Show Foreign Comment on Warfare and Wilson Stand I LONDON Jan H. H lt Jt It seems to us that on present lines linc the central powers have tho the whip hand of the United States says the Manchester Guardian In Jn an on editorial regarding Germanys Germany's new promises In the submarine con con- Americas America's diplomatic victory the tho paper continues Is limited to promIses promises prom prom- as President Wilsons Wilson's two principles prin prin- adopted at the tho beginning of ot the controversy namely protection of ot Americans and assertion of ot the laws of humanity have been violated during the past six weeks in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean with some of the worst submarIne submarine submarine sub sub- marine outrages Germanys promises the the- editorial declares do not bind Austria nor Aus Aus- tria's other two allies alUes and If as as Is Isnow isnow isnow now suggested the case of the Persia Is allowed t to drop because no no one ac ao- ao saw the submarine which sank her then the central powers have hays 80 a clear guide to means whereby they may my sink liners or other ships without In Incurring Incurring incurring In- In diplomatic trouble If It they sink a liner without warning and without showing themselves how shall shaU It be known that it was sunk Bunk by a submarine sub sub- marine and not by a mine or earthquake earth earth- quake |