Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-07
COLONEL HOUSE
SAYS GERMANY
is NOT BLUFF INC
While Teutons Do Not Want
War With United States
They Are Ready to Fight for
New Submarine Policy


Washington. March with tn
appendices 10 Germany's declaration
! of the new submarine campaign
against armed merchant ships of her
enemies before them. the admins
! trauon is preparing to determine the
next move of the United states in the
negotiations with the central powers.
According 10 present plans, the diplo-
matte negotiations on the subject are
to follow d settlement of the contro-
Ncrsy IN congress.
because of the necessity of trans
lating some of the documents an
ended to the German declaration,
secretary Lansing and President VII
SON have not yet had an opmrtunit>
to- consider them In their entirely.
Al the documents probably will he
ready for their perusW tomorrow.
Germany Not IiIuIiing.
colonel r. NJ House, who returned
from Europe yesterday after visiting
official in London Paris and Berlin
for prrsid, nj Wilson. is understood
10 have told the president and Secre-
tarN Lansing today that the German
government believed itself Justified
in It's new submarine policy and was
not aluffing.
colonel House is believed to HAY"
strengthened the View already already
held by both the president aud Soc
rotary Lansing that the submarine
negotiations must be handled with
the greatest care if break with Ger
many is to hc avoided although h'
reported that Germany had no desire
for war with the United States. tie
discussed the ISSUE frankly with Herr
Won Jagow. the German foreign min
ster. and Dr con Bethmann-liollweg.
the imperial chancellor
Day Of Conferences.
Practically all of today was spent
by the colonel in conferences with
President Wilson. Secretary Lansing,
Assistant Secretary Phillips and ether
government officials. He plans to re-
main here until tomorrow afternoon
Some of the information he brought
back is expected To he laid before the
cabinct by the president tomorrow
The appendices of the German
memorandum arrived at the state de-
partment today. The Berlin foreign
office claims they offer conclusive
evidence that British merchantmen
armed ostonsibly for defense pur-
poses. have been using their arma-
Austrian submarines They are sad
to include three or four sets of IN
structiOns to armed British merchant
mon including those dated October
1915. which recently were made pub
lie BY the British government and
sent 10 this country in press dis
patches. ---e-.-.-.
1t was authoritatively stated that
the British government viii contend
that none Of the Instructions in any
violated The assurances which were
given to the United states that mer-
chantmen would use their armament
only for defense.
Ii seemed clear tonight the issue
hinges largely on a definition of de-
fensiVc action and defensive arma-
ment.
The case of the Lusitanla being
hound up with the German deelara-
ton officials find themselves In the
position of being obliged to accept or
reject the tentative communication
submitted by Count Won Bernstorff
ana the subsequent assurances when
were asked for. 1t is known that thc
latest assurances are not regarded as
being as satisfactory as those origin
allv given and which officials con-
slider have been somewhat modlflcu
by the German declaration.
II was considered probable IN oftic-
al circles tonight that before ncgo-
tiating further with Germany the
state department would seek to es-
tablish the authenticity of the in