Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-29
RESPONSIBILITY or CONTINUING
OR BREAKING FRIENDLY RE-
IATioNs BETWEEN TWO
COUNTRIES PLACED
UPON BERLIN.
FURTHER VIOLATIONS TO
BE HELD AS "UNFRIENDLY"
Communication Reiteratss Insistancs
Upon Rights of Heutrzis Upon the
High Seas and Plainly Warns Teu-
tons that Cffense, Such - Sink
Ing 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 10 fatty
warned that a repetition Of the Of
lenses Of which this country com
plains will be regarded as "deliber-
sicily unfriendly,"
The words deliberately unfriend-
IT," ais used In diplomacy, constitute
4 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 ia 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.
usge is forceful. courteous, convinc-
ing and almost tart in places.
Ii will be regarded by the country
rs q document filed with the gray.
est possibilities. The President, dur
ing the deliberation he has given Ii
at bis home In Cornish, In conjunc.
ton with the aid given him by Score.
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 as IL 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 the freedom of the seas -
Stripped of all it's diplomatic verbiags
1t liz a repetition of the American es.
preston OF adherence of the German
action In sinking the Lusitania. 1t
reiterates the American insistsnce
upon the rights OF neutrals upoa the
seas. II does not insist upon repara.
t!on for the sinking OF the Lnsitania
but plainly warns Germany that
whatever public avowal or Gisavowal
the German government may make,
the osfense must not be repeated.
Must Not Repeat offense.
II Germany should repeat the on
tense 1t will constitute an "unfriend.
~ act" and In diplomatic language
this means the breaking of of diplo-
matte relations and possibly war
with such 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 Ia nothing more for this govern
ment to do and has returned to his
summer home in Cornish
Text Of Third American Note.
Washington, July 24.~~Following Ia
the Official text of the latest American
note to Germany regarding submarine
warfare, which was delivered to the
foreign ONCE at Berlin by Ambassador
Gerard:
THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
AMBASSADOR GERARD,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
You are instructed TO deliver texual
iy the following note to the minister
Of foreign affairs;
The note of the imperial German
government dated the sth OF July
1918, has received the careful consid
GRAFTON of the government OF the Unit
ed States, and 1t regrets to be Obliged
to say tina. II has found II very un
satisfactory. because ii 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