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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
10
Reported Zeppelin losses exceed three in two days as Allied squadrons claim destruction near Saloniki and the Vardar. German hopes for peace circulate via neutral outlets while American Congressional sentiment leans against war, with most lawmakers noncommittal or opposed to immediate action.
Obscure obituary fragment references a Mary widow of Serafing Sari of funeral hereafter, a Stanley infant, and Elizabeth Wolfe in Paranal. The garbled text lists relatives including Anna McGall, Carrie Motelli, and Ad elon Kidder, with service at Fo A Speare Sens Chapel and interment at Bainbridge.
Formational News Service reports London officials declare James Mark Sullivan former American minister to the Dominican Republic is not in custody and unlikely to be. Yet public belief cites his arrest amid Irish rebellion rumors as the British denial about Lt John Gaffney former American consul general at Munich being arrested or having landed in Ireland.
Berlin May 4. Germany's reply to the submarine dispute was handed to American Ambassador Gerard after he met with Her von Jagow. Gerard received the document from the foreign office, then returned to the embassy and handed it to cipher clerks. The chancellor will brief the reichstag on the note. no war is expected between the U S and Germany.
Berlin editors report Germany has not published its reply to the American note on submarine warfare. The Lokal Anzeiger foresees the American sense of justice being satisfied, while the Vossische Zeitung notes hopes that conflict with the United States will be avoided.
George Sylvester Viereck, editor of the Fatherland, hails Germany's answer to Wilson's ultimatum as dignified and meeting demands, while urging the president to translate ideals into deeds. He argues England yields rhetoric not concessions and says Wilson could end the carnage within 36 hours by pressuring Britain, declaring this a test of leadership and peace.
Special to The Washington Post from New Haven May 5 Prof Yandell Henderson of Yale warns the United States should accept Germanys offer to conform to international law governing the sea and implement immediately Germanys cited condition He says President Wilson should press Britain to comply with what appears Germanys right and protect mail shipments and trade with neutral nations such as Sweden and Holland
On Verdun front the French evacuated positions west of Avecourt and destroyed them to deny Germans capture. German reports claim attacks south of the Somme and Meuse sectors, with gains near Dead Man Hill and Le Mort Homme. French counteractions on the left bank of the Meuse reportedly regained ground beyond March lines.
Rafael Zubarán, recently named Minister to Germany for the de facto Mexican government, sails from Vera Cruz aboard the steamer Monterrey along with a Mexican committee bound for Berlin. The departure occurred this afternoon as plans advance for diplomatic engagement.
Reports from Petrograd travelers and the steamship Bergensfjord crewman say Russian troops landed in France after crossing Persia and entering the Persian Gulf. No official confirmation was issued, but preparations reportedly had been under way for months with camels auto trucks and other transport means readied for a 700 mile march to the Persian Gulf.
London May 5 Great Britain will release 38 Germans and Austrians taken from the American steamship China by the British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic on February 19. The second American note prompts a carefully framed reply that asserts limited rights to seize individuals on neutral vessels and avoids establishing a general belligerent precedent. The action aligns with U S pressure while distinguishing the Trent affair whose similarities are disputed by Lord Robert Cecil.
London observers react to Germany’s reply to the American note with disappointment and foresee a likely rupture with the United States. American officials and press commentary emphasize Wilson's likely decisive action, while newspapers cite Germany’s qualified concessions as insufficient.
Reports from London and Dublin describe intense fighting and mass searches for arms as authorities seize rifles and detain suspects. A young Irish officer died after disguising himself as a Sinn Fein fighter. Prisoners include surgeon Sir Thomas Myles and chemist W Hopkins Ashmore. German signs urged Irish men to join them. Irish leaders seek disarmament measures. Plunkett and Pearse associates named among the executed. Connolly and MacDiarmad reportedly alive.
Contemporary editorials from The Chronicle and The Daily Graphic critique Germany’s note to the United States on sea warfare. The Chronicle deems the reply a time-buying, pointless exercise with no genuine concessions. The Graphic argues the blockade quarrel recalls 1871 logic, asserting starvation as wartime strategy is equally legitimate for empires and cities.
Dublin dispatch reports Sinn Fein raiders arrested in Ardee and Dunleer County Louth. Barmeath Castle, home of Baron Bellew and Lady Bellew, was seized at Dunleer. James Connolly, named commander in chief of the Irish revolutionists, lies wounded in Dublin Castle Hospital with a fractured leg as guards with bayonets watch over him.
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