UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THE AWAKENING. PRESIDENT'S NEW THE. HOXOR OF THE NATIOX, Xew York, Feb. 4. President Wilson, speaking at Si Louis, said the United States should build the greatest navy in the world, and should be Unconquerable. He was striving {or peace, but the commanders of submarines were putting their own interpretation on international law and might commit an act which -would set ♦he world on fire. Speaking at Des Moines concerning , the futility of messages to the world and to meet breaches of international law, Mr. Wilson said: "Do you want the situation to be such that all ihte President can 'do is to write and utter words whenever international law is viohtted by any belligerent. America is callea on to register its insistent protest. The United States wants peace, but the nation's self-respect must be preserved." For many nights it bad been impossible for him to sleep, because of the apparently inextricable difficulties of international relations, which continued to drift away. He had every part of the community behind him in maintaining ihe honor iof' the nation. The titanic difficulties of keeping the United States at peace could not be disclosed, and perhaps never Would be disclosed. The «f*rt of all America was in the cause 01 peace,- but there were actually men in Ameriia preaching -war. whilst ethers went further than himself in preaching peace—they wanted peace at any price r-jMt America could not be like an (Mrich with her head buried in the sand. President Wilson, speaking in Kansas, said: "I do not know how long the mere ■word and insistence of the Government will prevail to maintain the honor, dignity, and power of the nation, but I assure you that not a day must be lost, because it is unknown a day ahead what will happen next. The munition factories must put the State in readiness; the nation must be ready to repel *attacV in order to avoid disaster.

GERMANY'S ATTITUDE, New York, Feb. '4. The Associated Press correspondent itates that under no circumstances will Germany admit that the sinking eI the I j ;sitania was illegal. THE APPAM CASE. Washington, Feb. 4. Mr. Lansing announces that the Prussp-Ameriean Treaty will govern the Appam ease, not The Hague Convention. It now remains for the United States to decide the precise tenor of the Prussian Treaty. A CRISIS APPROACHING. OILMAN PRESS APPREHENSIVE. Received Feb. C, London, Feb 3. The European edition of the ' New York Herald says that the early severance of relations with Germany over the Luaitania crime is imminent. The German newspapers regar'i the *Huation with misgiving. THE SITUATION GRAVE. Received Feb. 7, 12.5 a.m. Washington, Feb. 6. The German-American situation is unchanged. and is still grave. It is expeeled that, two or three days will elapse before there is any definite* result. The crux of the difficulty consists in the interpretation of the word "illegal." regarding the Lusitania. President Wilson conferred with Mr. Lansing on Saturday, and has cancelled all engagements.