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ed States over the occurrences In the
war zone and wanted an explanation
of them as well as a guarantee tnat
they would not be repeated
The communication lays stress on
the inhumanity of the attacks, without
warning, on merchant vessels.
It reviews in a general way every
case in the war zone in which the
rights of American citizens nave peen
transgressed-the sinking of the
steamer Falaba, with the loss of Leon
c. Thresher, an American; the attack
by German airmen on the American
steamer Cushing; the torpedolng OF
the GuIflight while flying the Ameri-
of the Lusitania with the loss of more
than thousand non-combatants,
more than 100 of them Americans
Firm and Pointed.
The note, while firm and pointed,
does not abandon tones of friendIi-
ness giving room for a disavowal by
Germany of her acts or an abatement
of her practices. This is intimated
in the suggestion that the German
government and. the German people
could certainly not have intended to
sacrifice American lives in the pur-
suit of their maritime warfare.
Attention is called to the fact that
while advertisements of warning APP
peared in the newspapers. the United
States government was never ofhcially
informed of it; but, irrespective of
that, the position is taken that the
act neither justif1es it nor makes it
lawful.
The note calls on Germany for an
explanation of her past and future
course, and leaves open the steps the
United States will take to compel an
acquiescence in it's position.
The president, it is said, is deter
mined to deal with each step and
situation as they arise.
In official quarters, however, the
eventual severance of diplomatic re-
lations was declared not to be imposs1-
BILE If there was no abatement of the
German practices.
1t was learned that the president
framed his policy on Sunday and that
his pacific utterances in his speech
in Philadelphia last Monday are not
reflected in the firm and unequivocal
phrases of the note.
1t is described as a businesslike
document, demanding the "strict ac-
ountability,'' which the United states
in it's former note to Germany said
it would demand.
Everywhere in official quarters to-
day as details of the presidents plan
of action became known. there was
talk Of afirmness and stiffening OF
the position of the United States gov-
eminent toward Germany.
Cabinet Officers Pleased.
Cabinet officers known, as the adj
vocates always of vigorous steps in
foreign affairs, were highly pleasede
They said the presidents note was the
kind of document that fulfilled the de-.
sires of every American and upheld
the dignity and honor of the United
States, indicating that the American
government was prepared to go to the
full lengths of it's ability.
President Wilson spent the fore
noon in his study, writing on his type,
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morning, but shortly after noon kept
two engagements made previously.
One was with the Siamese minister,
who presented to him gold medal
in commemoration of the coronation
of the king of Siam in 1911.
Despite the tensity of International
situation, the White House presented
outwardly an air of calm. kilograms
from all sections of the country from
men in many stations in life and from
many organizations continued to pour
in. Practically all expressed the SEN
behind the president in any course of
action he determined upon.
Up to Germany.
As the day advanced and knowledge
of the vigorous course the government
was preparing to pursue became wide
spread, officials began to shed more
light on their plans. They indicate
that the situation would grow only as
serious as Germany chose to make it,
and that the United States would
calmly stand on it's legal rights. TAX
ing successive steps to bring the i'm
perial German government to an un-
derstanding of the honest purpose of
the United States for an abatement Of
the submarine warfare on non-cor-
batants and reparation for offenses
already committed
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