New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1916, Page 5

AMERIGAN PRESS CRITICIZES REPLY Majority of Editors Comment Un- favorably on German Note Germany's reply to the ultimatum of the United States, printed yester- day in the afternoon newspapers, does not strike a responsive chord in the hearts of many editors although a few express the opinion that Ger- many has complied with ever re- quirement America could expect. Some of the comments follows: Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. So far as words go Germany has granted our main contention, but if | Qer action is only temporary and epends on the future course of Great Britain the situation is one fraught with grave peril to ou friendly relations. Pittsburgh Leader. The latest German note in reply to President Wilson’s last word in sub- marine questions leaves plenty of ground for hope that a working un- derstanding will be reached with a lg?s(‘nlng of friction between the two Fovernments. Louisville Times. The unofficial text of the German note serves notice that the United States must either force England to end her blockade of foodstuffs or a~- quiesce in Germany’s method of submarine warfare along the line al- ready laid down. This means eith. the United States must recede or it “Snust break with Germany. The pres- ident has announced what his cour: would be under those conditions. The country stands with him. Baltimore News. The United States demanded the establishment of a certain status quo. Germany has established it. How long she can or will maintain it is another question. But for the time being we are left nothing to complain upon us. It is a serles of studied | insults added to a long inventory of | injurles. It amounts to an elaborate | | and deliberate deflance of a nation whose restraint under persistent pro- ! vocation, has moved half the world to | admiration and the other half to scorn. The president mtust prove ti.e | lofty sentiments he has so often re- | iterated are not emow. words. New Haven Register. ! | “Though it (the note) seems to | | concede the very important point th ' it is possible to conduct submarirc | warfare humanely, it leaves sufficient | loopholes. 1t is, nevertheless, of im- | portance that Germany goes furth r in meeting our demands than ever before. The German government does pledge itself, under certain conditions, to give fuller warning before striking | merchantmen. * * * it is con-| siderably short, at least in spirit, of what we asked, and fails to remove our justification for stern action.” | | | New London Day. | | “Germany has put herself in the right and from her right and unas- sailable position says to us and the other neutrals: ow prove your good | faith by dealing with our enemies as | you have dealt with us. You have forced us to play the game according to the rules. It is up to you to see that they play it the same way. We | have made Germany walk straight. It is up to us to make England walk raight—or forever hold our peace.” Boston Evening Transcript. It will mollify the public mind of Germany and muddle the public mind | of the United States. It is pitched in a tone so sneering as to satisfy the Germans and couched in terms so clever as to mislead many Americans. * " % Whether the German rejoin- der will be accepted by our govern- rent depends solely upon the in terpretation placed upon it by Presi- dent Wilson. | | Boston Traveler. The note is an amusing combin tion of evasions, denial, irony, s fac It is an invitation to president to begin a new series communications and ‘“the services of humanit; is dragged in after the president’s own fashion, as if to make him wonder whether the Kaiser is patting him on the back or poking fun at him. Boston . Tournal. NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916. T I of. truth of tew matter is that Buffalo Times. German diplomacy has maneouvered Summarized, the German answer | American diplomacy into an unten- to President Wilson's ultimatum in | able position, and it is now very the submarine controversy, seeks to | generally recognized in this country make compliance with the require- | that the president’s tactic ments of our government condition- | uPon the warning of e al upon action which Germany desires | chantmen is contrar; of Great Britain. The controversy | mon sense of the situation. with which Berlin has to deal is Boston Post. wholly between Germany and our- The Post believes that the German gelves. Tt cannot be made conditional | reply, while far from being wholly upon anything which Great Britain | satisfactory, is not such as to justify may say or do. the president in breaking off diplo- Buffalo Commercial matic relations with the government N . Uni that sent it. The me\l_tahle has come. The Unit- Springfield Union. ed States will be forced to break dip- e R lomatic relations that have subsisted e German reply is a complet> with Germany. The last word has |Ccvasion of the issue, so clearly drawn R T in the president’s ultimatum that it was impossible to mistake its mean- Hartford Times. ing. The course of President’s Wil- “The German note makes a 2on- | son appears to be clear. He has only cession, but apparently it requires | one course to pursue and that is to that the United States secure con- | live up to the terms of his last note cessions from other belligerents if the | to Germany and sever diplomatic = German concessions is to continue op- | lations with that nation. Responsibil- erative. Admitting German offerse, | ity for the consequences, whatever it holds that objectors thereto must | they may be, will rest with Emperor correct the offenses of others in o William. der to gain any standing in the Ger- Springfield Republican. man premises. It is as though “he president’s specific demand has peaceful citizen assailed by a gun-|jpeen met literally and with sufficient man was solemnly denied the right | .ompleteness to render a diplomatic ofhsnpnrv ng that ff\mgmm 'Wl"mw break unwarranted at this time. other gunman remained at arge. ” : riper R AR A i Waterbury Republican. 1s irritating and apparently intended | It is not for the president to con- (o T sider what his action shall be. His Waterbury American. ction has been drcreed. He cannot The United States has repeatedly | [ecede now. He ||f\\15t declare that refused to allow its negotiations with | (¢ German reply is unsatisfactory. Germany to be confused by a consid- | Worcester Gazette. eration of its complaints of wrong at It will be the President of the the hands of Great Britain, Ger- | United States who severs relations e e R 2 condition of | With Germany—and no other course satisfaction with her. Washington | 2Pbears open to him—but it will he has declared that a guaranty of im- | the Kaiser of Germany who dictated mediate suspension of Germany's un- | What the couse must be, and he stands | dersea war on unarmed vessels was | morally responsible for the future | all. It is an address meant H essential to further dealings. No suc consequences, even as he stands re- [ lic consumption rather than a diplo- | Germany except through 3 ! “ guarantee is given. We don't see | sponsible for the European war itself. | matic document. Standing by itself, | abandoning its illegal use of the sub- | ment does change its order to sub- (Baltimore Sun.) | | | San Antonio (Texas) Light Walla Walla (Wash.) Bulle| Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen Albuquerque (N, M.) Heral Oklahor ity Times, for pub- | difficulties of the United States with ’ President Wilson has demanded. * * * | apparently, avert immediate trouble. Germany | But if or when the German Govern- | For this we may all be thankful. ¢ r S (Tt e v pledge 3 appears o rine. This ¢ill not do. The | marine commanders, or does permit 3 where on the horns of the dilemma | The German answer to America’'s note | the new pledge also appears to ! marinc This it will T L 1o he rine ¢ mn. « s il Berlin has let itself down casily, President Wilson can hang any fur-|is “No.” compliance with our demands. Un-|break scems hound to come in the | them to violate the order indiscrim- o : ther argument without stultification. Manchester (N. H.) Union. fortunately it Mas a string tied {o il | very mature of things. It woula per- | inately and wantonly, then there will | hut not gracefully nor What is there left for him to say? B We have required of Germany th haps be better to have it come now. | he nothing left for President Wilson [ put it invites this country to con Approve, We have but one course compatible 8 . 1 relati with the s aia : ) 2 her present mecthods of submaring at- New York Tribunc. to do but to end relation th the | e its answer as satisfactory, and cw York Sun Boston Traveler. with n«\lmz\(\l‘ dignity and self-respect | to o) ghal) pe sndoned. And they Mr. Wilson can do but one thing. | German Government—to snap them will | York American The note is an amusing combination | t0_pursue. Upon the receipt of the ' e : ; : e this the country, in due cour ey rork Amorioan o2 1ust be, even at the cost of a sever- St P o s w o he 2 ele | Ne ork ¢ x Post. of evasions. dental. irony and fact. It | official text, providing it confirms the | & ; HepmusGhreukfioftir clationsiewithithe fs an invitation to the president to |unofficial report given out in Berlin. Go. 1 . ance of diplomatic relations Imperial German Government without Journal of Commerce, o New Yark vening Sun, - V. o New Y g delay and without hesitation. The re Again it depends upon what is done New York Evening Mail, Yout Ambassador Von Bernstorff must be New York World. ! i : 5 e s ove P s . s TR e 5 A T : ifferent case 3 Disapprove: 18 Approve. ST onAn hgim--"r;\w“. svr_\(:‘-nr f/»;nmun\f“atlnnfi #iven Ble pardnorts and Ao bessdor il that part of the Geumiod reply | 1 of Gerar ai ch of Be in the other and nhm_h different ca 16 ‘| isapprove pr \ : v‘ ndon_ (« nn.) Day, :n ‘ e ;t‘“ = of m.:]nunl 7 el i e reeTenl e vebne | et o A e oo | Storff to his own country—these of Great Britain, If we will make| The following is a summary of | Philadelphia Evening Teleg ragged in after the president's own 2 ; - 5 L ates B o thinG t we can no longer p 1 hehave Germany will promise to | il el ! | b G O Fireea E X i ‘ th gs that we can longer p 1er hehs : s fashion, as if to make him wonder | i, bringins mmary end all| iween Germany and the United States | pone. They arc the least that can | behave. Al least it will he “facing a | Baltimore American, whether the Kaiser is patting him on | R ration: to break a British blockade t Ger- | pe done; they may well be but the he- | new situation in which it must reserve | ' Disapprove Chicago Tribune the back or poking fun at him. | 4 many herself cannot | 1 2 lilwaukee Evening Wiscol breali is 2mpos- | sinning—hut they must he done. for itself complete liberty of Jdecision.” New York American, ! This means that it has reached no de New York Herald Ogden (Utah) Standard satisfactorily. Muskogee (Okla.) Times D4 cpinions of representative news- | Baltimore News form of official intercourse uetween New York Evening Sun. Hartford Courant. . sible. Tt is unthinkable. To grant it We cordially hope our government | It 1S gratifying to find in ~ the | would put a stain on the honor of E 3 cision now. It has, in fact, made no New York World Oakland (Cal.) Tribune ay find in this note the solution of | Note, despite its superfluities and its | the United States that could never be | We are bound to admit that all this ) /(o 4o the American note. * * New York Tribunc St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch cur own difficulty, but as a general | irrelevant verblage, what appears to | erased, (the terms of the German note) ! myere is no declaration of abandon- New York Journal of Commerce, Fort Worth ~ indication as bects the prospeets | ¢ a sincere disposition to meet the What Germany has vielded seems to us {o be reasonable on the | ment. Will there be the “effect” ? New York Gloh B P of peace it fills us with gloom. Plain- | Wishes of this country and to aVoid [ yield in obedience to law, not for the | part of Gormany and essential to our | (Baltimore News.) New York Telegram. H rd Cour )y Germany is not in the humor yet | @ rupture of friendly relations. This | expected benefits of harter. That own honesty, sincerity, and self-re- Thal Unitedllstatoatdemandedr the Albany Journal. Boston Hera to heed the counsels of wisdom or| Uesire must be rccoptized as, after alopeiimust heithof A aricansatlEhect cstablishment of a certain status quo. Poughkeepsie Evening Stat Non-Committal. humanity. She is still world-defiant. | 811, the important element in the note, | titude. “Immediate abandonment” is| " A< \ve said the other day, the home- | Gormany has ostatblished it, How Watertown Times. e P nasn and it is earnestly to be hoped that|what the President demanded, and |y proverh that what is satice for the | e ohs can or will mafntain it i S Tl o it will serve as a basis for a com- | “immediate abandonment” it mu Gt St Rochester De rat and Chronicle. mere f g iateiahe s ferms must be sauce for the | snather question. But for the time Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - There is no compiiance or substan- | plete understanding. e e i e another question. tial compliance. The little that is con- | Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. cation. ceded is conceded conditionally. No | Today rmany yields, but with a New Y choice would thus seem open to our | pertinent reminder that Great Britain government but to carry out its de- | jjust do the same. It remains for : A e ool . rae| clared intention to sever diplomatic [ America to require that England |25 @ reply to a specific demand oW make Engand ohey Infernac | move or less suspense. But it does, Providence, (R. I.) Bulletin 3 i shall abanden her unlawful blockade | the American Government, buv also | HORA1 2N and respect our rishis. = e S Wincinnall Times & Chattanooga (Tenn.) News. | practices. with a \w\v‘ to nlw EatEEEi o ol ERGIARSE L R R gow@wwm@ b)) vu.(:‘.’\": “‘”y‘:‘x“l‘ The German note is about as satis- | Philadelphia Press. national pride and a very oxacting| o E L0 & . New Haven Journal and Couri Meriden (Cons Recor tactory as could be expected. The| The German noteis temporizing and |~ mpn qooe ’”‘m:,’",u,‘\ e \ny ofher course will put us | € Cuts Heal Quickly 3 New Britain ferald 1 (Conn.) Record, Immediate issue is whether or not the | inconclusive, hut will probably halt, | oo e 8 AR W (0 R Tl wronz and put Germany } Philadelphia livening Bulletin i m— concessions made are sufficient. We | for the present at least, the expressed | pn ho {NG substance for Washinston Philadelphia Inquirer lelieve they will cause a better feel- | jntention of the administration to | Waterbury (Conn.) Republican Ing among the American people | break off ‘diplomatic relations with Paterson Press-Guardian | Roanoke (Va.) World-New )ston Transer ritish r applies exactly to the | 1,aing we are left nothing to complain Troy Record Hartford me . e s Bufialo Cammercial, Pittshburg Chronicle Telegt < Sun. erm has vielded o our ae- | (Maltimore Sun.) Boston Traveler Baltimore Sun The note leaves this country in WEIERLEY (0N, 150) 1030 Chattancoga (Tenn.) New Springfield (Mass.) Union Cincinnati Cammercial Tri{ The note had to he written not only { mands. The Administration may well cancen- | ANV other course wi A B Apply Minard’s Liniment to cuts. trate its attention upon the essential @ denialt oz fair pl This remarkable, creamy, antiseptic, fact, and that fact is that an immen New Mowvici Bress. germicide is all that is ever £y Boston Record. | that government. urable nd apparenly imminent As long as Germany liv up to her | pneeded to quickly heal cuts, ‘,(z p Germany's reply is an evasion and| Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. v AR e e een | new order to submarine commanders, | bruises or sore b Ablanta o e o ! an invitation to further correspon-| Continued discussion with Germany rted with out the obliteration of | * * * this Government will have whe Don’t neglect even % Loyl ol e i dence and argument. It does contain | along the lines projected in this note [ a single bright band in the spectrum | - | cuts or svr;l]tt'\‘r‘.\', '\]“I‘,“’f””‘“;“ Mo e ¥ R one paragraph of concession, but | and identical with those of the con- | of this Republic's honor. > 2 >y - = poisoning v h dangerous 5 5 I N g £ b qualifies it with an effort to bargain | trove to d is intolerable to | New York Herald: I DLW O RS IGILK, results may follow if "\‘\',l,‘,‘\‘?,l;\,“?'\- o Kv:j,‘,‘,",_ o CAPSULES with the United States in her rela- | American sentiment. There would be | . i ; » o L ithale Atnaven aneniat s wounds are rot properly S G Reion { v tions with Great Britain. The reply | ample warrant in its insolence for i i AW Wit 2 : a box of Mother Gr and promptly given atten- 5 = 3 = 3 (President Wilson) can do ne i > i uso throughout A Tinard's i > Montgomery (Ala.) Journal | 4 | : < < r ss air April 19 | Pres o e & o 1ghou ion. inard's ILinime £ an, ~ ™ | ¥ meets the positiveness of our April 1 President Wilson 1if he should deem | . F ot tF L A0 R0 D0 it 2 3 A in Colds, Rellove | t nt is clean Tampa, (Fla.) Times, Y note wtih vagueness of word and |the note an unsatisfactory answer and dlcibie ki 2 stainless, and absolutely pure. It is 3 | promise summarily end diplomatic relations, | T2nY immediately. The tone of the ) uble: used in many homes as the dependable St note in itself would be justification for fc yenrs. THESE POWDE | remedy for pain of all kinds.—Always Toledo Times, >hiladelphia : ! 1 G by all Drug § s ; Philadelphia Inquirer | that. On tho other hand, he can sit AT G st have it on hand ready for instant use. Des Molues ENStnl. Providence Bulletin. It (the note) brutal mockery of | Germany’s answer to the mote of | down and wait. He will not have to | 5 POV AN A0 supstite. | Samplo | o ny’ qruggist will supply you. Atchisan Globe, the wounds in and again Aulhutedxxlm Un States is no answer at \ walit long. There is no wav/ eus of the ' Le Roy, > Zi 3 Pueblo (Col.) Star Journal,