The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-24

In other words, President Wilson has offered Germany a means of es- cape from the present embarrassing situation provided she holds in check her submarine operations pending the exchanges,
 Effect of the Note.
 The effect of the Presidents note, as viewed here. is to leave it absolutely within the power of Germany to de- termine whether or not a break shall come The expressions in the note apparently make it impossible for, the United States to submit to another submarine attack without acting.
 What form that action would take the President and his advisers have not determined The first step prob ably would be a severance of diplo- matic relations.
 Though the general purport of the Presidents note has been well under stood here for several days, the sever ffzr of its terms, and the vigor with which the determination to maintain A American rights is expressed had not been fully anticipated
 It is believed that the reading of the note will cause much surprise throughout the country. For the same reasons there is much anxiety here as to the effect it will have in Germany, where, according to all tn- formation received, the public has d of communication from Washington
 The note proceeds at the outset 10 pronounce ''very unsatisfactory the last note received from Germany be- cause it fails to meet the real issue The German proposals contained in that note as to the conditions under which Americans may be permitted to voyage on the seas free from the submarine menace, are forthwith re- jected as involving a partial suspen- sion of the principles for which the United States, is contending.
 Admission of nIegality.
 s Germany's defence that her subna- rine programme is a reprisa1 is seized upon by the President an aduis- son that it is illegal. More plainly than in any of the previous notes the President tells Germany that it is in cumbent upon her to give up 'inhu- man and illegal acts" against an en- emy when they deprive neutrals of their rights, particularly the right to life itself.''
 Reference is made by, the President to the fact that recent German subma- rine operations have demonstrated that it is possible to use them in sub stan tia1 accord with the accepted prac- tices of regulated warfare. This state ment, fatly contradictory. of an opin- ion expressed by the President in hls first Lusitania note, is made the basis of implied note, is made the basis the more incum bent upon Germany to make all her submarine attacks con form to the principles of international law.
 It is an interesting and significant fact that but few hours before the note was given out for publication the State Department received a. report from the Treasury Department show | ing that investigation of the Orduna case had brought substantiation of l the first reports that the vessel, with l a score of Americans on board. had been the target for a German torpedo, launched without any warning to the liner.
 Action in the Or1una Case. On tht basis of this report the State Department will therefore ask the German government for a statement on the affair." There is no probability, however, that the attack on the Orr 5una will be made the basis for sum mary action by this government, such 1 as is indicated in the note delivered to the German government yesterday. The President repeats his demand for disavowal of the s'wanton act'' in sinking the Lusitania and for repara- I ton for the loss of American lives in a needless destruction of human life reason for believing, however, that l this demand, made for the third time, will continue to be ignored by the German government.
 r The note was the subject of a dis 1 cussion between the German AmbaS- sador and Secretary Lansing yester- day afternoon. At the request of MT. Lansing the Ambassador called at the State Department and for half an hour the two discussed the note and l it's effect upon the situation existing between, the two governments. After the conference it became known that the personal view Of the Ambassador is that so far as the past is concerned, the note makes matters no worse, while he considers that it holds out distinct opportunity for sthe two governments to get together 1 It is now known that the ambassa-
 dor. considers it impossible for the
 United States and Germany to reach ] an understanding as regards the sub