The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-15

note concerning the Lusitania tragedy Gemocratically measures up to the re- quirements of the crisis which has arise between the great republic and the empire Though there Is a com plete lack of fundamental buster there is no lack of latent resolute in- sistence upon the rights of our eifi- zens While the issue is be- fore the German cabinet this country should keep cool leaving the President to speak and act in its behalf New Orleans Daily States: President Wilson's note to the German govern ment will meet the just expectations of the American people. It loses noth- ing of its force; the rigidity of it's in- sistence upon American rights is miti- gated in no wise by the diplomatic ur- banity in which It's terms are couched.
 Atlanta Constitution: Every develop ment since the sinking of the Lusitania has justified the Constitution's posi- ton that there were other ways than war by which this country could meet the issue involved. The Presidents at 1 titude is very promptly shown in de- manding reparation Is the attitude of conservative sentiment the country over.
 Atlanta Journal: Quiet and civil in | it's tone the Presidents note to Ger many is positive land far-reachins in | its import. It is more than a protest against German wrongs and an asser- | ton of American rights. It is a de-
 mand that those wrongs be recom- pensed and promptly discontinued and 1 that those rights be diligently re- spected It Is the voice of America and l law and humanity lifted in solemn
 warning against lawlessness and sav-
 agery It is the voice of vox populi proclaiming in terms unmlstakable | their sincerity and will
 | r,aiio~ Tv;r,aS-Herald The principles of warfare which the United States govern ment enunciates in its note and methods of
 warfare which German submarines have practiced are potentialities apart Can they be brought together so as to assure the safety of innocent Americans at sea? Meantime all Americans stand sauarely behind the President.
 Savannah News: The Presidents note is firm in tone but friendly. It maintains the attitude in two paragraphs that the l German government will be held to 1 strict accountability for further acts of submarine aggression
 | Savannah Press: If the Berlin govern ment does not accede to the condition laid down in President Wilson's note we shall feel strongly inclined to change our mind
 in regard to our disagreement with Lord Beresford, who said Germany deliberately l planned to draw the United States into the war.
 I Charleston News and Courier: The Presidents firm course with Germany is not only grounded solidly upon interna- I tional, upon morality and upon justice. but
 1t is also the one course which timely
 offers any possibility of preserving peace.
 Dignified and Diplomatic Jacksoinville (F1a.) Metropolis: This note will go down in history as the most
 dignified, diplomatic, yet plain and spe- | cific expression of our government that has ever been sent to a foreign power for | our future germnation. It must impress I not alone the German government but the
 neutrals of the world that America stands for the freedom of the seas it stands for l a cessation of that piracy that prowls the seas seeking whom it may devour. ], enemy or neutral. It will be approved by | every real American.
 1 San Antonio Light: The note is a great l state paper. " The entire country
 will resolutely indorse the President in l the stand he has taken, be the develop
 ments what they may.
 ] Temper Admirable
 l Louisville Times The temper and tenor l of the Presidents note is admira ble. Should Germany construe 1t otherwise than as final warning that he is prepared
 to .act the fault will be on it's head, not ours. Short of compliance the time for l speeches Is past
 l Denver Post: The President s note to
 Germany is manly and patriotic. The stand of the United States is unoues- tionable. The red-blooded people
 of the west would have preferred an am
 bilious note containing a little more em- phasis and little less circumlocution. But anyhow, come what will, the contente
 of this note and its sentiments are in- dorsed by the unanimous sentiment of the great Rocky mountain regions. lnolanapols News: It is not simply the government but the nation that bespeaks
 through the adamant document
 St. Paul Volks Zeitung: The stand taken I py the President serves notice on our own 1 so-calied leaders and ~the irresponsible | lingo press that this country will not go 1 to war without full justification. We are i glad to see the President take such A
 strong stand for upholding the rights of
 American citizens; we sincerely trust he will demand that hereafter all countries l will respect our right to the sacred free l dom of the seas. Whatever ths outcome. no matter how great the suffer- ing and mental agony that German
 Americans would undergo, there can be l no question about their loyalty to ths Stars and Stripes.
 Chicago Abend Post: The conditions
 whlch the message demand of Germany and the grounds upon which these de- 1 mands are stated, show how celarlv and l how convincingly that the United States 1 officially stands wholly and completely l on the side of England and her allies. | Inat which has been asserted for months | that the great republic has been ally to l England in the spirit, if not in the max
 ing-seems now to be clearly demon strated.
 Applaud Notes Dignity London. May 15.--t3:S5 a. mo-Al, the morning newspapers commenting | on the American note to Germany ap-
 plaud its dignity and firmness
 I The Daily News suggests that.
 though 1t would be difficult after tho official defense for the sinking of ths
 Lusitania and the expression of satis-
 faction of the Germans newspapers
 over the incident, the German gov ernment, may take President Wilson's | irony at its face value and declarcd
 that the submarine commander acted in excess of his orders."
 There are certain things left in ob- scurity in the otherwise extremely h. cid demands" the Daily News adds. "A guaranty of immunity for ne,,trai
 vessels from attack evidently would not meet the case, while the result of 9
 failure to comply with the America n governments confident expectation is | yelled in a mist of scrunu1ousl,,
 friendly words. But it will be d very
 rash assumption on Germanys mart if
 she persuades herself that there is
 nothing behind the veil"
 The Daily Express says President | Wilson and Secretary Bryan must have
 smiled some when describing German influence as always on the side of ius- 1 tice and humanity.
 Tt is inconceivable," the newspaper | continues, that Germanv ur;ll n,,I,