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Show OFFICIALS NUT EXPECTING WAR Washington. June U President Wilson feels encouraged by reports that the pending negotiations between German and the United states most likely will have a peaceful outcome. Those who have discussed the situation situ-ation with the president and other officials In the last dav or two have found a belief prevalent that the chances for an amicable understanding understand-ing with German j are much better than the: have been .11 anj time since the Lusitania tragedy This feeling is understood to be based on both official and unofficial I reports from Berlin, telling oi the favorable fav-orable reception there of the American Ameri-can note, and on the hope, too, that 1 the dispatches carried by Dr Anton Myer Gerhard for Count von Mern- j storff, the Gei man embassador here. (will impress German officials with the I American point of view. Senator Simmons of North Carolina wiio saw the president during the evening and who has been talking with other officials about the situation, situa-tion, spoke tonight of finding a gen I eral feeling of optimism. It was learned that the president does not plan to send another note to I Great Hiitain protesting against the Interference with commerce betwei 1 the Tnlted States and neutral conn , tin s Of Europe until the discussion with Germany has shaped iis-u more dearly. This docs not necessarily mean, it was said, that the pie, idem will wait until a reply is received from Germany. though the Itiitish note SCarcelj will go forward until some definite idea has been gained ,,i the character 01 the next communication communica-tion rrom Berlin, Colonel B, M House, the president -friend, who arrived in New York troni Burope yesterday, is expected to give the president much valuable Information, Infor-mation, not only regarding the feeling in Germany, but about the possibility of obtaining .1 modification bj iieai Britain and i-Yance. |