Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-24
German Ambassador Asks
Government to Await Report
from Berlin Before Taking
Any Action on Arabic.
AVOID BREAK IF POSSIBLE
President, However, is De-
termined to Uphold Rights of
Citizens and Dignity of the
Nation Before the World.
Special By United Press Wire.

Special by United Press Wire
Washington, August 24.-The
German-American outlook suddenly
frightened this afternoon with the
arrival to the state department of a
request from the Kaiser's ambassa-
dor, Count Won Bernstorff, that no
action be taken by the United States
until the receipt of the official report
on the incident from Berlin. Bern
storff's message said he made his re-
quest at the Berlin governm ent's
suggestion. He said the latter want
ed the United States to know all the
facts on both sides of the Arabic
case. The Berlin Admiralty, he stat
ed, had not been able to hear from
it's submarine commander and con-
sequently was not itself in possession
of details of the incident which it
felt most anxious to know
Ambassador Page had been heard
from though his account was was
most incomplete. From ambassador
Gerard at Berlin, nothing had been
heard. State department officials
said he had not been asked to seek
report, but only to inquire from
the German government il a report
had been received from the ttU' boat
commander, supposed to have sunk
the Arabic. It was not concealed,
however, that the administration
was most anxious to hear from Ber-
lin
The Washington administration
Will avoid break betwe cen the Lmited
States and Germany IL 1t eaE possi-
bly, do SO WITHOUT the a&riEe Of
meTfs@s- d,sgzf..tyw rfgiflk. fnzA
the President has decided what
course to pursue II convinced that
Germany meant to be deliberate
unfriendly'' to the United States un-
doubtedly is true This supposition
based on the announcement by Pres
idential Secretary Tumulty that as
soon as all the facts regarding the
Arabic are ascertained our eeure of
action will be determined" was
made rather more of than the facts
justify, it was said on reliable Off
cial authority today
Despite Attorney General Greg
, ory's declaration Monday that the
government does not deal with
hypothetical cases-does not make
up its mind in advance what to do in
the face of such incidents as that OF
the ATdUlC Observation-Disclosures
close to the White House said ii was
natural the President has had all
along clear idea what he would do
if the Germans disregarded his last
note regarding submarine warfare.
I There could be no question, they ex-
planned, that he proposed to sever
German-American diplomatic rela-
tions if Germany refused in the con-
duct of its undersea campaign to
take such precautions as his COM
munication specified relative to
American safety on the seas.
Briefly, the administration wants
no diplomatic break, which it realizes
would be dangerous. The British
showing in connection with the Ara
bic incident, as is already known
positively, though unofficially, is that
such a diplomatic break can hardly
be avoided providing this showing is
not controverted by a more or less
contradictory statement from Berlin.
If such a statement is Forthcoming
Continued on page Al