El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
GERMAN REPLY MERELY DELAYS
BREACH, ISDECIDED VIEW IN j. s.
Editors Speak of Danger Being Averted Temporarily
Many Foresee Future Complications; Wide Diversity
of Opinion Regarding Note as Answer to Amer
can Demands is Expire ssed By Newspapers.

! To is our duty to stand by the presi-
dent.
situation Fraught With Peril.
Pittsburg tPa.) Chronicle Tele-
graph. So far as words 20, Germany
/ has granted our main contention. but
/ If her action is only temporary and
depends on the future course of Great
I Britain. the situation is one fraught
with, grave peril to our friendly re-
Choice of Evils.
Louisville CKy) Hines The un-
official text Of the German note
serves notice that the United States
must either force England to end her
blockade of fOodstuffs or acquiesce in
continuance Of Germanys methods
OF submarine warfare.
Germany in the Right.
Ihe Day New London, Comm:
Germany has put herself i'm the right
and from her right and unassailable
position says to the United states and
other nuetrals- Now prove your
good faith by dealing with our enc
mics as you have dealt with us"
Note Is An Insult.
Providence Or. j. Bulletin. it (the
notel is a brutal mockery OF the
wounds again and again inflicted
upon us. II is a series Of studied in
suits added TO long inventory of
injuries. The president must prove
that the lofty sentiments he has so Of
ten reiterated are not empty words
An UnfriendIy Note.
Des Moines (Iowa) Capital: 4 care
ful reading Of the note win disclose
nothing new. 1t is written in rather
an unfriendly and in a wholly critical
spirit The note is an offense against
me justice and dignity of the United
states. but II affords no occasion of
suspending diplomatic relations or
going to war.
Accept Proposal and Wait.
Ogden CUtan) Standard: There is
only one thing to do and that is to
accept Germany's note at its face
note writing should be considered
ended.
Nothing But Break.
Buffalo N. " Commercial; The
inevitable has come. The United
States will be forced TO break diplo-
matte relations that have sUbsisted
with Germany There must be no
more note writing. Nothing remains
count Won Bernstorff his passports
II MOllifies Germany; MuddIes L. :.
Boston tMass.D Evening Transcript:
IL tthe note) Will mOllify the public
mind Of Germany and muddle the pub
lie mind OF the United States. Il is
pitched I'm a tone so sneering as to /
satisfy the Germans and couched in
terms so clever as to mislead many |
Americans.
should 60 After England.
Minneapolis (MinnD journal: While ]
The United States can never admit /
Iermany's right under any circum- (
stance to violate international law in ]
the new type of undersea warfare it /
should proceed with all dispatch to |
push the negotiations with Great /
Britain initiated more than A year !
ago.
4 RECONCILIATION.
w ashingtOn %. c. Star. n the /
United States does not obtain from |
England satisfactory guarantees as to !
the blockade, meeting the German 1
view Of the rules of warfare, Germany !
WILL II is indicated. reopen the ques- /
llon OF submarine warfare in accord /
ince with international law
Germany Has Met Demands.
New York Stats Zeitung: The day
n the decision has arrived Whatever
me Interpretation Of the German note
may be, one thing Is indicated on the
surface Of the answer: that is, the |
honest wish Of the German nation and |
ler leaders TO continue peaceful rela-
lions with our government. They are |