The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-12

refers to many things that women like to
read about. 1t refers not only 10 tho
| relief from MUSCLE strain due to their
expansion but also to nausea. morning
sickness caising Of breasts and many
other distresses.
Ambassador Gerard, was generally
taken as foreshadowing policy OF
Cancellation. Persons who believed
this to be the case. hardly Thought
indeed, that the kaiser had any inten-
ton OF abandoning his submarina
campaign, but they did look for a
friendly answer from Berlin to what
the administration had to say. This
they felt would leave the door open
for further negotiations and they did
not deem It entirely impossible that
greater care would be exercised in
future to avoid injury to neutrals IN
their struggle with Great Britain ana
her allies.
This was the optimistic view.
Men who were less hopeful, pre-
dicted either German refusal to
comply with American requests or an
evasive reply from Berlin. followed
by further negotiations during which
Americans would continue to suner
with q final necessity for break IN
the exchange of communications be-
tween the two capitals.
Nobody, hopeful or otherwise, be-
lieved the administration would at
any stage Of the case, take an mi.
tiatively war-like attitude.
Some, indeed, thought the upshot
would be the recall Of Ambassador
Gerard from Berlin, Of all American
consular representatives from Ger
many and the handing Of his pass
ports to Ambassador Bernstorff on the
ground that diplomatic relations couid
not be continued with government
which sanctions Germany's methods
of fighting, insofar as neutrars rights
and safety are concerned.
This continued to be q matter OF
Speculation, however. AS stated, 1t
was not known how the president
would act II Germany forced his hand
That the Lusitania case was not a
strong one, from the American stand
point, was widely admitted. The
liner, after all, 1t was pointed OFT
was British: what happened to it was
not this governments affair; its citt'
zens' fate, to be sure, concerned It,
but the best judges Of international
law agreed that their status was
doubtful, at least, sailing under the
nag of belIigerent power.
! This was held to be true also in the
Falaba case.
| The Gushing and Gulfiight cases,
however, were deemed very strong.
On these 1t was believed much EN-.
phasis would be laid.
OF the various government depart.
ments, outside the white house, the
state department was busiest.
To 1t, of course, came first, all com
|munications from abroad bearing on
the situation and through it were
transmitted the administrations re.
plies, though incoming notes were
we'll known to be sent without loss
OF time to the president and all an
Iswers relating to the pending contro
versy were thought to be at least out
lined by the executive himself.
State department visits, too, were
numerous from foreign diplomats in
was a caller Monday and Tuesday aud
was looked for again today. The rep
resentattves OF neutral countries, all
watching the American course and
were likewise much in evidence.
1t was whispered too, that the de
ipartment was worried over the vocal
activities of Herr Dernburg as an al
vocate In this country on the kaiser's
behalf. Stories were numerous that
tho Washington government planned
steps to secure his departure from
1.-THE country. These could not be veri
fled and we'll informed men were In
clined to doubt them. They admitted
he WAS looked upon as a disturbing
element, but the department was said
to feel In view OF his high standing
and personally fine qualities. 1t would
mot only be a serious strain Of rela
tons between Washington and Berlin
but would be an interpreted affront tc
American birth by German parentage
liz he were ousted. It was predicted
possible that action would take the
form OF state department request
Ito Ambassador Bernstorn or to the
Berlin foreign office, that he leave the
United States; the affair would not i,e
handled through the immigration bu
reau, as in the case OF an ordinary
undesirable alien.
To just what extent the navy de
partment was interested in pending
events 1t was hard to say.
The Atlantic fleets trip through
the Panama canal had virtually beer
abandoned, but this decision was no
mentioned in connection with th'
European war situation. It would OBJ
viously be undesirable in any case, i
was remarked for the fleet to be Gu
in two by canal slide and 1t woul-
be still worse to have dreadnaugh
stranded in the big ditch. This bein;
so, the department. did not seem q
lcnnsider 1. worth while to cnnside