It would naturally be supposed rom the Note that he
was and is in command of the submarine that sank the Arabic.' We are inclined to think, however, that be is a fictitious person, a kind of nautical Mrs. Harris, invented by the subtle brains of the German Embassy to bamboozle "the idiotic Yankees," or that, at any rate, if he is not a fictitious character, the German Government have now no wireless or other signalling apparatus which will reach the place where the commander of the submarine in question now is. The whole matter is, we think, worth the investigation of the State Department, for they would naturally not wish to be played with in a matter so important. As Cromwell said, these may be "carnal thoughts," and our surmises have no substantial basis, but we confess that if we were American officials we should prefer to be in touch with a more substantial figure than the Commander Schneider outlined in the Note.
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