Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-17
GERMANY WILL
RUSH ITS REPLY
TO NOTE, REPORT
eerlin's Prompt Answer May
Be in Washington Tomorrow
or Wednesday.
DUMBA'S CALL ON BRYAN
GIVES RISE TO NE,N RUMoR.
Austrian Ambassador Said to
Have Given Friendly Ex-
preston on Case.

WASHINGTON. May i7.-Ger-
many's reply to President Wilson's
note may reach Washington tonor-
row or Wednesday.
Onoifieial intimations reached here
today that the German foreign Office
intends to expedite its preparation.
Copies of the Presidents last wordn
on submarine warfare already are in
the hands of the kaiser and his chief
advisers.
DIR. sonstantin Dumba the Aus
trian ambassador had Il long con-
ference today with Secretary BRYAN
and other State Department officials.
While the ambassador would not disc
cuss the object of his call the inn
preston prevailed in well-inforned
circles that he had endeavored To
sound out feeling with view toward
assisting in a peaceful settlement OF
the situation with Germany.
Ambassador Gerard. at Berlin to-
day. notified the state Department OF
the delivery of the American note to
the German foreign office. IT was
the first official notification that the
note had arrived at its destination,
although it's delivery had been re-
ported in news dispatches.
Most of the points raised have al
ready been considered by German
diplomacy at various times recently.
The new matter, the peremptory
demand for recognition of Ameri-
can citizens right to travel wherever
they will safe under their. govern
ment's protection. is admittsdis
Germany's own position. Germany,
however, has made the exception
and is expected to do so in this
case-that all persons entering LII
ligerent territory put themselves In
the position of assuming risk that
their own government cannot proper
ly safeguard them against.
Despite INSPIRED" interviews bear
ing Berlin date lines and purporting
to give the views of mysterious high
officials" diplomatic circles here con-
tinued certain today that Germany in
her reply TO the United States will
adopt a conciliatory attitude.
The state department processes ~
| be in the dark, but there is not q
European embassy or legation which
has not received complete reports of
the German official attitude to the
Hunted States. All agree that German
officials were amazed when they re-
ceived the presidents letter giving
| them practically no choice of decision
on the main question at issue.
| Germany. it is said, in diplomatic
circles expected a protest concerning
the Lusltania. She realized one WAS
being prepared in the F'alaba case
involving the death of the Ameri-
can, Leon Thresher. The kaiser
was understood to stand ready
to disavow the Gushing and Gull
flight incidents and not only to apollo
gize, but to offer indemnity.
| President Wilson's tart assertion
that the Lusitania sinking was q
| crime, coupled with the demand that
! the submarine warfare be ended
| forthwith, came, however, as an un-
| pleasant surprise, diplomats say.
! They assert that Germany is, never
| theless, as anxious today to conciliate
| the United States as she was ten
| days ago-possibly more so, because
| of developments In Italy. For this
reason it is expected the Berlin gov
ernment will accept, in spirit at least.
the undebatable sections of the presi-
dents note--even to the extent tenn
porarily Of hating her submarine ae-
| tivities against merchant vessels
and then to seek a ground of aniica-
BILE final settlement that will benefit
/ Germany.
\ Flat statement that questonss OF
national honor cannot be arhtrated
are, of course, accepted in dipiomatie
| quarters, anu lnlS, TOO, III tHS 10Y - y
| the fact that the Bryan arbitration
| treaties make no such EXPRESSION.
but 1t is pointed out the only points
| in the Wilson note which can he coil.
strued as involving points Of national
honor are the killing of American
citizens and the assertion o. their
right to travel wherever they pleqse.
| Germany. officials say. has aposo-
gized for the deaths of the Americans
on the Lusitania. She can he eS-
pected to accept in principle the pol
| lev of freedom to travel In both
cases. however, she can plead not
exactly in justification but rather in
extenuation--that the Falaba, on
which Thresher lost his life. was sd-
mittedly carrying tons of munitions
to the allies and that the Lusitania
on previous trips carried big cafsoes
Of munitions, while on the voyage nl
which she was destroyed she carried
many reservists on their way to Join
the colors.
Germany offered long ago TO end
her submarine blockade if the British
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