| Show will go flu an IM AT THEIR PERIL AMIE RIGANS WILL DE BE ADVISED NOT TO TAKE PASSAGE ON merchantmen AT PRESENT united elate states to adopt german view of controversy which may alt in exchange of note notes with great britain washington the united states will wilt adopt the of the ger ml and warn americans not to take passage on armed mer chantlen chant men definite information that this Is the Intent intention jon of president wilson jand and that an announcement to this effect will shortly be made to the state de was forthcoming sunday night from an authoritative source in diplomatic circles discussion centered brithe on the probability of the broat 1 dent taking this course md nd Us its in ovi evitable table alven the mout moat conserva conservative Uve opinion holds that the resultant situ situation atlan will this country in a controversy with great britain which aich may easily prove to be thi bl most troublesome and embarrassing of any th tb k united states has yet had to face no one conver conversant lant with the facts in the case goes so far aa as to forecast anything more serious growing out of the controversy controversy than a loas loss of foreign trade but that the united statts must expect to suffer seriously in this respect if the german contention as to armed merchant ment Is upheld by thib government is considered knevi inevitable ble by best boat informed statesmen this loss it Is pointed out can be inflicted on american converce cocoi cona erce by retaliatory measures hit must be expected the allies 1 promptly take it if the united sta states tes prohibits the clearance from frow Us its ports of armed merchant nen the allies may be counted d upon to reply by discontinuing the entrance a into americans ports of ot all kinds of ft their merchantmen merchant men the use oc of alad which now carry almost all the foreign trade of the united states the seriousness of the loss may be easily calculated |
