The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

bring about an enmity toward Ger
many that will be full Of anxiety.
tone, logical in it's argument and
conclusions, firm in it's demands,
the United States note to Germany
reflects the pOise of the president,
Woodrow Wilson, under most try
ing circumstances.
ALBANY KNICkERBOCKER PRESS
The note places the issue squarely
before Germany for action and an
announcement of future policy ac-
ceptable to the United States gov
eminent, particularly a policy of sea
warfare, must not long be delayed
LOUISVILLE ANZEIGER-We agree
with the president that the Ger
man government must explain the
loss of the lives of American passen-
gers, but we do not think that the
death of Americans give the
president the right to demand the
cessation of Germany's undersea
warfare against British commerce
so long as England does not abro-
gate it's starvation warfare.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE-Whateve the
fate of our relations with Germany,
the president undoubtedly has
voiced the sentiment of the nation
on the use of the submarine and as
to the rights of neutrals on the high
seas.
CHICAGO HERALD-There is now no
possibility of installing the position
of our government, and it is po-
Sition in which the American peO-
pie will sustain their government in
whatever measure it may be nee
eSsary to uphold.
INDIANAPOLIS STAR-In manly
fashion the presidents note does
only spring from the logical con-
sequence of his position. but reflects
the full significance of his attitude
SPRINGFIELD (ILL.) STATE JOUR-
Malt is the dignified protest of
a nation which, while feeling that
its rights and the rights of other
neutrals have been violated. is
neither vindictive nor resentful.
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS-The
American note reached to a won
derful height of forceful diplomacy:
Hoping for the best, the universal
American sentiment will be that
America has done it's duty, and the
people will support the president
through whatever may be the con-
sequence.
ST. LOUIS DIE WESTLICHE POST
From the press to the whole coun
try, there is at present but one Sa
cred duty: To leave nothing un-
done to avert inner strife. That
we Americans of German descent,
with a bleeding heart, contemplate
the possibility of armed conflict
between the United States and the
land of our forefathers, no fair
minded person will condemn US for.
There still is hope for an honorable
understanding on both sides. May
Providence grant that the worst be
averted.
ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC-There is not
in the note any slightest hint that
this government will stop short of
the fullest reparation for the past
and the guarantee of the recogni
ton of the full rights of American
citizens in the future.
CINCINNATI VOLkSBLATT - The |
note is disappointing in that it dis
regards the Just complaints of Ger
many and appears to espouse the |
cause of Great Britain. We think /
that the difficulty admits of a sat |
isfactory solution by advising Amer |
lean tourists to travel on American |
vessels. Unwittingly the president !
shelters British cowardice, which |
tries to make British ships immune /,
by taking American passengers |
aboard.
CINCINNATI FREIE PRESSE-The |
part of the note dealing with the /
loss of lives in the LuSitania catas- |
trophe more properly ought to have |
been directed to London. England |
alone is responsible for the Lusi- /
tania's destruction through her bru-
tai threat to starve nation Ger !
many cannot stop the undersea war
fare without surrendering herself, /
bound hand and foot, to a brutal /
enemy. We are not obliged and |
have no right to set up ourselves as |
the protectors of British shipping
BUNE-The strength of just man |
armed is apparent in the protest
sent by President Wilson. Devoid |
of turbulence, breathing the high i
est ideals of international justice, /
this remarkable paper, freighted |
with momentous p s b i Ii t i S,
brushes aside all formalities and in
frank and in unmistakable language /
tells the kaiser's government what |
the American people think of the
series of incidents leading up to the
slaughter of innocents on board the
LuSitania
WASHINGTON POST-The note is
framed in moderate language and
leaves abundant opportunity for the t