H. H. Asquith, House of Commons,
November 2, 1915.
THE NEXT TO BE KICKED OUT
Dumba's Master
By reason of the admitted purpose and intent of Mr. Dumba to conspire to cripple legitimate industries of the people of the United States and to interrupt their legitimate trade and by reason of the flagrant violation of diplomatic propriety in employing an American citizen protected by an American passport as a secret bearer of official dispatches through the lines of the enemy of Austria-Hungary, the President directs me to inform your Excellency that Mr. Dumba is no longer acceptable to the Government of the United States as the Ambassador of his Imperial Majesty at Washington.
Official American Note Requesting the Recall of
Mr. Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador.
September, 1916.