Evening journal., 1915-08-28
Energetic Action Ex-
pected in Protest.
ing English Inter
terence With Amer
ican Shipping on
High Seas
HINT EMBARGO
ON SHIPMENTS
By CHARLES P. STEWART
United Press Star Correspondent


WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-The far
ther the United States gets away from
trouble with Germany, the nearer she
approaches to friction with Great
Britain. diplomats here we're saying
today.
Nobody believed the impending An
glo-American controversy would re-
suit in a severance Of relations, not to
mention war as it was feared the
German American difference OF opin-
ion might do, but It was the opinion
that the argument with the British
would be very hard to settle, never
theless.
II was agreed on all sides that one
OF the first things the administration
Will be bound to do after Germany
has met Americas wishes relative TO
the submarine warfare complication.
will be to act energetically In the mat
ter OF British interference with Amer
lean shipping on the high seas.
l Not only, II was pointed out, viii
the Washington government be under
an implied obligation TO Germany to
don foreign office as Il employed to
the Kaiser. but American interests
which have suffered through the al
q lies paper" blockade of the German
coast unquestionably will insist ON
this. The President will not be in a
: position to resist the demand. inter-
national experts said, adding that they
; did not think he would wish or try
TO do so.
Many doubts were expressed however
6 that the British would yield, as consid
i erably 10 Washington oficialdom's sur
b prise, Germany is doing.
p While il was generally accepted tina
'- the situation is not such as 10 threatei
j. the same kind of a Fhowdown wit
= Great Britain as was threatened wit
k Germany, yet many men in official CHI
p cles held IL was likely the administratio
lel might yet be compelled 10 consider wha
the American cotton growers have a
along been demanding an embarg
against any and all American shipment
10 the Allies in retaliation for the orde
In council.
! Such an embargo, it was admitted
would be a bad thing for the Unite
States as well as for the Allies, bu
those who suggested il expressed tn
view that II was practically the onl
, weapon the Washington government ha
in this particular case and that if tn
, Allies, particularly the British. stick
the order in council, some sort Of WEI
> | pom win have to be used.
4 In many quarters, it was believed tn
intimation from Teutonic sources tna
I | Germany and Austria would like to bu
= 5000 900 bales Of American cotton,
, they can be delivered. was step L
! ward precipitating the expected Angl'
American issue.
4 So far as the Arabic case. and 9th,
outstanding questions between II
. United States and Germany were col
I cerned, officials said today there w,
! nothing TO do but await further advicl
from Berlin and these, owing to II
expected unavoidable delay in commun
cation between the Kaiser's Admirali
z and the commander of the u boat siu
o posed to have sunk the White Star lin
4 this being a matter il was consider
absolutely must be disposed of in a.
! vance Of all else-were not looked f.
8 inside of another week, at the earliest.
i The administration gives Ger
r many credit for absolute good faith 4
4 its latest attitude concerning subma
CONTINUED on rage %