Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1916 — Berlin May Be Warned to Shun U. S. Waters. [ARTICLE]

Berlin May Be Warned to Shun U. S. Waters.

Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 10. —President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing discussed in detail at Shadow Lawn tonight the German submarine attacks on merchantmen Sunday off the New England The conference lasted until late tonight and will be continued tomorrow morning. It was indicated by officials today that facts so far collected by government agencies have disclosed no grounds for drastic action by the U. S. government because of the attacks themselves. No evidence has been found that international law was violated by the German submarine or submarines. It was understood, however, that the president and secretary discussed the wisdom of pointing out to Germany the inadvisability of operatmg -liex 1 submarines~rrr elTTsb'"prgg-" imity to the territorial' waters of the United States. Administration officials took the position that the transferring of submarine warfare so close to America’s shores was fraught with grave danger because of the possibility of mistakes being made by submarine commander. Reports that strong sentiment exists in Germany for the resumption of submarine warfare on a broader scale caused some alarm among officials. In discussions of the submarine attacks on Sunday, officials here referred to diplomatic correspondence between the U. S. and Great Britain beginning in 1914, in which .the American government protested against the patrolling of' the American coast outside the three-mile limit by British warships. This was pointed to as providing a precedent for protesting against the proximity of German submarines to the American coast.