Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-02
London Paper Holds Teuton
ChanceI!or's Triumph Great
er Than Mr.. Wilson's.
ONE SAYS BERLIN STAND
CANNOT BE ACCEPTED
All Merchant Sailors Under ANY
Flag Would Still Be Subject to
: Piracy. Is Claim.

. norninS neWspapers while recognizing
that President Wilson has secured an
important concession from Germany
with regard to Germany's submarine
warfare EXPRESS the belief that the
President VIII rot be content with II.
but from the point of view that Count
Won Bernstorff's note 10 Secretary OF
state Lansing indicates that DIR. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg. the German i'm
perial. chancellor. has 4 freer hand, they
express satisfaction over the improved
outlook o fthe situation.
1T is difficult to imagine. says the
Daily Telegraph, in an editorial. that
President Wilson will accept Count Won
Bernstorff's proposal since such a set
Element would leave merchant sailors
under the American or other flags still
exposed to all the perils of sumbarne
piracy. If there is any whiting away
of the broad principle for which the
United States government has been
eontending the world will be confront
ed with murderous conditions at sea as
a permanent menace in time of war, for
Germany has no monopoly OF suoma-
rines."
Stand Held Not Sufficient.
The Daily Telegraph contends that
nothing but a complete abandonment OF
Germany's submarine policy Will be suf-
hcient. 1t argues that international law
recognizes no difference between passen-
ger vessels and cargo boats. and says that
Germany herself acted in accordance with
this principle long as she had war
ship or a mercha ntman at sea and only
threw it over when British naval power
asserted its sway by legitimate means.
THE SOLDERING truth to the Germans.
the Daily Telegraph continues. is that
they are confronted by an embarrassing
oif nof ion yrh ar
Two alternatives only are open ether
Germany must persist in her policy or
outrage and murder or call on her SUD
marines There is no middle course I'M
less the United States is to recsde from
the position she has hitherto maintained.
Chancellor to Get Free Hand.
In conclusion the Daily Telegraph
says that while 1t is believed Count Won
Bernstorff is trying to obtain minimum
terms. it sees hope in the apparently
diplomatic illness of Admiral Won Tir-
pitt. the German minister of marine.
which it declares will give Chancellor
Won Bethmann Hollweg a free hand.
The Daily Graphic says the an
nounced German position is 4 greater
triumph for DIR. Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg than for President Wilson.
1T is a clever concession, SAYS the
Daily Graphic which costs GERMANY
such atrocities the sinking Of the
Lusitanla has to a large extent been
destroyed by the. heavy toll Great
Britain has taken of her submarines
If President Wilson is really III earnest.
however, ne cannot be satisfied with
such partial concession
Says It Meets Last U. S. Note.
The Daily Chronicle points out that
while the concession made by Germany
through Count Btrnstorff is quite in
sut.icient to satisfy the principles laid
down in President Wilscus first note le-
specting the Lusitania. it meets the last
note. in which the principles We're Graatly
whitfield down, only differing in combining
TO liners what the President claimed for
ali mercha ntmen.
with President Wilson'S eagerness to
catch at any straw thai may preserve
peace. it is plain that he will not press
this difference. says the Chronicle, and
yet come OF the cases which most GI-
fayorably impressed American opinion
We're these oi cargo boats and the posi-
bilitieS Of innunanity, which the Ger
man formula leaves open. are great and
Obvious.
Arabic Sinking Thought "Try-on."
The Chronicle supposes the sinking
of the ALabic WAS "a try-on" to dis
cover how much America would stand
and that the outburst of American
anger finally decided the German gov
erpEent to yield something. The pa
per criticisos somewhat severely Presi-
oent Wilson's policy, which it contends
comedies to Germany the right to sink
ii enemy merchantmen except liners
without notice, thus for the rrst time
giving quasi-internationa sanction to
practices never before sanctioned by
International law.
Rejoices at MIR. Wilson'S Triumph
The Standard assumes in an editorial
that the words liner viii cover
broadly all passenger frying vessels,
nd rejoices unfeigncdIy in the triumph
OF Mir Wilson'S calm persistence and