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Show HOLD INVITATION AS GOOD OMEN H, Official Watriffiaton Believes Amerl. B' x, can Note Produced Supreme 2 X Imp'resslon fx .Wns,ln6tqn(, tybf 14. Press ro- V' liowa uuuyiuicui that tliu Ocnnnn K ouipcrorhajl , Invited Amuussador HHR (iiiiard .to copfcr ' 1 1 1 1 him at, thu Hw Inttlcfront .woro read tonleht with H k'&ou tntorestrhy officials or tlio Unl- Hj 1 Stito? government. Asldo from K tho Indication that tlio Amcrtcnn nolo H: hud prouuiud an Impression ot sn- H prcmo Importance, It was thought H that tho ompo'or had decided on a H ' conference so (illicitly bccniiso only H ' four days remain heforo tho German H; tidmlralt)'s proclamation for a sub- H inarlno tainpulgii on inoicniint ships M go(s Into effect. x B ' It wax believed hero that tho Mil- Hl liUHKiulor niiKht oxplaln at longth Bi tho Auioticnii viewpoint, oh ho Is re- Hj ported to h.ivo done In a conference) Bf with tin. Imperial chancellor nnd that H ( perhaps una of tho chief purposes Bil' of tho Informal tonferences with H I Ambassador (ierard was to elicit H ' , from tho American government soma H: understanding im to Us position re- K j warding shipments of conditional B contnilmiul detained to Germany's (!' ' civilian population. Inasmuch as tho Gorman sea war zono proclama ! tlon Is described us n retaliatory step H"!! iigimiHt tho allies becauso of tho at M i leged lnterferciico by (ho latter with, B I Blilpments of foodBtiifTs destined for ' B j the population or Germany, tlio grow- H lug importance of tills question was H ' generally admitted hero. There Ip H uvery reason to bu'leve that It will H , liu one or thu chief points mado by B , tlio United States In Its noxt com- H munlcatlon to Great Ilrltalu on tlio H subject of contraband. H-, The lone supplementary reply from H I tho llrltish government to tlio Amerl- H ' can nolo ot protest or Docombor Ifi H j had not been transmitted in full to- B night, but olllclals oxpect n complete B L copy of it will 1)o ready for tbolr H porusal tomorrow. Tho llrltish com- H munlcatlon fs devoted almost entirely B to statistics of neutral commorro R nnd an explanation of varioiM dotcn- K tlons and seizures of American ships B , cargoes. |