Evening star., 1915-06-13
GIVES GERMANY CHANCE TO SAVE
FACE, SAYS LONDON CHRONICLE
British Newspapers Declare United States
Rejoinder Is Mastery Bit of
Diplomacy-Uphold President
in Bryan Controversy.

LONDON, June 1.-THE Morning
note to Germany says it is puzzled to
find the reason for the resignation Of
Secretary of State Bryan. "since the
note contains nothing new
The paper continues:
TT merely affirms in a friendly man.
ner the position founded upon the gen.
orally accepted principles of interna-
tional law. We might call it the ire
| ducible minimum of the rights of
| neutrals.'
The note gives Germany every op-
portunity Of saving her face. II she so
desires" says the Daily Chronicle in its
editorial. 1T not only Is phrased in
most friendly terms, but. by inviting
the submission of further evidence
concerning the Lusitania and the re-
sumption Of other negotiations through
| an American intermediary, opens a
vista for negotiations which might
| keep the diplomats of Berlin and
washington employed until the war is
ended. only that the President insists
that the submarine outrages must stop
during the negotiations And 1t is this
point which gives significance to the
whole.
Demands That Piracy Cease.
Behind its smooth phrases and a
sincere desire for peace there is a de-
| mand that piracy shall cease. The note
! is indeed an ultimatum to Germany
| that she must abandon her submarine
campaign or count the United States
| among her enemies.
| That evidently is the President s
| meaning, and 1t explains Mr. Bryan's
resignation. Mr.. Wilson does not ap-
prove of Tolstoism in international
politics"
| The Daily Mail says: THE vital
| passages of the note are those in
| which the United States earnestly and
solemnly renews the representations of
the note of May Is. and again asks
ships shall not be endangered on the
| high seas. Will Germany agree to
abandon indiscriminate submarine
| warefare7 That is the question the
We see few signs that Germany can
| or Will say yes. or fewer still that the
| President would be satisfied with any
| thing else.
Spirit Same as First.
| The Daily Telegraph says: THE
spirit of the second note is exactly
that of the first. and it leaves us to
wonder even more than We did before
| why Mr.. Bryan thought it necessary
to resign. There is nothing Of a
minatory character in the note; moth
! ing that the most fervid imagination
could construe into a challenge or
| ultimatum The tone throughout is
not only diplomatic but friendly. The
phrases are those of appeal and warn
| ing rather than of stern denuncia-
| ton.
| ITO have been content with any
| thing less than the assurances de-
manded would hardly have been con-
| sistent with the self-respect of the
| great majority Of the Americans
will give whole hearted support to
their President in the dignifed posi-
| ton he now has assumed.
| The Times says it is inclined to
believe that Germany will not reject
the demands. but will resume nesotia-
tions and endeavor to preserve friendly
relations with the United States. es-
pecially as Wilhelmstrasse can dis
cover in the various passages OF the
note material for procrastination II 1t
SO desires" The editorial continues:
| Nothing could we'll be more. mod
crate in tone than the note. but on
issues Of substance the President re-
mains immovable. The President has
done the utmost compatible with ma
tional dignity to make. the path of
su omission smooth and easy for Ger
many and her answer will be awaited
with profound interest on both sides
| of the Atlantic.
Best Of Argument.
Mr.. Wilson replies to the Germans
point by point and both in logic and
fact has the best of the argument,
says the Daily Graphic, but the prac-
tical question is not which disputant
wins the warfare of words but what
the American government intends to
do to uphold the principles OF human