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Show 1 BERLIN PAPERS MAKE ATTACK ON : s THE PRESIDENT Accuse Wilson of Being Under British and French T Influence When He Ad dressed Congress TAKE UP CUDGELS FOR THE AUSTRIANS ti si j American Note in Ancona b Case Is Described as Simi ti 0 lar to a Dog Being Set jtr Upon Its Prey if a & jj,, BERLIN via London Dec 1" 12 3o j a m The Berl n morn ng papers pub lisb. a spec al w rele s d apateh from "JJ New York to the semi off c al Wolff flh bureau stating that public op n on in g America is greatly stirred aga nst Ger many by the alleged German attacks g on American neutrality and against ajnmimlt on factories and by reason of tbt the disclosures at the tr als of Germans jD recently held It quotes New York jj newspapers as saj mg that some of the congressmen intend to ask for a rupture to f diplomatic relations hi Tie Tossische Ze tung publishes the J d spatch with the headline ai American incitation against Ger hi many and comments as follows Jj! It was to be expected that at the as convening of congress the Bnt sh party ai would make every effort to bring about CT a new excitement against Germany in order to Idistract the attent on of con re) gress from the question of British pres E sure on America This is also President ai Wilson s intention.' ti Use Hunting Expression Several of the other papers ubs sim 1 flar headl nes with the word. Hetze which is a hunting expresion describing 2 the setting of a dog on its prey ft Only a few of the papers print the hj K. news of the possible demand of the SHE United States for the recall of Alex 7r aner Ton Nuber Anstro Hungarian risK consul general at New York. The Jlor (jS gen. Post however makes it a leading front page article and comments fife "Mr Wilson rages among Our diplo $1. nuts Thus he preserves the impartial !Jt Hy which we miss from him as soon as If it is a case of the British or the 4jf French Tf The Morgen Post also publishes a rt message to the Wolff bureau qnot ng 1 Secretary Lansing as saying that the J recall of Captain Boy Ed and Captain j von Papen the naval and military at 1 taches respectively of the German em J bassy at Wash ngton has no pol t cal background The Morgen Post com a ments sarcast callv u Perhaps Jlr V lson simply wanted I to do the two officers a favor by help rag them to return to their beloved home and perhaps the mo sture wh ch he has shed over German Americans came from the sea of his love for every thing that is German The Morgen Post cons ders the Amer ican note in the Ancona case as a fur ther hetze Unfriendly Act Charged The Kreus Zeitung says of the Lan ting statement I 'If the demand for the recall of the 3 attaches has no pol t cal background it j is an unfriendly act wh ch fits per a fectly into the frame of Pres dent Wil son s general pol cv toward Germany Count von Eeventlow in the Tage Zeitung has a leader headed Wilson's J Policy Toward German He says it la impossible to d sc ss the question I, folly because the neeot at ons Between Germany and the United States have I recently been carried on secretly and be cause ex sting regulat ons forb d the touching of certain questions He de clares that the American wishes n va I nous d rect ons ha e been complied w th by Germany to the fullest extent and adds One Is aston shed to learn from a New York dlspa ch to the Woff bureau that trie Lusltanla afra not yet fully set tied j Figures Out Reason fount von Re en 6w de are that the press ampalgn aga nst Ofrmanv Is n line with M VV on s att do a hough Ind gnant r t rtsm f a og d rerm,n at I tacks s of e en da e and cont nuee One m ght almost assume ha as M Wilson s onvln ed that he cannot win the German American element for him se f anyway he now abandons f her attempts ana p ctures German Americans as the country a enemies ac ordlng to the o d ru e now gi e t o him good Prob ab he des res a so to take he w nd o t of h al s Mr Roose fit s n t fo Roose elt has a ways demanded a up u e of e at ons w th German fo nt on Re en on a s t a a f e Ing of general surprise ex s among Oe mans 0 er Pres den Wilson s anguage and the tone of the area pa of he American press af er aermanv had gone so far In meeting the wishes of the Ln ted Sta es The Lokal Anzelger and he Kreuz Ze tung comment on the Ancona note The Loka Anze ger wh e cast ng d ubt 0 he eorre tness of e sun mar of the note as sent h e ema ks If true then P es dent W son gross loates ntemat ona aw who e g ard an he pretends to be M ch s poss hie e adm t w h the d pi ma s a o ho WhI Housf but we must awa t he pub lea t on of the Ancona note bef re be e ng that they have abandoned the ega pos Hon In the cae of Ausf a wh h he president h mself on y a fe mon hs ago laid down In the negotla ns w th rr many respecting subms n( If the dlspat h rece ed here ire then pp haps Pres dent M I son w b so k nd as n dmonst e bef a e Oe man and Aus ran na s he k of bringing Into safet passenge of a ch p r ng to escape pun t b fl gh Th rules contro ng ft mar nes n such cases are precise y the same as those g ernlng warsh ps of the o d type Pres ent W son wou d no therefore e en have the p etext of demand ng that new warcraft conform o he ex s ng stlpu atlons of n ernatlona aw The Kreus Ze t ng re n p es den Wl son s a t on as 1 c a ed w y he ex gen ei of domes po an h nks that h se w be b appo nted who hopei hat f e ie t emen of the A ah a e an he n ng of h o P ng n An po cv wou grow mo p onoun aga ns E g an ever he e on des n ad he e to o v ew ha w sh ng ablnet and the me an poop a r from des ng v. ft wh h n ed a se s no terro |