Evening journal., 1915-09-02
Concessions WON'T
SATISFY SAY London
Declare That Sailors on
Cargo Ships Are Lett Open
TO Slaughter
WILSON COMES
IN FOR PRAISE

LONDON, Sept. 2.-The London
morning newspapers. while recogniz-
ing that President Wilson has secured
an important concession from Ger
many with regard to Germany's sub
marine warfare. express the belief
that the President will not be content
with II, but from the point of view
that Count Won Bcrnstorff's note TO
Secretary of State Lansing indicates
that DR.. Won Bethmann- Hollweg, the
German Imperial Chancellor. has
frecr hand, they express satisfaction
over the improved outlook OF the situ-
alton.
1T is difficult TO imagine" says the
Daily Telegraph in an editorial, that
President Wilson will accept Count
Won Bernsioriis proposal, since such
settlement would leave merchant
sailors under the American or other
flaes still exposed to all the perils
OF submarine piracy"
The Daily Telegraph contends that
nothing but complete abandonment
of Germans submarine policy will 30
sufficient.
II argues that International law
recognizes no difference between pas
aenger vessels aud cargo boats. and
says that Germany herself acted In
accordance with this principle as
! long as she had a warship or a mer-
chairman al sea, and only threw It
over when British naval power as
serted les sway by legitimate means
The Daily Graphic says the an
nounced German position is greater
triumph for Dr. Won Bothmann-Holl-
veg than for President Wilson 1T
Is clever concession" says the
Daily Graphic. (which costs Ger
many nothing, because her power 10
repeat such atrocities as the sinking
of the f.usitania has 10 a large eX-
tent been destroyed by the heavy
toll Great Britain has taken of her
submarines. If President Wilson
really is in earnest. however. he can
not be satisfied with such a partial
concession
i The Daily Chronicle points out that
/, while the concession made by Ger
many through Count Won BernstorlI
p Us quite insufficient to satisfy the
principles laid down In President
Wilson's FIRST note respecting the Lusi-
I; tania. Il meets the last note. I'm which
the principles were greatly whitfield
down. only differing in conhning Ia
liners what the President claimed
, for an merchantmen
with President Wilson's eagerness
y TO catch AT any straw that may pre-
serve peace. IL is plain that he will
not press this difference" says The
p Chronicle, "and yet some OF the cases
which most unfavorahly impressed
! American opinion We're those Of carg'
boats. and the possibilities of inhu
y mamty, which the German formuli
leaves open, are great and obvious
The Standard assumes In an editor
- ial that the word liner will cove
7, broadly all passenger-carying vessels
% and roioices unleignedly iu the tri
II umph OF Mr.. Wilson's calm persist
ence and unhurried frmness and ais
g In >the evidence thus given of Oh
moral force which the United state
exercises in the affairs of the world
II says that since the British nav
!. now has the submarine menace wei
e. in hand Il Is not profitable TO inquir
4 whether Germany made a virtue O
@ necessity
b "It should be borne IN mind fla
q Standard says, that the President
n aim was not 10 be a ruler and jude
: over nations. hut to protect the live
Z and property of American citizens