America and War.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1915, Page 5

America and War.

' THE BRITISH NOTE. ANOTHER T!; BE L'iUvSKXTKD. Received ,I illy i! 8, j.,j p.m. Washington, .luh '27. Sir E. Grey lists requested .Mr. Lansing •0 (U'lu.v publication uf the Urit.sh Note, pciulintf. iht! delivery of another. .Mr. Lansing has agreed to tin; delay. ROOSEVELT AGAIN. .MUKE LURID SPEAKING. Received July i!S, 8 p.m. London, ,lulv 2s. ilr. Roosevelt, at San Diego, charaeterised the torpedoing of tile Lcehiiuaw as "a damnable outrage." The condition to which the pcace-at-any-price policy liatl brought the United States was "perfectly hellish."

A GERMAN DEFENCE. OF SUBMARINE WARFARE. New York, July 27. The Vossiclie Zeitung publishes the following regarding the United States' latest Note: "'The refusal to accept Germany's proposal to protect American passengers shows absoutte lack of readiness to understand the German standpoint. The. principle that belligerent States must protect neutrals is untenable, and if applied in the fullest sense would mean abdication to neutrals. It is true that belligerents must protect neutrals, but only provided neutrals do everything to prevent their citizens going into situations where protection is impossible. Victory over an enemy is the supreme law for every belligerent. Those who; demand that Germany should conduct the rules according to the aea- j demic rules of a professor expect Ger-j many either to endanger her submarines or relinquish the warfare. This is not' neutrality, but partisanship again, t. Germam. The passengers on the Lusitania could have 'been saved, but were neglected. Germany has a clean conscience and no reason to disapprove of the conduct of her submarine commanders," A BISHOP'S VIEWS. SYMPATHY FOR THE ALLIES. Sydney, July 23, Bishop lloss, of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, arrived by the Ventura. Referring to America's attitude in the war he said that 95 per cent, of Americans sympathised with the Allies, 75 per cent, enthusiastically. President Wilson was a courageous man without storm or bluster, who talked straight and meant what he said, and would stand by it. America's position was a delicate one, and President Wilson Was wisely endeavoring to use every possible means to avoid hostilities. The great body of the people knew enough of war to have a wholesome dread of it, but in the final issue, if America's honor were at stake, there would not be a minute's hesitation. If the call was made a million men would rally to the colors in a dav.