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Show TRESPASSING ON THE TIME LIMIT Making duo nllowanco for tho delay de-lay which always nttcndq diplomatic deliberation, the opinion still persists per-sists that Germany Is Impertinently trespassing upon United States patience pa-tience In falling to reply to President Presi-dent Wilson's ultimatum, Jt will bo rt momUered that that nocument sternly demanded tho abandonment of existing methods of submarine warfare, and that compliance with that demand bo Immediately decreed. This was two weeks ago. Tho note wna hastened forward by cable and was Inimedlntely laid before th'j Imperial minister of foreign affairs. It has been in Ids possession for at leant ten days, and ho ana his colleagues col-leagues nnd his imperial master have mastered Its contents from beginning to end. Yet they withhold their reply, re-ply, and keep tho Amerlcnn rrabas-stulor rrabas-stulor chasing nround between capital capi-tal and camp whllo they look It ov er again and hunt tip further qncs tlons to ask him as to what It nil means. It is n document which cnll-ed cnll-ed for tho dlrcctest kind or un answerone an-swerone word, "yes or no," would bo sulllclent .and there Is no good reason why this could not nnvo been given within twenty-four hours Just as well as to tnko two weeks fop It. Tho German equivalent of th" word Immediately, appears to havo been lost from their diplomatic vocabulary. vo-cabulary. Tho Herlln authorities retain re-tain It In their military s'Rtem nnd when thero used none know its meaning mean-ing better than thoy. They also employ em-ploy it much In othor departments, for in most matters of Interest to themselves they nro tho greatest ot sticklers for promptness. This makes their procrastination in tho present Instance tho moro notice-able notice-able nnd the less justldnblo. Ot courso a question of grave significance signifi-cance wns hero raised and such matters mat-ters cannot bo disposed of hastily. Hut n two weeks delay cannot in any way bo reconciled with a reasonable reas-onable Interpretation of Immediate and henceforth It may be necessary to specify a times limit In order thnt llerr von Jagow may distinctly know what wo think tho word means We -are very close to tun nnnlvcr-snry nnnlvcr-snry of tho destruction ot the Lusl-tiinla, Lusl-tiinla, a crime that shocked tho world, Surely tho Imperial govern ment cannot wish tho awful memories memor-ies which that anniversary will bring 1 uii to be lutcnsllled by doubts 'as to whether thnt kind of wurfarn Is to ho continued or to ceasol Duborct News. |