The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-01

ton to the United States that if the contention made by MT, Wilson's re- cent note is put in the form of demand tho answer will be an emphatic negative.
 Savannah (Ga) Press: Germany's ie- ply is decidedly unsatisfactory.
 Mobile (Ala1 Item: Uncle Sam Is a plain, blunt citizen who knows little and cares less about evasive diplom- acy. If Herr Jagow's note Is a feel CT. Germany will not remain Ions in ignorance that the whole people are behind President Wilson.
 Richmond (Va.) News-Leader: The German note must he answered prompt ly with demand for action rather than for argument.
 Richmond Cva1 Times Dispatch: The Ge, man reply ignores the legitimate and moderate demands for reparatinn that the President made.
 st. Paul (Minn1 Pioneer Press: The announcement from Washington that tho German reply to the demand of the United States is in reality no am sNSer and Is wholly unacceptable. will meet responsive echo from end to end oI tnc country.
 Indianapolis tlnd.) Daily Telegraph Tribune tGermanl: We believe that the German government. through Mir. m Jasow, has answered every question in the Presidents note satisfactorily except one and on that one it desires ful .her information
 Kansas City tMo) Star: There is nothing in the German note to alter the position of the United States as set forth in President Wilson's com murication of the 18th. This government would fail In its duty to it's citizens and to the cause of hu- marity If 1t did Hot stand by the terms of it's great protest.
 Dallas tTex1 Times Herald: Ger many has spoken. Its words are not
 welcome to American ears yet to
 American people this duty stlll re- mains. Keep cool and stand by the President
 Boston Herald The sooner the Presi- cent makes clear that we have no time to waste in the ascertainment of wha, our rights are the better it will be all around.
 Boston Globe: The path of wisdom for the American people at this moment is the path of suspended judgment.
 Boston Journal: From the standpoint of the United States the reply is moi satisfactory. It Is not a reply that will satisfy the President or his advisors and it will not in all proba. bility satisfy the American people.
 Boston Advertiser: The note is de liberate and amazing insult Through the mixture of bubbles, evasons and untruths. however, there runs this plair message For the slaughter of the help. less women and children, Germany will offer no reparation whatever. Pittsburg Dispatch: The points raised may seem trifllng compared to the mair issue set forth in the Presidents note but can we as consistent advocates O the arbitration of international questions deny the further consideration whicl Germany asks?
 Baltimore Sun; Germanys reply = Is, far as the main issues are con | cerned, no answer at all. | Baltimore American: The German not 1 Is but a reiteraton of propositions con l cernlng which the American attitude ha
 been stated definitely and with final
 ity of conclusion from which there Is n l retreating.
 l Chicago Tribune: Even though, a Washington is confident, 1t can be show l that the Lusitania was not armed wit guns or conveying soldiers, Germany ha | succeeded in raising points which in con l sideration of the very advanced posi- I ton taken by our government with re ot fn shf ftrot tf1t, al, G,,1 | mbarra ssment In refusing to discus and perhaps referring to The Hague. i Chicago Herald The American peopl regret that the German governments an swer fails wholly to meet the mair points at issue.
 Minneapolis Journal: The German not Is a quibble an evasion, a pettifoggins argument about minor details. Chicago Daily News: The German re ply does not rise even to the point 0
 plausiblity in it's principal contention that the Lustania was an armed vessel Jacksonville (Fla.) Metropolis The Ger man answer is so weak shifting an. and ringing American note that it Is m answer. The German repIy makes u more certain of our ground Macon (Ga.) News. There is no doub that the United States Is on the brinl of diplomataic crisis with Germany does not seem probable for the broad diff ferences between the two countries to b reconciled.
 Memphis News-Scimitar: Germany note Is disappointing, but not wholly un expected. The Germans have raised al issue of fact, in the hope that its dis cussion may temporarily arrest the flov of circumstances.
 Indianapolis Star: Level headed Ameri cans will await the progress of event, with calmness. If Germany has any fact or information to justify it's assumption that the Lustania was armed or carried explosives it should be permitted to offei them.
 Columbus fOhio) Dispatch: The Ger man reply Is disappointing. Beneath cour. teous phrase there is clearly manifest q spirit of Deutschland ueber alles Cincinnati Freie Presse: The German note Is courteous In tone and the hand !