The Detroit times., 1915-06-12
Those Who Speak for
Emperor Sure Peace
: Can be Preserved
THINK LUSITANIA
STATUS is SHOWN
Official Statement Was
Unarmed Thought
Sufficient
BY LOWELL MELLErT.

I
WASHINGTON. June l2.--Whcth-
= or not today note 10 Germany
was sufficient cause FOR the break
between Secretary Bryan and Presi.
dent Wilson, II H. not sufficient
4 cause for n break between the Unit
4 ed states and Germany. That Is not
4 the language. but II is the view OF
q those Who speak for Germany in
Washington on the principles laid
& down by President Wilson. peace
j between the two nations can be pre-.
Z served II rs declared
!. Ambassador Bernstorif who had
had the American note in his pos
session since late Thursday after
noon, was smiling and cordial to.
4 ward the newspaper men Who called
last night but uncommunicatiye
& Persons close 10 the embassy. whose
4 predictions have been borne out
4 constantly since the difficulty with
the imperial government first be.
. gan. nov say however. that not only
& Is peace assured but that restora.
I ton OF som thing approXimating the
cordial relations that existed be-.
fore the outbreak OF the war Is not
too much 10 expect They place
: emphasis on this one fact.
The issue Is made on submarine
. warfare as IL affects American ship
.Itng and American lives The i'm.
/. preston given by the FIRST Ameri
can note that the United States
practically was attempting 10 de-.
4 mand an end OF submarine warfare,
4 they say. is wiped out by the mes
sage sent to Berlin, Wednesday.
Although the note suggests that
II Germany Is not convinced by this
governments assurances that the
Lusitania MAS unarmed such evil
dence a. Germany has 20 prove the
. contrary Viii b. considered, Il ia
known that Germany has been
ready 90 accept an official state.
ment from the United States gov
eminent ON that point
Such an official statement
an emphatic Is made in the
new note This point, "a possible
cause for trouble. g. removed. so
German spokesman say.
Secret intimatious have constant
iy reached the United Statos govern
Z rient. f. h. asserted. that Germany
warts American cooperation. not
American enmity in the dispute as
TO neutrals' rights on the ocean. 10
mako the United States feel tina;
England Is their common antagon-
list. 40 far as the principle OF free
. dom CT the seas Is concerned. Moth.
] Ink IN the new note stands IN the
3 way, II Is said today
a The meager word that has filtered
( through from Berlin since Secretary
4 Brtan resigned. indicates. tt is as.
sorted. that the developments have
been favorable, In the main. TO
peaceful settlement OF the differ.
ences between the two nations. As
z father In Law az an English soldier
Germans admit The fathcrland saw
the cx.sccrctary IN the light Of q
natural enemy and they added, that
while his resignation for the cause
now known will do q great deal 10
change this feeling In time, II can.
) not be changed IN a day or in a
year. Germany sees chiefly the 70.
tirement from the cabinet OF some.
what pro English premier
This II Is predicted, viii have
|. the effect Of making a shift Of front
by the Berlin government compare
lively easy. II Is explained that the
government has TO consider the
feeling OF the German people, that
!. II has been only by maintaining the
= peoples confidence and almost
unanimous support that the govern
ment has won its remarkable sue.
( tesses in the field and that any
course taken now with regard 10
the dispute with America must be
taken In the light OF German public
opinion.
Tho departure from the cabinet
OF the man wrongly considered by
this public as Germany's enemy is
expected. N was said. 10 help en-
\ able the government 10 do the thing
{ II is declared absolutely anxious to
tlo-square its differences with
Z the United States and obtain this
\ country's sympathy IN her war on
:. England's starvation policy.