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Though America's final Note on the submarine warfare has not

yet been despatched, there seems to be a very general opinion that it will be sternly worded and that the Germans will be told plainly that, unless they give guarantees against any further sinking of British and neutral merchant ships without proper provision being made for the safety of the passengers and crews, diplomatic relations will ho broken off between the Republic and Germany. It is difficult to believe that in existing circumstances, and at a time when their submarine campaign has been specially fruitful in results, the Germans will consent to abandon it. On the other hand, the Washington Government is not likely, in view of the past, to be satisfied with soft words from Berlin.

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