The Washington times., 1915-05-31

by nghtfal the President will have made up his mind
pretty thoroughly on what he will say to Germany.
If the present temper of of6ciadom is to be taken
gauge, the reoinder vii be short and to the point The
United States will psrey. The United States will not
submit to arbitration question of murder The United
States demands that Germany shall promptly and
without equvocaton that the ultimate satisfaction shall
not be given the basis of technicaes but in the
cousness that America speaks in the voice of those
of helpless men, women, and children who done to
death.
Germany must either recognize the timehonored
right of citizens of neutral country to travel where they
please the high deny that right The United
States unless present indications fall will admit middle
ground
BERNsToRFF CALLS ON BRYAN.
Germans in the National Capital believe Germany
and the United States will reach peaceable agreement
regarding the Lusitania incident and regarding submarine
warfare.
The German ambassador Count Bernstorf, de-
clned today to discuss the German note made public to-
day. That is say he declined discuss it with
paper men, though is supposed that the object of
his visit to Secretary of State Bryan at II o'clock.
German citizen, wise in the ways of German Dip
omacy through previous official connection herewith
analyzing the German note, said:
"The note does not pretend to be to the
American note. 1t is merely intermediate discussion
of certain points involved at loss understand the
attitude of those newspapers which find fault with it, To
mind the important paragraph of the communica
ton is that which reads:
"The imperial government entertains also a keen
wish cooperate frank and friendly way clearing
up possible misunderstanding which may have arisen in
the relations between the two governments through the
events mentioned by the American Government
Now here is the situation The United States seeks
that unarmed merchant vessels shall be safe
from attack. The question raised Immediately is whether
not the Lusitania armed Germany claims to have
positive proof that the vessel armed claims to have
affdavits that cannot be doubted The United States
claims the Lusitania not armed Beyond question
this point can be cleared up
Germany claims the Lusitania carried high explo-
sives-not merely cartridges but explosives within the
meaning of the American prohbitoy statute; claims
have afidavs from Cleveland, Ohio, and elsewhere to
sustain this contention The United States says the ships
manifest the contrary. This question surely
be decided one way or the other.
BELIEVES GERMANY WOULD YIELD.
"Now, the way these questions determined by
the actual proof will decide what Germany will do and
what the United States will want done.
'You must remember that Germany has a public
opinion of her own, just the United States has The
German people believe the British government was using
innocent passengers the Lusana a shield for
munitions Shown that this not true, German opin
ion will change
1t is this Germans belief that the proof as to the
Lusitania being armed unamed and to the carrying
of munitions may have to be submitted impair
ta board for decision If the decision against the Ger
contention he sa undoubtedly the final answer to
the American note will concede all that President Wilson
has asked.
"But until that is shown" he said remember that
the German people just excited the American
people, and probably more so since they at
They believe they right and will have to be convinced
they before they will support the government in
concession to the American demands"
The point raised as to Gemany's possession of aa-
davts is said be new though the speaker said that
affidavit least declared absolute knowledge of con-
cealed the Lusitania-so concealed that New
York officials could easily have failed to find
them. The speaker admitted that the proof of these
things would have to be such that could be doubted
if Germany's position in the matter to be upheld.