Connecticut western news., 1917-02-22
GERMAN CRISIS
 SEEMS HALTED
President Delays In Going
 Before Congress.

Release of YarrowdaI, Prisoners and
 Getting American Refugees Out of Turkey Now Two Chief Concerns of Administration - Negotiations With Austria Are Proceeding, but Very i Slowly.
 With the German crisis apparently suspended ill midair, it Was officially stated that President Wilson will not go before congress 'at present. There was no disposition to state, however. that the president has determined not to lay the demands of the international situation before congress some time be- tween now and the expiration of the 1 SiXty-ffth congress on March 4. l Despite the clearly defined less2ning of the international tension, it is ap. parent in administration circles that the president will not allow the pres cit congress to die without making am pie provision to meet any emergency that may grow out of the German crisis. It was stated that he will prob ably go before congress late this week or early next week.
 The slackening of the German cam l paign of destructiveness on he high seas and the fact that as yet no covert act'' had been committed invol~ing American lives and ships has brought a general feeling of relief to Washing ton. In some quarters there vas even ! nrI incl inn fn 1nl hot may be found for preventing the situa ton from developing into open hostili- ties between the two nations.
 l No one in authority, however. would accept the responsibility for pointing out a method Of accomplishing this re- suit. But it is clear that the admins trt tion generally feels less alarmed over the situation than at any time since relations between the two ma tions were broken off.
 Only One Problem.
 In this connection administration sources emphasize the fact that the only serious question in dispute be tween the two countries is the subma- rine problem. It is stated by an au- | tnority close to the state department | that the numerous other matters which have aggravated the break between. the i two countries - the detention of the Yarrowdale prisoners, the treatment of | American citizens in the Teutonic countries and other minor mates of ! this chara ctcr--are merely collateral is- 1 sues.
 'These are matters to be settled by l negotiation or other means" it was stated. "They are not matters which would lead to hostilities between the two countries. We must not lose sight ! of the fact that the submarine is the only matter of paramount importance" At the state department, however. it was said that so far as official advices went the seventy-two American citi- zens taken to Germany as prisoners 1 aboard the YarrOwdale were still de- tained. It was announced that this government had been notified through Spain that the Yarrowdale prisoners would be released shortly" but that l no official notice that they had been l turned loose had been forthcoming.
 The department announced that the l DeFellplOry lOT lHelT TSledSe had been forwarded to Berlin, but that so far it had produced no reply. De | spite the communication through the 1 Spanish government the administra- 1 ton is plainly concerned over the con tinued detention of the prisoners. xThe state department is also waiting with some anxiety for the actual departure of the trainlOad of consular officers and other Americans. which, according to Berlin advices. will leave Germany some time this week.
 Aid Americans In Turkey.
 Action to relieve the thousand or more American refugees under Turk ish jurisdiction in Asia Minor now rests with President Wilson personal ly. The state department and the navy department have placed the en- tire matter in his hands. He will re- view the entire situation and is ex- pected to make a decision soon.
 The Turkish foreign office has agreed l to the departure of the Americans. and the cruiser Des MOines and the collier Caesar are awaiting orders to proceed to Beirut to take them off. The possi- bility of intervention by the military authorities to detain them despite the foreign office assurances is causing de- lay. The Turkish government, how ever, is anxious to have relief supplies carried by the Caesar landed, and it is expected that the refugees will be turn. ed over without serious difficulty.
 Negotiations as to the American atti- tude toward Austria are proceeding slowly, largely because of the difficulty of securing direct communication. Am bassador Penfield, at Vienna, is in full charge of the situation, and he is ex- pected to make every effort to prevent l a breach hntwann tho tuo oo,,,,4,.;o.,