Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-24
Newspaper Comment
onNote to Germany
No Excuse for Mistoking Mean
ing of Serious and Meas
urcd Wotds.
New York World.

uocS. Inc issue now TCSts WltE
Germany: even the military auto
cracy OF Berlin can have no excuse for
installing the meaning OF these seri-
Gus and measured words.
New York Times.
With courage and with irmncss,
President Wilson and Secretary Ian
sing have responded to the hopes and
tho deep conviction of the American
people. In the controversy with GER
many IL was time that there he an end
OF ;hc long parlcyinS III which our
protests and our demands drew forth
only evasions and irresponsible coun-
terproposals. The nation has now
spoken in words and in a tone which
leave room for no further declarations
on our part. II rests with Germany to
say whether she desires the continu-
ancc OF friendly relations between the
two governments and the two peoples.
New York Herald.
! The most frequent comment put upon
the last German note was that ii was
siudiouSly niHpant and Irrelevant The
comment most pertinent upon the con-
. struction of the last note is that it is
cuttinely direct and dcsCnedly severe.
Probably no diplomatic note that did
not precede war ever SO brutally ham,
'l'TcH III tactS. Language could
not I've stronger.
Ne" York Tribune.
/ The supreme merit of the latest note
addressed by tho American 10 the Ger
man government is that il faces the
facts as they are. 1t tells the truth
tina, has always been unmistakablc. and
it tells il in words that can neither
provoke just resentment nor permit
honest misrepresentation.
The New York sun.
Thrc future lies with the Kaiser.
The United states with unabatcd
friendship, stands no, as suppliant
The future lies with the Kaiser
of ncutrals and neutral nationals
founded III custom and buttresscd in
law, enlist our defense. There can he
no misunderstanding no misinterprcta-
ton. The German answer may
come in words. l, may be expressed
in deeds. Whatever the tenor. the
. United States has done neither more
nor less than its obligations demanded.
and confronts the future confident and
| with conscience clear
/ New York "crmnnp HeroId
We are certain that complications
| will be settled amicably The
/ President has Welded TO some extent
and so will. undoubtedly. Germany
Hartford tConn.i Courant.
II Is polite appeal to friendship
and a suggestion that we have the law
! on our side, whether we have the
means and disposition TO enforce tho
! law or not.
| Hoston Advertiser.
| The time has come 10 stop these ar
tacks OF submarines on American prop
!
want to end IL We shall end il.
! Boston Globe.
! Taken as "A whole. the note repre-
! SCENTS mature and moderate American
| opinion.
thnrieston IS. c. News and Courier
rms is the final warning preceding
action II now rests wholly with Ger
many whether or not the Congress
shall be assembled in extra
ordinary session 10 uphold the hands
OF the President and take such action
AS the dignity and safety OF the
country may demand.
Savannah ,Gn.) Morning News.
The new note is to the point. and is
meant TO end the controversy Ii sums
up the case
folumbin tS. c. state.
/ Whether Germany will continue at
| peace with the United states or not
! depends on whether or not Germany
shall in future commit an act "dciiber-
atcIy hnfricndlN To the United States
! New Orleans Times PIcnyune
The note is temperate and friendly
| in tone. 1t dpholds firmly the
principles of international law and
humanity and neutral as we'll as ma
| lional rights
| NickshurE nIi>sJ Herald.
| Americans arc opposed to peace at
! any price" doctrine There is nothing
in the note TO bring on the thing
| 'war) TO which they arc avcrse, and
the closing paragraph is sufficient to
repel the peace at any price" reproach
Knoxville 'Tcnn.' journal and Tribune
The american reply is firm state
! mcni OF The American position. |,
/ shows no hackdowu Whatever its
| influence elsewhere. IL has the uni
/ vcrsal approval of Americans.
Nashville trcnnb Trnncsscan-
American.
There is no more chance for lodging
on TIA" part OF Germany. She must
/ either conccdc tho demand or confess
/ herself an outlaw nation
birmingham 'sInD AGc-Hcrnid.
! In all probability. Gcrmany's reply
/ viii be satisfactory. but President
! Wilson Will stand by his last word"-
and tho people will stand Loyalty and
/, unflinchinCly with him.
Louisville CourIcr-JournaI.
| II is wastcful of words. II does not
! buster. II is in perfect temper. Rut
II declines to he led into debate on
/ what is foreign and is not vital The
past must bc accounted for The
futur" cannot he determined by good
wishes.
indianapolis Stnr.
There is noble and almost ma jcstic
restraint about the note. which puts to
shame the excited uttertnccs of OK
tremists on either side.
fhirngo Herald.
President Wilson'S third note to the
German government on the results OF
its methods of submarine warfare is