AMERICA AND GERMANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16123, 11 January 1916, Page 7

AMERICA AND GERMANY.

LiMIT TO PATIENCE. EX-SENATOR'S VIEWSi NEUTRALITY DELUSION. London', January 9. An American ex-senator, writing from Washington to the London Times, states that the neutrality delusion is fast being dispelled. "On every hand," he says, expressions of regret and disappointment at America's failure to enter the war are being heard. It is certain that another German outrage against our peace and dignity will be answered in a way that will create a stir in Potsdam. Our endurance has at last reached the breaking point. Mr. Wilson's challenge to the policy of blood and iron has recalled the nation from pelf-gath-ering to patriotism. Why should we await the coming of the invader 10 or 20 years hence, when Prussian autocracy has recovered from the wasting consequences of war Perhaps then Britain and France may not bother about the fate of America. They will certainly be under no obligation if we do not • participate in the present world contest of right against might." ANOTHER. ASSURANCE, PERSONS ON PRIZES. New York. January 9. The German Note, to America in reference to the W. P. Frye case promises that persons on board prizes will not be ordered to take to the boats, unless weather and sea conditions are favourable and land is near enough. ' * • "J