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American N01 To Germar "Washington, May 13.?The United States government today cabled Am uassauui uciai u iui ^iic^uiai:vu iu the German government a note calling attention "to t'.ie grave situation which lias resulted" from violation of American rights on the nigh seas, culminat i ing in the sinking of the Lusitania, with a loss of more than one hundred American lives. T e communication expresses the confident expectation of the United States "that the imperial German gov- I ernment will disavow the acts of i which the government of the United States complains; tnat tiney will maKe, reparation so far as reparation is pos- j sible for injuries which are without measure, and that they will take immediate steps to prevent the recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare, for . wIMch the imperial German govern- ] ment in the past so wisely and so i firmly contended." T~- iV A of AP Ill 1LS L'ULLL'i USlUii IJUtr liULC Biaico "that the imperial German government; < will not expect the government of . tSie United States to omit any word i or anv act necessary to the perform-! \ ance of its sacred duty of maintaining j ^ the rights of the United States and 1 its citizens and of safeguarding their ^ free exercise and enjoyment." ] Text of the Jiote. 1 ? The full text of tfae note was made * public tonight by the State depart- ] ment as follows: '* i .Department 01 state, "Washington, May 13,1915. 'The Secretary of State to the Am- i bassador at Berlin: "Please call on the minister of for- ; eign affairs and, after reading to him ] < tfois communication, leave witfn him a < copy.. ' ] "In view of recent acts of the German authorities in violation of Ameri- ] can rights on the high seas, which cul- ] minated in tJ:e torpedoing and sinking ' or tiae tfritisn steamsmp Jbusitania on (< May 7, 1915, by which over one hun- j s dred American citizens lost their lives, j it rlparlv wisp and desirable that > '< tile government of tfte United States and the imperial German government J should come to a clear and full un- 1 derstanding as to. tae grave situation ] which has arisen. j "The sinking of the Britisfi passenger steamer Falaba by a German submarine on March 28, through wfrich j Leon C. Thresi':er, an American citizen, ? was drowned: the attack on April 28 ] on the American vessel Cushing by a 1 German aeroplane; foe torpedoing on May 1 of the American vessel Gulf- ( light by a German submarine, as a re- , , suit of which two or more American citizens met tl.eir death, and finally, the torpedoing and sinking of the steamship Lusitania, constitute a series , of eventsof events which the government of the United States has observed with growing concern, distriess and amazement. Previous Attitude. "Recalling tire humane and enlightened attitude hitherto assumed by the! imperial German government in mat-j te'rs of international rigftt, and partic-' ularly with regard to the freedom of iT \ the seas; having learned to recognize tlie German views and tf:e German influence on the field of international obligation as always engaged upon the side of justice and humanity, and hav-: ing understood the instructors of the imperial German government to its Daval commanders to be upon the same plane of humane action prescribed by the naval codes of otfaer nations, the : . i government of the United States was ! loath to believe?it oin not now bring ! itself to believe?that these acts, so absolutely contrary to the rules, the j practices and the spirit of modern j warfare, could frave the countenancej or sanction of that great government, j It feels it to be its duty, therefore, to I address the imperial German goveril- j ment concerning them with the utmost j /\/S? i 4 n A AOm V* AT\ A f JV O f i .l <xiiivuc?S clliu ill tun; caiucsi i -ai it is not mistaken in expecting action on the part of the imperial German government which will correct the unfortunate impressions which have been ; ." treated and vindicate once more the position of that government with regard to the sacred freedom of the seas. Retaliatory Methods. "The government of tine United; States has been apprised that the im- | perial German government considered , themselves to be obliged by the ex- |. traordinary circumstances of the pres- i ent war and the measures adopted by ; tlheir adversaries in seeking to cut; Germany off from all commerce, to adopt methods of retaliation which go much beyond tfee ordinary methods of I i warfare at sea, in the proclamation of 1 a war zone from which they have warned neutral ships to keep away.! Thic wvprTimpnt Viae nlrparl-c tflVpn ! I occasion to inform the imperial Gemman government that it can not admit the adoption of such measures or such a warning of danger to operate as in any degree an abbreviation of the rights of American ship masters or of American citizens bound on lawful er- 11 te Presented | i Govecmment\ \ i rands as passengers on merchant snips ' of belligerent nationality, and that it j must hold the imperial German gov- j ernment to a strict accountability for i A n-ATV\/\T%f /\f ACA ri <r}"l t C If) <2 U V lliillllgClUClil. Ui L1IUCC i 'to*-' **?? , tentional or incidental. It does not un- j derstand the imperial German gov-1 ernment to question those rights. It assumes, on the contrary, that the imperial government accept, as of course,' the rule that the lives of noncombat-, ants, whether they be of neutral cit- i izenship or citizens of one of the na-} tions at war, can not lawfully or J rightfully be put in jeopardy by the | l capture or destruction of an unarmed merchantman, and recognize also, as all other nations do, the obligation to take the usual precaution of visit and search to ascertain whether a sus- j pected merchantman is in fact of bel- j ligerent nationality or is in fact car-, rying contraband of war under a neu-1 :ral flag. Where the Objection Lies. "The government of th e United States, therefore, desires to call the j mention of the imperial German gov-1 ernment with the utmost earnestness' :o the fact that the objection to their ; present method of attack against the trade of their enemies lies in the prac- j Lical impossibility of employing sub-; marines in the destruction of com- j nerce without disregarding those rules ! :>f fairness, reason, justic and human- j 1- ' - ' -II 3 ? ! Lty which an iuouera uyiuivu i cgaj u? : is imperative. It is practically impos- i sible for the officers of a submarine to risit a merchantman at sea and examine her papers and cargo. It is prac- j tically impossible for them to make a prize of her; and, if they can hot put a prize crew on board of her, they can not sink her without leaving her j crew and all on board of her to the j mci-mxr i-vf +ViCk ooq in Vior email Virvfltc 1 UJl^I \_ J v/l VXl^ CV/U 1U UVi S/N/V.WW. These facts, it is understood, the imperial German government frankly admit. We are informed that in the instances of which we have spoken time enough for even that poor measure of safety was not given, and in at least Lwo of the cases cited not so much as i warning was received. Manifestly,! submarines can not be used against ' merchantmen, as the last few weeks have shown, without an inevitable vioation of many sacred principles of justice and humanity. "Within Their Bights. American citizens act witnin tneir > indisputable rights in taking their; ships and traveling wherever their j legitimate business call's them upon ! t&e high seas, and exercise those rights in what should be the well justified; confidence that their lives in clear vioendangereji by acts done In clear <vio- j lation of universally acknowledged in-1 ternational obligations, and certainly I in the confidence that their own gov- j ernmeni win sustain mem in me exer-; cise of their rights. , "There was recently published in the vi nn*pr\o rknr?r< <-v^ IV* /-> T*r\ if Of An T >*s\ I 11^ ^ VJJL LUC JL 1 C ' gret to inform the imperial German i government, a formal warning, pur-; porting to come from the imperial Ger- j man embassy at Washington, ad-1 dressed to the people of the United ! States, and stating, in effect, that any : citizen of the United States who ex-j ercised bis right of free trevel upon j the seas would do so at his peril if his j iournev should take hhn witilin the: zone of waters , within which tfne imperial German navy "^as using submarines against te commerce of Great New Aii Ronair iivjpuu I have opened Friend Street < stand, South si Baxter's Undert ment. I solicit a si patrc Sam D< I Britain and France, notwithstanding the respectful but very earnest protest of his government, the government of the United S:ates. I do not refer to this for the purpose of calling the attion of the imperial German government at this time to the surprising irrno-nl o * tt ^ f r\ r.r\ m *-?-? w. iii^guiaii ij> vi a V.L/1H111 uuivxiLiUli 1 I'ULU the imperial German embassy at Washington addressed to the people of the United States through the newspapers, but only for the purpose of pointing aht tViPT rt/\ warnincr that on nnlon-fnl I and inhumane act will be committeed' can possibly be accepted as an excause or palliation for that act or as an abatement of the responsibility for its commission. Probably Misaprehension. "Long acquainted as this government has been with the character of the im- j perial German government, and with j i : ^_v ! cue U1511 pi nippies. ui equity uy wuicu they have in the past been actuated and guided, the government of the United States can not believe that the i, commanders of the vessels wl:ich com- j mitted these acts of lawlessness did so except under a misapprehension of! the orders issued by the imperial Ger-1 man naval authorities. It takes it for j eranted that, at least, within tJ:e Drac-I C? * 7 - - ? E tical possibilities of every such case, the commanders even of submarines , were expected to do nothing that would involve the lives of non-combatants j or the safety of neutral sl-ips, even at; the cost of failing of their object of j capture or destruction. It confidently! ( expects, therefore, that the imperial!. German government will disavow the I. acts of which the government of the1. United States complains; that they will j ( make reparation as far as reparation is ! possible for injuries whicJn are with-1 out measure, and that t'ney will takef. immediate steps to prevent the recur-1 rence of anything so obviously subver- j sive of the principles or warlare for which tl-e imperial German govern- |, ment have in the past so wisely and sn firrnlv rontended. i. "The government and people of the!, United States look to the imperial German government for just, prompt and I enlightened action in tJ:is vital matter with the greater confidence because , the United States and Germany are bound together not only by special ties . of friendship, but also by the explicit stipulations of the treaty of 1828 between tJ:e United States and the kingdom of Prussia. "Expressions of regret and offers of ronarofirtn in r>iico r\f tVio flactril rtinn rvf I 1 V|/Ui UlAVli ?1* VWWV Vi. vuv VAVUVA v* V??VM V A | neutral ships sunk by mistake, while I they may satisfy international obliga* | tions, if no loss of life results, can not' justify or excuse a practice the natural and necessary effect of which is to subject neutral nations and neutral j persons to new and immeasurable risks. "The imperial German government will not expect tine government of the United States to omit any word or act necessary to the performance of its sa- j cred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and j enjovment. Bryan." ? Barbecue at Mt. Pleasant. A VkQrh^na TCill Via cervpH flt \ft. 'Pleasant church on July 17 for the beneft of the Methodist parsonage at j Pomaria. Every one is invited to come; and get a good dinner and *telp a good cause. G. H. 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As a result riots in London anc prov- j tAirric ho vn lorornl v c n H o 4 tun no ?.i a * ^ iui ouuoiu^u, , Such rioting as did tane prace to- j day and tonight was carried on by j mobs of boys, girls and women, who were out for fun or bent on looting German shops, while men stood by laughing or encouraging their youthful imitators. TTe police, strongly reinforced by ( special constables, were better able to handle the situation today. Following thp wilri srpnpc nf vpctpr day and last night some 500 or more active participants in attacks on German shops appeared in London's police court today and the magistrates read them severe lectures and imposed heavy penalties in most cases. Some of tl.e most culpable were sentenced to jail at hard labor, sentences ranging from a month to four months. Others, mostly women, were fined. When men of military age appeared before magistrates they were told sharply that the best way to get revenge on the Germans was to enlist. Appeal to Scotland Yard. 1 Streams of Germans poured into the American consulate all day. The con- t sul general, Robert P. Skinner, was unable to do anything for them except I to make an appeal in tfreir 'behalf to , Scotland Yard, which promised to do! its utmost to protect them. Mr. Skinner is taking statements! from the Germans as to the extent of damage sustained in the riots. These ! statements show J':eav-y losses among j hopkeepers, one of whom states his ' property was damaged to the extent. of $10,000. . Few of them had suffered personal' injury and many had not been molested in any way. \ Falls on Taxpayers. Under English law taxpayers of lo-j calities where the shops were wrecked and goods destroyed must pay compensation for the damage done in the j riots, so that in many cases the very people who. took part in ti':e demonstrations will have to pay their share. At Southend the authorities took a more serious view of the case, ^.s manof the men arrested were prominent MH>7Pnc wlir. wprp ri'.i^prprl hv fhp rp- : cent Zeppelin raid. They were re- j manded for a week and heavy bail was I demanded, j Naturalized Germans, Austrians an j ! Turks were busy today signing dec larations representing their oaths of allegiance to Great Britain. In all the : memorial tJ':e men reaffirm their oath j of allegiance and express aDnorrence . of German methods of warfare. While Premier Asquith was telling the house of commons today tl':at the; government had decided to intern or segregate subjects of enemy countries a meeting at the Mansion house, called to "formulate a protest oy tne women, of Great Britain and Ireland,1' adopted with enthusiasm a resolution demand-]! ing steps ''to free the country from the J menace of the alien enemy in our j midst." . ,i ! V A GENTLE HARMLESS jj W/1 5 SKIN TONE ? 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