Dumba
KONSTANTIN THEODOR, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United States in 1914, at the outbreak of the World War. The United States was at this time holding a neutral attitude toward the war in DUMFRIESSHIRE Europe. On Aug. 30, 1915, an American correspondent was arrested in Falmouth, England, as he was landing from a trans- Atlantic liner and among his papers, which were seized, was found a message from Dr. Dumba to Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister. In this letter the Austrian Ambassador suggested the blowing up of a number of American munition factories, which were supplying Great Britain and her allies with war supplies. For this purpose, and general propaganda, funds were requested. The United States Government thereupon forced the official recall of Dr. Dumba.