The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
PLAYS GREAT GAME
GERMANY COUNTS ON ACTION
AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN'S
new NAVAL BLOCKADE

new NAVAL BLUCkADE
Teutons Agree to American Demands
Unrestrictedly and in Tobo-Hope
Pledge of Administration to Take
I'D Freedom of Seas" Will be Up
held as Notes Indicated.
Germany has been informed by the
United States that this. government
prefers that the Arabic case be set
tied before the other questions re-
garding submarine warfare are taken
up for adjustment. To this request
Germany has assented, and has indi-
Gated that she will be ready to make
a. settlement. of the additional mat
ters in controversy as soon as the
Arabic case is out of the way.
The German admiralty Tuesday
suggested that the submarine which
may have torpedoed the Arabic pos
sibly had foundered or had been sunk
by the British. A high admiralty Of
fetal, again declaring that no news
on the sinking of the Arabic was
available, said:
Would it not be lamentable if the
submarine should have been lost and
we should never learn what happen
ed, Soon after the Arabic sank l
said we should in all probability,
have the details by the end of August
or early in September at the latest.
Most of our boats which were on the
west coast of England at the time
have returned, but not one so far
knows anything about the Arabic.
1T probably will be possible with
in very short time-I can not say
precisely how many days-to tell
whether our apprehensions regarding
the submarine are correct
The official would not say whether
one or more of the submarines in
question still were out, nor how long
any one vessel had been away from
it's base, but said suggestively: "They
seldom remain out longer than three
weeks and we usually get report on
any torpedoing operations in from
eight to fourteen days, rarely later
than a fortnight after the occur
rences.'
A clearer idea has been obtained
of the German plan for removing
causes of friction with the United
States over the submarine warfare.
This plan is comprehensive, for it
contemplates not merely all adjust
ment of pending issues, but inferen-
TALLY suggests an arrangement that
will modify both the German subma-
rine activity and the British restric-
tions on shipments of foodstufrs to
German ports for the use of the civ
ilian population of the country.
It was learned by an authoritative
quarter that in presenting the plan
of settlement the German govern
ment was not astaeAing a string to-
its offer to modify its orders to sub
marine commanders, but would put
the notifications in effect without
the stipulation that their permanency
must depend on the success of ef-
forts by this government to arrange
with Great Britain for lessenlng OF
the restrictions on neutral commerce.
That the modifying changes in the
orders to submarine commanders will
be made permanent only If Great
Britain mitigates the severity of her
orders in council is to be inferred
from instead Of stated in the German
proposal.
The German proposal may be stat
ed in the following form:
First. Germany will offer to ad-
lust the Lusitania case through
reparation and through other
means in way that she hopes will
be satisfactory to the United
States.
Second. Germany will continue
the orders to submarine command
ers not to attack passenger YES
sells without warning, and may
agree to observe the rule OF visit
and search with respect to mer-
chant craft generally.
Third. Germany will express
qualification over the statement in
the American note Of July 21 that
the United States is contendlng
for the freedom Of the seas, and
will look to this government to
make good it's offer to see that the
freedom of the seas is made prac-
ticable between the belllgerents
themselves and to act as the COM
mon friend who may be privileged
to suggest way.
The third division Of the German
proposal is the most important, ac-
cording to opinion in well-informed
circles at Washington. 1t means that
the German government expects the
United States to take up with Great
Britain the question of obtaining
of the orders in council
with their restrictions on American
trade with neutral European coun-
tries and Germany.
These notifications could be put
into effect. if the American negotla-
tions were successful, through mo-
dus vivendi to which both Germany
and Great Britain would be parties,
the German government for its part
to make material changes in its sub
marine warfare against merchant
shipping. To state it more clearly
the German government apparently
calls on the United States to fulnll
what Germany regards as pledge OF
this government to insist that British
restrictions on trade shall be soften
ed.
The United States will not be told
that Germany makes continuance OF
her suspension of orders to subma-
rine commanders to attack passenger
vessels without warning contingent
on what this government does with
respect to carrying out the offer 10
contend for the freedom OF the seas.
The United States, it is made PLAIN