Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-20
SEVERANCE OF ALL
 RELATIONS POSSIBLE
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ir the hull of the destroyed ship not 7nlv screwbolts which corresponded '-, size end idertifieHiion margs rsIrr ! .F,cre on Gerr',an torpeaoee il rOsser- 'e,-. If tNe Tro7c' ~0-o--1r 1r'ent Ht the -aval station at Toulon but that the
 American officers actually found 1o
 rieces of --etal which they have identified as parts of German torpe-
 does. Four of them steel parts of the "warhead" of the torpedo, still bear the distinctive rcd paint, common tc German "warheads'.
 Resides this evidence. the 1O4e con tends, every circumstance either ad- --'tted hv CarTranv in her disclaimer
 0r proved hv affidavits of persons on 're destroyed liner. proves beyond question that she was torpedoed with out warning.
 Tn short, the United States points to the evidence as the eapstone to an accumulation of evidence extending over a period of months which is held -o prove irrefutably that Germany
 assurances to the United States re-
 tedly have been wantonly viola 1 ted
 Copies of the American note were sent to representatives here of neutral nations on the assumption that they
 are as much interested as the United
 States in the protection of neutral sbips. The note was not given to any of the belligerent diplomats, as the controversy is regarded as being sole " between the United States and Ger many.
 Count von Bernstorff already has reiterated to Secretary Lansing that under no circumstances will Germany
 give up the submarine as 2 weapon of
 warfare. because, he contends, it is a
 retaliation for Great Britain's food
 raockade. The Ambassador has de- clared. however. that his government
 will attempt to bring submarine ope- rations within the law of nations. This the United States is willing to discuss after Germany has abandoned her present methods-not before.
 Against that possibility stands the declaration in the American note that
 the United States has considered the 1 first employment of submarines for the destruction of co-'merce is bv tho u,ry nature utterly incompatible with the principles of humanity, the long established and incontrovertiDia
 rights of neutrals and the sacred i'm munities of non combatants."
 The crisis now resolves itself into the waiting stage during which Ger many will have opportunity tc accede | to the American demands. Before an
 other week begins, settlement of the | long standing issue either will be assured or Count von Bernstorff prob ably will have his passports and Am hassador Gerard will be leaving Der ! lin.
 The president guarded his plans with effective secrecy until ten o'clock : this morning when he disclosed them at conference with Chairman Stone 9rH Senator iodee. the ranking Re publican of the Senate foreicn rela- tions committee, and Flood and Rerre- sentative Cooper, the ranking Repub licHns of the Foreien Affairs commit tee of tho House. He outlined to them what he had said in the note destined 10 Berlin last night. and what he pro nOeed to say to Congress.
 When the President finished reading he looked up and seeing Senator Stones grave face. said: "You look as sad as I feel"
 The chairnan's resporep was to i'm nuire of the President if he had told 'Nem all he had to say. The confer ence thus ended.
 The word of the Presidents plan spread quickly through Congress and
 when he took his place at the clerks deSl ir the hall of the Fnuse, prompt
 ly at one o'clock he was confronted bv an assembly of gravely quiet sen ators and representatives who hung in tcntly upon every work he uttered. and cheered him heartily when he hao finished
 The president asked nothing of Con- gress. He came only to inform it of his decision. and Congress went back to work, solemnly impressed with the situation which confronts the country. The scene had been dramatically hu- man. The Presidents demanor re flected his state of mind, and an i'm partial observer readily would say tha demeanor of Congress as a whole re flected it's sympathy.
 The first actually crucial moment toward which the relations of the