Arizona republican., 1915-12-12
BERLIN PRESS SEES ATTEMPT
 ID BRING ABOUT RUPTURE

, feau. stating that public opinion in 1 America Is greatly stirred against ] Germany by the alleged German at ! tacks on American neutrality and
 against American factories and by 1 reason of the disclosures at the trials. If Germans recently held. II quotes New York papers as saying that some of the congressmen intend to 1 ask for rupture of diplomatic rela tiou-.
 The NossIche Zeituug publishes the dispatch with the headline: .Ameri- ca's incitation against Germany." and comments as follows: it was to be expected that at tho converting of congress the British party would make every effort to ! bring about 3 new excitement against 1 GermsrY in order to distract the attention of congress from the queS- tion of British pressure on America. This $ also President Wnsons iu- terest"
 Several of the other papers use similsr headlines, with the word "Petze" which is a. hunting expres- sion describing the setting of a dog on it's prey.
 Only 2 few of the papers print the news of the possible demand of the United States for the recall of Alex ander won Nuber Austro- Hungarian consul general at New York The Morgen Post. however. makes II a leading front page article and com meuts
 "AIr Wilson rages about our diplo-
 mats Thus he preserves the i'm partiality which we miss from him as It. or the French
 The Norgen Post also publishes message to the Wolff bureau quoting
 Secretary Lansing as saying that the recall of Captain Boy Ed and Captain von Papen. the naval and military attaches respectively of the Germn embassy at Washington has
 no political background. The Nor gen Tost comments sarcastically:
 Perhaps Nr. Wilson simply want ed to do the two officers favor by helping them to return to their beloved home, and perhaps the mois- ture which he has shed over German
 Americans came from the sea of his love for everything that is Ger
 man."
 The Moreen Post considers the
  as a further "Petze.' The Kreuse Zeitung says of the Lansing statement:
 'Gf the demand for the recall of i the attaches has no practical back ground. it is an unfriendly act. which fits perfectly into the frame of Presi- dent Wilson's general policy toward Germany
 Count won PeyentIov- in the Taga Zeitung, has leader headed: "Wn- sons Policy toward Germany" He says it is impossible to discuss the question fully because the negotia- tions between Germany and the United states have recently been carried on secretly and because ex- isting regulations forbid the tOuch- ing of certain questions. lie de clares that the American wishes in various decisions have been complied with by Germany to the fullest ex- tent. and adds:
 'One is astonished to learn from a. New York dispatch to the Wolff 1 Bureau that the Lusitania affair is not vet fully settled" Count von Reventlow declares that thep ress campaign against Germany is in line with MT. Wilson's attitude although indignant criticism of all legged German attacks is Of recent date and continues: "One. might almost assume that, as MT. Wilson IS convinced that he can { not win the German-American ele- ment for himself anyway, he now abandons further attempts and pie lures German Americans as the