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Show BRYAN'S ANSWER RILEHDITORS Berlin Newspapers Pour Out Vials of Wrath Over American Ameri-can Standpoint of Neutrality. MORE VEILED THREATS Germans Claim They Stand Firmly on Thoroughly Established Es-tablished Principles of International Law. Amsterdam, April 23, via London. 4 22 p. m Regarding Secretary of State Bryan's anwer to the recent memorandum sent by Count von Bern-storff, Bern-storff, the German ambassador at Washington, to the state department, Berlin newspapers received here make the following comments: The Taglische Rundschau says: America takes all possible trouble over me ammunition requirements oi our enemlets, ostensibly from a love of neutrality She does not trouble about the possible food requirements of Germany ; this also Is done from a love of neutralitv The Yosslsehe Zeitung says in the same conbection. "Washington should recognize that such an attitude atti-tude on the part of America will not spedily be forgotten in Germany." Germans Always Right. The Ix)kal Anzeiger says. "The German standpoint on this question is founded on thoroughly established principles and practice of international internation-al law. The American standpoint can be explained only by the profits of the armament firnU The Morgenpost, under a headline reading, "'Remarkable Neutrality," says. "This answer sounds like a mockery of the German standpoint as presented by Count von Bernstorff, although of course this is not Secretary Secre-tary Bryan's intention. Nobody outside out-side the White House bellieves that the delivery of arms and other supplies sup-plies is not a violation of neutrality and that Its prohibition would be unneutral. un-neutral. But it remains for Mr. Bryan Bry-an to proclaim with such cynical frankness that the weapon trade to oue belligerent is real neutrality. Diepost makes no comment except for the headline 'America Further Shows Its Character." |