In the papers of Wednesday it was stated that Sir
Edward Grey had telegraphed to Washington asking that the Note summarized above should not be published at present, as the British Government are preparing another Note. At the same time, we learn that the citation of the Bermuda prece- dents has produced a strong impression on the officials at Washington. Evidently the road to the American official heart is paved with precedents. We may add here that the figures as to cotton exports from America issued by the American Bureau of Commerce show that the amount of cotton received by Germany and Austria during the war has been nearer the normal mark than have the imports into France. We feel confident that the differences between the British and American Governments will disappear during the next few weeks. That Mr. Wilson, while holding his present attitude towards Germany, will allow Anglo-American relations to drift into a dangerous condition, as they did once earlier in the war, is to us inconceivable. The United States and Britain now represent the same cause in their different ways. It is obvious that they must by force of circumstances draw closer together, not fall further apart.
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