Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
Tone Of American Protest
Over Shipping to Govern
Lusitania Reply.
INSISTING IT BE FIRM
Tn Absence of Such Evidence
Condemnation of Warn
ing Is Universal.

/ Berlin, July Is, Cvia LondouJ-There
is every indication that considerable
/ time will eIapse before the German
government makes any attempt to an
swer the latest American note on the
sinking Of the Lusitauia. Should the
/ United States protest to Great Britain
( in regard to restrictions placed on
shipping. which it is reported here is
now being formulated, be couched in
firm tones, it is considered possible
7 the German reply would not be
brusque,
4 In the absence Of evidence that the
/ United States intends to force Great
/ Britain to abandon the policy Germany
considers illegal condemnation Of
/ President Wilson's note is universal.
{ Hope has not been abandoned, how
/ ever, that the United States may in
tend to assail vigorously Great Brit
aims methods of controlling the sea.
Until this point becomes clear the
/ Berlin foreign office probably viii
mark time
/ Berlin, July %, jvia London, 4.30
/ p. min terms of genuine regret
that the American note disregards the
/ German standpoint and makes the sit
uation between the United States and
Germany mora Tense, bat without
abandoning hope of an eventual settle
ment OF the difficulties, Eugene Zim-
norman, general director Of the Lokal
IAnzieger. and The0dor Wolff, editor in
chief Of the Berliner Tageblatt today
discussed the latest diplomatic docu-
! ment on submarine warfare.
English Press Approves.
! London, July 26.-The English news
papers comment with warm approval
/ on the American note to Germany but
two of the leading organs express
some concern over the paragraph
which under conditions promises CO.
operation with Germany in securing
freedom of The seas.
Comments on the paragraph of yhe
note. which processes to see an i'm
provemeut in the methods of Ger
mauy's submarine campaign, show that
the British press rests under the mis-
taken belief that Washington is con
cerned over the whole question of
submarine blockade as strongly as it
is over the effects Of such d warfare
on American lives and shipping.
In an editorial discussing the para
graph in the American note TO Ger
many which invites the cooperation of
the German government i'm securing
the freedom of the seas, the Manches-
ter Guardian says:
This whole passage should be very
carefully noted 1t means quite plain
~ that in President Wilson's opinion
this country is an offender against the
principle OF the freedom of the seas;
we have in fact had several dispatches
from President Wilson on this very
subject and these, it is believed. short
ly Will be followed by another
He declines TO discuss alleged in.
fractions of the freedom of the seas
with Germany now. but he says in ef-
feet that the case might be different if
Germany showed sincerity in her at
tachment to the principle of freedom
at sea by abandoning her submarine
campaign. which is the most serious
infraction of that freedom ever known.
Let Germany do that and America and
she may do something together for
freedom on the seas. The whole pas
sage may well occasion some very ser
ious reflections in this country"
Vienna's View.
Vienna, July 26, (via London,) The
Neue Freie Press expresses itself as
unable to understand why the United
States refused Germany's proposal for
protecting the lives OF American citi-
zens at sea, and although seeking the
sanctity of American passengers. de-
clined the practical means offered for
securing this end "It is question"
the paper adds. whether the same
stifneckedness would be observed
against England