Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-04-23 | Page 4 | Plans Are Made for Situation That May Arise

PLANS ARE MADE ' FOR SITUATION THAT MAY ARISE WASHINGTON, April 22. Tho United Unit-ed SI a I es government lias made tenia-tive tenia-tive plans to cope with every conceivable, conceiva-ble, situation which would result from the seerance of diplomatic relations with (Jenunny. J'Vir reasons t hev indi-cnt indi-cnt ed were obvious, of lie in Is fonigh t deemed it unwise to discuss the details. I lispa tches of nn important nature hourly are expected from L'mbiissridoT (M-iard. It is epected that before Mou-dn Mou-dn v, ni cerl a inl v soon t lierea I't er, t he ettibassarlor will le in a position to forecast fore-cast wilh some denree ot accuracy what will be the view of Die Herman government govern-ment . I a t he men ut ime, t he situal ion Jn Washington remains one of tense expec-;incv. expec-;incv. (Ulicinls nre confident that, before' be-fore' this lime ne,t weidt the issue will luive been settled; that Hie Tinted Stntes will feel certain the safely of innocent non-combatants" on the high seas is assured, or steps for a diplomatic diplo-matic break will have been taken. Among the foreign diplomats here 1 the elfect of a break between the Unit-; Unit-; ed States and Germany i a topic of wide interest. The consensus of opiu-I opiu-I ion seems to be that diplomatic relations j between the United States and the allies al-lies of Germany need not necessarily bo affected. In regard to Austria, however, how-ever, much is considered to depend upou the answer made by the Vienna government govern-ment to the Ajnerican inquiry regarding regard-ing the attack upon the Russian bark Imperator, carrying two American citizens, citi-zens, one of whom wa injured by shrapnel shrap-nel fire. Embassador Penfield'was directed di-rected to make the inquiry early this week. No reply had been received today to-day and he may soon be instructed to renew the inquiry. It. is considered quite probable that Austria will be called to account should it develop that her submarines, too. hu e not been netiim w it U a proper regard for the rights ot non-combatants, the United States being determined that illcgnl submarine warfare and bv whoever who-ever conducted must cease. An appointment was arranged todav for Senator Storre, chairman of the seriate seri-ate foreign relations committee, to see President Wilson Monday night to discuss dis-cuss some features of the foreign situal situ-al ion, but late todav the senator sent word to the White house that he had an engagement with the Vhinese minister minis-ter that night and asked that the conference con-ference be arranged for another date, and he probably will see the president later in the week.