The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-04
PRESIDENT DRAFTS
 BRIEF AND POINTED
 NOTE TO GERMANY
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outline the situation to the German gov ernment.
 The President made arrangements, at Count yon Bernstorffs request, for the safe conduct Of the envoy His name is not known generally, but foreign gov ernments already have given assurance to the United States that he will not be mo- tested.
 The ambassador is understood 10 have explained that he had had diff ficulty on account of the cable censor ship in making his government real i2e the feeling in the United States and that erroneous reports had reached Germany. President Wilson's emphasis yesterday on the fact that the Uni ted States would omit no word or ast to secure an acquescence in its posi- tion on the Lusitania case, was de- scrit ed by the ambassador in a mem orandum which he has transmitted to his government
 Count Won Bernstorff saw Secretary Bryan for a few minutes today and is understood to have given him this memorandum to be delivered through Ambassador Gerard to the German foreign office. At the state department the ambassador also learned that ar engagements had been made for the safe conduct of his spokesman.
 Will Not Affect Note
 The dispatch of the ambassadors repre- sentative will not affect the sending of the American governments rejoinder to the last German note, though it may de- lay Ger ermany's reply.
 The transmission of a cabled report on a conference such as occurred yesterday through the courtesy of foreign gov ernment often makes it difficult it was pointed out in diplomatic quarters. for the recipient nation to give full weight to the language of the writer of the communi- cation. on the assumption that he does not speak as freely and frankly as might be the case if the messages were not read by the officials of another govern ment Ambassador Bernstorffs idea is to supplement the cabled report with the personal words sent through an emissary capable of describing the situation ac- curately.
 The ambassadors plan has caused him to be very hopeful of the satisfactory out come of the delicate situation that has arisen. Relieving that his government was uninformed on the feeling in the United States when the last note was written in Berlin. he is said to be conf dent that officials will now learn inn portant details that will be of guidance in answering the American government new communication.
 Although the President naturally would not discuss this country's relations with the allies. the ambassador is said td have been convinced by his talk with MT Wilson of his sincerity of purpose in upholding the neutrality of the United States The belief has often been freel, expressed in German quarters that if ths imperial government had been convinced that the United States would take ar equally vigorous course in securing ar adherence by Great Britain to the inter national law with reference to the ship ments of conditional contraband and l fo,,dstuffs, a conciIiatory reply would have been sent to the last American note. On the other hand, officials con. versant with the feeling in Berlin off cial quarters towards the United statei are not sanguine that satisfactory re ply will be received because of the evil dcnce that the admiralty and war staff have been dominating the foreign office as not infrequently is the case with ma tions at war.
 President Wilson worked alone today on his communication, seeing few callers He studied memoranda submitted by Sec retary Bryan. Counsellor Lansing ant members of the cabinet embodying a va riety of suggestions. The tenor of then all was the same, that the United State! should reiterate with emphasis the prin ciple expressed in it's note of May 13. an( ask an adherence to IL