The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-15
GERMAN PAPERS IN !
US. ATTACK NOTE.
Wilson Unwillingly shelters
British COwardicc in Mes
sage. Says One.
SAY RAIDS WILL GO ON

Mos OF the German new sp.tpers
;hroughou; the country express dissat-
isfact,,n over President Wilson's note.
No hope IL held out that Germany will
change her methods OF warfare. Part
OF .he comment follows:
The staats-zeituns.
'rhe attitude assumed by the President
IN the note delivered yesterday To- the
German Government toward the in
frirgement o: our rights oil the seas Is
automatically correct and mus. compel
the support % the entire American
people.
We have suffered gr!evously ~ the
hands % more than one OF the Ncll!ger-
eat nations but for the moment We are
dealing only with ue-u,any.
The subject with which IN. note deals
IL one of the same paramount irnpor-
lance 10 Germany az 81 Is 20 this coun-
try. and we nust walt in patience for
termany's reply: and !, fof one, ahall
wal; In the confidence that when IL is
received Il will he found 20 osIer a basis
for friendly solution ~ the questions
which exist between Germany ana The
United States.
The German Heroic.
10 German American uress VII
surely prove In any c.is.E vh!Cl our
nation may be.ai! thiy Ia" eiupGas!. IN
German American" rests ~ "Niue!!-
ca,
Louisville Anxetr~r.
Nc agree with the I. es,dert tina. tne
German Government mus. explain the
.ose % :h. lives OF America: passengers,
ba: ~, DO no, tiliak tha; TIE death %;
Arer'cnrs gives the President che r!gh;
tn iamRDd the cessation ol Gernany's
urGarsse warfare against British COM
:ac. ce so long as England docs not ahro-
at, 80 starvation warfare.
IT. Louis we.tIiche Post.
For the press OF the whole country
there II al present a1t one sacred duty.
20 leave nothing undo-e - avert inner
strife Tha: we Americans % German
descent, WIN bleeding heart, contem-
plate the possibility " an armed coaHict
between the Cri,,d state. and The land
o: p'. forafathcra no :sir i-iri"G PEI
SC. Will condemn rs FOR. There s.'!i -
nope or ar honorable understandings on
bo.h sides. MAY Providence grant that
.he vors. be avertsd.
Cincinnati Freie Pres.~.
rhat part Of the isote dealing With
the ,Osss -: Ewes II. the Lusit:tn!a catas-
iropho more properly ought to have
been directed 70 London England alone
II responsible so- the Llsitania's de-
s,ruction through her brutal threa; TO
st,rve nation. Germany cannot stop
tine undersea war vithou: surfenier.ng
herself, bound hand and foot, to u
brutal enemy. w. are no; obliged ana
have 10 -igh; - ~, ny ourselves "a
the protectors OF British shipping.
Detroit Abend Post.
,,or.siu.r-d from a purely ern'c.u
standpoint, tho no;o deserves nigh
praise. but Il the Pres!d.n; belisyas
Germany will In consequence OF nis
note be moved TO change .ts methods
OF warfare he ~ mistaken. II would
hlv. 20 b- presuppcsed thar England
would change is methods, and this
would have been done long an "
only our Government had gore .Lhead
toward England with ~ much energy
IN Il has used at different times toward
Germany. Notes will have complete
success only when the President learns
o. treat all foreign Governments alike.
Indianapolis German telegraph
Tribune.
We believe IL impossible for the Ger
man Government TO comply with the
Presidents eAtravagant demand. VIII! n
amounts 10 German disarmament OH me
seas. All that will be required 20 safe
guard British armed merchantmen
carrying contraband VIII he to put pas
| sengers, preferably Americans. on board
! and they will be immune from attack
! by German submarines Il II a palpsble
4 injustice OF President Wilson to de
mand that Germany should lay aside
!ts mos, effective weapon OF attack.
Cincinnati VolLsbIatt.
/ The note IN disappointing in tina: 4
d's~gards the just complaints OF Co..
many and appears TO espous- the Gauss
OF Great Britain. We tMnk that the
difficulty admits OF satisfactory solu
zion by advising American citizens e
travel on American vessels. Cnvill
ingly tho President shelters Births.
! cowardice, which tries 10 make BIRTHS.
ships immune TO German attacks b,
! taking American passengers aboard.