Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Maoy Parts of the Country. ' ... ' • , •• .-i • .. • , • SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. ■'*; •** * * * * * * * « * VONBERNSTORFF TO SEE * + PRESIDENT WILSON TODAY * * First \ isit of German Ambassador * * With President Since Exchange * of Notes May Mean Rift * in Relations. * * Washington, May 31. —Presi- * * dent Wilson has granted a ro- * * quest of Count Vonßernstorff. * * the German ambassador, for an * * interview at the White House * * Wednesday afternoon. It is un- * * derstood that the ambassador de- * * sires to discuss discussions pend- * * ing between his country and the * * United States.... ♦

* Announcement of the arrange- * * ment for the ambassador’s visit* ♦was made at the White House* * late today. It will be the first • * time Count Bernstorff has seen * * the President since the negotia- * * tions over violations of American * * rights in the Avar zone began.' * * Persons who have been in close * * touch with the situation believe • * that the visit indicates a rift in * * relations between the United * * States and Germany. * * President Wilson intends to so * * shape the course of the United * * States government in tfie 'inter- * * national crisis which has arisen * .* as to leave no doubt abroad of * * the country’s purpose not only to * * speak, but If necessary to act, * * for the cause of humanity. * * The tense situation produced * * by the receipt of an unyielding * * reply from Germany to the re- * * quest of the United States for re- * * paratiqn for the 100 American * * lives lost in the sinking of the * * Lusitania and guarantees against * * the destruction of American lives * * or property in the future over- * shadowed the Mexican problem, as • * well as all other governmental * * activities today. * * Tomorrow the President will * * lay before the cabinet both ques- * * tions. The effect of the warning * *to Mexico, the President hopes, * * >vill be the coalition within the * * next few weeks of the best ele- * * ments in the southern republic* * to form a provisional government * *to Avhich the United States and * * other countries can accord early * * recognition. *