UNITED STATES.
'.'ARROGANT AND INSOLENT.
NEWSPAPERS OPPOSED TO GERMANY'S NOTE.
Washington, May 7. Mri Lansing said that mistakes in submarine warfare were not inadmissible. He might ask Germany to produce her . earlier orders to .ommanders in '< order to compare them with the new orders.. The New York' World describes the reply as arrogant, insolent and insulting. Amerijk could not contemplate the'suggeated' alliance with Germany with the view of breaking the British blockade. It would be a permanent stain on America's honor. Thtfe is a significant increase in the number of newspapers demanding compliance with; the laws of humanity.
THE NOTE ACCEPTED. GERMANY'S GOOD FAITH TO BE {■ '•' TESTED. . Washington, May 7. It is .understood that President Wilson accepts fjermariy's reply. Mr. Wilson* will frankly test Germany's good faith in carrying.out her undertaking. ■' FURTHER COMMENT. a TRENCHANT ARTICLE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received May 8, 5.5 p.m. London, May 7.
•The Times, in a leading article, says *|hat if the German concession stood alone it wojJd serve the American demand; but it does not stand alone.- The reply takes back with one hand the concession purported to be granted with the other, While attempting to embroil America with .the Allies, and claiming, if the concession is unsuccessful, Germany will have the right to commit unlimited piracy in defence of the freedom of the seas.
Referring to Germany's appeal to international law, the article says: "With Lonvain. Aerschott, Dinant, the Lusitania,' the Arabic, and many more black deeds recorded against their souls, they fcave the stupidity and cynicism to iri\ite Americans to dwell upon our efforts tn reduce Germany by the means by which the latter reached Paris in 1871. It is for President Wilson and his fellow citizens to judge regarding the sufficiency of the reply to'his last protest against the methods of submarining." ' The Times' Washington correspondent says that the tension is great over the German Note. - Elaborate steps are believed to have been taken against the possibility of a German uprising' on the lines of the Dublin revolt, in New York, where there are twenty thousand German reservists. The police have been strengthened, and similar precautions have been taken elsewhere to guard the waterworks and railway bridges. It is expected that if a break occurs owing to German disloyalty and disaffection, Congress and the pacificists, as well as the mass of those who are unwilling to riskwar, will be engulfed in the wave of fervid patriotism. The New York correspondent of the United Press'quotes an official statement that Germany is apparently greatly concerned and cannot see any justification for a break, and that Germany has gone much farther than early reports indicated.
An official statement will be forthcoming after President Wilson has digested the te.vt of the Note. The correspondent adds that, following on a long discussion of the unofficial text, there is no question as to the situation.
AT ITS FACE VALUE. OFFICIAL OPINIOK. ANOTHER TOPIC—THE POPE'S MESSAGE. ' Received May 8, 10.40 p.m. ;' Washington, May 8. . Officials are reticent as to the GovernJnent's intention, but declare that the essence of Germany's Note is the concession applying the rules of cruiser warfare to a submarine. They predict that President Wilson ■Will accept the face value of the declaration; that he will refuse to discuss w»th Germany any differences between America and Britain; and that any German ■{breach will be followed by a prompt severance of relations. The Pete's (message overshadows that •f Germany 1 £» a topic, as it is hinted ftftt it contains more than a hope against severance, aid coven a manifestation of the Teuton}* anxiety for peace-
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