America.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 96, 29 March 1916, Page 5

America.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. THE SITUATION ACUTE. FATE OF THE SUSSEX. United Beebe Association. Washington, March 27. The situation is acute. The Government is endeavoring to determine beyond doubt how the Sussex and the Englishman were destroyed. Following a conference with Presrdent Wilson and Mr Lansing, a high official stated that diplomatic relations would probably be broken off it if were proved the Sussex was torpedoed. Before taking action President Wilson will lay the situation before Congress, as the breaking off of relations would probably mean war. If it be proved that a submarine sank the Sussex, the State Department will ask Germany to disavow the Act, offer reparation, and punish the submarine commander. Republican newspapers describe this as farcical. The Associated Press correspondent announces authoritatively that Germany believes the Sussex was mined. If she was torpedoed, Germany is prepared to disavow the act and punish the commander. The correspondent states that Count Bernstorff had a good deal to do with the retirement of Admiral von Tirpitz, whose views on submarine warfare conflicted with his own, QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT. SEIZURE OF SHIPS URGED. (Received 8.10 a.m.) Paris, March 23. The editor of the New York Herald asks President Wilson respectfully: How many Americans must be killed before the United States declares war on Germany? The paper urges the immediate seizure of German ships interned) in the United States’ ports.