Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
gr0ND u. S. NOTE
n BERLIN READY FOR
CABLE TRANSMISSION
0...ident Wilson's Rejoin-
sor on Sinking of the
III r,,sitania May Go For
rsrd to Ambassador Ge-
rard Tonight.
WASHINGTON. June Z.

ri
....,s.nt wilson's second note to the
re- government on the Lusitania
s'" ,oasv was ready to be put into
~ - cabling to Ambassador Ge-
aple porlin and may go forward to-
~ " rhe note was not sent on SAT-
iisnT vas planned, because of the
a'A the President to go over it's
'''n s,o,v with minute care, so as to
lni.' M document explicit and subject
y nisconstruction
= y ,.,s close to the President see in
vI''a s''., delay the determination of the
Y, executive to leave no loophole
Ou n. German Government may use
'D, ,.,s the diplomatic correspondence
% ~. Insitania tragedy and other
~ a,.s,s connected with attacks on neu-
- ,sx, of the Presidents note is
only to its author and his CABINET
il.s lt.rs but enough las been learned
~. authoritative eources to assert tnat
l,s' n. .,cnnd Wilson note ls a forcelul re-
D.,,ion of the principles enuncIated III
FtIa'iC,n 'iSC,na,,srn,nent's former communlca-
as ~ which was prompted by the
tons O''S s,yypr zone" decree and another
esIils' ila ',ornedoing of the Lusitania.
SAFETY FOR NoNcoMBATANTs.
y. Administration insists that unarmed
iH' -, he warned of attacks and that
XVI ,rows be transferred to places of
.,.,v u /, be the intention of the Ger
~. .,hnarine commanders to seize or
...,,oy - such unarmed vessels.
=. csrman claim that the Lusitania
~ armed auxiliary will be referred
.n,v incidentally in the Presidents
- II he mentioned at ALI The in
.,,,,,t,on of this Government has sat
~ ,ha President that the Lusitania
,,,,rred and an effort will be made
..,,tncs Germany that the United
e't.s " a. more interested in what Ger
ssasso .s rroposes to do to safeguard Ameri-
~ lives on the high seas.
eSd raniv 40 the second note of this Gov
a..spt ,s not expected for 10 days or
- weeks, II is hoped in official quar-
~, mat decisive answer from Ger
20. ~ nav be received by June 20, but
:. s' 4. believed that DR.. Meyer Gerhard.
y, snecial representative sent by the
s,-rnsn Ambassador here to acquatnt the
t,,sr's Government with the true feeling
i America, will be permitted to make
-, rsnort before the Kaiser's Foreign
osoe attempts to send its reply.
Won TIRPITz IN SADDLE.
Although there is outward calm and
,n,Imism in. Administration circles, the
nct is not overlooked that the so-called
var marty is in the ascendancy in Berlin
,rd that recent German victories in Ga
Mia have made the Germans bit more
Z rsspendent and confident. 1t also is
rslized that Won Tirpitz is directing Ger
+ nsuy's naval warfare in his own way
,pd even the Kaiser is said to bow to
Ms Judgment.
II Won Tirpitz should Insist upon con-
tucting his undersea campaign in op-
POSITION TO the American viewpoint, l.
/ admitted that diplomacy would have
more difficult task to reconcile the diff
isftnees between Washington and Ber'
In Nevertheless. enough is known OF
President Wilson'S note to say that II
tiheres 10 the attitude previously outlined
By this Government, and its keynote is
protection for Americans aboard peace
ial merchant steamers,