The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-23
FRIENDLY NOTE WILL Be SENT
President and Cabinet Agree on Lat.
est Draft to Berlin.

Washington-Preside Wilson and
his cabinet decided Tuesday on the
general principles of the note to be
sent to Germany within a few days,
renewing the efforts, to secure for
American citizens protection of their
rights on the high seas.
The president read to his official
family, assembled for the first time in
month. draft answering the Ger
man governments note of July 8,
which failed to grant the demands of
the United States growing out of the
sinking of the Lusitania. The draft
was complete In form. On it's charac-
ter and purposes there was unanimous
agreement and Secretary Lansing was
at work Tuesday night putting in
more precise language the ideas set
forth. Members Of the cabinet gen.
orally preserved secrecy regarding the
probable contents of the communica-
ton, and the president cautioned
against detailed speculation in ad-
vance of the publication of the docu-
ment, lest mistaken impressions be
cabled abroad before the actual text
is received in Berlin
Not an Ultimatum.
| OuC1l 1ulO141ld LlOn DIS was ODCdiAdUlc
concerning the nature of the new note
was chiefly of a negative character.
Cabinet officers made 1t clear that it
would not be an ultimatum or make
any threats as to the future purposes
of the United States At the same
time they pointed out that it probably
would have an air of finality, curtail-
ing the field of discussion and nego-
tiation and placing squarely on Ger
many the responsibility for any ac-
tions that might subsequently endan-
ger the friendly relations of the two
countries. The communication will be
couched in friendly terms, although it
will follow the spirit of firmness that
has characterized previous notes.
What do People Want?
Tuesdays conference was devoted
largely to a discussion of what the
1 American people really wanted the
Washington government to say and
do in the present crisis. So far as the
cabinet officers could Judge by their
examination of public expressions, the
nation had voiced an insistent desire
that the honor and dignity of the
United States be upheld in the CORE
spondence with Germany, but that a
course be followed which would main
tain peace.
On Germanys next reply and the
crystallization of public opinion there
after will depend to large ex-
tent, according to intimations from
officials, what the action of the Unit
ed States would be concerning future
violations of American rights.
The Orduna Case.
Secretary Lansing stated Tuesday
: that no complete report of what had
|, occurred in the encounter between tbs
, British liner Orduna and German
submarine had reached the state de.
J partment An investigation has beer
instituted through the treasury de.
partment and report is expected
within a few days, but the dispatch o1
the note to Germany will not be de
layed, it was officially stated, on ac'
) count of the Orduna case.
A statement received from william
i. O.. Thompson, counsul of the Indus
7 trial relations commission, who was
on board the Orduna, was referred t.
: by Secretary Lansing as giving only {
) part of the information necessary t
: form a judgment of the legality or il
: legality of the attack. Mr.. Thompson
5 was aroused only after several shell!
had been fired and after torpedo
was alleged to have been seen. NJ
testimony is as yet available to show
whether the attack was made withou
warning
Count Won Bernsdorff the German
y ambassador was at the state depart
ment Tuesday on what he referred t.
as routine business. He had no infor
I nation on the Orduna case and di'