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I ' 1 yo jj *a' III I Jffif I f|BH?ggara^ra I GERMANY REPLIES I TO AMERICAN NOTE. I (Continuea irom page 1.) I regulate the law of maritime war in I a manner guaranteeing the freedom I of the seas, and will welcome it with S gratitude and satisfaction if it c?n I work hand in hand with the AmeriI can Government on that occasion., I \ "If in the present war the princiI pies which should be the ideal of the | future, have been traversed more I and more, the longer its duration, I the German Government has no guilt I therein. It is known to the Ameri1 -can Government how Germany's adI versaries, by completely paralyzing I peaceable traffic between Germany I and neutral countries, have aimed I from the very beginning, and with I increasing lack of consideration, at I the destruction, not so much of the armed forces as the life of the German nation, repudiating in doing so all the rules of international law and disregarding all rights of neutrals. England's Declaration. "On November 3, 1914, England declared the North Sea a war area, and by planting poorly anchored mines, and by the stoppage and capture of vessels, made passage extremely dangerous and difficult for neutral shipping, so (by?) that actually blockading neutral coasts and * ports contrary to all international law. Long before the beginning of submarine war England practically 1 *? lomfimofo compmtmy micitc^tcu i^ivuuuw neutral navigation to Germany also. Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. On November the 14, 1914, the English premier declared in the House of Commons that it was one of England's principal tasks to prevent food for the German population from reaching Germany via neutral ports. Since March 1, England has been taking from neutral ships without further formality all merchandise proceeding to Germany, as well as all mer1 J-? from P.orm a n V cnanuibe luinmj i>u?> u v. , even when neutral property. Just as it was also with the Boers, the German people is now to be given the choice of perishing from starvation, with its women and children, or relinquishing its independence. "While our enemies thus loudly nu?!fi!iiu^ii!ranui!rai7JM "URNITUI You are ur headqu nqua July *N/S^vAs^sAv*N/S^>s/N/S/S^S/S*s/s/S/N>s/S*>/S>S^V/N/S^S/^yS/N/S<>A/; !Lnii7JrJ?JUfHJ?JilfiUiIfSfffl and openly proclaim without mere our utter destruction we were cor ducting a war in self-defense fo our national existence and for th sake of peace of an assured perma nency. We have been obliged t adopt a submarine warfare to mee the declared intentions of our ene mies and the methods of warfar adopted by them, in contraventioi of international law. Interest* of Neutrals. "With all its efforts in principle t protect neutral life and propert; from damage as much as possible the German Government recognize* unreservedly in its memorandum o February 4 that the interests of neu trals might suffer from the subma rine warfare. However, the Ameri can Government will also under stand and appreciate that in the figh for existence, which has been forcei upon Germany by its adversaries an< announced bv them, it is the sacre* duty of the Imperial Government to do all within its power to protec and save the lives of German sub jects. If the Imperial Governmen were derelict in these, its duties, i would be guilty before God and his tory of the violation ?f those princi pies of highest humanity, which ar the foundation ol every national ex istence. "The case of the Lusitania show with horrible clearness to what jeo pardizing of human lives the manne of conducting war employed by ou adversaries leads. In the most di rect contradiction of internations law, all distinctions between mer chantmen and war vessels have bee: obliterated by the order of Britis1 merchantmen to arm themselves an to ram submarines, and the promis of rewards therefor, and neutral who use merchantmen as traveller thereby have been exposed in an in creasing degree to all the danger of war. Destruction of Luaitania. "If the commander of the Germai submarine, which destroyed the Lusi tania, had caused the crew and pas sengers to take to the boats befor firing a torpedo this would hav meant the sure destruction of hi own vesel. After the experience in sinking much smaller and less sea worthy vessels, it was to be expectei that a mighty ship like the Lusitani: gii' f i nwriH pirn rnwririlh mi 113 IHODDODD IJ kTuuu IS I *E, VEHIC1 1 cordially in o w4"/\vo vatUAH ai lci o w ticu 16th, 17th? < / % / t y would remain above water long ' enough even after the torpedoing to r permit passengers to enter the ship's | e boats. Circumstances of a very pe- | - culiar kind, especially the presence ? 0 on board of large quantities of high- g t lv explosive materials (word omitted. 9 - possibly 'dissipated,') this expects- j e tion. In addition it may be pointed 11 out that if the Lusitania had been spared thousands of cases of muni tions would have been sent to Ger- 2 0 many's enemies and thereby thous- jj V ands of German mothers and child (, ren robbed of breadwinners. I 1 "In the spirit of friendship where- L f with the German nation has been im- L - bued towards the Union and its in- | - habitants since the earliest days of ? - its existence, the Imperial Govern- ^ - ment will always be ready to do all ji t it can during the present war also to jy rl nvmrnrif fka lAnMQ rrl lTinf* nf 11UDC ! "" yi VTWIIb WIV jvvp?iui?lllg Vi Aft T VU v* |y d American citizens. The Imperial jT i Government, therefore, repeats the ? o assurances that American will not be J t hindered in the prosecution of logiti mate shipping and the lives of Amer- !, t ican citizens in neutrals vessels shall *ij t not be placed in jeopardy. JJj To Exclude Danger* Unforeaeen J "In order to exclude any unfore- J 6 seen dangers to American passenger j steamers, made possible in view of g the conduct of maritime war by Ger S many's adversaries, German submarines will be instructed to permit the ' r free and safe passage of such pas- J r senger steamers when made recog ~ nizable by special markings and no- jt tified a reasonable time in advance, k The Imperial Government, however, 1 11 confidently hopes that the American ^ Government will assume to guaran^ tee that these vessels have no cone traband on board, details of arranges ment for the unhampered pasage of s these vessels to be agreed by the " naval authorities of both sides . s "In order to furnish adequate fa-" piliHoc for travel across the Atlantic f for American citizens, the German I n Government submits for considera-1 tion a proposal to increase the num-1 ber of available steamers by installing in passenger service a reasonable | number of neutral steamers under s American flag, the exact number to be agreed upon under the same con^ ditions as the above mentioned Am(Continued on page 16.) ^ fiMifflJ7J7J?J?J?JiU?,rai?JififfiBfB ** LES, HARNE5 ivited to make i you come to ind 19th. 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