Show I II PRESS COMMENT ON I II I GERM GERMANYS GERMANY'S YS Y'S NOTE N BJ ACM ACM- Nc ew York lork V x Y Y Time Thc The Germah German Ger Ger- man mali reply Is not responsive to our de de- de mand It does not promote that clear and full understanding as ns to a grave ra e situation which President Wilson In his note declared to bo ho desirable The manner In which Berlin receives our representations In regard to tho sinking of the Lusitania cannot fall fail to create a n. most disagreeable Impression Impression Im Im- im- im In this country countr which the notes note's outward out form of ot courtesy courtes will not remove remo Xe York X N. Y V World The World-The The German German German Ger Ger- man noto note In response to the American J protest against submarine submarino attacks s upon merchantmen does docs not meet tho the Issue It Is worse than evasive o It Is Insincere Insincere cere even en pettifogging Regret will willbe willbe Ill be felt everywhere e In tho the United States that tho the affairs of a n great people believed bo- bo to be friend friendly have fallen Into Into the hands of oC men capable of such desperate des des- trifling Xe New York X N. Y Tribune Ger Ger Germanys Germany's man many's s answer to our governments government's protest against the slaughter of Its citizens peacefully and lawfully going about their hu business on the tho high seas will vilI not satisfy American opinion Courteous on the surface as Herr Herron on von Jagow's communication Is It docs does not strike the note which the tho people of oC 1 this country countr hoped that it I New York Yurl N. N Y V. Pro IreK Berlins Berlin's an answer answer answer an- an to President Wilsons Wilson's protest Is friendly gracious unsatisfactory and S The point as made unmistakable unmistakable able in Mr r. r Wilsons Wilson's note Is that the Von admiralty must stop slaughtering American citizens whether er or In the case of a n or a Lusitania Lusitania Lusi Lusi- tania whether b by pairs or by b- scores New Xe York fX lX N. N YI Y Y Germany has line Ignored the tIe real Issue presented b by tho the American note noto of oC May Ia 13 As was clearly s set et forth In that historic document the attitude of oC the United States Is not based upon an any one of oC the tho series of oC events cited but upon the principle Involved ed In the method of ot warfare In which the they were incidents The United States stands today the champion of ot neutral ri rights and noncombatant noncombatant non- non combatant humanity In the case case of German versus civilization the United States holds n a brief brieC for civilization civilization- an and will to tho the end Germany German must respect the rl rights of or noncombatants traveling traveling- upon the high seas i U I t L n v urK I LC lC ply of the German government shows conclusively that Germany Is most anxious to live at peace ce with America That she desires to b be shown where she Is In the wrong is but natural and we think men mon will conce concede e that with tho the vessel being carried on the tho na navy list ns as an auxiliary cruiser the presumption is strong strong- that German submarine officers thought her armed and read ready to offer resistance I Chicago III Ill Tribune Even Even though as Washington is confident it can be shown that the tho Lusitania was as not armed with guns or conveying soldiers Germany has succeeded in raising raisIng- points which in consideration of ot the very advanced position taken ken b by our government with respect to arbitration arbitration arbitration tion we wo should find some embarrassment embarrass embarrass- ment hi ITI refusing refusing- to discuss and perhaps per pea haps Imps even e referring to The Hague The Chicago III Herald The TheAmer The American Amer Amer- lean ican people regret that tho the German governments government's answer fails taUs wholly to meet the tIme main points at issue both the specific point of or the slaughter of or American citizens on the tIme and the general point of tho impossibility of r employing submarines In the destruction destruction de do- of ot commerce without disregarding there there- garding rules of ot fairness reason justice justice justice jus jus- tice and humanity the established principles of oC International law St. St Louis Louls Mo The Tho most remarkable thing about this document is the tho area arca and extent of oC Its silences Its chief chic significance is la not In the tho things tImings put in In but In the timings things s left out It ignores time the whole fabric of ot International law Jaw and tho the rights under it of ot Americans on the high seas St. St Louis Loul plo Mo Globe Globe-D Globe Democrat No Nomore o more unyielding a reply could have been written with proper rc regard for diplomatic amenities That the answer will not be found satisfactory to the tIme United States goes gOCS without saying Chicago I Prele Pre Press Tho e Tho adminIstration admin admin- cannot honestly dodge the questions raised by German Germany The German government docs does not don deny responsibility for the sinking of OC the Lusitania but wishes to determine the status of tho the ship whether she was an auxiliary cruiser Chicago Journal The Journal The claim that the was an armed vessel Is an unmixed insult to the United States which cleared tho the ship as 8 a merchantman merchant merchant- man Ian but the request for an ga- ga tion of oC circumstances alread already known to the civilized world is as shifty as ItIs Itis it itis I is insolent Duluth It Herald It simply Increases the necessity of ot keeping a n. tight hold holdon on personal feeling and of or giving gl the president a free field for expression of oC Americas America's position Wo Yo know that it will sIll be prompt and adequate The rite Milwaukee Sentinel Sentinel Time The German Ger Ger- man preliminary r reply therefore Is meant to open tho the wa way for further discussion while scrupulously avoiding a the tIme appearance of shutting abutting tho the door to tho the hope of ot arrangement that will ill make for rights and safet safety of or neutrals while preserving Germanys Germany's right to avail herself fully of the means at ather ather ather her disposition to combat Britain's overwhelming o preponderance of sea sea- power It would bo be preposterous to expect Germany German to discontinue positively positive positive- I ly her uso use of oC submarines n against the commerce of the enemy Star Level ol headed Americans will await the progress of events e with calmness if German Germany has nn any facts or Information to Justify its assumption that the time Lusitania was armed or carried explosives It should be permitted to offer them Journal Courier The Courier The German German German Ger Ger- man answer to tho the American note Is a quibble The time lime Is la at hand when the president must meet the demands deman s of oC his countr mm that nothing must happen happen happen hap hap- pen to trail our majesty maJest before an any other majesty majest and that the United States shall la ha lay down to belligerents certain rights and laws of neutrality which the tho they shall be required to obey If It need be be by nil all the force we are able to put in the field Less than this the tIme countr country will not support Philadelphia Pa Po Inquirer The Inquirer The reply Is temporizing In Sn nature It Is Isa Isa a play for time a studied effort to Involve this countr country In a meaningless anti and long drawn out discussion far afield from the real point of ot Issue To put It plainly Germany I la is trifling with tho the United States Stale tate Philadelphia Pre The Tho The text of oC Germans Germanys Germany's Ger- Ger manya many's mans reply to tho the American Lusi Lusi- T TIlla Tt t tania Illa note noto Is 18 extremely unsatisfactory The reply docs hoes not nor meet tIme the issue It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is clear that the time maintenance of friendly friend friend- I ly Jr relations with sith the German Gorman government government govern O ment In the light of oC tho thu attitude which It has chosen to talce take Is going to bevery bo be boer bovery er very difficult Albany X t Y 1 l Knickerbocker Press The reply Is deliberately evasive c It ItI ItIs Itis I Is an aTm answer which purposely docs does not answer Germany German evidently e Is playing for time n. n C. C Post Post Pod Germanys Germany's failure to measure the depth of AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican feeling feeling- over o tho the Lusitania case will cause profound disappointment and uneasiness In the tho United States Slates Tho Time ThoA A American people shrink with horror from tho the thought of going to war with Germany but It need not be bo denied that tho thin failure of ot Germanys German military government So to guarantee g the tIme safety of ot American lives Jives at sea arouses keen apprehension apprehension apprehension ap ap- ap- ap of or future happenings Mass Mans Herald The herald The reply oCtha of oC the tha Imperial German government so to the tho noto nato of President Wilson makes a avery avery very specious presentation of oC a aeJ aery eJ very ery bad bod case It avoids olds and evades e the main Issue The sooner the President makes clear that we ve have havo no time to waste In tho the ascertainment of what our rights are aro tho time better It will bo all around Dally Telegraph Tribune German We Ve We believe belle that the German GermanI I government o has answered every overy question ques tion In the Presidents President's note satisfactorily tOnI except one and on that one It desires further Information Pittsburgh Pa Gazette Times Times The Tho lives and anti rights of American citizens cannot le legitimately be construed as ns contingent upon a readjustment of war conditions to meet the necessities of Germany ny Cincinnati Time Thc The German note Is 18 courteous in tone The TIme note noto docs does not sa say that the Amer Amer- ican position is untenable It merely demands that the facts in the caso case be first established It takes the tho good old American view that the complainant complain complain- ant must bring forth the time evidence of or orthe the guilt of tho the accused Detroit Journal Without despairing of or final agreement one is obliged to regard tho the German reply as unsatisfactory Scarcely ly shall wo we e quibble over oer the tIme reasonableness ness or Unreasonableness unreasonableness unreasonableness un un- reasonableness of the tho question The Americans aro are not hot disposed to be he reasonable where tho the lives JIves of their fellow citizens arc are concerned conc The placing of an embargo on all munitions of war ivar all food all passenger travel with sill all belligerent countries will best insure us that safet safety and peace which we desire Dallas T Texan Times Herald Ger Times Ger Germany many has spoken Its wor words s are arc not welcome to Americans ears cars Yet to American people this duty still remains Ins Keep cool and stand b by the President City CUT Mo Dlo Star There Star There is nothing nothing- in tho the German noto note to alter tho the position of tho tIme United States as asset asset asset set forth In iii President Wilsons Wilson's communication communication com corn of or May a 13 This government government govern govern- o ment would fall fail In Its duty to its citIzens citizens citizens cit cit- cit cit- and to the cause of or humanity if it Oit did lid not stand b by the terms of ot Its great protest Die Pot Post St. St Mo 10 Only Incorrigible Jingoes can expect of I Germany that like e a whipped schoolboy It will accept the tho reprimand intended for It it regardless of whether b by thus yielding it would Inflict upon Itself In Incalculable Incalculable incalculable In- In calculable injury Injun The President has I the right after careful reflection to dismiss the grounds submitted to him for a rehearing of ot the process but first he lie must accord them his most re respectful respectful re- re attention and before all things must not regard reg-ard it as an nn Insult that thata a nation striving ln for Its very being seeks to Justify Its methods of war warin Var ivar- VarIn in fact the only ones In which she Is superior to her adversary on the seas Omaha World Herald World The The situation resulting g from tho the exchange of oC notes Is delicate Indeed precarious Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many b by taking extraordinary precautions precautions not to destroy additional American Ameri Amen can lives might well bo be able to continue continue continuo con con- its submarine warfare without Involving In a rupture with the government govern govern- ment mont of oC the United States But it is difficult to see how such a rupture Isto Isto is isto to be avoided if the demand for fer reparation Is not complied compiled with Omaha Neb Hee Tho Dee Tho kaisers kaiser's government government government gov gov- is not willing to concede all the points raised by Mr l Wilson as es essentially essentially es- es necessary to the maintenance of ot friendly relations Tho The diplomats of ot must have known the noto note would not bo ue satisfactory Further correspondence may servo serve to relieve a situation that Just n nw w seems serious Portland Or Ore It Oregonian It Is nn an evasive plea In extenuation an apparent apparent ent emit play for time while the objectionable objection objection- able course Is still pursued New Orleans H Ln La States States Germanys Germanys Germany's s pitiful lack of tactful statesmen so 50 often orten remarked during the war and responsIble responsible re- re for her hor present Isolation again aln is reflected in iii the manner in which she has met tho the American note I She Sho has preferred to meet the righteous American protest against her merciless slaughter hur S b by evasions as weak as the they are arc unworthy 0 El EI Paso Tex Per Herald Herald Germanys Germanys Germany's reply is 15 no Ho answer It docs does not meet ono one single point in the American note The Sioux City In la Tribune Ger Tribune Ger Germany man many Is short of oC diplomats The full text of or her reply to the representations ns of oC this government o over the sinking of the tho Is not only onh a a. palpable evasion of or the Issues presented in tho the Washington l letter but the general g tone Is flippant and unnecessarily if it not In Intentional Intentionally In- In offensive It puts In issue the time truthfulness and the honor of ot the tho American government and of President Wilson Wilsen as a a. man nian It Is beneath the dl dignity of this government government gov gov- to carr carry on a t correspondence with a n nation using tho the tone tono d 1 holdIng holdIng holding hold- hold Ing Ing- to this view of ot Its dut duty to a civilIzed civilized civil civil- power to sa say nothing cf of its treat treaty agre agreements em c n ts Seattle Wash n I Time Since we have been patient to an Incredible de degree ee- ee IC- IC gree nothing will wil be lost through a conce concession concession con con- ce cession lon whereby the diplomatic representatives M es of ot the tw go 0 will wil find out exact exactly what are arc the facts Seattle Pol Pout Post Politely but faU flatly does bee the imperial government govern overn- ment justify Its is war policy It disavows lie die avows nothing The sacred duty so clearly Indicated a a fortnight n ago o b by President Wilson now becomes all aU the themore themore the more sacred and Imperative Stockton Cal Mall What What ni What this country wants la is IJ not effusive regrets for our loss In tho the disaster modified b by a a denial of ot responsibility but Just reparation and a guarantee that Germany will wil cease her outrages upon the high seus Va nb h. h X Net Prom s-Prom From German Ger- Ger man manya many's 9 standpoint and from ours If It wo we were In the German shoes |