The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-16
WILSON WILL CONFER
MEMBERS OF CABINET
Intends Consulting HisAdvisors
On German Situation
WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON
Chief Executive Authorizes Announce
ment That Secretary Of State Lam
sing and Himself Are Active

Washington, July 14.-Pending
the return Of President Wilson
from Cornish. IL is believed there
will be no further Developments
in the situation between Germany
and the United States over the
submarine warfare. The presi-
dent is expected TO return soon
20 take up with the cabinet the
latest German note. The suppo-
sition is the subject will be CON
sidered at Tuesdays cabinet
meeting.
Washington. July l4-The first Of.
fetal announcement OF the immediate
plans OF President Wilson for dealing
with the situation that has arisen be.
tween Germany and the United States
came in q telegram from Cornish. n.
H.. TO Secretary Tumulty, saying the
president will return to Washington
soon TO lay the entire subject before
his cabinet.
II indicated the president has not
Vet arrived at Il decision as to the
policy OF the government. The White
House statement follows:
Referring TO statements appearing
In certain morning newspapers with
reference to the attitude of the presi.
dent toward the reply OF the German
government Secretary Tumulty gave
out the following telegram. which he
had received from the president:
Please say that from the moment
OF the arrival of the official text of the
German note ! have given the matter
the closest attention, keeping con.
stantly in touch with the secretary
OF state and with every source that
would throw light on the situation;
that so Don as the secretary of state
and | have maturely considered the
situation I shall go to Washington to
get into personal conference with
him and with the cabinet and that
there will be As prompt an
msnt as possible of the purposes of
the government
The statement set ut rest reports
that the president already has made
up his mind OIL the German reply and
that he did not view the situation as
seriously as did other high officials
I'm Washington.
Regards Situation as Grave.
Official opinion here continued to
regard the situation as grave. Secre-
,aRp apafnn aud nthnE nnnnhaF1 nf
the cabinet hold this view, but are
giving no limitations of how they
think the problem should be dealt
with.
The statement from the White
House made IL apparent hat the pres.
ident has abandoned the idea OF
summoning Mr.. Lansing to the sum
mer capital. This program conforms
TO the secretary's desire to study the
problem and form his own conclu-
sions before exchanging views with
the president. IL is assumed, how
ever, that Mr.. Wilson will return here
the last of the week and that the sub
ject will be laid before the cabinet
next Tuesday. ,
So far as can be gathered the presi-
lent will find his advisers practically
unanimous I'm the belief that the cru
cial point In the correspondence with
Germany over submarine warfare has
been reached and that IL the Ameri-
can government is not TO recede from
its previously announced position on
the principles involved the next note
must convey more DR. less pointedly
the purposes of the United States I'm
the event OF further violations OF
American rights in the war zone.
II is the general view in official
quarters that a statement Of the pur-
pose OF the United States to assert
it's rights. Notwithstanding Germany's
inhibitions OH the use of b~elligerent
ships by Americans. cen most like.
ly to be made I'm the next note. IL Is
believed such action would not lead
TO a rupture in relations, unless an
overt act or fragrant violation of the
principles for which the United States
has been ~contending should ensue.