Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-10
GERMAN REPLY
UNSAT|SFACT
AS Far as Is Known, Kaiser
Has Not Changed Note
From First Form
DOES NOT ACCORD
WITH u. S. VIEWS
Denies the Right Of People
Of America to Travel
With Contraband

Washington, D. c., July 9.-Delivery
of Germany's reply to the American
note on submarine warfare to Ambas
sador Gerard In Berlin last night
should bring the official text to the
state department here probably tomor'
row and undoubtedly by Sunday.
President Wilson Is expected to re-
turn from the summer white house at
Cornish to lay the reply before the cab
met at meeting Tuesday All of1-
cials here realize that there has been
probably no essential change from the
form in which the reply was outlined
by the Berlin foreign Office to Ambas-
sador Gerard.
On that basis of that outline the
American government declined to en-
gage in any supplementary negotia-
tions because the German proposals
were regarded as such which the
United States could not accept with
out sacrificing many Of its rights.
Meanwhile there is renewal of the
tension regarding what the next step
will be if the text of the German reply
bears out the unofficial outlines which
indicated that it would be SO unsatis-
factory to the United States.
Although officials would not COM
ment, it was said that the situation
must be studied, the general undertone
was one of disappointment. What the
presidents course will be no official
would predict but it was evident that
another critical stage in the relations
between Germany and the United
States was at hand,
One course, which some we'll In
formed officials considered probable,
would be to reject the German pro-
posals and notify the Berlin govern
ment, in effect, that the United States
intended to insist on the principle OF
visit and search for all unarmed yes
sells Of any nationality carrying Ameri-
cans and that specific violation of
those rights would determine the next
step in the American policy.
AS for the Lusitania case, however,
failure by Germany to admit liability
for the loss Of more than 100 American
lives is a phase of the situation on
which there were today few sugges-
tions as to what the United States
should do.
Some of the presidents advisers
have repeatedly counselled that the
breach OF international law was so
flagrant that it remained only for the
United States to have no diplomatic
intercourse with the German govern
ment unless the intent of the act was
denied and reparation was promised.
The negotiations over the conduct OF
German submarines have over
shadowed the Lusitania case itself. but
there were Indications today that the
new German note would cause re-
turn to the Lusitania case as a fore
most issue.
Washington, July 8. Information
from Berlin that the German reply to
The last American note would be hand
ed to Ambassador Gerard today or to-
morrow, together with the information
that the ambassador was to make no
comment in advance of it's delivery,
brought the controversy between the
United States adm Germany to a crit
cal point today.
The fact that the German reply was
not modified from the form in which it
was submitted to the American ambas-
sador a few days ago was responsible
for the feeling of pessimism because
It is known that the proposals sent are
not satisfactory to officials here. There
Is a disposition, however, to await the
arrival of the text of the note itself 80
that the exact phraseology Of the COM
mun.cation may be taken into consider
alton.
Ambassador Gerard's dispatches con-
tanning the outline of the note and