UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

A DIFFICULT PATH. MR. GERARD'S REPORT. Received April 25, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, April 24. It is reported that Mr. Gerard's despatches indicate that Germany will make certain cessions, but it is difficult to find a way to satisfy the United States without arousing the German public. SETTLEMENT REPORTED PROBABLE. GERMANY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS Washington, April 24. it is understood that Germany is willmae certain concessions, but it is difficult to .Ind a way to satisfy the United partment are hopeful that these concessions will lead to an amicable settlement. INCRIMINATING DOCUMENTS SEIZED. BERNSTORFF'S DUPLICITY. London, April 24. The New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that von Jgel's documents include a code book which has enabled the police to identify many sensational papers previously seized. The book shows that Count Bernstorff is in the same category as von Papen and Dr. Dnmba, the Austrian Ambassador. Count Bernstorff's claim for the return of documents was met by Mr. Lansing's claim to discriminate between official and unofficial

FRENCH LINERS ARMING. Washington, April 24. All the French liners arriving in future will be armed. The Rochamfieau arrived with guns on board. The American attitude, it is believed, will soon be changed.

THE USE OF SUBMARINES. FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY. New York, April 24. Messages from Berlin state that- the majority of the papers comment at length on the American Note. Some consider there is a probability of Germany attempting to meet President Wilson's demands. The Zeitung Gamittag declares that the Note will not electrify Germany as it was reported it would, but has electrified America. "Germany has been willing to go to the utmost limits to meet the United States ever since the American Government sought to restrict, and even make ineffective, our weapon of necessity. We, as has been proved a thousand times to every thinking man, have so far guarded the interests of neutrals that no clash of opinion has arisen among us. To the last man the German people is united and will not let the submarine be wrenched from our hands. It is the weapon we need, because it has shown itself effective. We use it according to principles which justify the humanity always invoked in the American Notes, and will use it in the future because it is our right, and because the humane consideration of our existence as a State and the future of ov.r wives and children compel us. Therefore we await with calmness and determination what President Wilson again has to say."