina for an explanation, Herr von Kuhlmann replied that the Government " keenly regretted what had happened and absolutely disapprovedof the ideas expressed by Count Luxburg on the method of carrying out submarine warfare," and that these ideas " were personal to him " and would not influence his Govern- ment. The effect of this plausible apology was, however, spoiled by the simultaneous announcement that the Emperor had expressed his entire approval of Count Luxburg's conduct and would find him another post. It is difficult to comprehend the mind of a ruler who can be guilty of such a display of tactless impertinence to Argentina at a moment when his Foreign Minister was seeking to preserve the friendship of one of the very few important nations that had not declared against Germany:
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