Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-07
.. S. SHIPS ]. ARE ! SAFE |: !:
GERMANY NOTIFIES z. coMMAN.
DERs OF SUBMARINES NOT MA.
TO. ATTACK VESSELS y,
AMERICANS ARE NOT HOSTILE
Or. Meyer.Gerhard, Special Envoy to
4 Kaiser, Says Germans and Yankees
Merely Mlsunderstand Each Other
Should Be Friends, He Says.

Berlin, July r1.-~DT. anton meyer
Gerhard, special envoy OF Count Bern
storm to the kaiser, published an ar
ticle in Der Tag on Tuesday explain-
ing the views of the United States
regarding the Lusitania case. s
Germany and the United States
misunderstood each other" That 10
the gist Of the article. II
Doctor Gerhard adds that German
efficiency Is making friends for the
fatherland in the United States every
day" 559r2.55 $ q
1T is true" says DR.. Meyer-G Gerhard,
that the American press, with some
laudable exceptions, especially the
German-American papers, have not
succeeded In remaining neutral, but
the influence OF the press upon public
opinion Is sometimes greatly overesti-
mated. Doubtless large sections Of
the American people are friendly to-
ward Germany, whose efficient 'organi-
cation Isl daily winning friends and md
larousing interest IN things German. N
One excellent effect Of the war IL
upon German-Americans, who, with
out sacrifice Of their loyalty to their
/ adopted country, have shown strong
remembrance OF their descent, their
education and their culture. Beside
them. on the other side Of the ocean,
there are wide circles who sympathize
with Germany, ls 81 .E}y
IA Abiding to the discussion over the
ammunition question, DR.. Meyer-Ger
hard says: DIRE KS ks,
$ II Germans often mistake large am
munition orders for filed orders. TO
q large extent such orders are chang
ing big factories into ammunition
!. works. This is regrettable, but the
writer is convinced that large parts
OF the American people disapprove
OF 1t. A popular vote would show
considerable majority against the
practice. sS d III
Germans must discriminate be-
tween business men accepting orders
and the great mass Of the American
people s5.s SIS. 5:5 t5,
"Both people are laboring under en-
tirely different opinions. Both have
lived hitherto in peace and friend
ship and should continue 30 to live.
There is no real reason for antagon-
ism existing between them" t5 $S.i
II Washington, July Evidence ac-
cumulated at the state department
that concrete. plans are in process OF
formation between the United States
and Germany to reduce to a minimum
the dangers to American life and prop
erty in the German war zone.
a It can be stated as a fact that there
have been intimations from Germany,
although not directly from the foreign
4omce, that effort As now being madeto
avoid attacks on vessels flying the
American flag. t35z
" It was admitted at the department
that the United, States is now advis-
ing the German foreign office Of the
date Of sailing from America Of
every! vessel flying the American nag
/ and also OF the approximate time such
vessels will pass into the German war
zone. This informant ton iis sent to Am
bassador Gerard for communicate to
the German admiralty. 4 I; \
Omctals say that It ID obvious tnat
the German admiralty has sent new
stringent ord ers to Its submarine COM
manders to avoid attacks on vessels
flying the American nag unless abso-
lutely certain that the flag is employed
for deception. /. {s
W There would be no surprise now at
the state department II Germany was
10 admit her liability for PREPARATION
In the case OF the SLusitania. Nh