Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-09-14 | Page 1 | German Papers Score Gerard

GERMAN PAPERS PAPERS' SCORE GERARD Ambassador Denies Having Made Remark for Which He Is Criticized I B Berlin Sept 13 The The American ambassador am 1 bas ador James W. W Gerard again ia la launder under fire tire In a J. J section of ot the German press this time to for a remark attributed te to him hun regarding a speech made recently recent recent- I ly 13 b by Dr Gustav Gusta national liberal m member of oi the tho advocating o nd eating cating among other things a a. resumption mp- mp tion of the submarine warfare Amba Ambassador Gerard is quoted as saying saying say say- ing InS that he did not understand how the representatives of ot districts for tor which export to America was ws a vital question advocate ocate ruthless 8 submarine warfare The National Liberal Press agency In a communication to the newspaper takes take the ambassador to task for tor what Is h term termed d unwarranted intervention Inter in a purely German question question ques ques- tion and says BaS that t h t the ambassadors ambassador's remark is characterized by that naive pre presumptuousness which believes that the decision lon affecting Germanys Germany's political political poUt poUt- ical leal future will be dictated b by Germanys Germany's Oar Ger many's American export interests Interest The Tho paper declares that Ambassador Gerard would de do better to leave lea to the responsible German authorities tho the decision decision de decision de- de on what use is to be made of ot the means at their command against England and adds The art and manner in which Ambassador Am Am A.m. bas ador Gerard Gerard and and not for or the first time time looks looks after atter British interests Is extreme extremely characteristic of his general attitude The American ambassador In reply mann says he never ne heard of ot Dr speech and certainly never or made any at attributed attributed at at- public utterance f c-f the thc nature th the th to him His Ills attitude on submarine Issue ho he declares is based on pro Americans not pro British jao- jao tives