The President in the 'Lusitania' despatch called on Germany "to
stand." Germany has refused to stand. He will not, unless we strangely misread him, presently call Congress together and " thank God he is rid of a knave." Rather ho will once more tell Germany in plain terms that in the conflict between international law and the submarine, the submarine must give way. He will also, we venture to predict, tell the German Government that he is not going to give them any more warnings or ask for any more verbal assurances. If the course laid down by him is not adopted, he will take action. This forecast of ours is not based upon private information of any sort. It is due merely to a study of the facts, and to the belief, or rather the certainty, that the President was sincere when he wrote the Lusitania' Note, and understood the con- sequences which must flow from it if it were treated as the Germans have treated it. The Lusitania' Note was not a "runaway ring," but meant what it said. In assuming this we surely cannot be doing any wrong to the President or to the American people.
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