The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10
Imperial Govegnment } Uns able to Admit That Amer lcan Citizens Gan Protect Enemy Ship By Mere Fact of Their Presence.
WILSON TO HURRY
 HACK TO CAPITAL
Diplomats Interested in New Turn of Lusitania Discus sion in LatestAO Off1cial Com nunIcation FromS Kaiser's s Government.
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 Washington, July 10-Althoush the oficia1 text of Germany's note onxs sz1a3- uaa11ras warfare had not reached shere early today fi1e4 press copy wh5ca1 was read by soficfals was accepted assver1- acadon of earlier impressions that Germany had refused to give hfae United States the assurances asked Tor in the America ns note of June g. reply was discussed along with the probable action thats the Unlteds States would be cornpelledRto take as re- sp of Germany unWil Hi ? gness to cencede to Americans the right to travel on the high Aseas on peaceful aerc1aa1lfrnen Of any enation adity-
 President Wilson will start from Cornish N H. for Washington in a eay or two to consider with. his cab fnet the German situation Co4n- nnent in official circles today was spar Ing as to the course that would be pursued, the general feelings Ebefng that nothlng should be said until ttlaes Presi- tdent had returned
 On the other hand, thoset ins official quarters familiar with dzp4onatic1 precedents and the progT essI6ge de- veIopmert of the American attitude fG8l12Kc0@ LA1Is 41Ltt441 <SteAA<S@A 1ss- slkaon and asked for assurances which now have Besn refused theg only course Jeff open for the Limited States seemed to be an annoEnce naen15 that ta;bllshed kfk1 tls Fl sss sf ff sznAarna- aonal law This would Hleans in ef- feet that the United sta1es woalld await violation by Germ any4 before t1dng acfdon to compel respect for the rights asserted
 what is Nezt step?
 There was d revival Of talk concern ing the severance of diplomatic rela- t11ns it being recalled in official cir c1ea that in the now ia nous cabinet meeting Of May II. when the ssfnlkIng fof the Lusltania was first considered, ere wsas an informal understanding thai if the negotlafions Of the United States to secure rersar,atfon from sC5 CT many for dts destr ruction Of American lives in that tragedy failed, the Ameri-. can goVea ruent might be justified in discontinuing diplomatic intercourse with Germany Germany g complete evasion of liability for the loss of E ed the subject most acuteay according to well informed persons
 For several days there has fbeen an u4dertone of disapp ointment and ap-. prehension over what Ambassador Gerard informed the state depaT t1nent fl1al InGE&i eTn1zaff note s4O111Q fcOntSlfA The feeling has been. however, that nothing formal or official could be said concerning the American posi- ton until the official text arrived President Wilson has been giving t1uiet Consideration to the character of the reply and some of his advisers have already been making suggestions with reference to the course that should be pursued.
 Can Negotiations Be Continued?
 A7z ~ A dazz ofiicfais found little on which it
 ppearea that the negotiations. could hefuFther prolonged The United Statss lad devcted it's attentionIto to the prsnctple that Americans should be able to travel on the high seas on unarmed and unresisting be1ligerent merchant ships of any nationality in aceordance with previously recognized principles of international law. As eurances had been asked that before any destruction would be attempted visit and search of peaceful yes sels and the transfer of passengers and crew toxa place of safety would be accomplished It was recognized that Germany in its latest note had Ignored this vital question and had shifted. now emphasizing the condf- tfops under which 1t would promise lfconp1cte irnnannity from danger to Americans travelling even on Anerf- can ships. situation which since =TGIST- enee tes neutral vessels received on May 1T had not been called into ques- tf6n
 The expression by Germany Of a ssconf7dent hope that the United Statea will assume to guarantee that those vessels have no contraband on board. details of arrangenaents for taae unhampered passage of these vessels to be agreed upon by naval auth orf- tfes of both sides left the implication Fin the minds of many officials that esrapE yaas aprepageS sto destroy E5ANneF1can passenger g{1 fps if they were Hound to be carrying contraband. 1ven though passengers and crew of .. neutral ship were transferred to a place of safety the destruction of the kyesse1 for carrying contraband has tsbeen held b5r the United States to be in violation of international law ex- kcep4 in an extreme case. With ref Terence to destruction of American Eehzps. such destruction has been held ct1caIiy to be in violation of the Frussian-Amsrican treaty of 1928. It fpwa4 recalled that in the last note k&la19 treaty was given a. new intel kpretatfon in that the right to stop American ships carrying contraband land even h0 destroy them was de- kclared for the first time to be a na- kfuraa inference from the language of t1le treaty
 New View Of Lsleitamfa-
 The references in the nete to the
 klsitanza tragedy created a profound MElpreaafon. After having asked the Emitted States in the first place to iconaider that the Lusitahta was In tramzafy mn armed auxiliary cruiser and