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Show WILSON UNDECIDED AS TO HIS COURSE WASHINGTON", Feb. 7. Publication today in the preps of th text of the German official memorandum on zones of eafety produced a profound Impression on officials and diplomats in the national capital, who are still awaiting tiie ofii-cial ofii-cial text. As the memorandum revealfd that German Ger-man naval commanders had been given orders "to avoid violence" to neutral ships, it was regarded as more reassuring reassur-ing tha n the brief proclamation, though there was some uneaMnes over the suggestion sug-gestion in the memorandum tha t efforts to torpedo enemy merchant &hips might unintentionally strike neutral vessels. President Wilson and hie cabinet have come to no decision as to whether or not there will be any protest from the United States government. It was g?.id some inquiry might be made lo determine what steps are planned to take off passengers passen-gers and crew b from enemv merchant ships as well as neutral vessels, the former for-mer because of the cveac number of American citizens accustomed to travel on belligerent passenger steamers to Europe. Eu-rope. Tiie declaration of London provides that all persons aboard an enemy merchant mer-chant ship must be saved before the vessel ves-sel is destroyed. |