AMERICAN NOTE DIRECT AND OUTSPOKEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2758, 29 April 1916, Page 5

AMERICAN NOTE DIRECT AND OUTSPOKEN

SITUATION MOST SERIOUS AUSTRIA WILL NOT RENOUNCE HER SUBMARINE POLICY ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydn»> "Sun" Services.) London, 'April 27. The German-American situation is uncertain. The German publio, is affronted by the directness and outspokenness, revealed by the full text of the Note, regarding it as hostile and bellicose. .The Vienna Press agrees that the situation is most serious, but asserts that Austria will not renounce the practice of torpedoing vessels in the Mediterranean. The Austrian Government is in Const&nt touch with Berlin regarding tho answer. _ ' . ' A breach between America-and Germany would be immediately followed by a breach with Austria, and probably t Turkey and Bulgaria; -■ GERMAN PROPAGANDIST PLOT IN UNITED STATES. ' » _ Washington, April 27. A German propagandist plot to d ispatch' thousands of telegrams, purporting to be signed by tho constituents of each Senator, protesting against the United States making war in any circumstances, has been exposed in tho " Senate. _ Organised German efforts to buy up American newspapers have also been discovered. / • POLICY OF UNITED STATES TOWARDS ARMED MERCHANTMEN. ■ '• ' ■ . Washington, April 27. The official declaration of the attitude of the United States towards armed merchantmen' has been made- public. It reiterates and explains that' the p\irppse of the Government is to recognise; tho riglit of a peaceful vessel to carry arms for defence, and 6ets forth tho conditions under which the United States holds that a submarine can capture other craft.