Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-13
WILSON RETURNS
LATE THIS WEEK,
TUMULTY GUESS
Taken for Granted That Presi-
dent Will Soon End His
Vacation.
EXECUTIVE AND LANSING
ARE TO COMPARE NOTES
Both Are Working Independents
Iy Without Advisers-No Word
on Normandy Incident.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-President
Wilson probably will return to Wash
ington the latter part of this week,
Secretary Tumulty said today.
This, he added. was a guess" but
he spoke so confidently that it was
believed he based it on pretty def
mite information.
The expectation was that nothing
positive would be given out until the
president actually Is back in the
White House.
Secretary Tumulty's announcement
was taken as finally disposing or all
plans for Secretary of State Lansing
to visit Cornish. The latter said to-
day. indeed, that he had no program
mapped out. and did not know
whether he would go or not, but with
the chief executives return presum-
ably so near, it was believed the occa-
sion for the trip had passed.
Asked if he were looking up any
new law points In connection with the
matter, the secretary said he did not
see that any new points were pre-
sented This strengthened the belief
that the next note would be prac-
tically a retiteratlon of Its prede-
cessor, so expressed. If possible, as to
leave Germany no escape from a
point blank reply.
With President Wilson absent, 1t
was impossible to learn how ofiicials
regarded the impressment or the
American bark Normandy by a Ger
man submarine commander in the
attack on the Russian steamship
Leo.
This incident, If verified by official
investigation by Ambassador Page,
may strain to a criticah point the
situation which was already suifi-
ciently grave The Normandy Incl
dent. however, will await further
| explanation.
Secretary of State Lansing was
| keeping his own counsel today con-
cerning the nature of the reply ne
/ was framing to the latest note from
Berlin.
SO far as could be learned he has
not taken a single person INTO ms
confidence, He was quite as reticent
| In Fact as the president himself has
aIwave been under similar circum-
Indications were that when the
chief executive returns from Cornish
two messages will be ready, the pres
ident's and the secretary's, concern
ing the details of which not soul
will have a particle of information
except their respective authors.
The two will be compared. the
president and the secretary will talk
them over, and one note or the other,
or a compromise, or an entirely new
note will be agreed on. Then the
cabinet will be consulted.
There was plenty OF speculation
concerning the things the president
and the secretary were writing into
their proposed communications put
this speculation really meant moth
ing-the truth was that nobody had
an inkling concerning what either
man had in his mind.
One thing stated on very good au-
thority was that Secretary Lansing
as counselor Of the state department
had much more to do with preparing
the previous American messages to
Germany than he has been given
credit for. The current version
hitherto has been that President
| Wilson furnished the Ideas, and that
Lansing put the notes into legal
| form. The latest account Is that the
latter supplied many of the ideas as
well as much of the language,
| CORNISH, N. H., July 13.-Presi-
dent Wilson devoted his attention to,
day to a detailed study of the situa.
| tion growing out of the receipt of thf
latest German note on submarine
warfare. After game of golf will
DR.. Cary 7. Grayson, ON a course
near here, he retired to his study al
Harlakenden House. with the officia
| text of the note before him.
The President gave directions thai
he oe left undisturbed, and he die
not pay as much attention as usua
| to the morning mail received from
Washington. Members of his family
busted Themselves in various ways
and the president had absolute Sc
clusion and quiet for the considera
ton of the German situation.
No plans were made this morning
for President Wilson's return t
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