Karl von Luxburg (10 May 1872 in Würzburg – 2 April 1956 in Ramos Mejía, Argentina) was German chargé d'affaires at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1917, during World War I.
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Incident
editIn the summer of 1917, Luxburg sent secret dispatches to Berlin through the Swedish legation via Stockholm, which were made public by United States Secretary of State Robert Lansing. These dispatches urged that certain neutral Argentine ships should be "spurlos versenkt" — destroyed without a trace. They also revealed a plot to violate Brazilian sovereignty by consolidating the German settlement in Brazil.[1] The publication of the documents resulted in the dismissal of Count Luxburg from Argentina, and the virtual entrance of Argentina into the war. Luxburg was also Minister to Uruguay, and on his dismissal from Argentina, he asked for a passport to Montevideo instead of to Berlin.
Notes
edit- ^ "German Political Designs with Reference to Brazil". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 2 (4): 586–610. 1919. doi:10.2307/2505875. hdl:2027/uc1.c2748031. ISSN 0018-2168. JSTOR 2505875.
References
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
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