CRISIS IMMINENT ,

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2548, 24 August 1915, Page 5

CRISIS IMMINENT ,

UNITED STATES AND THE PIRATE WAR INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN AMERICA By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright Washington; August 22. Mr. Tumulty, the President's Secretary, in a speech on Saturday last, declared that a crisis with Germany • was imminent. • The statement is regarded ! as having been inspired by President Wilson, and has intetisifiecl public er-i cit-einoirt. . MR. ROOSEVELT SPEAKS OUT. TIME FOR WORDS IS PAST. (Rec: August 23, 10.30 p.m.) New York, August 22. ', Mr. .Theodore Roosevelt,, in a stato° rnent to the Press, hoped that.the suggestion in the Arabic case-'for 'the dis- ' missal of Count Bemstorf? (German Ambasador) and the severance of diplomatic relations, would not bs adopted, 'lor the Government to do so," he said, "would be a fresh sacrifico oB American honour and interest. The President's February was excel-' lent, if it had been lived up to. Every subsequent Note was nothing but weakness and timidity. ' "The time for.words has long gone past and_it is inconceivable to the inheritors of ill© traditions of Georgo Washington and Abraham Lincoln that the Government cannot see that the time for deeds has conie. These fresh occurrences are a lamentable proof of the unwisdom of the people in not ■ insisting upou iohr military preparedness'being begun thirteen months ago. 1 '