Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-30
RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTINUING
OR BREAKING FRIENDLY RE-
LArioNs BETWEEN TWO
COUNTRIES PLACED
UPON BERLIN.
FURTHER VIOLATIONS TO
BE HELD AS "UkFRIENDLY W
Communication Reiterates lnsistance
Upon Riqhts of Neutras Upon the
High Seas and Plainly Warns leu
tons that Offense, Such as Sink
ina of Lusitania, Must Not
Be Repeated.

Washington, July 24.-Without
backing down, and withdrawing not
one whit from his position originally
taken, President Wilson has placed
upon Germany the responsibility of
continuing or breaking the friendly
relations between the two countries.
In the American note addressed to
the imperial German government and
Just made public, Germany is fatty
warned that a repetition OF the of
lenses of which this country COM
plains will be regarded as "deliber-
ately unfriendly."
The words deliberately unfriend
IT," as used in diplomacy, constitute
polite and suave method of warn
ing, which amounts to an ultimatum.
While the Interpretation of the words
rests with the President, there seems
little doubt but that the executive has
substituted them for the words "strict
accountability" and as he has with
drawn from consideration of these
words it seems hardly possible he
can ignore the plain intention OF the
ones used in this last note.
Strongest Note BY Far.
The document is by far the strong
est expression that has come from
this government In the course Of the
correspondence between America and
the German government. The lang
uage is forceful, courteous. cOnYinc-
ing and almost tart in places.
1t will be regarded by the country
as a document filled with the gray
est possibilities The President, dur
ing the deliberation he has given it
at his home in Cornish in conjunc-
ton with the aid given him by Secre-
tary of State Lansing, has apparently
come to the conclusion that the time
for parleying has passed. The note
does not necessarily call for an an
sWer, except SO far IS it is suggested
one would be acceptable relative to
the LuSitania outrage and also in re-
iation to the suggestion that the
American government is interested in
SECURING EnG IkScuOIl vi Ills~ oCIG.
Stripped of all it's diplomatic verbiage
it is repetition Of the American eX-
preston OF adherence of the German
action in sinking the LuSitanla. 1t
reiterates the American insistence
upon the rights of neutrals upon the
seas. 1t does not insist upon repara-
ton for the sinking Of the Lusitania,
but plainly warns Germany that
whatever public ayoWal or disaVoWal
the German government may make,
the offense must not be repeated.
Must Not Repeat Ofense.
If Germany should repeat the of
Tense it will constitute an 'unfriend-
ly act" and in diplomatic language
this means the breaking off of diplo-
matte relations and possibly war,
With such a declaration Of the
American position, this country will
sit back and wait for Germany to
speak but more specifically to act.
The President apparently feels
there is nothing more for this govern
UlGnI 10 uO anu has lCbttL LLCd w LIS
summer home in Cornish.
Text of Third American Note.
Washington, July 24--Following is
the official text of the latest American
note to Germany regarding submarine
warfare, which was delivered to the
foreign office at Berlin by Ambassador
Gerard:
THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
AMBASSADOR GERARD,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
You are instructed to deliver texual-
ly the following note to the minister
| of foreign affairs:
The note of the imperial German
| government dated the Sth of July
| 1915, has received the careful consid
GRAFTON of the government of the Unit
| ed States, and it regrets to be Obliged
| to say that it has found it very uu
| satisfactory, because it fails to meet
| the real difference between the two
| governments and indicates no way In
! which the accepted principles of law
and humanity may be applied in the