SOLUTION FOUND

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1944, Page 5

SOLUTION FOUND

ARGENTINE CRISIS

New Ministers Made Interim

Cabinet Members

N.Z. Press Association—Copyright Rec. 10 a.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Following the seizure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by a group of junior Army officers, the Argentine Government has reached a temporary solution of its Cabinet crisis by designating Vice-Admiral Sueyro, the newly-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Lieuten-ant-Colonel Cortese, the newlyappointed Presidential Secretary, interim members of the Cabinet until permanent officials are appointed, says the Buenos Ayres correspondent of the New York Times. The only permanent appointment is that of Senor Silguira as Minister of Justice, which is not a political post. It is learned that the decision of the President, General Ramirez, last week to declare war arose not only from the German Note but also from a Japanese protest over the arrest of Japanese naval attaches. General Ramirez considered the Japanese Note especially offensive, since it was a virtual ultimatum demanding apologies and the immediate release of the attaches, and threatening reprisals. A cable published last evening stated: "According to an informed diplomatic source an insolent German Note delivered on Friday last denied the charges of Nazi espionage in Argentina and threatened reprisals against Argentine diplomats in occupied countries. The Foreign Minister, General Gilbert, angrily demanded a declaration of war against the Reich and the rupture of relations with Spain because of their complicity in Axis espionage."