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Show Hn ' " ' ' ' ' "" I U. S. Government will I DeclareUs Purpose B Statement of Policy Will Bo Made In Ej Next Note to Germany. Relations Hj Severely Strained j Wnshlngton, July 12-Coii8l(leratJon Hj of tlio Gorman rciily to the American Hj note on submarine warfare oVershad-, Hj owed nil else today In the work. of. B' the state department officials. y W H Secretary Lansing spent most or His Hl tlmo preparing data and opinion for. B tho next communication to ho. sent.to. Hi Germany, and lio Indicated -that probt H nhly ho would not "go to Cornish, W. H., hut that President Wilson t.oult H return hero at tho end of tho week, , H': Tho situation was described In of- Hi flc'sl 'quarters ns critical and tilery H' was no crtncoajmcnl, of the fact, that Hj ' rclatlo'na:&twecn Germany and .'tho, BBH ! United States had become moro strain K; cd th'an at any tlmo In their history. H ( ' llflihrflclals said tho policy 'of tho H American' government would ho core B i ' fullVorkcd out and In order to moot fi tho situation firmly tho utmost dellb- ' ' eratlon was required. ThV Informa- H tion'was'nltcn out In order that a do- B lay of possibly n week or moro in preparing nn nnawor might not ho mis- ' interpreted ns meaning that tho Unit- BBS ed Slates intended in any way to re- Bflv J ccdo from tho position it had taken Bfll i In tho two notes already sent to Her- Bfll ' Thero was much Informal discussion Bfll among olllcials of tho contents of Bfll I tho; German reply. Tho trend of Bfll their opinion w.ib that tho evasion BBS. r 0( tiio American nrRiiment In tho Gcr-BBb Gcr-BBb man notes had narrowed tho field of BBS negotiation so that the next rommmiit BBS cation from tho United Stntcs must BBS state to somo extent tho Intentions of BBS. tho Washington government in casn j BBS its rights nro further violated nml de-BBS de-BBS cjaro tho position it will tuko with BBS reference to Germany's refusal to BBS' disavow the sinking of tho Lusltanln BBS Next Note to Be Emphatic BBS' Somutliing much moro specific and BBS posittvo than has yet been sn'd In I ho BBS notes which the United Stntcs has BBS Rf,"t bIiico tho suhmarltio war zono BBS1 was' declared Is now expected. BBS Olllcials gnvo tho Impression that BBS thero would ho no further nrgumer.t BBS " l'10 Principles involved; that tho BBS no' ,wouli ho vary brief nml state a BBB general policy which the American BBB government Intends to follow w th re-BBB re-BBB spect to violations that already liavo BBB occurred or shall talco plnco In tho BBB ,vnr BBB In Gorman quarters hero tho sltua- I BBB tlou Is not viewed us critical. Count BBB Von llcrnstorff, tho German nmhnRsa-1 BBB; lor, bcllovcs that tho way to further ' BBB negotiations has been opened by tho BBB' emphasis which Germany In its noto BBB placed upon tho establishment of tho I BBB freedom of tho seas. BBB' Secretary I. aim ng will rccclvo BBB Count? Von Ilornstorff at tho lattor's 1 request to discuss tho situation In gcnoral. It Is believed tho nmbassia- j dor .will oxplaln informnlly tho Gor- man viewpoint and will In turn bo Bflj informed by Secretary Lansing of the BBB. Gravfty with which tho United Stntcs i BBBJ ' regards tho situation. BBBj . ' Prelsdent Considering Reply BBBjl Cornish, N. II., July 12. President'1 BBBj ' Wilson today received from tlto state'4 BBBj department tho official text of the lat- BBBj rflt Gormnn noto on submarine war BBj faro and' Immediately began cniiBhl- BBj orntlon of bis reply. 1I0 instructed BBj Secretary Lansing to proparo n mem- BBBj orandum In tho diplomatic problems BBj Involved nml will not send n rejoinder BBL until ho has conferred with tho sec- BBBpj 1 of stnto. BBBjl 1 U beenmo known after tho Presl- BBf ' ,lct had rend tho noto that ho docs BBBJ' "t look upon tho situation ns crltl-' BBJ cnl' "t Hint nt tho snmo tlmo ho is I BBBf ,,ot Inellnct! to undorestlmnto tho nos- t Blbllit os of tho problem presented to BBBJ I ' ,l,m ornl is determined firmly to up- BBJ hold tho dignity of tho United States i BBJ1 It was said hero tonight that thoro ' BBj 's no present plan for Mr. Lansing. BBSj to come to Cornish and that tho 1'res-' BBBV' hlont will not hurry hack to Washlng- BBflSi I ln- His prosout p'nuH nro to return ! BBt' to tho cap tal at tho end of this week BBBJ, or tho first of next week. BBBJ That -tho Prosidont was nhlo today J BBJ to devote hlmsolf to other matters j BBBJ, that tho situation with Gormnny was BBJ. shown this morning when ho played I BBBJ, hla host gumo of golf in months, BBBJi making tho unusually dinicult course BBJ I '" ninety strokes. |
