The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-04
GERMANY THINKING
OPINION MAY UNDERGO REYUL=
SION IN our FAVOR
AWAITING BRITISH Note

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Germans Believe We Should! Act Wig
orously for Freedom of Seas if W.
are Really Neutral-Vigorous Nott
to Great Britain Will Win Mucl
Admiration for United States.
A dispatch from B ,rlin to the New
York Times gives an excellent &C
count of the German attitude to the
American note. Says the dispatch
In President Wilson's sharp tone to-
ward Germany and what they regard
as his gentle protests to England
Germans feel resentiully that they
see proof of partisanship that VIC
lates neutrality.
Germans are frankly skeptica.
about the presidents good faith in
his Forthcoming note to England, but
the text of that document will be
awaited here with keener interest
than was. any note MIR. Wilson ever
sent to Germany.
Everything, it is felt in Germany
depends on that note. If President
Wilson warns England against fu'
ture transgressions against the free
dom-of-the-seas principle in the same
uncompromising and unmistakable
tones that he used toward Germany
dramatic reyulsion of feeling can
be looked for.
He would probably win the admir-
alton of even the. hard-headed and
practical Germ:ns who can not un-
derstand why President Wilson
should want to argue about an alb
stract principle, thereby .hamrerins
them in their fight for existence un-
less (and here is where the German
mind definitely goes astray) he, Sc
cretly sympathizes with the enemy
If the presidents next note to
England is gentle in tone and friend
IL, it will tend to confirm the Ger.
mans worst suspicious. Then "full
steam head Will be the order in
the submarine war on English COM
merce regardless Of consequences" ."
It is almost certain now that Ger
many will answer the American note.
Officials believe that it contains nu-
merous errors and contradictions,
which must be pointed out, even
though it will do no good, as Will
sons mind is made up for all time,
they think. Z
The procedure will probably be as
follows: The American note will be
submitted for exhaustive study to all
departments interested and concern
ed. This process will take at least a
month. The formulation Of the Ger
man answer would take at least an
other two weeks. The present indi-
cations are that it viii be a cate
gorical negative.
While it is learned from a good
source that no new or MODIFYING Or
ders have been sent to submarine
commanders since the note was re-
ceived, there is a general feling that
every possible human precaution VIII
be used Cor the next few weeks at
least that nothing may happen which
President Wilson could construe as a
deliberately unfriendly act. The Ger
mans show very sincere desire to
avoid q crisis.
Unusual significance attaches to
the following message from Berlin
TO the Frankfurter Zeitung:
"Undoubtedly the German govern
ment will. answer the American note,
for it contains so many errors and
contradictions that it con not do any
harm if they are exposed by the
proper authorities, although one can
hardly hope that such arguments will
have any power of conviction on the
president of the United States, who is
governed by unwc.ldly theories.
"Any one who comes right out and
says that the .torpedoing of English
ships, whether armed or not, will be
considered deliberately unfriendly'
act has already made up his mind
and does not want any more argu-
ments. but will wait until events
compel him to answer tho question
and to decide whether to accept the
consequences of his views"
The feeling prevalent in even in
tellectual circles is typically express
ed by Professor Forster OF Munlch'
writing in the Berliner Tageblatt:
"No one would approve more un-
than Germany Ameri-
cas- mission to secure the freedom OF
the SEAS" he says. "The mistake OF
the United States consists only IN d.
recting her action against Germany
first instead of against England,
which time out Of mind, and par
ticularly f1agrantly in this war, has
violated the interests Of sea COM
merce by adapting the practice OF
might above right.
"Our submarine war is the only
possible means of forcing England to
acknowledge the freedom of the seas.
The American note he's the right
idea, but at the same time it fronts
the wrong way. If through our SUB
marine war, which is justlflable
measure and action dictated by neces-
sity, American lives are endangered
America ought to protest against
England's blockade policy, her use OF
passenger ships for ammunition
transports, her misuse of neutral
flags, etc.
america can only champion the
rights of neutral shipping by. main
tanning herself the strictest logic OF
the neutral standpoint. But it is al
ready a breach of neutrality when
America protests to Germany instead
of protesting to England, inasmuch
as she allows her munition shipments
to be covered by American citizens
travelling to Europe on registered
auxiliary cruisers of the English
navy
Japanese Cabinet Resigns.
Headed by Premier Okuma, the
,.o oob;p at rocio iona6 Friday he-