Editorial Notes.

Comments on various issues involving the United States government. Controversy concerning the use of submarines to visit and search merchant ships following the sinking of the Lusitania cargo and passenger ship by the Germans; United States President Woodrow Wilson's position on the original principle of the first Lusitania note; Opposition to the confirmation of Louis Dembitz Brandeis as justice of the Supreme Court; Movement of the Germans against the Verdun region in France; Proposal by Senator Albert Gore Sr. on the cause of war between the U.S. and Germany; Court of Appeals' case related to theater criticism; Health insurance legislation in New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey.