Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-31
REyIVES TENSION
BETWEEN NATIONS
pre.;d,nt .aalvins Grave and Solitary
Confederation 70 Preblsm-Nots to
BE consIdsrsd at cablnst Meeting
Tuesday, Speedy Answer Made and
Course Determined Upon-Ne inti'
/ nation Given Out. ..--Ll.,.-..-

to conditions IN M00CO sHV sNo 49, AAA'-
submarine warfare The president
motored most Of the morning, appar-
emily in deep thought. The reply OF
the German government to the Amer
lean note protesting against the sink-
ing Of the Lusitania and other viola
tions OF American rights in the war
xone brought disappointment here and
a revival OF the tension which preceded
the dispatch of+the first communication
to Berlin.
Al the White House It was stated
that the administrations plan in the
Mexican situation would not be inter-
fered with by the new developments
with respect to Germany, except that
the presidents warning to the Mexican
factions might not be issued on the
same day. as the second note to Ger
many is made public.
Answer Not Determined Upon.
The Mexican statement had been ex-
pected tomorrow. What the presidents
answer will be to the German note IS
undetermined. He saw no callers early
today, turning over in solitude the
grave uuestions before him much as
he did In the days Immediately follow
ing the sinking Of the Lusitania- At
noon he returned from motor ride
and started for Arlington cemetery.
where he was 10 speak at the Memorial
Day services. S1cretary Bryan and
other members Of the cabinet also were
% make speeches in memory Of the
day. ii 81
Il vas NOT expected that the presi-.
dent will give any intimation - to the
course TO be pursued before tomor-
rows cabinet meeting. The Official text
OF the German note on which the ac-
tion Of the United States will be based,
was deciphered today, 1t differs IN
phra seology from the unofficial text
isent in press dispatches, but in no es-
sentials.
IText OF the German reply appears
on page ten OF this issue.-Editor.1
President Goes Motoring.
President Wilson went for a long
automobile ride this morning, after
reading newspaper comment on the
German note. He had not received the
official text from the state department..
and his day was broken by an engage
ment to speak at Memorial day exer-
cises In Arlington national cemetery.
he will not begin thorough study OF
the note before tonight.
An unusually large number OF sight,
seers were gathered In front of the
White House when the president went
out to his motor. There was a scat
tering Of handclapping, and the presi-
dent bowed and smiled In reply.
Officials refused to discuss the note
before the president had an opportun-'
ity to consider HIS reply. It was ex-
pected that the question would be dis
cussed thoroughly at tomorrows cabi-
net meeting and that an answer would
be forwarded to Berlin with as little
delay as possible.
state department officials compared
today the OFFICIAL text Of the German
note with the text az made public In
the press dispatches. The text Of the
Official dispatch differs In some OF the
phraseology, it was explained, but
there is no difference whatever in the
sense conveyed. The difference is at
tributed to the fact that unofficial
translations were made by different
persons, resulting in the difference in
the English wording.
Uncertain Of Facts.
One difference In language, however,
which attracted attention was that
which said the "LuMtania undoubtedly
had guns on boardtwhich were mounted
under decks or masked" The word
sUndoubtedly" was omitted In the un-
official text. This was taken to mean
that the German government was not
altogether certain Of the authenticity
Of its information. The official text on
this point read: "The L,isitania, too,
according to Information received here,
had cannon aboard wnicn were
( ,.nour%nd and concealed belOuy decks -