Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24

methods used in the past. in contraven
! ton to rules of warfare. in Whlci
| American lives have been lost. if USE
| again will be construed as a deliberate
| ly unfriendly act.
| New York World.
| The United States is no longer con
ccrned with what Germany says. 1t i:
| concerned only with what Germany
| docs.
President Wilson's third not to III.
! German government in respect to the
! issues of law and humanity raised by
| the Lusitania massacre is the final wore
, of the United States. The note is MOI
| an ultimatum in form. but it is an uiti'
| matum in substance. The imperia
! government is courteously but EN-
| phatically informed that the Enitet
! states intends to maintain its rights rs
A neutral on the high seas without
! compromise and at any cost.
| The issue row rests with Germany
! Even the military-mad autocracy al
; Berlin can have no excuse for mistak
! Ing the meaning of these serious anG
measured words
Hartford tCoun.b COurant.
In the new note il is made quite
clear that we are disnleased 1t con
tains no threat and suggests no pen
atty. 1t is Il polite appeal to friendship
and a suggestion that we have the In"
on our side. whether we have tho
! means and disposition to enforce tn,
law or not. The latest note is much
more mild than the first. After reading
the closing paragraph Of the note pub
lShed thus morning we are compelled
tu conclude that the closing paragraph
81 the 1lrSt h"te meant nothing What-
ever 10 lh"se Nh" wrote H.
BOSTON Advertiser
The time has come to stop these at
ta,i5s of suhfnarines ON American prop-
erty and lives without ,varniu4, W,
want to end il. We shall end it. And
the President in ,ho closing Seutcuc,
@I tnt mote DECLARES IN Courteous; Hir-
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Boston Globe.
Taken as whole the note represents
mature and moderate American opinion.
II rests lI1un accented international law
We give Iip no right. but we can make
concessions Few can tind fault with
such u course in view of the fact that
we do not intend to 90 TO war over the
sinking of the frsitauia
Boston f"st.
The note is so clear. 50 Straightfor-
IF di,inr,.,ti1, i,,,,.,,,,,., +b,t tharc sue
no longer any pcssihility of an evasiye
or ar..Ilmeutatiya renIy Thus
the question rests In the most solemn
sense il is now I'm TO- Germany
We rropose now. AS we prouosed in
NAV. to hold Berlin to a strict account
;thiI1ty If CnrD,nnv declines 70
follow the better way we sJ,:,Il know now
to proceed IN order tn nr,tfar, nl,r fi@hte
and our interests from this moment.
tlf merit OF the president note lies
largely III us freedom from passion ana,
al the same nne. IT'S rigorous lnSIStence
on our i'nrreEhahlc position There can
lee no shadow of doubt that the country
At % \
rerate but resolute reply.
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~; iIl'tH SoNeri'"itit on the rtsuits OF
couched in the language that a self
respecting man uses to a friend whose
acts have Wronged him, and in the
language which no Intelligent man
would resent from nelGhbor whose
friendship he valued 1t is adn1ira bic
alike for its courtesy and its candor.
II DISCUSSES not the offense and 1t re-
N!ies not the offender Woodrow VIII
sin has spoken for every one of the
lee,e0o,o0o Americans worthy of the
name.
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'''p""'e'
III ne t'lIa .AllerlG ia NOTE TO berilh
ness of speech. 1t is admirable for it's
combination OF bluntness of statement,
with keeneSs Of analysis and friendli-
ness of tone. In this note speak at
once the will, the thought. the heart of
America. Come what may, the nation
will stand upon 1t as one man.
st Iou;x fIoh. Democr,,
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ne ~. piien3 anu succ!nc'Iy &c
49, 'i'a' 'ne nan positioh - IN
There can be no misunderstanding of
this note. 1t is as plain as Il pike
stan. This country Stlll desires to be
friends with Germany, but il cannot
for moment abandon right that is
fundamental The President has stated
the case for the American people. They
Will stand behind him.
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The reply of the government TO the
latest German note appears to be final,
so far as the American contentious of
law and right are concerned If not an
ultima tum in form it is AN uItimatum
in fact The door of the discussion is
closed There can now be no doubt
of the duty of press and public. and
that is to accept the stand taken by
tle governments "lthoat faEiI OF
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st. Paul Pioneer Press.
1t is a great American charter Of
rights 1t is broader than any specific
act or event in the scope of principles
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