A FLAT REFUSAL OF DEMANDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2479, 4 June 1915, Page 5

A FLAT REFUSAL OF DEMANDS

GERMANY'S NOTE TO UNITED STATES:.: . (Rec. June 3, 5.50 p.m.) London, June 2. "The Times," in a leader, says:— "The United States is the sole guardian :>f its own rights nud honour, but tho fcctrino that Germany has laid down iiiectly concerning tlie whole world is Ehat neither right nor law exists for 3ermany when at war.. Stripped of its irrelevancies, the German Note linounts to a. flat refusal of the Amorian demands.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services, VIEWS IN GERMAN POLITICAL CIRCLES. (Reo. June 3 5.50 p.m.) London, Juno 2. A report from Berlin, via Copenhagen, states that the feeling in political circles is that Amcrica is not inlv playing into Britain's hands, but ias actually concluded a formal understanding with the Allies—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. i.NTI-AMERICAN PRESS ATTACKS. (Rec. Juno 3, 10.10 p.m.) Amsterdam, June 3. German newspapers are conducting a rest campaign against America, accusng that country of exercising lier neutrality in favour of the Allies. The newspapers, with the consent of he German military censorship, declare hat if Germany must choose between i rupture with "the United Stntes and he stoppage of submarine warfare, she hall undoubtedly favour rupture, whativer the consequences.