W K A T H K R
fair and continued cold to-day. To¬
morrow fair, with slowly rising
temperature. Moderate to
ftesh northwest winds,
rail Kexror» on l*»|« S ^tmW^ First to Lt»Xrtbttne CrRCTJLÄTTlT*
Over 100,000 DailyNet Paid. .Von-Ret'irnable
First to Last . the Truth: News ¦ Editorials - Advertisements
Vol. -AWT \o. 25,656 '(oprriftnt 1»17.Ihr Trlhun» A»»'n."
MONDAY. KEHRT ARY 12, 1917 a a * one cent iijrníra'-ísa
KROONLANDSEES U-BOATSINK STEAMER
170 Passengers FearSame Fate WhenShip Is Shelled
PRAY WHEN THEYHEAR OF WAR ZONE
Ameritan liner Arrives inPort "Darkened" to
Escape Submarines
He* 170 ¡-»"'engers -watched in fear
,rd renewal of Ger-marine campaign from the
of the 13.000-ton American'»-counted yester¬
day y ¦ eagera themselves on
» rpool.hea al half-minute inter-
b] tiny puffs ofami »lull reports from the
fortra » giant I -boat, pre-1 ceded th«- «-inking of a iHitrh freighter,
«¡so bound for New York, off Fast-
net on February 1. Although the neu¬
tral cat-ço boat was sunk s«?veral mites
iWïy.. i.HMriprrs believed
«¦onland's turn would come
ntxt . tar deliverance.The -, r- "fleers believed them merchantman tho Epsilon, oí
also told ol sightinga mv ImI, thought to be a
e, accompanied by a
r, which had the appearanceof a * "mother" ship forunder
Did Nut Km*.»»- of "War Zone" Note
The Kmonland *»ail«*»«rj from Liverpoolon January SI, the day on which the
wa§ received by the State
Depsr- r,e of the passengersknew of the note and the first news of
»he la'.r ". "nur /one" and rupture ofdiplcr.ii»..* r«!ation« was received by.vírete«-.« when five days at sea.
The K --i»-inland was passing In sight»f the 1 r «h coast on the rooming after
>n!. v.hen a larget overhauled her, »nd
«I in Mew until shortly afterro©n. j
of Ireland bad«nd the only sight of
a« high, rockypromr- ven vessels could be
the offing, bound to Liverpoolor Qoee: «tiwn.
4 ' nil utes Inter a large Dutchappeared with the flag of Hol¬
land painted on either aide, headed on
a son . r Th«awas about, aína miles distant, when
».ddfr.ly a giant submarine appeared. nd hskl'f-cl the neutral freighter
* ¦ running along'«f the ¡*ub-
¦ res could be dia-er. Mean-
I fbtOt it«'.-*» re'J« < re pulling
' threepart.
'an'e Putehand sink
"
r «everal min-eboat containing the crt-w
Mjhmarine Tow a LifeboatM G. Barman, com-
.-«¦> Kroonland, said he hadft hia course tonose frail boat
»a«! b« en cappized by the»¦her. he «aw »he lifeboat rid-
.bout a »luarter of a mile.- spot «vhere the freighter
».riñe headed for the li.'e--< la»er »-(juld be-in Barman held
¦« !. the sur-t, which was
* abmarineateái': lion, and
.narine or
j.ped
at the lifeboat soonaa it was thought impoi-
tioat to Lve loiij: .i«
¦r, of February 8 a
¡arge *...«. appeared about five milesullel with the Kroon-
**». nnlshiag mark,front «peed. It was thought
srBrtt that ihe on (hi b« the German*»'*i<T '!',(¦.»», a. her one funnel, two*.*.... |, -,rre«por,d
¦.<¦ ¦' -r-pt.on. Th8two large
l^icg e>,.r. ,;¦, torr an(¡ ,,-,_ nnfjfat .. ..*. led to the
«a-» a "mother" »hip
on a west by-.enm |h«
I ,'d to¦¦¦¦hward aad was soon lost to
't-tWireletta Tel!, .f "\\m, Zone"
.»-sa menage
'>>e and that the-J diplomatie
hat theyg »',rped»«ed,
-,' j re. taiiaaa, etot « g
an noteI
'.,.'- star-
«I I a-i :« oil
darken«*«».,American
.:ight»
Aa(frail,
C«; .¦ a«
WRECKAGE POINTS TOBRAZIL COAST BATTLE
May Confirm Reports of SouthAtlantic Naval EngagementPernambuco. Rraril, Feb.* 11. Puring
th» last few day« a considerable amountof wrecknge ha» been washed ashore en
the coast near the mouth of the Pama-hyba. The wreckage include» wirele»-,apparatus, a tin box containing a smallquantity of cylinders filled with an ex-
plosive substance, planks aad tans ofprovision».
There, have been recent report* fromPernambuco of firing heard at sea offthe Branlian to»»», M if a naval en-.
«-«¡¦".-.ment were in progress.
100 Pacifists Offto See President,Cheered by Many-
Referendum on War QuestionUrged at Big Meeting Here.
Bryan to Head Delegates
Peace advocate» crowded th» » htirchof the Messiah last night until theystood three rows deep and rnrere«! theone hundred delegates of the I.mcr-
genry Peace Federation, who latermarched in a body to the Pennsylvania*Station on their way to Washington.This morning in the capital thrv «¦.
pect to put their argument» before thegovernment on behalf of the pacifist«of the 1'nited State». They arc count¬ing on being able to go before Prc.'i-acnt Wilson about noon.
At Philadelphia fifty more pilgrim«will join the band from New Yorkand accompany them to Washington,where delegates from other cities wi/lforegather with them at the Hotel COB«tinenta!.
Telegram Sent WilsonTo prepare President Wilson for
their coming, this telegram was dis«patched to him last night. l\ was
sgn«d by the Rev. Harvey Dee Brown.assistant rector of the church andchairman of the forum meet ng."The open forum at the Church of
the Messiah," the message reads, "sendsstrong indorsement of your forbear¬ance, and earnestly urges that no prov¬ocation, short of actual invasion ofAmerican territory, he con«id"rpd suf¬ficient cause for declaration of war,
without a previous leferendtim to theml, .,
citizens of the nation.A crowd of 2C>0 friends and sympa
thizers escorted the federation dele-,gates from the church to the Pennsyl¬vania Station at midnight, down the
main floor of the station and info the
trainshcd, where three cheer« «rere
given. The delegates started for Wash¬
ington at U:M o'clock.The programme adopted a) the meet¬
ing was. first, "to urge our^.gevernment'Of settlement of an; ¡Btcmstiona]
conflicts affecting Amer.ca until th»
present war Is over: then to keep Amcr:-
«-ans out of the danger zone, and, final-
ly. to consult the people by referendumbefore declaring war." These resolu¬tions were pa .-.sed:
i.e.».lived. That this meeting, recog¬nizing that as Americans we are boundto consider the true dignity and v el-
fare of our country ar*1 to give everyI in our power in behalf of Amer-
ica and humanity, hereby exprese our
-t support of the PfOOidonf of 'he¦I States in his stead*"
obtain by peaceful methods a right, set-tleaSOBl of international conflicts, not
between the [JuttedGermany, but among our Kuropeanbrother« in their friendly tr.t'e, andwe declare it to be our «lesire to «erve
our country by doing everything in our
power to maintain its leadership in th«jwork 0'" attaining world neace and do¬ing away forever s th th« arai systemand all its consequences,
Hold War in Abhorrent»
.'Arid, We farther dcidare that we
hold war in ahhori >>'. onlj be«cause of its menace to th« painfullywon liberties of the individual, thesuffering which war pricos bring uponfamilies of -mail means, which com
majority of oui population,and the eoat la blood and tñasnr«main
1» the legalised killing of homaoi.e.i.gs :'ui on« ofthe supremo ("rinses against humanity."Nothing ill the world COUld ever mak«
Professor David 8 Mill ' .. ofpartaient of history, < oiambia«ity, go to war, aecording to »
dres»."Befare going to war," he said, "I
would wait until the Germans had sunk
««¦ven »hip». Yes, I would wait untilthey h»d sunk «e-.eniy timos -»ven, an<lthen I wouldn't go to war."
au!<! WO "'Hit until the Kai*ei'ssubaltern« .nsulted Bl
'"
»onie onr
asked.ould wait in til thOJ weie »ick of
Insulting us." he replied "1 hey eanliBSUlt the A SOplO. Tua. An.' 1
leaa people are the only ones who COB
ill themsei'1W ould Stri«e for Peace
Ban troot, prefoooige 01" the < if y of
that thethinr fee »h» Unitod Btetee to do wa»
' the w*r an. «...«. fOI
Th» Roí Ban, «n Knglishrnan
rth, arged that the United State«¦ th the nation«
wir» »tiding downhill to »'lindeAnio'ig the delegates Hie stodontO
Colemhisv, Conseil Val«, Amher»tlar.'1 the Uairersity of i'annnylvariia,Max J.a*t.niar., Zoa Berkley. Ed Cassidr,of 'I ypographicaiCannon, rapreaeritifig the Weeten*miner«; Mr». Viilard. Loeaon O'Riley,Mrs. .J. Borgoan« 'ram, repreien'-of th» Hand ! rhoo), Mora [f;IW;ui\Herbert Higelow, chairman of the
'.'. La liar « rool ont ral1, I reomaO)
» Malkiel and Dr Harn Lnidler.William .lennmg« Hryan will meet th«
delega»'.'' Bl '* hr»<)iiij«« ter«, in th«Kaledgh, and hoar) ih» pror»»»ion
wben It marche« to meet the Pnsidtnt-
"LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL REMIND US'.BUT THEYDONT REMIND US OFTEN ENOUGH
Sentry's ShotsDrive ProwlersFrom Aqueduct
Trespassers Near White Plains,One with Bag, Escape
in Auto
Only the vigilance and ready rifle ofa National Guardsman savd the » *.»«-
kill Aqueduct from being dynamited at
Piensan*, ill«-, ju.st north of WhitePlain?-, early yesterday morning, ac¬
cording tu residents there. Officer« andenlistad men of ihe Guard preservedtrie! Mlence, Imt tn'-re seems to be
little doubt that a -entry on duty near
the meter vault, in East Pleasantville,t red twict a' tWO men approachingthe Treat, p.p.» when they had .gnoredhi« command "Halt!"The meter vault, a cylindri«-al struct¬
ure of «tore and concrete, with an iron
door, stands on a steep bank overlook¬ing Broadway, south at Bedford Road.There are several houses within a fewhundred feet, the nearest being thehome i«:' Francia L. Adrian, ecretaryof the Michael J. Adrian Corporation,i;;7 Ka-i Thirty-fourth Street.At about 1 a. 88. a large automobile,
which previously had been noticed byeentri»8S ia Old Pleasantville, halted
Broad«« ay at the foot at thebank on which the ineter \au!r stands.
I l«e at Cry of "Hall I"
S .,-. .« Berce triad was blowing,at the vault caught the
Dg of the engine, and presently.... blai '- m the moonlight,
| the bank at a point where thenegotiable. heir course
would bring ir.t.n to the hue of thenel wati-lied them
e carried a travelling bag.Reaching thé t««p of tne bank tne>
.. ¦ -«i i ne meter vault."Halt!" the sentinel shouted, coming
io the ready.The tv. o ligures rame on"Halt or I tire! "
In an instant the pair boiled pell-mell down the declivity, the man v. iththe ba;* holding to it grimly, althoughhis persistence cost him a fall. TheGuardsman Bred a1 the ligares that«vere rapidly vanishing beneath the
tin* bank in a smother of>:,.)W, and got in t «.« S -no's In-fore histaiir'-t*« disappeai ed.
Kunning to the edge of the cut he.w them clamber into their car andliiive off a» top fpeed. They drove upBroadway to Bedford P.oad and turnedeast, taking a «ourse that might leadthem to larrytown or Ossining.
I ra«ikl Pound in Snot»flfli.-ei« forbade the men to trample
trie snow i:i the vicinity, and as aoon
os davlight appeared an investigationwas made to make sure that the senti¬nel had not been the victim of netve«
and niootil.gli«. The tracks of the tiro
prowler« were plain, Indicating a
stealthy »ourse until the top of thebank had been attained, and thereaftera seríes of slides and leaps.
Mi Adrian said last night »hat hebad been awakened some time beforedawn by the shouting of the guards»nd what he took to be reports ofgun».An engineer emploved in the con¬
struction of thai eectlea of the aqu»-«i«,( aid --"at anyhosi** irk« did anydamage to 11 there with nn!v a suit.-a«»
dynamite would be « fool fot\ wagonload of the stuff might
no th»- trii-k, ha said, and po.tibl«, a
,-, «*e of It, but not unless the dyna¬miter happened to »at it in precisely».be proptr place.
11 RUSSIAN LABOR LEADERSHELD AS REVOLUTIONIST
Arréate», in Petrograd. ( hargrd »il
Planning Social P-rmna-rati« HeimbliiPetrograd. Feb. IS, Kir-, en membei
of the workmen'« group of »he entn
'Military and Industrial I'ommitirc «
Petrograd h«*, e been »rrested. chargewith helenging to rovolntlonni-j parti«and fomenting a labor movement, wit
' the ultimate aim of transforming Itu:Fia into a social democratic republiThis official announcement was mail
fti-day.
Geraldine FarrarRefuses to Stand
for Nation's HymrPrima Donna Keeps IlieatnSeat During Playing of 'Star
Spangled Banner"
The rattle of applause died away a
the curtain fell. The leader of th'orchestra rapped with hi» baton an«
raised his arm«. Then he waved.*'Oh, »ay, can you »ee by the dawn'i
early light."They were playing the nationa
hymn. All over the home people wer«
rising. Voices joined with the crash o;
the music. Men and women, they wen
all standing except one.
She rat still, '»n lier loi. a formelofleer of Carranza'.« army had r..»en tc
his feet. On her right, her husband, a
foreigner by birth, steed erect.Géraldine Farrar. ¡>oin In Ab
beloved of the American people, nevei
moved. She sat ».lent, expressionless,beautiful, while voice» «nd instrumentshang the song of tha nation.
I'lie place whs the Míimii« ElliottTheatre; the time. Saturday night.
It was at the close of one of theplays vhich H las G< rtrude
Kingston wa« preaenting. Mies Parral.¡»d vonie to the playhouse accon]by her husband, Lou-Trilegcn.
In bytrona times the singer ha« notshrunk from appearing as Liberty aridhinging "T.ie Star-^pangle«! Banner*h«r»elf. As la'e us May. 1915, she thusdisplayed herself on the sta«*,.Metropolitan Opera House. Vel Iday night, when some throat.« «rere toochoked and aching to »ing the hymn,when her own husband giood reveren*-ly, »he sat still.
Miss Farrsr won her fir»', fame inGermany. It i» known that »he was ad¬mitted to certain higher circles of thePrussian « ourl. In 1015 Gorman pa¬pers published a letter, ¦»¦«¦porting 'ocome from her. which «aid ia par':
"I am a Germanophile, through andthrough. I am much too loyal to Ger¬many to amuse 'he American peuple or
'o oblige "hem "
Th*re wa» no demonitration againsther a» the 'hea're.
Mi»» Farrar last nigh' »hough» i'"fooli»h" that anv one »hould q'ie«t.ior.her about th« Incident. Her htuband.who aniwered the 'phone »t the Bil*more, »aid »he would not think of talkng in per»on »ha wa» tired.After «peaking to her h« reported
"She »ay« certainly there Is no evpla-nation. She think« it foo1i»h »hat anyone »hould call her up to a»k about i*
"
"It i« true, then." h« wa« a»ked "tha»>ou »food up. but »he remained sealedwhile 'The Mar-Spangled Banner .« ,.
being pl»v»d ""
"Ye»." he answered with a touch ofrntation."Wa» Miss Farrar feeling ill or sud¬
denly faint?"''N't*»,*** h« »napped.
Kaiser SummonsChiefs to Conferon U-Boat Crisis
Worried by Neutrals, LeadersWill Consider Negotiations
to Modify Policy
By ARTHl'R S. DKAPf.RIBs » r_8rj in Tbt re
London, Feb. 11. -The impressioni- (Siring ground in diplomaticquarter! to-day that Germany ia be-COminf a la mi «d over the possible en¬
trance of America into the war, andring desperately to find some
way out without receding entirelyfrom her position of ruthless sav-
¦gwy.Confirmation of this ii ,-een to-day
in the news that the Kaiser hascalled another important conferenceat general headquarters. The mes¬
sage, coming from the KxchangeTelegraph Company's Amsterdam(¦.ii-r«'>pondent. ¡«ays that the confer¬ence will take up the submarine sit¬uation and that Chancellor von.
Bethmanr.-Hollweg and high army»and navy officiais will attend. It is
reported, the correspondent adds,that the possibility of negotiation«with neutrals for modifying thetcitiis at th«*» recent German mem¬
orandum will be discussed.Austria Seeking ( ompromise
Another confirmation comes ¡inews from Amsterdam that th»» Vi¬enna correspondent of the "Ai. Est"
reports that Count '-.ernin. the Aus-tro-Hunganan Foreign Ministe.-, iaholding discussions with Ambara¬do! ÍVnfield on the question of howAmericans may be aide to travel inthe Mediten anean without ris!.. Them r»**-p.indent says the (¡erman gov¬ernment has declare«! ¡ta readinesst.« show "a certain complaisance" on
this question, on the condition thatthe principles of the intensified sub¬marine warfare shall not be affected.Apart from the tremendous re¬
sults foreseen by Germany if thePresident declares war, it is un¬
doubted that the firm tone of Spainand Brasfl has dismayed Germanyto racfc an estent that it is becominga question whether the extreme war
party will be able to carry on
against the informed opinion of theentire nation.
I i|.e.t WIIOM lo Stand firm
It is generally belie-ved here thatliermanv will ask the l-nlted State« to
hold another conference to discus« th »
situation, but without offering» to mod'-l'y hei rampaiffii in the meanwhile.V'.l.odv here believe«, however, thatAmerica will be influenced either byGerman'a threats or cajoler.»-. Thereia a thorough realisation that Ameri-Ira'a previous patience, eoupled withthe preset «'Mtad-t. lias a definitemessest})
Washington Cold toBerlin's Peace Plea;Germany Loses Hope
Germans Admit OrdersEmpower U-Boats to
Kill Americans
FEAR HOSTILITIESARE UNAVOIDABLE
Say Only Hope of PeaceRests on Backdown
by Wilson
i, r following dispatch was'rv '>¦/ an Assuerntad Proas carro.fpanden*, uho bud gopr to ('opcv-I iirjrn to escape thé (¡crman irntor-
thip..._
< openhagen. Feb. 11..Little hopeor expectation prevail» in Berlinlhat war with the United States isnvoidabl«* or that a modus vivendi¡econeiling the policier* of the two
governments can he found.There is now a desire on the part
of the authorities and a vast bulk oflhe people to avoid actual hostilitiesi-i any «ray consistent with the fren-
eral lines of the present submarinepolicy, but only in that way.
F.\< H I -ROM' CAM rOICI WAR
A.coriiinj-ly. »uhmarine command-'as. bi'fore tliry started on theirFebruary mission, the associatedPress has been reliably informed,were ir<stmeted to take the safe sidewhenever possible in dealing withneutral vessels, particularly Ameri¬tan. Enemy merchantmen, whenrecognized as such, were ordered to
be sunk at sight, but neutral mer¬
chantmen were to be warned whensuch action, in the commander's'iidgmc'.t. was consistent with theobject of the campaign and the»afety of their own ships.
It was realized, however, after therronrpt and resoluto stand taken byPresident Wi!«on, that these orderRcou'd only be palliative and only de¬fer, not avoid, an ultimate break, an«!that if President Wilson stood by hisannouncement that the destructionof American lives <ir ships would he
:e[*ardcd H Ml act of hostility a
casu.- Irclli must come sooner or later
.probably sooner on account of thenumber of Americans on enemv
ships and the discretionary nature
of the instructions to submarinecommanders.
WARNING NOT (OMPIT.SORYThe commanders were informed
that, while the safe course towardneu frais was recommended and de¬sired, they would not longer be sub¬
jected to punishment for departingfrom their former procedure ofvarning. if they found this advis¬able.
it is considered that the only pos¬sibility of the avoidance of hostili¬ties would re»u!t from a modificationof its standpoint by one side or theother, and. so far as could be judgedfrom the positive declarations ofAlfred /.ininiermann. the GermanMinister of Foreign Affairs, andother oAcinlf before the A'-M-iaredPress coireipotadsssat'l departurefrom Berlin »here Ttus n>> probabil¬ity thai Germany would give way
this time or abandon the ruthless
campaign now started.German-American relations again
and again have passed throughapparently almost, hopeless,
but this time the crisis is more dif¬ficult, and «.ven the optimist scarce-
v ,ti, .«¦ any peaceful way out of'he impasse.
HOPE kok Q| ICI DIDChancellor von Bethmann-H«»!!-
..«:;.¦ of Foreign Af-
fairs, Dr. Zimmermann, and the»enden oí ihe »««-called »ha:faction face the prospect oí an out¬
break of hostilities with the UnitedStates with keen regret. They wouldhave been glad to continue tho policyof good relations, even at a consid¬erable cost to themselves, but yielded;o the necessity of taking a step de¬clared by experts as a short cut to
ending the war. to which, otherw.se,HO end was in sight.How much of confidence they ex¬
press or is inwardly felt eannet. ofcourse, be to!«i. but Secretary ZiflS*mermann, for instance, declared the
«¡ay before the news OÍ PresidentWilson's rupture of relations came,
.».ith every outward evidence of con¬
viction, that if the United .Stateswould abstain from* interference andgive Germany a free hand, a fewmonths would sec the end of thaiconflict. Two or three months wa«
his first phrase, which he sJterwardextended to "perhaps six* months.*'
Despite the plain terras of Pros!«
News of German Crisison Following Page:
U-boats gel only two more
ships; 31 American livesimperilled in sinkings oflast two days.
The American Ambassa¬dor is safely out of Ger¬many.
Gerard, threatened with de¬tention unless he ratifieda treaty protecting Ger¬mans in the U. S., refusedto be "sandbagged" anddefied the Prussians.
Foreign Secretary Zimmer¬mann blames falsifica¬tion of news by theBritish for measures
taken against Ameri¬cans in Germany.
dent Wilson's earlier eommunications, these officials evidently hopedagainst hope that the, inaugurationof ati unrestricted submarine cam¬
paign might, after all, not bringabout a breach with the UnitedStates, for in the days between von
Bethmajnn-lIolIwe*fj*'s announcementand the news of President Wilson'sstep in breaking off relations theywert awaiting word from Americawith interest and anxiety which theymade no effort to conceal.
Il.l.l SIONS SHATTER«:-When this word did come, it came
'as a crash,' tumbling down any r«a-
. maining illusions as to the Ameri¬can government's attitude and bar*ling the way completely to any ne¬
gotiations they had hope-1 to under-take upon the basis of the Ameri¬can reply.From last Sunday evering on
rone of them seemed to cherish[.inch expectation that the status ofa rupture of relations would lastlong, and that a full breach was al¬most inevitable.The Cerman people, in its very
majority, would have been glad to
pee peace brought about from theGemían overtures. Once thesefailed, and the belief became fixedthat the Entente intended to fighton for a complete victory, the aver¬
age German declared for the use ofanv weapon which might compelpeace, even at the risk of bringingil the United States. The major¬ity undoubtedly would have pre¬ferred to avoid a breach with theUnited States, but they wens will¬ing to take that in the bargain int.-ying the weapon in which theyrow see the only possible means ofl.ringing the war to a quick end.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg,chief of the General Staff, they are
informed, is for ruthless submarinevar, and tho field marshal's name
»till holds a spell upon Germanrunda. His judgments inspire con-
f.dence in the heart«-- of the Germanmasses.
Wilson to StopIndirect Tie-Upof American Ships
f .an l*fl« Tribuna Bureau
tVaahi-gtM, Feb. 11. President Wil¬son do«*s not intend that Germany aha'..'accomplish by indirection what ehe?ried ta accomplish directly rame!;
lag up of American transatlantictrade. The «hip owners ha\e adv.seutha Adminiatratian that they have ctn-
the private manufacturers andate unable to obtain gars «intabie forarming their veiaeia, although Secre¬tary Lansinjr has adv sed them th-lthey are at liberty «o arm the «h.pt.
It wan suggested to-day that loir« ofthe »mall calibre navai gur.s. of whichthe navy ha« a «urpiui, mjght be con¬
demned and soid to *he Ai.k r.car. «h.;>owner». It ia ande.'wtotxrt that trie r.e.
ore hat Bf r.-i .r-MD.f in finding formetnaral puant * 'ne gun«.ia no ¡nUntioa .'or trje pjete?. of ton-\ oying a«'. A,, tricar, v«»ael.
,'n «o-i..* manier Ar_er>'.-a«n t\. couri¬ers probably will have their difficult".-solved in a few day». Strong intima». .one were giver, in official quartersto-night that, while the government«ill not actually arm merchant « raí»or formally adviie arming, a »ay -trillbe found to put weapon» at the d>e-poial of omaatt who deaire to pré¬paie far defence r-ain»! i'Vgal at-
i h» ger.e'al v.e.v h»*ie il thai*.»¦ export tr«c.« but »he i.a» an't
Itandiag before the «Aorld der.-and»that Amené« véatela continue to plythe high »eaa without regard to the(¿erman proclamation, which the goT-eramant ha» repudiated enth the moataevere n8***>»i In its power short of war.
Berlin Asks Parley, butOfficials Say Move
Is Insincere
TRYING TO DIVIDEPUBLIC OPINION
Rejection Predicted Un¬less U-Boats Are StoppedDuring Negotiations
8. T*. Aaanelatad r-aatl
Washington, Feh 11.-The Cetaman proposal delivered to the StateI'epartment yesterday that means
he discussed of preventing the breakin relations from resulting In wag»
apparently has struck no r«*»«sp©nsl**icord here. No official *~>nld indicate'.o-day whether a reply already had1 een given, but there wan no disposi¬tion to deny that the proposal haabeen made or to deny that the Ame«*«ican government regarded it as an
tffort on the part of (»ermany taIk fog the issue.
It was made dear everywhere iagovernment circle*» that there wae
nothing to discu's unies**; Germanyaofired to stop abridging Americanrights and illegally menacing Ameri¬can life.
In connection with the Omansuggestion special interest attachedt> cable dispatches announcing that
Emperor William had called a con¬
ference, presumably to discVM thesubmarine campaign and th.* p»«-it.onof neutrals. It was suggesfe»l that
¡out of the conference might come
«..«îmething more tangible than themere oral suggestion that Germany
1 wonld tike to discuss mtens of pre¬
uvenUn« the addition of another ju-
i tien to her long list of enetni«--*.
What has b»>eti don»» «»> far il tSÊestrued only as an attempt to* placeupon the United Statei th«r» appear¬ance of belligerern-y. The chief pUr-jiose, it is believed, is to be**tldef[ublic opinion here and divide thecountry, and the move is about as
unwelcome here as if Mr. (ierard in
Berlin had gone behind the Germanx«/.ernmcnt through the SpanishAmbassador, who represents theUnited States there, in an appeal to
the German p*sop!e on a wholly in»complete issue.
Whether any sort of »newer wiTJbe made beyond a mere arknowledg»»ment to the Swiss Minister, who pratsented the suggestion yesterday, IIuncertain, as that matter rests erst
tirely with President Wilson. Optra-»ions differ, some believing it wise*,to ignore the suggestion entirely.
It is possible that & summary erfthe present submarine c.mpai«"*-*-?«.with a list of the sinkings withoujwarning and the loss of lives, roofbe submitted as farther ahowing «¦*.*»..*the United States r_nd other neutraltbelieve Germany's <*oarse o-ntaide tb«tbounds of law.
Bryan and BernstorffWorking for DelayBy STEVENSON H. _T.«*aNS
Washington, Feb. 11..William XBryan is trying to put a halter ofl
the Administration by means of theorganized efforts of all the pacifist«and the peace-at-any-price men iathe country.Count von Bernstorff, the former
German Ambassador, with the as¬
sistance of his many diplomatiefriends in the country, is doing hieutmost to assist the Bryan propa¬ganda by means of informal, unofR-c.r.l and dissembling suggestionsthat the German government ie
ready to modify her campaign of un¬
restricted submarine frightfulness.The efforts of Bryan already are
felt at the White House and to some
degree in Congres«. The same sort
of a campaign that was put into ef-icct t«) foret the passage of theshameful McLemore resolution is be¬ing attempted again.
Working eith Berlin
The t**o movements are closelyconnected. They are part of thesame plan which was laid here lastSunday by Bryan. Bernstorff and
pro-Germans in the Senate. Bryan'epart of the plan haa been communWated by wireless to Berlin in a man»
r.cr which will be detailed later.Germany, undoubtedly shocked ani
rurprised at the action of the Presi¬dent in severing diplomatic relation««««ia« begun a peace drive »gainst theUnited States comparable to the
peace drive against the Entente t*-r#
j months ago.But the American apvtmJmWmmt^
