UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

SMOOTHING THE PATH, CO-OPERATION DESIRED. " Washington, Feb. 7. Germany is attempting to induce the United States to co-operate -with lier In an endeavour to secure tlie freedom of the spa 9 before the war ends. Her concessions in connection with the Lusitania case were made with such an object in view. Germany has agreed that reprisals must not be directed against any other than enemy subjects. It is probable the United States will accept this phrase as a substitute for the word "illegal." ■which was incorporated in the Lusitania Notes referring to the submarine campaign.

ATTITUDE TO GERMANY. AN AMBASSADOR'S MEWS. Received Feb. 8, 7.10 p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. 8. Mr. Morgenthan, the American Ambassador at Constantinople, is proceeding to Washington on an important mission. He said he did not believe there was i». possibility of a German-American conflict. THE LUSITANIA CASE. REPORTED PRACTICALLY SETTLED. Received Feb. 8, 8.18 pjn. London, Feb. 8. ReuteT's New York correspondent savs that here choice words will not be permitted to interfere with the Lusitania negotiations. America will not insist ! on the use of the word illegal or disavowal, and it is believed the case is practically settled.

BERLIN TO WASHINGTON. WHAT YON PAPEN WAS TOLD. SOME REMARKABLE LETTERS.' Received Feb. 8, 8.10 p.m. " London, Feb. 8. A White Paper has been issued containing a selection of papers found on von Papen, also a facsimile of many cheques. A letter from the Disconton Gesellschaft, Potsdam, to von Papen, dated July "25, 1914, stated: "Austria -will probaly declare war." There was a postscript adding: "We have never before seen such preparations for war as there are at present."

A letter from Berlin, dated September 29, 1914, and signed "Filipino," requests von Papen to arrange for wide publicity for certain newspapers' articles. The correspondent stated: "At first things went off at a giant's pace. The Austrians are fighting well, but their leadership is bad. They had to retreat to the Carpathians. The reaction consequent on the Balkans' and Italy's attitude is correspondingly bad, but our troops will pull tile matter through all right. The war will probably drag over the winter.''

Several letters show that E. H. Fox was understood to be the general manager of Wildman's Magazine and News Agency, and he played an important part in the American press campaign from Berlin. Fox, writing to von Papen, expressed the conviction that the misunderstandings between the two countries were due to the poor advice and the warped viewpoint of the American Embassy. Price H. Sazefield, of Washington, in an undated letter, told von Papen that his (Sazefield's) wife had written to say that Bulgaria would certainly join U3 after the harvest at the end of August, and that Roumania would remain inactive.

Count Dumba. writing to von Papon, on September 1, 1915, displays some anxiety about the Dardanelles holding nut. He added: "Everything has ended happily at Washington. The people already think they hear the bells of peace, but we haven't got that length yet."