El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-15
]. s. IS B[UFFING
GERMANS THINK
Newspapers Of Berlin Sharp
1y Criticse the American
Governments Stand.

Berlin, Germany, Feb. 15.-While all
the Berlin newspapers seem to think
the United States is wrong in inform
ing Germany that destruction of Amer
lean ships in the newly prescribed
war area around the British isles will
cause grave consequences, most of the
publications adopt a moderate tone
Olhers, however, use sharp terms in
crluclslng the American government
w hen something does not suit the
Aankees," says Die Post, they are ac-
customed to adopt as threatening and
as trightful a saDer-rattling tone as
possible. They reckon that the person
thus treated will let himself be frigh-
tened and give in. If this does not
come to pass, however, if the person
thus treated and threatened with the
strongest expressions pays no atten-
IIon ana shows he is not scared and
VIII not let himself be driven into a
state OF fund, the staggering Yankees
calm themselves and quiet down.
Says L. 5. FnvOrs England.
DE Post complains that the United
states did not protest against the Brit
ism declaration of the North Sea as
war territory, that is to say, they are
IN benevolent agreement. with Eng
land, but make a threatening protest
against us. If the North American
government would show Germany the
same neutrality as is shown England,
TIE entire present note with its threat
ening tone would be superfluOus"
Count Ernest Reventlow, the naval
expert, in an article in the Tages lei
tung, says the request of the United
States that ships be searched Defore
further action is taken against them
SHOWS that the people in WASHINGTON
90 not or viii not comprehend the
meaning OF the German measure"
I Says Search Is Impossible.
H. Il
count Won ReventlOw continues, the
lmpossibility of search that we can
merely refer TO our earlier remarks
Washington must know this and there
lore the demand of the note for a
search and the establishing Of the
identity of neutral merchantmen
amounts de facto to nOn-recognition OF
the German declaration respecting war
territory"
Count Reventlow repeats the Ger
man order the declaration of which.
lie declares, is cOnsiderate warning
and adds:
Whether it is regarded or protested
against is Of secondary Importance.
L. 5. Tone Is InexcusabIe.
If its consequences are depicted as
'inexcusab be" count Reyentiow con-
tinues, I'VE may believe that the
United States government misjud ges
its ground. The same can be said of
the remarkable phrase in the note that
etiS leu A'tellS9 50 SAIilueuL Will see
itself impelled to hold the German i'm
Derial government responsible for
such action Of its naval authir-
tiles. One cannot escape the con-
clusiOn that president Wilson and sec
rotary Bryan, in their communications
with the Mexican pretenders and rebel
leaders, have accustomed themselves
to tone that is not suitable for COM
with the German empire"
Submarine Runs Risk.
The Nossische Zeitung says that
while the searching of ships for con-
traband previously has been the ac-
lnowledged procedure, the entry of
the submarine denotes new factor in
naval warfare.
The submarine" says the newspa-
per, runs a risk against armed mer-
chantmen. England has both armed 1
its merchantmen and advised them to |
carry false flags The result is that /