Evening star., 1915-06-01

and would demand an early reply.
ter understanding hetween the govern
ments Of the United States and of Ger
many
just what the ambassador will take
up with President Wilson is. Of course,
held tomorrow 70 lows the usual dip
lomatic procedur.: between ambassa-
dors and chief executives, it will be
President Wilson iwho will guide the
of conference raS yer than the ambas-
sador
Reports in adv.lice today that unless
the ambassador irings some new pro-
posal to the Whfte House, different
from that in th.' reply of the German
foreign minister. the course of the ad-
ministration vii! not he materially al
tered. are believed TO be speculation
only No one cexild say today what the
result of the conference will be.
At the Germts embassy no informa-
tion could be obtained. The ambassa-
dor would not Sven confirm the report
that it was he who had asked for the
Interview tote3rrow with President
Wilson.
President Is Calm.
The outward calm in executive
quarters empha sized the deep concen-
tration and earnest attention which
giving to the situation. The Presi-
dent. ii is understood, has been much
impressed with the practically unani
nous verdict of American editorial
opinion tbs the German answer is
not really an answer, but an evasion
of the greater issue of law and hu-
nanttv. His close advisers saw he
regards it az true reflection of the
opinion of the country and will en-
When President Reached Decision.
Three W eks ago today the President
and the c:",inet after two hours of de-
bate decid4i TO send to Germany a note
demandin full reparation for the loss
OF about 40 American lives when the
British amer Lusitania was torpe-
doed wit2ut warning. and asking for
guaranteV that American rights on
the high yeas would not be again vio-
lated
Germa:s~s unyieldine answer. re-
garded b> officials as evading the main
points - issue. was before today's
meeting decision to send a second
note, br4f and emphatic setting forth
the Am?s ?sican governments position on
the disGuted points raised by Ger
many S.ote, was generally predicted in
executi'S, quarters
What would result in the event Of
non cor Sliance by Germany-whether
the Tn ed States would in its COM
munica sJon indicate its course OF name
a TIM limit within which a reply
would He expected-was a matter of
genera Ispeculation in all quarters
Germr@ Ambassador Gets Audience.
That She note will not be sent before
Thursj ~ is the prevalent belief. be
cause count Won Bernstorf, the Ger
man nbassador, has been granted an
inter' fw with the President for to-
morrtE'. Its purpose has not been re
rea1e'S but in Austro-German quarters
it is .pid he will endeavor by informa
alseuion to reach an understanding a.
tran" MISSION to his government at Ber-
lin.
PROPOSALS on the part of Germany -
prot vet the argument with affidavits
alleS d TO be in the possession OF the
Gerl,an embassy here to prove that
the '.usitania carried guns viii not be
cons 'dered, in view of official knowl-
eds' here that the ship was unarmed
Nor over. the government is to point
out hat during the present discussion
the American steamer Nebraskan has
beef torpedoed by German subma-
rims
r,ie admission of the German ad-
miSFlty announced officially in a report
fro.y Ambassador Gerard that the
coif fmander of tn" subma rine which
tor edoei the Guliight did mot notice
tht merican flag" ON the Guifiight un-
Ill att.r he had fired the torpedo IL
anH her circumstance to Wnicn II was
tn $ight probable the United States
wd I'd advert In the second note Il,
Ge many as proof of dangers to which
An .rican vessels are subjected by tn
re\ less methods of German submarine
co manders
Views of Diplomatic Circles.
equation in diplomatic circles
wE that the German ambassador
wd Id seek to get some idea of what
th3 President would like to have the
CO .aan government do. and that he
mi Yht seek 10 learn what the position
Of $the United States would be with
re &rence to foodstuffs and shipments
of conditional contraband embargoed
byk kthe allies IL Germany acquiesced in
thu views of the United States
III was believed too, that he proba-
blA would seek to impress upon the
President the opportunity now pre-
seIe ed for the United States to secure
an adherence to international law by
th3 allies well as Germany and
thd,eby by gradual stages point the
wal to general peace. Count Won Bern
stosf is known to have told friends
thAt through an agreement on the
"frsedom OF the seas, one OF the
foundation stones for the restoration
of beace in Europe would be laid
Ffom all quarters familiar with the
German point Of view. here the desire
OF Germany to continue the negotia-
tions was apparent. the hope being
that further exchanges would bring the
two governments to closer understand
ing. In the event OF a deadlock over
facts in the Lusitania case, the sue-
eestion of reference of the dispute to
The Hague for arbitration has been
mentioned frequently in German cir
oles, but that such . course would 10
unacceptable to the United Stttss has