Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1916 — BERLIN EXPLANATION ONLY PROVES GUILT [ARTICLE]

BERLIN EXPLANATION ONLY PROVES GUILT

So Say U. S. Officials—Break Threatens—Cabinet and Wilson to Decide Course Friday. Washington, April 13.—The United States is disposed to consider that Germany, in the latest submarine note, virtually has admitted one of ner submarine commanders is guilty jf torpedoing the channel steamer Sussex. President Wilson and Secre;ary Lansing today examined the official text of the communication from Berlin and are understood to have ■eached this conclusion, although no innouncement was made. Unless Germany should without equivocation admit attacking the vessel which had aboard more than a score of American citizens, inflict idequate punishment upon the comnander of the submarine and in other vays show evidence of good faith, ac;ion of a drastic nature undoubtedly rill follow. Details of the policy to >e pursued are expeqted to be formuated at the meeting of the cabinet tonorrow.