Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-29
Expected TO Reach ash
ingtOn Monday via Co
penhagen and London.
GERMANY SUGGESTS
AGREEMENT ON FACTS
Forecast Is Answer Will Lead
to Further Diplomatic Cor
resp0ndence.
MAY DEMAND SUSPENSION
OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
Wilson Ready for This Step If
German Note Proves Tenn
porizing Kind.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
by the United Press.
BERLIN (via The Hague). May ss.--
The German reply 10 the American note
regarding German submarine warfare
was delivered to Ambassador Gerard this
morning.
by the United Press.
BERLIN (via the Hague), May 20.
Ambassador Gerard expects to re-
eeive The text of the German reply
to the American note today The enl-
bassy staff is preparing to work all
| night, translating and coding Ger
many's answer in the I.Isif aia -
| similar cases. The reply will be tele-
graphed first to the American lega-
ton at Copenhagen, then Forwarded
| to the American embassy at London
| and eabled to Washington.
1t Is not expected to reach Wash
ington until Monday, when its con-
tents probably will be made public
| here. Both the German foreign office
and Ambassador Gerard declared
positively today that no intimatfon
of what the German statement viii.
contain has been permitted to. leak
out through official circles.
In spite OF every effort at|secrccy
| the contents OF the Geripaff reply, IN
| rough outline, are generally known
here. Germany willaslr that Berlin sliid
Washington first cprie to an agrNH-
/ ment on statements of fact. in tht
Lnsttania case. When the two GOV
ernments have reached a perfecl
Understanding in this first phase os.
[ the nAunf IA ifanC fufs faf.
changes. bearing upon the. sroad
question of Gerinany's submatiiA
policy. will follow.
| New Route Selected.
| The American note itself was trans-
mitted TO Berlin by way of Rome be-
| fore Italy had entered the war Itaiy'e
participation made Ii necessary to
| select new route, and the one Via
| Copenhagen was hit upon as apt to
prove the most satisfactory. Am-
bassador Gerard anticipates little
delay in transmission after the reply
| is coded and put on the telegraph
wires to Copenhagen.
Scandinavian steamship agents
here said today that 700 Americans
are among the next 1,200 passengers
| leaving for America. They said the
exodus was entirely from Germany.
According to figures on file at 4the
Office Of Consul-General Lay here,
the number of Americans who are
leaving Berlin this week is only
twenty above normal sA4
There are now 1856 Americans in
| Germany. a census Lay has just
completed shows. OF these $50 ara
| in Berlin. 564 in Munich, f25 in Dress
den and 214 in Frankfort. OF these
1856, more than $500 stated, in reply
10 the consul-generaPs request. thai
they intend to remain in Germany
for an indefinite period.
WASHINGTON, May 3s.-Evi-
dences of increasing nervousness ovori
the German situation were distinctly
visible in official circles TO-DAY In
Ambassador Gerardis opinion, az
communicated to the State depart
ment, the reply will fail to satisfy
the United States, although it will be
couehed in the friendliest terms, and
will insist that the last thing Ger
many desires is interruption of the
friendly relations between herself and
America. 1t is understood. however,
that the kaiser will insist his SUBJ
marine campaign is justified on the
basis of the issues raised by tlls
United States
II he does so without making any
concession to the American note's
objection to submarine destruction
OF merchant vessels sharp rejoindalI
from Washington is certain. On t6is'
i point officials closest to PresidcHf
Wilson declare his mind is fixed He
has taken the position that unless
visitation and search precedes ac
tion by q submarine commander fol-
lowed by time for passengers and
crew to take to the boats, the sink
ing of such craft is a flagrant breach
of the underlying principles of iiur
ternational law.
Officials here who know the PRESS
dent mind say that II an arguments
/ tive reply comes from Germany, and
even though ii should be effusivelY
friendly, it will be answered imned U
ately by a demand from the presi-
dent that Germany Immediately agree
to an absolute suspension of her SUBJ
marine activity, so far as merchant
vessels are concerned, until the mat
ters in dispute can be adjusted
Failure to accept such a request will
result in so acute a situation as serfr
ously to menace amicable diplomats
relations between the two countries.
The Nebraskan Torpedoed.
Although Secretary Bryan has
clapped the lid on all comment. the
report persisted in unusually we'll I'M
| lOtHicu tli SicS AOuety thdt tAAS - Nfttfe Y
on the Nebraskan will declare that
the liner was torpedoed. The ships
captain and crew are declared TO have
insisted that, while they had no posi-
tive proof, they were morally certain
tli-tt it was not mine which shat
tered their vessels bow compartment.
However the state department has
taken the position that until it has all
of the facts before it. there will be no
announcement of opinion
1t is not expected the Nebraxkays
case will figure in the German reply
1t will be taken up later if the United
States decides q German submarirp
/ attacked the ship
If the reply, i'm effect, asks America
to define the terms prior to an ad
justment, there is sure to be bittsn
disappointment here. There are plenty