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Show ou GROSS OFFENSE AGAINST AMERICA Frankfurter Zeitung Makes Vigorous Objection to Charging Charg-ing United States With Perfidy. VEILED THREAT MADE i Writer Hopes No Breach of Relations Re-lations Will Occur, But Germany Ger-many Stands Ready to Fight. Frankfort-On-The-Maln, Feb. 3, via London, 1:45 a. m. The Frankfurter Zeitung, whose utterances on certain subjects are regarded as Inspired, publishes an "article in which vigorous objection is expressed to the lone adopted by the press of Berlin n discussing dis-cussing Secretary Lansing's note on submarine warfare and the arming of merchantmen and in particular to tbe statements made in Berlin that the proposals are inacceptable to Germany. Ger-many. It dissents from the position taken by the Kreuz Zeitung and Professor Pro-fessor von Stengel that Germany has no interest in negotiations regarding the freedom of the seas since England, Eng-land, with America's assistance, is only using the negotiations to wrest from Germany's hands her submarine weapons. Gross Offense to U. S. To this the Zeitung rejoins: "It is a gross offense, not only against international law but against the most elementary conception of good morals, to charge openly that the United States, with which Germany Ger-many is not at an enmity, Is putting forth efforts in the sphere ot international interna-tional law merely with the perfidious purpose of helping England." The newspaper also condemns sweeping generalizations drawn from the Baralong affair and regards It as "disgusting" to make capital out of the incident, as if it were typical ot Gxeat Britain's method of (making war or as if the British government caused all German seamen who were captured to bo murdered. Lusltanla Case Unsatisfactory. Turning to the present status of the Lusltania case, the Zeitung says it cannot be ignored, that tho negoila--, tions have taken an unsatisfactory form. "Apprehensions of this kind,'' it says, "must exist in America also, as Washington evidently intends to dispose of the Lusitania case at the I same time as the general question of submarine warfare and is using the J Lusltania case to obtain Germany's ' consent on the general question." It hints that this is a very objectionable objec-tionable procedure, Involving serious possibilities. : United States Threatened. "That people in America are thlnk- , ing of bringing the matter to a decision," de-cision," adds the Zeitung, "Is evident from the fact that Mr. Wilson has sent Colonel House to Europe, presumably pre-sumably to obtain information from belligerents. We hope that no breach of relations not to mention something some-thing worse may follow between Germany Ger-many and tho United States, but, if the unexpected should happen, Germany Ger-many will confront her new foe as stoutly as she did the old. Bot we do not want to be lulled by certain Jingo heroes of the writing desk Into the illusion that this foe is not dangerous." danger-ous." The Frankfurter Zeitung then refers to German's excellent military situation situa-tion and to the prospect that the military mili-tary resources of the allies will be exhausted and that Great Britain's financial resources will fall. It continues: con-tinues: "But all this might change suddenly sudden-ly and this is obviously England's hope If the allies secured a new helper, who would grant unlimited loans and furthermore make contributions contribu-tions of a warlike kind by supplying our present enemies with all their requirements in America." The Frankfurter Zeitung concludes by warning the German people that they must consider the outcome of tho war and that every other end, however how-ever desirable, must be subordinated to it |