Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-10
Outline Which the United States Re.
fused to Discuss Indicates that
It's Terms Cannot Be Ac-
cepted by Uncle Sam.
TENSION AGAIN BECOMES ACUTE
General Undertone of Disappoint-
ment Pervsdes Official Quarters
at National Capital.
TEXT IS EXPECTED SATURDAY
BULLETIN.

BERLIN. July 9.-tVia London)
The German reply to the American
note regarding the sinking OF the
Lusitania and submarine warfare
was delivered to James w. Gerard,
the American ambassador in Berlin,
late last night.
The note is now being translated
and IT will go forward to Washing
ton some time today.
Certain paragraphs embodying
the principal features Of the German
offer already have been dispatched
to Washington, but the final sections
of the communication probably will
not be on the wire for transmission
before a late hour this afternoon.
This because the note is of consider
able length.
The text OF the note meanwhile
will be withheld from the newspa-
per correspondents and permission
for the transmission of summaries is
being withheld. This is done to give
the official version the right Of way.
WASHINGTON. July s.-Delivery OF
Germany's reply to the American note
on submarine warfare to Ambassador
Gerard In Berlin last night should bring
the official text to the State department
here probably tomorrow and undoubt-
edly by Sunday.
Tension f. Renewed.
President Wilson is expected to return
/ from the summer White House at Corn
ish TO lay the reply before the cabinet
at a meeting Tuesday. All officials here
realize that there probably has been no
essential change from the form In which
tho reply was outlined by the Berlin for-
eign office TO Ambassador Gerard. On
the basis of that outline. the American
government declined 70 engage in any
supplementary negotiations because the
German proposals, were regarded as such
which the United States could not accept
without sacrificing many of it's rights.
Meanwhile there Is renewal of the
tension over what the next step will be
II the teAt of the German reply bears
out the unofficial outlined. which in
dicated that II would be so unsatisfac-
tory TO the United States.
! Although officials would not comment,
saving that the phraseology first must
be studied, the general undertone in Of
ficial quarters was one OF disappoint-
mont. What the presidents course will
he no official would predict, but II was
evident that another critical stage in tho
relations between Germany ard the
United States was 1T hand.
One course which some well Informed
officials considered probable, would be TO
reject the German proposals and notify
the Berlin government. in effect. that
the United States intended TO insist upon
the principle of visit and search for all
unarmed vessels of any nationality carry
ing Americans and the specific violations
Of these rights would determine the next
step In the American policy.
May Break Relations.
As for the Lusitania case, however,
failure by Germany TO admit liability for
the loss OF more than 100 American lives
Is a phase of tho situation on which
there are today few suggestions as to
what the United States should do.
Some OF the presidents advisers have
repeatedly eounselled that the breach of
international law was so fragrant that
II remained only for the United States
TO have no diplomatic intercourse with
the German government unless the in
tent OF the act was denied and repara-
tion was promised
The negotiations over the conduct OF
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