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Show GERMANY IS GIVEN ONE IREGHANGE CABINET INDORSES PRESIDENT WILSON'8 PROPOSALS IN SECOND SEC-OND NOTE TO GERMANY. Diplomatic Relations Will be Severed Unless Germans Agree to Discontinue Discon-tinue Practice of Torpedoing ' Vessels Without Warning. Washington. President Wilson rend to his cabinet on Friday tho draft or a note to bo sent to Germany demanding, Indirect, an adherence by that nation to tho humano principles of inurltlmo warraro as affecting neutrals. neu-trals. Comparatively brief, but described de-scribed ub Insistent nnd emphatic, tho communication will bo cabled for presentation pre-sentation by Ambassador Gerard to tho German foreign minister, Dr. Von Jngow. Tho cabinet npproved tho note as a whole. Minor changes in phraseology phraseol-ogy may bo made and It Is revised In detail to conform with previous expressions ex-pressions In diplomatic correspondence correspond-ence or the United States. Tho principle prin-ciple 1b fixed and, unnltorablo that tho United States must know definitely definite-ly and very promptly whether Germany Ger-many Intends to ignoro visit and search rights and continue her prac tlce or torpedoing vessels without warning, placing tho lives or noncom-batants noncom-batants In Jeopnrdy, or whether rules or maritime warraro which havo gov-Tho gov-Tho alternative course is not "stated, but It is now generally known that tho United States in the event or an unfavorable reply will discontinue diplomatic dip-lomatic relations with Germany. The noto sots asldo as irrelevant all tho contentions of the German re ply on May 29, except one whether tho Lusltanla was armed and restates re-states tho position taken by , the United States previously that tho Lusltanla, Lu-sltanla, after official investigation by competent Inspectors, sailed from nn American port with no guns aboard, either mounted or unmounted. It further calls Germany's attention to tho fact that tho Lusltanla did not attempt any resistance, being torpedoed torpe-doed without a moment's warning. |