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Show AMERICA TO KEEP 00T OF CONFLICT DETERMINATION OF UNITED STATES TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS COMPLICA-TIONS EVIDENCED. President Receives Message From Emperor William Expressing Appreciation Ap-preciation of Germany for Tender Ten-der of Good Offices. Washington. The earnest determination determi-nation of tho United Sttaes government govern-ment to keep this country from becoming be-coming Involved In tho Kuropeun wnr wns manifested In several was on Tuesday. President Wilson Issued an appeal nddrersed to tho American people call trig on them studiously to refrain from any expression or act that might ro-veal ro-veal tho slightest partisanship townrd the nations In conflict. lenders In congress of nil parties voiced similar views. Official Information came from Iter-lln Iter-lln that the Japanese ultimatum had been delivered to the German govern mrnt nnd It wns Intimated in thu diplomatic dip-lomatic dispatches that wnr between Japan and Germany was not unlikely. Tho Japanese minister at Ilerlln, ap parently foreseeing such nn eventuality, eventual-ity, asked Bmbnstador Gernrd to bo prepared to take over Japanese inter osts In Germany, The president received from Emperor Em-peror William a lone message, trnns-mltted trnns-mltted through Embassador Gernrd, the contents of which were guarded closely, but fthlch, It wan learned, expressed ex-pressed tho grateful appreciation of Germany for the tender of good offices of-fices niado by the United States. Tho German emperor. In addition, took occasion to point out at somu length tho causes of the present wur sb1 argued, It Is understood, thnt at tho very time he was trying to mediate me-diate between Austria and Servla th'j Russian mobilization began. Tho Japanese ultimatum demanding that Germany exacuato Klaorhou ami. withdraw her fleet from tho Orient was uppermost In the attention of tho multltudo or activities which tho European Eu-ropean war situation has brought on all government departments, |