Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1916 — GERMAN REPLY TO V. S. NOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY [ARTICLE]

GERMAN REPLY TO V. S. NOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY

* Kaiser Will Yield Certain Points * * to Avoid Break. It’s Believed. ♦ * The German reply to the U. S. * * nore on the submarine contro- * * yersy will probably be delivered * “ today to Ambassador Gerard, it * ’ was thought yesterday. That the * * kaiser will yield certain points * * in the controversy, it is now be- * * lieved. but whether it will go far* * enough to satisfy the demands of ♦ * this country is problematical ♦ * According to the official in for- * * mation received from Ambassador ♦ * Gerard, based upon his confer- * * ence with Minister von Jagow, the * * German government in the reply • * it will make will offer certain con- * * cessions to meet the wishes of * * President Wilson. * * What the concessions are have * * not been revealed and indeed * * have not been formulated because * * of the lack of knowledge in Ber- * * lin of the precise demands of the * * United States. •

* Mr. Gerard has explained to • • the foreign minister that the * • President does not demand the • • cessation of submarine war • •against merchantmen; that he* ♦ merely demands that Germany • • shall observe international law • •in connection with the use of • ♦ the undersea craft. • * It is expected that Germany • • will reiterate the assurances hith- • • erto given, particularly with ref- * ♦ erence to the Mediterranean, that * • vessels whether liners or freight- • * ers. will not be sunk without • * warning unless they resist or at- • * tempt to escape. •

• This will not be sufficent. The * • President, according to his advis- • • ers, intends to insist that vessels • • shall be first visited and searched, • • after which the passengers be put • •in a place of safety. When these * • requirements have been observed * • the destruction of the vessel can • • follow without protest from the • “United States. •