New Britain herald., 1915-05-12

the dignity and honor of the United States, indicating that the American government was prepared tp go to the full length of its ability. 4
 Each Step As It Arises.
 The note does not say exactly what the course of the United States will be in the case ofsa refusal, nor would the presidents advisers Indicate to- day beyond saying that each step and situation would be considered as it arose.
 Tn official quarters, however, the eventual severance of diplomatic rela- tions was declared not to be impossible if there was no abatement of the, Ger man practices.
 Framed Sunday Night.
 It was.learned that the president framed his policy on Sunday night and that his pacific utterances in his speech in Philadelphia last Monday are not reflected in the firm unequivo- cal phrases of the note It is described as a businesslike document, demand ing the. strict accountabiiity'' which the United States in it's former note 10 Germany said it would demand. It is said it not only asks for termina- ton of the unlawful methods of sub- marine warfare on merchant ships but reparation in full to the families of the victims of the Lusitania trag- edy. ssS# s4
 Everywhere in ofi7cial quarters today as details or the presidents plan Of action. became known there was talk of firmness and a stiffeninr of the xRi+ r ment towards Germany.
 Wilson Gets Gold Medal
 President Wilson spent the fore- noon in his study writing on his type writer He saw no callers during the morning but shortly after noon kept two engagements made previously. One was with tho Siamese minister. who presented to him gold medal in commemoration of the coronation or the king of Siam in 1911. The other was with Cutzon Borglum of New York, a sculptor. who callel to pay his respects
 Despite the tensity of the finterna- tional situation the White House pre- sents outwardly an air of calm.
 Country Behind Wilson.
 Telegralns from all sections of the country, from men in many stations of life and many organizations, con tinued to pour in. Practically all ex- pressed the sentiment that the coun- try would stand behind the president in any course of action he determined
 Protest Lusitania Disaster.
 Paris, May 12.--More than one hun bred Americans in Paris have signed the following cablegram which was forwarded to President Wilson: we, the undersigned, having observed strict neutrality though living amid the horrors of war, now feel that in Justice to our conditions and in order to preserve. our self respect we must voice an indignant and energetic pro- test agaist the sinking of the Lusi- tania, an act pre- emient in it's sav- agery and which places the responsi- ble government outside civilized hu- manity''
 Among the signers of the message are pr. Edmund l.. Gros, chief sur Corps in France; A. Piatt Andrew, formerly assistant secretary of the United States treasury; Norman &<aHICllCdH COuSul SGuCTdI to Rumania and Serbia; Lawrence V. Benet, former president of the Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce in Paris; Captain Arthur w. Kipling, Of the American Ambulance Corps; F. Loril- lard Ronalds, George Blumenthal, Wm. F. Iselin and Dr. Winchester Dubouchet
 Brought to New York.
 New York, May 12-The Lusitania's s American dead, so far as identified, now lying at Queenstown and other towns in Ireland, will be brought to New York, according to cablegranl received here today by the Cunard line from Liverpool. When and by what vessel the. bodies will be brought across the sea was not stated by the message.
 The memorial services to be held in Liverpool tomorrow for the victims of the Lusitania will be observed by the Cunard Line here with the closing of < iss offices between the hours or 2 and
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