The Independent . ue warning of a merchant orpassenger ship with Americans onboard. The only chance of peace liesin the possibility of persuading theGerman Government to modify its newnaval policy before such an incidentoccurs. The attitude of the UnitedStates may not persuade, Germany tothis course, since the men responsiblefor the German naval policy must havetaken into consideration the probableeffect it would have upon Americanpublic opinion, and decided that the op-portunity of striking a mortal blow atBritains lordship of the seas out-weighed the risk of war with theUnited States. But th
The Independent . ue warning of a merchant orpassenger ship with Americans onboard. The only chance of peace liesin the possibility of persuading theGerman Government to modify its newnaval policy before such an incidentoccurs. The attitude of the UnitedStates may not persuade, Germany tothis course, since the men responsiblefor the German naval policy must havetaken into consideration the probableeffect it would have upon Americanpublic opinion, and decided that the op-portunity of striking a mortal blow atBritains lordship of the seas out-weighed the risk of war with theUnited States. But there is still thehope that if other neutral nationssupport the stand of the American Gov-ernment the Central Powers may decidethat the odds against them would betoo great. Therefore the President isbending every effort to persuade otherneutrals to follow his lead. Publicopinion in Argentina, Brazil and Chile,so far as this can be gathered fromthe press of these republics, favors avigorous stand against Germany. The. neutral nations of Europe, not pro-tected from German wrath by an oceanand the Allied fleet, seem less readyto commit themselves to any positiveopposition to Germany. The Response At no time since the„f .. M-4. opening of the Greatof the Nation ^ ,& ~ ,, War have Congress, the press and the general public been sonearly in agreement on the foreignpolicy of the United States as they areat present. Practically every memberof Congress, Republican or Democratic,who has spoken for publication hascommended President Wilsons actionin breaking off diplomatic relationswith Germany. Newspapers and peri-odicals in every section of the country,including those which have been moreor less pro-German in the past, arefor once agreed. Of course the attitudeof the papers printed in the Germanlanguage is of the greatest interestsince these papers are read chiefly bypersons of German birth or German-American papers unani-mously deplore the severance of diplo-matic relations
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