Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-06
KEEP UP CAMPAIGN
FOR U-BOAT WAR
Advocates of unrestricted
Torpedo" Are Busy Through
out German Empire.
GOVERNMENT NOT LIKELY
TO YIELD TO THE CLAMOR
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
Appears to Have Strengthened
His Position.

BERLIN. July 5, via London, July O.
The campaign in favor of the resump-
ton of a full-fedged submarine war on
commerce goes energetically forward.
1t was expected that with the adjourn
ment of the reichstag and the dispersal
of politicians to their homes for the
summer this agitation by the Navy
League, publicists, conservatives and
part of the national liberals would pass
the climax and gradually lose its in
tensity.
On the contrary, reports from all sec
lions of the country indicate that the
agitation is continuing with undimin-
ished vigor. both above and below the
surface. Never a day passes without
articles in various newspapers to re-
mind the people that. according to the
German note, the modification of Ger
manys submarine methods merely was
temporary and contingent upon modi-
fication of the British blockade.
Daily Campaign in Press.
Advocates of the Unrestricted tor
pedo' appear at every political gath
ering regarded as suitable soil for their
seed Various newspapers in sympa-
daily a rubric for what they call Brit
ish postal robberies, and ever and
again attention is called to the fact
that the blockade has not undergone
the slightest modification since the dis
patch of the latest German note.
The purpose of the agitation is of
course, twofold. One branch of it is
directed toward the resumption of the
submarine campaign. which is felt to
be the only effective naval weapon
against Great Britain. The other now
has developed openly and avowedly
into a movement against the chanceI-
Tor, DIR. Won -Hollweg, largely
on the ground of internal politics.
Government Holds Back.
Some judges of the situa ton, basing
their opinion on the extent and vigor
of the agitation, are inclined to believe
the movement will lead. not later than
September. to revival of the subma-
rine campaign on the old lines. Re-
cent inquiries by the Associated Press
in authoritative quarters indicate,
however, that the government for the
present has no intention of reSuming
the freedom of action mentioned in
the May note and of provoking conflict
with the United States.
One reason for this decision. which
tends to become stronger the longer
the war is continued, is the desire to
avoid any new measures tending to
prolong the war. Another is based on
the conviction that the faith of the
present administration now is SO closely
bound up with the submarine issue
that a reversal of policy would entail
opposition from wide. influential groups
of political leaders and powerful per
sonages in the administration.
Aimed at Chancellor
The situation IN this respect has
changed sharply since winter. 1t then
seemed if the chancellor's policy
of moderation had scarcely friend in
Germany outside of the socialists and
then the issue has been sharply drawn
and full realization has come that
one purpose of the agitation was to
down the chancellor.
The influential Catholic center party
has enrolled itself almost solidly in
his support, the south German states
have lined up firmly behind him and
those sections of public opinion which
have reason to fear conservative domi-
nation of the administration have
made their choice between submar ines
and junkers and have joined the chan
cellor's party
The navy, too. has had it's taste of
real fighting. is anxious for another
battle with the British feet and is de-
voting all its energies and attention
to prepare for it. that the old i'm
patience of navy officers for action
| has become less prominent factor IN
| the movement.
All in all, the clouds over German
American relations now are less lower
ing than for long time.