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Show LANSING SOON TO MAKE THE REPLY Secretary of State Now Preparing Communi- cation For Approval of the President That Will Be Most Pointed. WAHHINOTON I O Jul) 12 Work mm begun tnda) tij Hrcretar) Lansing n the draft of n note to be sent to the German government ex-pressing ex-pressing the attitude vhlch the United Htates wilt take toward Herman) mtbmnrlne warfare as it affect the right of netitralu hen t ,,,,. plcted there will be a consultation ho-twern ho-twern Hccretar) Lansing and Presl-dent Presl-dent Wilson who will decide the pol. lo to be pursued No Intimation In obtainable as yet n to tho course which the American Ameri-can government will follow but there la even Indication In nrriilal nuar-tera nuar-tera that the relations between tier-tnanj tier-tnanj nnd the United State have Income In-come so strained as to make It neces-ar neces-ar to weigh carefully the phraseology phrase-ology of the next communlratlon and to measure full) the rrsponslblllt) ond consequences which may be required bj Its contents. No Kiirnnilir of Itlgltt. That there la to be no surrender of American rights In the new note Is practical!) certain according to the Mew taken b officials thus far and It la alao assured that the Herman proposal for the Immunll) of Amerl-ton Amerl-ton passenger ships not iarrlng contraband con-traband will be rejected Just what steps will be taken by the "tilted Htatia as a remit of acrmaiiy's failure to dlsnwtw the sinking of the l.usl-tanla l.usl-tanla Is moat uncertain It Is this IsMie the Iota of one hundrid American Ameri-can llws for which Herman) has uiBciHimcu rrMiiiiiim inoi nas brought the situation to n grae and critical point It had been arranged that Secretary tanslng would go to Cornish, N 11. for n conference with the president as soon as the note had been care-full) care-full) examined here and the secretar) hnd prepared u draft of the reply It ma) le howoer that the president will deride to return to Washington Instead llcrn-torff U KWUflnl. Count on Iternttorff, the Herman ambaaudor here, will call on Hct.ro-tan Hct.ro-tan laming In a da) or two to learn tnformall) the attitude of the I'nlted Hlates toward the Otrmnn reply That there are to be no Informal negotiations, however, oil the aubjeet has Iteen made plain and the ambassador am-bassador Interview er) probahl) will partake more of the naturo of n call for Information ruthrr than dls iuuiIoii The nmbnasador la understood to be In thorough accord with his government govern-ment on the repl) which he regards as sallsfai tor) and as lending Itself to further negotiations. At the While 1 1 oil He It wan stnttd there had been no word of nil) ihange In the piealdeiila plan and It was regarded re-garded as certain that he would not return from t irnlsh for several days. ntiMDKM h.m' ivrrniihi ;i:hm Mrii: t i.iititic CiillMHIl N II J"!) II I'real-dent I'real-dent Wilson devotMl his nttrntlon ti-la ti-la to a dttalhd slud) of the situation situa-tion growing out of the receipt of th (stoat Herman note on suhmarlii" war fore After n K.mr f gulf tin rUr0 to his stud) at llarlakenden House with the off It nil text of the note In-fore In-fore him The president gave dlnctlon Ihil he be lft undlMiirUd and paid bss attention than usual to the morning mall retelved from Washington No plans wtre made this morning for President luxm's n turn to Wish-Ington Wish-Ington and there was ever) Intimation that he Intended remaining here rev rnl da)s Ioniser 11) the tlmo hi goes back to Washington. It Is expeued that he wilt hive the ne Ul I" tho Amtrlcan pollt) mapped nit In 1 centra! cen-tra! wa) II T Till'. I MTI!I STAT IX iii:mm)i:h or i:iimny That Herman) acknowledge respon-slblllt) respon-slblllt) for the sinking of the I.usltonla nnd disavow tho uU of her submarine tommander That Herman) offer to muke reparation repar-ation for Injuries which are without ,nThT Clirmaw take Immedlato steps to prevent the returrence of an) thing so obvlousl) sudverslvo to the principles of warfare Itecognltlun and aUnojvledgement l) Herman) of the rights of Amerl-ctw Amerl-ctw to travel on merchant vessela of belligerent natlonallt) Aaaurantea that the lives of Americans Ameri-cans would be safeguarded whether on merlean ship or vessels of bel-Ilgerent bel-Ilgerent natlonallt) Olmervnnee of the rules or International Interna-tional law regarding the vlalt and soarih of suspected merchantmen Discontinuance of ncrmanya submarine sub-marine wnrfnre against American ves-sola ves-sola What Htrmauy lt piled. That she has no Intention of attacking at-tacking nentral eaels whkh have not been guilty of am hostile act ' That the responslblllt) for the sink-Ing sink-Ing of the I.usltanla rests on the Ilrl-tlsh Ilrl-tlsh government and the Oman! com-pan) com-pan) Conaequentl) she does not promise reparation That sho will not plate In jcojard) the lives of mcrlcnn rltltens on lieu-trat lieu-trat vessels. That sho does not recognise tho right of Atnerleatva to travel on ahlps earning an rneni) flag and the pre. enee of Americana shall not protect Veeatla of a belligerent natlonallt) That safe paasagt will be given American pasaenger steamcra when Herman) la notified "a reasonable time In advance' of their movement, and the veaes are made recognisable b) spttlal markings. Herman) expects, ex-pects, nlso that the United Htates will see to It that the) have no contraband on Imard 111 iirovnie raie nccommotiaiions for Americans who desire to travel In H ii rope, tho United Htates should Install In-stall In pasoenger servlte a reasonable reason-able numlcr" of neutral steamers under un-der the American flag If this tannnt bo done Herman) will Interpose no objection If four rtiem) passenger esols are placed under the American Nag for service between the I'nlted Htates and Kng-land Kng-land and they will not be molested provided the) observe the same condition con-dition laid down for American pas-st pas-st tiger vessels. |