New Britain herald., 1916-04-20
VOn BernstOrff May
 Handed His PasspOr Answer Is Not FortH ing Within ReasO
 Time-Three or Four Sufficient in Pres Wilson's Opinion.
BERNSTORFF CALLS
 ON SECTY LANS

State Department Officials
 Whether All German Const
 Agents Would Be Dismisa
 Case of Diplomatic Ruptur(
 ard Fails to Acknowledge
 of Note in Berlin.
 Washington. April 2O.-TheI States government, having said word to Germany in the sut controversy, turned today witt expectancy to Berlin, where r, decision whether the imperi ernment shall abandon it's methods of submarine warf break with Washington.
 President Wilson probably VI at least until the end of the VI Germany to reply to his yirt l1tl1cSiolIty w HUI E1iG of the United States to seveI lnatic relations unless the BerI ernment immediately gives use of submarines against col and squares her submarine poll the principles of humnaity anI national law.
 No time limit was set in tl munication, but the Presid known to hold the opinion thj | or four days would be q red period to allow to Germany I'd cision. If none is forthconlirl in a reasonable time the stepl plishing a break in relations, its grave possibilities, will bd Count Won Bernstorff, GermarI bassador, would receive his pl and American Ambassador cd Berlin would be instructed E home
 Congress Deeply Imprcsa
 Congress assembled today ins with the deep significance Presidents action. The dispaa words in which MT. Wilson VI told a joint session of the ho& senate of his purpose took on K force of meaning when puH V of the note to Germany, almosI cal with the address in outll phrase, revealed in what unH able terms the American gov had declared itself.
 Count Von Bernstorff, o# throughout the long negotiati have approached a crisis, thoM nearly several times before, va full that his government woul # way to prevent a break in M Last night he sent a long meW Berlin, said to recommend ths such assurances as were gi garding submarine operations Mediterranean should be around all submarine operatio&
 The note declares that the States has considered from that the destruction of comm submarines is utterly incol with the principles of human M IS evident that the Presidents Is that the employment of sub shall be restricted to oI4 against warships. This is tho point in the controversy.
 
 No Double Meaning in N
 The note leaves no opportll a double meaning. It declar 1t is still the purpose of the government to prosecute and indiscriminate warfare vessels of commerce by the use] marines, without regard Co v government of the United Sta consider the sacred and indi rules of international law d universally recognized dictate lnanity, the government of tn , states is at last forced to cluSiOn that there is but one can pursue. Unless the imna ernment should now immedia clare and effect an abandonma present methods of submariae ? Ganst passenger and freight vessels, the government of thj can have no choice but diplomatic relations with the altogether. 7"
 If the attack on the stean| sex. the note continues, had isolated case the United Statd have hoped that the submari E'ander acted in violation of crnment's solemn pledges. case" says the note, "unhapr not stand alone"
 Conviction in Sussex Ga
 An appendix to the note dc the Sussex case, the torped which is said to be proved by md substantiated by the Gerr ,laimer of responsibility. he appendix show that three
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