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The full text of the note was made public Thursday night by the state jj . department as follows: "Department of State, I- "Washington, May ,13,. 1915. y "The Secretary of State to the Ambassador at Berlin: "Please call on the minister of foreign affairs and, after reading to him this communication, leave with him a copy. "In view of recent acts of the German authorities in violation of American rights on the high seas, which culminated in the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusi ? tania on May 7, 1915, hy which over fone hundred American citizens lost their lives, it is clearly wise and desirable that the government of the United States and the Imperial German government should come to a clear and full understanding as to the grave situation which has resulted. . "The sinking Of the . British passenger steamer Falaba hy a German submarine on Mai^h 28, through* which Leon C. Thresher, an' American citizen, wac drowned; the attack on April 2 8 on the Americaiwvessel ' ' Cushing by a German aeroplane; the torpedoing on May 1 of the American vessel Gulflight 4y a German submarine, as a result of which two or more American citizens met their death, and finally, the torpedoing and sinking of the steamship Lusitania, constitute a series of events which the government of the United States s has observed with growing concern, distress and amazement Previous Attitude. "Pn/>a11in?r tno hnmanA and an lightened attitude hitherto assumed by the Imperial.German government in matters of international right, and particularly with regard to the freedom of the seas; having learned ttf recognize the German views and the German influence on the field of international obligation as always engaged upon the side of justice and humanity, and having understood the instructions of the Imperial Germangovernment, to* its naval commanders to be upon the same plane of humane W action prescribed by the naval codes of other nations, the government of the United States was loath to be, lieve-?it can not now bring itself to believe-?that these acts, so absolutely contrary to the rules, the practices and the spirit of modern warfare, could have the countenance or saneIS XT X ??X '.ion 01 mat great guveiuiucuu. "It feels it to be its duty, therefore, to address the Imperial German government concerning them with the utmost frankness and in the earnest hope that it is not mistaken in expecting action on the part of the Im. perial German government which will correct the unfortunate impressions which have been created and vindicate once more the position of that government with regard to the sacred 1" eedom of the seas. Retaliatory Methods. "The government of the United ates has been apprised that the Imirial German government considert themselves to be obliged by the :traordinary circumstances of the esent war and the measures adoptl by their adversaries in seeking to it Germany off from all commerce, adopt methods of retaliation which v much beyond,the ordinary methls of warfare at sea, in the proclaation of a war zone from which ey have warned neutral ships to sep. away. "This government has already ken occasion to inform the Im ierial German government that it an not admit the adoption of such leasures or such a warning of daner to operate as in any degree an bbreviation of the rights of Amerian ship masters or of American citi^ns bound on lawful errands as pasengers on merchant ships of belligrent nationality, and that it must told the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for nv infringement of those ri.<rlits_ in fternatioBal or incidental. "It does not understand the Imperial German government to question those rights. It assumes, on the contrary, that the Imperial government accept, as of course, the rule that the lives of non-combatants, whether they be of neutral citizenship or citizens of one of the nations at war, can not lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unarmed merchantman, and recognize also, as all other nations do, the obligation to take the usual precaution of visit and search +/% nnPv\AAf nrl II tv aovwi " uctiici a duoj^c^tcu [ merchantman is in fact of belliger'? ent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband -of war under a neutral T flag. Where the Objection Lies. "The government of the United States, therefore, desires to call the attention of the Imperial German government with the utmost earnestness to the fact that the objection to their present method of attack against the trade of their enemies lies in the practical impossibility of ~ employing submarines in the destruction of commerce without disregard ing those rules of fairness, reason, justice and humanity v.hich all modern opinion regards as imperative. "It is practically impossible for the officers of a submarine to visit a merchantman at sea and examine her papers and cargo. It is practically impossible for them to make a prize of her; and, if thoy can not put a prize crew on board of her, they can not sink her without leaving her crew and all on board of her to the mercy of the sea in her small boats. These facts, it is understood, the Imperial German government frankly admit. "We are informed that in the in?'t ? ? ? T?TViirtVi Trrrt Vi o TTO ennton U1 nuivu w o uur oyvuvu time enough for even that poor measure of safety was not given, and in at least two of the cases cited not so much as a warning was received. Manifestly, submarines can not be used against merchantmen, as the last few weeks have shown, without an inevitable violation of many sacred principles of justice and humanity. "American citizens act within their indisputable rights in taking their shifcs and traveling wherever their legitimate business calls them upon the high seas, and exercise those those rights in what should be the well justified confidence that their lives will not be endangered by acts done in clear violation of universally acknowledged ihternational obligations, and certainly in the confidence that their own government will sustain them in the exercise of their rights. "There was recently published in the newspapers of the United States, I regret to inform the Imperial German government, a formal warning, purporting to come from the Imperial German embassy at Washington, addressed to the people of the United ^States, and stating, in effect, that any citizen of the United States who exercised his right of free travel upon -J- i- :i jtl cue sens wouia ao so ai xus yeru n his journey should take him within the zone of waters within which tbe Imperial German navy was using submarines against the commerce of Great Britain and France, notwithstanding tbe respectful but very earnest protest his government, the government - j. tho United States. "I do not . fer to this for the purpose of calling the attention of the Imperial German government at this time $o the surprising irregularity of a communication from the Imperial German embassy at Washington addressed to the people of the United States thro-ugh the newspapers, but only for the purpose of pointing out that no warning that an unlawful and inhumane act will be committed can possibly be accepted as an excuse or palliation for that act or as an abateement of .the responsibility for its commission. Probably Misapprehension. "Long acquainted as this govern2 ment has been with the character of the Imperial German government, and with the high principles of equity *? ?11?? i i. v ? uy wiiiuu mejr nave ill iue jjcl&l ueeu actuated and guided, the government of the United States can not believe that the commanders of the vessels which committed these acts of lawlessness did so except under a misapprehension of the orders issued by the Imperial German naval authorities. 'It takes. it for granted that, at least within ?ne practical possibilities of every suqh case, the commanders even of submarines were expected to do nothing that would involve the lives of non-combatants or the safety of neutral ships, even at the cost of failing of their object of capture or destruction. "It confidently expects, therefore, mat me imperial eremiau guverciment will disavow the acts of which the government of the United States complains; that they will make reparation as far as reparation is possible for injuries which are without measures, and that they will take immediate steps to prevent the recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare for which the Imperial German government have in the past so wisely and so firmly contended. "The government and people of the United States look to the Imperial German government for just, prompt and enlightened action in this vital matter with the greater confidence because the United States and Germany are bound together not only by special ties of friendship, but also by the explicit stipulations of the treaty of 1823 between tli3/ United '"Expressions of regret ancl offers States and the kingdom Prussia, of reparation in case of the destruction of neutral ships sunk by mistake, while they may satisfy international obligation if no loss of life results, can not justify or excuse a practice the natural and necessary I effect of which is to subject neutral nations and neutral persons to new and immeasurable risks. "The'Imperial German government wilt not expect the government of the United States to omit any vord or act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. "Bryan." SHIP TO PROTECT AMERICANS ! Secretary Daniels Friday afternoon ordered the cruiser New Orleans to proceed immediately to Guaymus, U'lioro * V> o /- r>11 ?c-or> T? o 1 n-li i c rinnr ! VtlV V/l UIiJVjl AO iAV ?? Otu j tioned, in order that Americans may i be fully protected from the uprising; which is seriously threatened among J the Yaqui Indians. ? t SHbmarines Sink Twelve in Week, i The British admiralty at London j sued the statement Friday that enemy j submarines during the week ending j May twelve sunk a total of six British ! merchantships. The Cincinnati Inquirer delved into ; the past and asked where was John , Lind? The Minneapolis Journal says i he is at work days and at home nights, like all good American citizens. Loses Life in Mill Pond. A nine-year-old little girl of Easley lost her life Monday by falling, into a mill pond. AN1MERMAN OUTBREAKS; BRITONS WRECK SHOPS London Reports Renewed Violei ce Toward Teutonic Citizens?Attacked Wherever Seen. Anti-German riots in the east end| of London were renewed Wednesday j morning with even greater violence i than on the days preceding. Wherever a uerman showed himself he was attacked. The police force has been so thinned by drafts sent to the army that it had difficulty in dealing with the angry crowds. Special constables had to be called out. Anti-German outbreaks of particular sAveritv neeurred in the neighbor hood of the East India docks. Sixty or seventy German shops were wrecked. Germans ir. the vicinity are uniting for self-defense, and police reinforcements are being rushed to the scene. German establishments were sacked and their contents scattered over the streets. The Germans themselves were breaten or forced to go into hiding. The police in some cases were defied by angry crowds, and some officers were injured trying to protect Germans. When proprietors of German business places were caught they were severely mauled. In some cases their clothes were torn from their backs. One German was thrown into a horse trough with the reminder that his compatriots had been drowning women and children. His life was saved by the police. Several German butchers tried to escape in their carts, racing down the streets at a mau ganup, uui jluusl ui iut;m were run down and their vehicles smashed. Many Russian Jews, mistaken for Germans, flocked to police stations in the east end and pleaded for protection. ? DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON Sunday, May 9, Was Fifty-second Year of Fateful Event. Fifty-two years ago Sunday niglu, May 9, Thomas Jonothan ("Stonewall") Jackson was shot , down by error of his own men, and the great Southern soldier lost forever to the cause of his republic. To-day, as the great European war is in progress the recognition of his great genius is everywhere admitted, and the leading generals in the present war have testified voluntarily to his military ability. Without a doubt he was one of the greatest war chieftains the world has ever produced. In speaking of the assistance he rendered the Confederate cause the flrpprjvilla Npwr rer.p.ntlv said that "Lee, who called 'Stonewall' Jackson his strong right arm, once said that he would have won Gettysburg if Jackson had been there. Be that as it may, the almost uninterrupted victories of the a'rmy of Northern Virginia ended when Jackson'passed away. Chancellorsville in&rta&d the flood tide of the Confederate arms. Two months later came Gettysburg, and from thence on to Appomattox Lee's forces, despite all their marvelous courage and tenacity, were never again invincible. "Jackson's place in military history is unique. Most great reputations were made by long years of service. His career was compressed into a scanty 22 months, when Lee pointed to him 'standing like a stone wall' at Bull Run, to the early May day in 1863, when he marked his corps around the front of Hooker's army, smashed in its right flank and gave the Confederacy its most brilliant-vie4 ^ 4-r\ f nil nr? rl f lift fir?ft ft f lilo tui J, u li ljr iv iau uuuva luv hi v vx xixq own men. "A terrible partnership was that between the cavalier and the Puritan; between Lee, who embodied the chivalry of Virginia, and Jackson, who was a direct spiritual descendant of the men that fought with Cromwell at Naseby. In all crises the two men seemed to fight with a single brain and a single purpose, destitute alike of the jealousy and intrigue that all but wrecked the army of the Potomac. "Jackson presents a strange, appealing figure on the pages of history. He was as gentle and gracious as Lee, as silent and tactiturn as Grant, as daring and audacious as Stuart or Sheridan, as relentless as Sherman and with it all there was an intensity of religious fervor that belonged to the 17th century rather than the 19th. The war to him was a holy war. He went to battle with a prayer on his lips, and he went from battle to give thanks to God, wrho had crowned his army with victory. " 'Appealing from his native sod 'Lay bare thine arms?stretch forth thy rod, Amen. That's Stonewall's way.' "Even the bullets that struck him down he regarded as providentially directed by a definite divine purpose. There is no more mendacious phrase than that of 'a born soldier,' but here was a man who was beyond question a born soldier??a soluier who hated war, who was dazzled neither by ambtiion nor glory, who fought for principle and principle alone, and whose military genius was elemental. Peace to his ashes. A unite dnation can be proud that he was numbered among her sons." ? PIIESII)EX T LEAVES CAPITAL. President Wilson left Washington Friday afternoon on board the presidential yacht Mayflower for Xew York, where he will spend the best part of a week reviewing the Atlantic fleet. This is the first time the president has left the White House for an extended trip cn his yacht since he has entered upon his duties. ? Hemisphere Behind Wilson. Antonio De Bassono, president of the Associated Commerce clubs of Argentina, speaking in Chicago Friday afternoon made the statement that the entire western hemisphere was united behind President Wilson. / * I j A-t; Ay WILL REFUSE U.S. DEMANDS; GERMANY NOT TO ACQUIESCE Xew York Paper Claims Inside Tract From Diplomatic Sources That Are Unquestionable. The New York World of Thursday says in a Washington dispatch: Germany will defy the United States and refuse to discontinue her present methods of submarine warfare. The answer of the kaiser's government to the representations being formulated by President Wilson has been made known. It will be a polite and suave refusal to desist from that policy which resulted in torpedoing the Gulflight, flying the American flag, and sinking the Lusitania, a belligerent merchant ship with scores of American citizens aboard. The usual formalities of note exchanging and representations must be followed, but the ultimate refusal of Germany to meet the American demands already is determined. Germany will continue to destroy belligerent vessels without warning. If Americans persist in travelling un aer tne tsntisn, rrencn ur rvussian flag they may be killed. An official of the German embassy has said that this is the German position, and it will not be modified or abandoned. He added that the German foreign office will politely inform the state department that Germany regrets that Americans have been killed, but it can not accept the terms of the Washington government. Despite the grave possibilities in the present situation, there appears to be no apparent desire on the part of those who are familiar with Berlin's viewpoint to avoid the issue. * If statements made in diplomatic j circles can be credited, Germany is not at all worried by the prospect of war with the United States. It was suggested in responsible quarters that she is looking for an excuse to b^eak off relations, because she is prepared to send a flotilla of two hunrirpd submarines on the hish seas to destroy every munition or food carrying ship that leaves the United States for British and French ports. The greatest single desire on the part of Germany, according to these diplomats, is to block the allies' supply of American-made guns and ammunition. To carry out this plan she would welcome an open rupture with the United States. The American army is not taken seriously in Germany. The American navy would he of negliglible value in the present conflict, according to the German military leaders,, and the hostility of the United States would be more than balanced by the lessened quantity of war munitions shipped from this country. v German diplomats insist that Rus sia will be helpless whenever the American supply of guns and ammunition is cut off, and her only hope lies in a continuance of importations from America. The German position, as stated above, reached The World correspondent from sources that can not be questioned. MOUNTED MILITIA PURSUES 800 FLEEING AUSTRIANS Fearing Internment Aliens Start March From Winnipeg Toward U. S. Border. Fearing that the authoritiej of Manitobia would follow 'the lead of London and intern the resident aliens in the province eight hundred Austrians left Winnipeg, Canada, Friday afternoon and began a rapid march to the town of Emerson, from which place they intended to cross into the territory of the United States. The Austrians were fully equipped for their ma.ch and declared that they were leaving Canada to find employment in the States to the South. For awhile it was thought that the militia would be called out but the Fort Garry Horse brigade was finally decided upon to accompany the marchers. It is not certain that the Austrians will be stopped but current rumors sav that thpv wil lhp nrrpsfprl and detained. RIOTING ?IN ENGLAND | 1 Fierce Wave of Indignation Burns Against All Germans. Never since the war began has such a wave of anti-German feeling surged through the country as at the present time. It is due entirely to the sinking of the Lusitania. Working men are refusing to labor alongside men of German birth, whether naturalized or not. In many towns premises occupied by Germans have been damaged or destroyed and even the exchanges in London and provincial towns are barring the doors to persons of German blood, j There have been riots in Liverpool. Manchester, Salford and Birkenhead. In Liverpool Germans have been in- i terned and those who are naturaliz-j ed subjects of Great Britain liavej been advised to go to interior towns' or seek internment. Many have decided on internment. Newspapers demand that all the twenty-five thousand Germans still at large should be similarly treated. Deputations from the stock exchange, the Baltic exchange, Lloyds' and the corn exchange, after a meeting Tuesday night on the steps of the Royal exchange, marched to the House of Commons and presented a petition to the attorney general >vmcn litlieu ailtSUUUU LU UIO glcive danger in allowing enemy aliens to remain at large. ? o Illinois Senate Behind Wilsoa. The Illinois Senate has passed a resolution backing Wilson In whatever he may do against the torpedoing of the Lusitania. ? ? Frank protests his innocence. After the death of Henry Clay Beatty it was found that he had confessed his' guilt. WILSON TO DECIDE + JUDGMENT OF NATION IN CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S HANDS SHALL WE GO 10 WAH ? President Shuns Advisers and Wres ties With Problem All Alone?Depends Upon Sober Thought of People to Guide His Course of Action and Sustain His Decision. Shocked and appalled by the tragicaspect of the Lusitania disaster, as hourly developments disclosed its magnitude and far reaching possibilities and revealed the probable loss of 137 American lives, President Wilson and his advisors are waiting for the whole facts and a crystalization of public opinion to aid in laying out | the course the United States will pursue in this latest international complication?the gravest the president I has faced since the war began. Nowhere in administration circles is there any disposition to minimize the si'uation, but President Wilson, while seeking the facts, hopes the countr} will assume an examining attitude and reserve full judgment until all complete information is at hand. The president, Secretary Bryan and other members of the cabinet were visibly depressed. Persons who talked with them found them sick at heart and grieved at the horror of the PotQctrrmhio Nr>twit'h?tnnrHnp'' tliflt VlUbUiUtA V A 1 V V M A W t/Uu A U Q VAAVVh warnings had been given, it had been regarded as inconceivable by high officials that the threatened sinking of the vessel actually would be carried into effect. The fact that the Lusitania was a British ship, flying the British flag and even had contraband of war on board, did not remove from their minds the ever recurrent thought that a hostile submarine deliberately destroyed the ship with the knowledge that hundreds of defenseless neutrals and women and children were aboard. In official quarters, while the torpedoing of the Lusitania was deplored, there was much speculation as to why the swift liner had slowed dowTn in the path of submarines. Officers said it was very difficult for a torpedo to strike a big ocean liner going at full speed and did not understand where the British destroyers could have been when the Lusitania was struck in daylight. Everywhere the attitude -of President Wilson was the subject of grave consideration. Most officials seemed to agree that it might be several days before the policy of the United States could be formulated because of the scarcity of official information as to circumstances under which the Lusitania was sunk. During that time it was hoped the opinion of the people of the United States would crystalize and aid the administration in reaching a decision. President Wilson, upon whom the eyes of the world are focused at the present moment, studied in quiet seclusion the aspects of law and fact in connection with the sinking by a German torpedo of the British liner Lusitania, with a consequent loss of many American lives. The great human tragedy coupled with the responsibilities of the hour, caused the president to deny himself to all callers, even to members of his official family, while he turned over in his mind the course to be pursued by the United States government in one of the most serious crises in its i history. j The only glimpse.of the workings I of the president's mind was given i when the White House Saturday | night issued its first formal comment (on the disaster. The announcement ! v."as made that the president realized , the country expected him to deal 1 with the situation "with deliberation as well as firmness." After the conference with the president at the White House Secretary Tumulty said: ".Of conrse the president feels the distress and the gravity jf the situation to the utmost, and is considering very earnestly, but very calmly, the right course to pursue. He knows that the people of the country wish and expect him to act with deliberation as well as firm ness." The president, therefore, did not communicate with Secretary Bryan or officials of the state department. Xor did he consult the members of the cabinet or congress. lie has been giving such close personal attention in the last few weeks to the particular questions involved that hp was thought to be determined first to sift for himself the various questions and shape a policy to be submitted to the cabinet within a few days. The president spent a quiet day Sunday apart from his official family ?and for the most part alone. He went to church in the forenoon and - *- - ?"J- ~ ATn<?t f)f TOOK a Tint: aiuci iuuvnv.uu, ........ the time lie seemed preoccupied and talked little to his companions. lie sat in his study, it was said, in deep thought, undisturbed, for hours. Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo dined | with him, but it was understood no reference was made to the war situation. It was the first time Mr. McAdoo had visited the White House since he was operated on a few weeks ago. When the president went motoring, | he rode alone, on the front seat, re? - v.;^. jf!->o moot ininnr VOiVlIlg 1U IliJJ 1IUUU HIV 11i v I ta'nt problem of his administration. | When he returned to his deck SunI day night, he found the pile of telegrams had increased. T ev had been | coming in scores from n parts of the country. Many urged the adoption of severe measures. Several, among them a few from working men's organizations, advised a declaration of war as the surest preventive of further affronts to American dignity. Others suggested a severance of all diplomatic relations until adequate reparation and apology were made. Still others 5 ' q-, < _ , S / / \ \ . '3?a '/ " I counselled a peaceful course, but ad- f#, vocated firmness. A few messages "] justified the sinking.* He did not consult with Secretary Bryan or* others of his cabinet, and ? it is significant that the president has not communicated wi,th any of his advisers since the Lusitania went down. Cabinet members were conspicuous by their absence from the White House. The responsibility is his and ho A wishes to be guided by the wishes of ? the people, uninfluenced by the viewsof his associates, cabinet officials have been given to understand, untii, "r jjj he is prepared to place before the cabinet the policy he believes this government shoulu adopt. An important utterance to the American people is expected in ad- 4 vance of the cabinet meeting, however, when the president goes to Philadelphia to address 4,000 new^jr"' naturalized citizens there. Whether the president will disclose any hint of the course this govern6ment is inclined to pursue in the momentous crisis caused, by Germany's destruction of the Lusitania. was not disclosed. But it was ind#' cated that he will deliver a message appealing to the people to be calm in the face of the crisis and permit the . government to work out its policy uninformed by public clamor. Official desire is to keep down antiGerman demonstrations in the United States at this time when the country is at white heat. The greatest pressure is being brought to bear on the * president by public opinion, as it has thus far found expression, to adopt strictest measures. \ r.. ^ The view has been expressed,4a "V opinions of public men reaching the White House that it will be futile to ' treat this latest outrage with diplomatic notes. The strong terms of the note "to Germany on the war zone placed the * government in a position where it must act vigorously, the president , has been advised in communications rreaching him. Germany must be made to under- -* stand that there is a limit to which toleration may wisely bo carried", writers of these communications da?* clare. Suggestions that the United States break off diplomatic relations with Germany or that the German merchantmen tied up at American port9 - . be seized and held as security for 1 Germany "making reparation for ttfe i ^ acts committed, will not be discussed at the White House or state depait- *>} ment. All officials have adopted the ; policy of waiting for the president to ^ speak. The president, officials point out, ? has considered the human side of the " tragedy, which deals with the ruthless destruction of American lives, 0 and the legal si le to which the Gej- *" * man government points for justifica?? tion in sinking an enemy's ship. The one danger in the present sit- ' '* uation that is alarming Washington t-y is that a wave of anti-German senti* ment now rolling up in this country may force the government to action before it haa determined its course '* by due deliberation. The decision which the president1 and his advisers must reach, it was . .. admitted in all quarters, is a in omen-,* * tous one. Those officials conversant f with the legal aspects of the ^ase * pointed out that the UnitedSjta^s - y faced a grave and serious prdBbnJ^of lasting importance in historyriis all % the world?neutrals and belligaSwp ? alike?would wait with acute JsSpfcC- ;* tancy for the course which the Unitedf States would pursue to preserve the rules of international law, particularly the rights of neutrals, with respect to the safety of non-combatants on merchant ships at sea. A ^ A i 0 MUCH FIGHTING GOING ON ' ' . ? '# * v Germans on Offensive But Claims of Results ?-onflicting. From the Belgira coast to Arras, a great battle is under way. The Bel- * gians, in the little section of their ^ fatherland which they still hold, are " pushing forward, apparently with some success. Near the border the > French are attacking furoiously. Between these two districts, the Gexv rr mans are prosecuting a fierce offensive against the British. ^ Local successes have been won on?<jr both sides, but the main is3tic pt&bh ably will not be decided soon. > 7 H The Russians admit a further re- X.i treat in Galicia, but deny Austrian and German reports of a complete rout. Britis.. correspondents in r>. fetrograa minimize me importance j? of the Austro-German victory, inti- ? mating that Russian strateg3r may ^ have been responsible in part for the * rapid advance of the Teutonic forces. * Reports from all sources indicate that the loss of life in the fight oa Gailipcli peninsula at the Dardanelles lias been severe. British accounts indicate that the allies have paid a heavy price for establishing positions _ on the land. A dispatch from Athens says the losses of the Turks have been so great that fresh troops are to be brought in from Symrna. The course of Italy still is undecided, but little hope for peace apparently is entertained at Rome. ^ ^ ^ ? HAS NO INFORMATION German Embassy Says it Does Not' Know What Reply Will Be. Although the German embassy announced in a statement that it had no i "ormation to tiie reply the German government would make to the American note, tension over the situation was diminished somewhat in Austro-German quarters because of the belief that Germany, being desirous of preserving friendly relations with the United States, probably would una some way 01 meeting tne American government's position without developing a crisis. Count von Bernstorff took occasion to communicate to the slate department a formal denial of published reports that the embassy had intimated that Germany in her answer would refuse to comply with the requests, of the United States. ? 'k.