Arizona republican., 1916-11-20
WILSON TO TAKE UP GERMAN SUb
 QUESTIONS NON
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-A porten- tous and complicated international sit nation now faces President Wilson and for the next few weeks will engage his attention and that of his advisors to the exclusion of all but the most urgent of domestic subjects.
 From now on the president expects to deal with all foreign questions with out delay. While it is not evident there will be any fundamental change in policy, freedom from fear that any move at all would be misinterpreted as inspired by an internal political strug- gle has removed,
 The president must decide how the United States shall meet the situation and restrictions on the other hand: whether the retaliatory legislation shall be enforced whether the traditional theory of isolation shall be abandoned for concerted neutral action; whether the country shall have an aggressive or a passive policy toward the peace conference; the war after the war; the permanent league to enforce peace. and during the rest of the war. shall Amer ica's attitude be governed by benevo- lent interpretation of international law according to it's own best interests, or shall it be strictly legalistic, regardless of whom it affects.
 The most disquieting problems is the German submarine situation. Five critical cases are pending, one involV- ing a loss of six American lives. two others involving American ships. ln- Creasingly serious is the fast growing conviction that any kind of a general submarine warfare is intolerable. Ger many is known to be building subma- slf .r. of a starvation campaign against Eng land The United States might find it difficult to avoid complication.
 The American attitude is flat and final. No technicalities will be ad- mitted, Ships must not be sunk with out warning or without provision for the safety of the passengers facing high seas or distance from shore. The armed ship issue will not be accepted Secretary Lansing foreSaw it last March when, without announcing his reason, he decreed that merchant yes sells could carry a small defensive gun.
 The future of the submarine situation is felt to rest entirely with Germany. The next step must come from Berlin. Two possibilities are feared: either that Germany will decide she can starve England by an undersea campaign, or that she may endeavor to involve this country, and thus insure the participa- tion in peace conferences of a generous enemy. Beyond this. the Lusitania case remains unsettled. Germany has admitted liability and offered indem- nity. But the delicate matter of it's amount has not been settled. Attempts made to close the issue have been re- peatedly blocked by unexpected new U-bOat complications.
 The Tavages of the U-53 off New England were displeasing to the gov ernment. It was said that continuance of the practice would not be permitted, as 1t would constitute a practical block ade of American harbors.
 Relations with the entente allies are less clear cut. Seapower has enabled them through the blockade and the im- position of the blacklist, virtually to destroy all foreign trade hostile to them and divert all American commerce to their own uses. Constant belligerent encroachments on neutral rights have led President Wilson to say that neu- trality is "intollerable." War has be- come so world wide. so unlimited as to national boundaries, that it is no longer the hostile army, but the hostile state. men. women and children. with it's out posts all over the world, that is in- VOlved
 First and oldest of the entente allied restrictions is the blockade, which our government has declared illegal be- cause it is both ineffective and discrim- inatory in favor of Norway and Swe- den in that it does not blockade the Baltic and because it attempts to blockade neutral ports contiguous to Germany to which British goods are allowed to go. The case dates back to March II, 1915, and the last note was the British refusal of April A, last
 The ratiOning of Holland. Norway, Sweden and Denmark has been bitterly condemned in the blockade notes. where II has been held to be an absolutely unWarrantable interference with neu- tral trade directly between the neutral countries.
 England involCes the doctrine of con tinuous voyage and allows only enough supplies to either these neutral coun- tries to meet their minimum needs. des- bite the fact that goods are imported 10 neutral country. becomes part of