The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24


 but definite, vigorous. clear and in cis.ve.
 Charlotte tN @ Observer: If the German submarine tactics shall be
 made to conform to the desires ex- pressed in the note there should be no cause for further trouble. On the oth- CT hand, Germany may elect to ignore the representations of the United States. Should the American govern
 ment be forced to such a course Ger many would be immeasurably the loser. Petersburg (va) Index Appeal: Ger l many will not dare to make an evasive reply unless prepared to have the
 American government sever diplomatic rcia tions.
 Lynchburg (va) News: Mir. Wilson has shown that he will cease to toler
 ate ouibbling and fiddling in respect to the grave questions about which
 Berlin and Washington have not as yc, reached an agreement. Raleigh (N. co News and Observer: President Wilson states the position of the United States as Americans
 would have him. He speaks as the red blooded representative of -blooded people.
 Roanoke tva.) Times: President Wilson has not been influenced, either hy the attitude of the German or by the sentiment among a certain class
 of citizens of the United States and
 has repeated his demands on Ger
 many
 Pittsburg Gazette Times There is no finality to the note. neither threat
 nor ultimatum but Germany Is told that further offenses will be estimated
 as deliberately unfriendly.' Pittsburg Dispatch: The responsibil- 1 ity is squarely put up to Germany Pittsburg Post President Wilson | crystallizes the sentiment of the Amer | icnn people.
 Baltimore American There is noth- ing in the note to go to war over, but l there is much In it for the framework
 of peace It has the basis of right | and therefore it does not need to re-
 sort to subtlety or subterfuge.
 Baltimore Sun: Friendly and persua-
 sive in tone. admirable in expression.
 unsnswerable in logic. the note puts
 an end to all quibbling as to the fu- | ture. Germany is given her choice be- twe en the neutrality of the United States or it's hostility.
 Baltimore American-Correspon | Che things seems clear: Germany will
 not and cannot give up her submarine
 warfare which for her is an issue Of | ito be or not to be-
 | New York Times With courage and | with firmness, President Wilson and Secretary Lansing have responded to ..x1 l.A iat lon. f.f | the American people. It was | time that there be an end of the long l parleying. The nation has now
 spoken in words and in tone which leave room for no further declarations | on our part It rests with Germany to say whether she desires the continu- ance of friendly relations. New York Herald: The most frequent
 comment put upon the last German notc was that it was studiously flippant and i irrelevant.
 | The comment most pertinent upon the I construction of the last note is that it
 is cuttingly direct and designedly se-
 were. Probably no diplomatic note that
 did not precede war ever so brutally hammered in facts Language
 could not be Stronger
 l New York Tribune: The supreme merit
 of the latest note addressed by the Amer l ican to the German government is that | it faces the facts they are It tells
 the truth that has always been unmis-
 takable and it tells 1t in words that can
 neither provoke just resentment nor per
 init honest apprehension. | New York Sun: The future lies with | the Kaiser. The United States, with un- l aDated friendship, stands not as a sup valfo mt fnt faxr n m rarix- ho
 rights of neutrals and neutral nationals
 founded in custom and buttressed in 1 law, enlists our defense. 1 There can be no misunderstanding, no
 misinterpretation. l The German answer may come in
 words. It may be expressed in deeds.
 Whatever the tenor the United States
 has done neither more nor less than its obligations demanded and. confronts the
 future confident and with conscience I clear.
 l The New York Press: President Will sons forced German note gets right
 down to business at the very out 1 set in it's flat declaration that the re- cent imperial answer is not satisfactory
 because it fails to meet the differences between the two governments. But it
 would have had hundred times the ] force 1t has if 1t had been >elammed , straight back at Berlin as soon as Won Jagow's irrelevant and unresponsive re- l ply was received.
 l We see no war sparks from the steel of
 the Presidents pen; it rings no war-llkc | note.
 New York Staats Zeitung: Of quite 1 particular significance is the emphasis | of the fact that the United States and 1 Germany are striving for the same ob- | feet as far as the freedom of the seas
 is concerned.
 l And the note makes 1t clear in frank.
 curt words that the government of the | United States is ready at any time to 1 play the part of the mediator with a view to finding q practicable way out of
 the present situation.
 l The diplomatic note which was sent to | Berlin yesterday is meant at the sams l time for London.
 The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: While not | SO denominated as the last note to Ger many, 1t Is an ultimatum in that the next submarine outrage where an American
 States as a hostile act-and war will be on. The alliance with lnfamy proposed in the German note 10 rejected with an iron firmness and abrupt decisiveness.
 Cincinnati Erie Prcsse: The idea of a
 demand upon belligerent power to aban-