The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 18, 1915, Image 3
IiERlCA ASICS JUSTICE AT
THE HANDS OF GERMANY
? r I t Mr
Ugf Guarantee Adoption
J Me??urea Safeguarding
American* and Their Ship.
r-Th* Note Thai Bryan
Would Not Sign.
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_rirrtii Ambassador Berlin :
,lM. instructed to deliver text
?UTt i,p following note to the mim
B% foreign affairs :
.In c(MU|?lllllKV Witll^our CXrcllcll
l.nllU'Ht. I ,|l,l "ot 1,1,1 1 to "
?v Sweraiaent immediately upoil
?n'r<x?l|)t your note , of May 2H In
52, ?? my not*- of May 15, and your
Kfo^iitary ii'. it- of June, !, setting
En (in' conclusions so far iih reach
E|,y tt)0 imperial Herman govern
foneernlng the attacks on the
jean steamers ('usdiing aud <lulf
lt' | urn now Instructed by 'my gov
,t to communicate the following
reply ;
government of the UnlUil
Quotes wilh gratification the full
Epltion h.v t lu* imperial Herman
Eroment in tllsousalug the cases of
L CusliiiiK and tlu* Uultiight. of the
rliH'Ude of the freedom or all part*
5 tli, open sea to neural sjiips ami
k frank willingness of the imiierlal
jjtnnaii government to acknowledge
?k1 jjjeet its liability where tlie fact
f attack u|m>ii neutral ships 'which
taw. not I well guilty of any hostile
Zi by German aircraft or vessels of
fjr is satisfactorily established.; aud
({ovcrinacnt of the United States
Jjl in due course lay .before the im
l^rlai German government. as It re
full Information concerning the
jttack ou the steamer Hushing,
h\Vlfli regard to tlu? sinking of the
tamer Faluba, hy which an American
'dtixen lost his life, the government
Sftbe United States Is surprised to
|id the Imperial Herman government
attending that an effort on the part
# the merchant man to escape capture
uid secure assistance alters the obli
jition of the otlicer seeking to make
gp capture in respect of the safety of
ftp lives of those on board the mer
fhautinaii. although the vessel had
oigetl her attempt to escape when tor
|Moed. These are not new circum
Iwces. They have been In the minds
4 statesmen and of International Jur
throughout the development of na
Ttl warfare, and the government of
Uk Unittnl States does not understand
tiat they have ever been held to alter
r principles of humanity upon which
has insisted. Nothing but actuai
frfdble resistance or continued efforts
In vh4'u|m> by flight when ordered i<>
stop for t !??* | mi i | m < * ? of v&Mlt Oil the
part of the merchantman has ever
beeh to forfeit the lives of lu-i
passengers or crew. The government]
of tin* United States, however, doe*]
nut understand that the Imperial Ger j
man government Is Keeking in ease
i?. relieve Itself of liability, but only In
tends to net forth the circumstances i
which led the commander of the fiuh
marine to allow himself to Ik* hurried
into the courne \vhlch he took.
"Voin ?'X? ellency* note ill < I Iscilss -
lug ii*?? i<?sm of American live# result |
log from the sinking of the steamship i
liUKitanla. adverts at some length toj
certain Information 'wnieh the ltu|?e- ;
rial German goveruineat Iuik received
wltii regard to the character and out
lit of that vessel, and your excellency
^?presses the fear that this lnforma
t|on may not have Ihhmi brought to tile
attention of the government of the
Halted States. It is Htuted in the note
Dial t^ie J.usltaijla wan undoubtedly
equlpl>ed with masked guils, supplied
with trained gunuera iiihI special am
munition, trAnsjiorttng troops from
0A uft da, currying a cargo not )iermli
ted under the laws of the United
Slates to a v easel also carrying paw
senders, and serving, in virtual effect,
as an auxiliary to the naval forces of
Great Hrltalu. Fortunately these are
masters concerning which the govern
ment <?f the (Jutted States is in a i>oaI
tlon to give the Imperial German gov
ermncnt Official Information. Of the
facts alleged In your excellency's npte,
if t rue. th,e government of the United
States lujs lieen forced to take official
cognizance in performiag its recount/,
ed duty as a neu,tral power and In
enforcing its national lawn. It was Its
duty to see to It the Lusltanla was
not armed for offensive action, tliat
she Mas not serving as a transport, that
she did not carry 11 cargo prohibited by
the statutes of the United States, and
that. If In fact she, was ? naval vessel
of Great Hrltalu she should not re*
Celve clearance as a merchantman ; and
It perforated that duty and enforced I
Its statutes with scrupulous vigilance
through -Its regularly constituted offi
cials. It Is able, therefore, to assure
the Imperial German government that -
It has l>een misinformed, if' the lmpe- j
rial German g<jrvernmenl should deem
Itself to be In possession of convincing
evidence that the officials of the gov-,
eminent of the United States did not
perform these duties with thorough
ness the government of the United
StateA^lncerely lmpes . that It will sub-,
mlt tliaf evidence fo\ consideration. ;i
"Whateyer may be the contentions
of. the Imperial German government
regarding the carriage of Contraband
of war on board the Lusltanla or re
garding the explosion of that material
1>.\ the torpedo, It need only be sahl
that In the view of this government
these contention!* are irrelevant to the
question of the legality of the ?meth
ods used by the German naval author
ities In slaking the vessel.
"But the sinking of passenger ships
involve* principle* t?f humanity which
throw Into l he background it ti>J
clal circumstances of iletall that may
Ik? thought to affect the case*. princi
ples which lift I!, um tl??? Ovr
man government will no doubt be quick
1 lo rtM?0|Ul|? and acknowledge. out of
' the class of ordinal, \ subjects of dlplo
I matte discussion or ?>f lotertuktlcMMkt
: Controversy. Whatever be the other
facts regarding the l.usltanla, the per
tinent fact Is that M g i ?'<t I steamer pri- i
uiarily ami chiefly a conveyance for
passengers. and carry tun more than a
thousand souls who had up part or lot
in the coiKluH of the war. wan toriH*
doefl ami sunk without ho tuueh ap a
challenge or a warning. ami that men,
women ami ehihlren were sent to their
death In clrcumstaiuvs uupai rolled In
imale^'p warfare. The fact that more
than* one hundred Ainerlean cltl/.ens
were iimmiK those who {srlshed made
it the duty <^f the government of the
United States to s|>eaW of tltese things
and on<*e more, wltlt solemn emphasis,
to call the uttentiou of the iui|>erlai
German govern tuent to the grave, re
s|HMisitdllty which the government of
the United states colli elves that it lift*
Incurred in this tragic occurrence, and
to the indisputable principle ii|mhi
which that re, sensibility rests. The
government of the United States Is con
tending for something much greater
than mere rights of pro|a?rt.v or privi
leges of ('(immeicc. It Is contending
for ndfhipg less high and sacred than
tlie rights of humanity, which every
government honors itself In respecting
and which no government is justified
In resigning on behalf of those under
Its care and authority. Only her uc
tual resistance t?>- capture or refusal
to stop when ordered to do so for the
purpose of visit could- have afforded
the commander of the submarine
any justification for >y> much
as putting the Uvea of those on heard
the ship in Jeopardy. This principle
tlie government of the United State*
understands the explicit instructions
Issued on August H, 11)14, by the iinia*
rial Gprmaii admiralty to its com
ma udeni at sea to have. recognised and
embodied, as do the naval codes of all
other nations, and upon if every trav
eler and seaman bail a right to de
lH?nd. It 1h upon this principle of hu-'
inanity aa well as upon t he law found
ed upon this principle that the United
States must stand.
"The government of the (Jutted
State#* i# happy to observe that your
excellency V-note closes with the inti
mation that the Imperial (Jen nan gov
ernment 1h willing,, now as before to. ac
cept tin* good offices of the United
States In an attempt Jo coipe to an un
derstanding with the government oi
Great Britain by which (he character
and conditions of the war upon tlie sea
may he changed. The government of
the United States would consider it 'a
privilege thus to serve Its friends and
the world. Jt stands ready at any
time , to convey to either government
any Intimation or suggestion the other
may l?e willing to have it convey and
cordially Invites the Imperial German
governmeyt' to make use of Its services
tor this way at its convenience. The
whole world Is concerned in anything
that may bHug about even a partial
aecoiuodatlon of lutfriwtM or In any way
mitigate the i errors of the present ills
t reusing eonflh i
"lit the meantime, whatever arrange
liielll tony lljA |*|?i!y he made Mm'ihNI
the 1 turtle* to the war and whatever
may In the opinion of the hui?erlal
Cerman government have heeii tin- pro
vocation or tlie clrcuipstantlal Justltt
eatlon for the past acts of It* com
menders at sea, the ||<)veriintMi( of the
Culled Slates confidently looks to see
the Justice mid humanity ??f the gov*
ornment^f man vindicated lit all ease*
where Americans ha to town wronged
or their lights as neutrals involved.
"The government of the United
Htates, therefore, earnestly ami very
sole renews the presentation* ,?f
Its liote t riinsiiiitteil lo tlie Imperial
ticrman government on May tlu- l?(h
and relies on these representations up
on the principle* of humanity, the uul
vernal I \ recognised understanding* of
international hiw; and the ancient
friendship of the (ieruian nation.
'The government of the United
States cannot admit that the promul
gation of a war xonc from which neu
tral ships have been warned to keep
away may he made to operate as In
any degree an abbreviation of the
rights either of American shipmasters
or of American cttlKeus hound on law
ful errands as passengers on merchant
ship or belligerent nationality. It
does not understand the Imperial tier
man government to question those
rights. It understands It. also, to ac
cept as established beyond question
the principle that the lives of noil
combatants cannot lawfully or right
fully be put In jeojardy by the rapture
pr destruction of au unresisting mer
chantman. and to recognise the obliga
tion to take sufficient precaution to as
certain whether a sus|?ectcd merehant
man is in fact pf ladligerent nation
ality of Is in fact carrying eontrahaml
of war under a neutral flag. The gov*,
eminent of the United States, there
fore, deems it reasonable to exiM*ct that
the imperial tierman government will
adopt the measure* necessary to put
these principles Into practice In re
Hjiect of the safeguarding of American
lives and American ships und aks for
assurances that this will he done. '*
i (Signed) ""Robert Lansing.
"Secretary of Htate Ad Interim."
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WINTHROP SCHOLARSHIPS
To Be Awarded Through South Caro
lina Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Mouth Carolina Federation' of
Women's (Hubs has only omc 'scholar
ship to Wiuthrop College vacant this
year. A* usual, thin scholarship will
be awarded by eoinpetive examination.
Requirements have Always boon inabil
ity to pay for col lego course, endorse
ment by a president of a federated
club, and applicant must be sixteen
years of age or over.
Entrance examinations to Wiuthrop
Will Ik* held at every county court house
on July 2nd, and at the same tlinc ap
plicants for the scholarship given thru
the federation liuay take the examina
tion. i
Girls eligible for the scholarship ex
amination aiu| who .desire to compete
fujrthe same tills year should lEfeke 'ap
plicatlon at once to Mrs. Walter K.
Duncan, Chairman of the Department
of Education of the Mouth Carolina
Federation of Women's CIubst.Aikeu,
M. C.
The Wiuthrop scholarship is worth
$100 a year.
The federation has two other schol
arships to award this year, one to -Iain
der .College and one to Coker College,
the value of which and the time for ex
amination of applicants to be publish"
ed later.
- .
Roosevelt With Wilson.
New Orleans, .June 12. ? Former
President Theodtore Roosevelt, in a
signed statement received here last
night from Braton Island, La., pledged
his support to President AVHson in "all
the steps which he may take to up
hold *the honor and the interests of
this great Republic."
"According to Mr. Bryan's state
ment," Colonel Roosevelt's statement
says, "he bus left the Cabinet because
Presideqt Wilson as regards the mut
ters at Issue with Germany, refuses
to follow the precedent set in the 30
all- inclusive arbitration commission
treaties recently negotiated and de
clines to suspend action for a year
while a neutral commission' investigates
the admitted murder of American men,
women and children on the high seas
and further declines to forbid Ameri
can citizens to travel on neutral ships
TiT accordance' with the conditions' guar
anteed to us by Germany herself in
-solemn treaty.
.. "Of course I heartily applaud the
? decision of flie President; and In com
mon with all other Americans who are
loyal to the traditions handed down by
the men who served under Washing
ton, and by the others who followed
Grant and I>eo in the days of Lincoln,
I pledge him my heartiest support in
nil the steps he takes to uphold the
honor and the interests of th,is great
Republic* which are bound up with
rhc maintenance fit democratic liberty
and of a wise spirit of humanity among
ail the Nations of mankind."
Curtis Rogers, a 14 -year old.' boy of
Columbia, alleged to have been kld
n tipped several months ago by F. L.
George, a fortune teller, was located
In llerrln, 111., -recently, and linn been
returned to his home."'
?President Wilson has appointed M.
i Stanley to be. post master at Hamp
ton, and M. E. Nichols at York.
rOMSKSSKS THK MAN I'OWKH.
I niltMl Slut** Could Soon tteerult u
' Uiv? Vmr*t,
It )it lint .safe 1 1 ? "infer 1 1 1 it I Im'?miisc
tlWl nlie.l States luis ,, small mllilar.v
? ir^anl/alldii It would !?? nimble to put
forces ill tilt' field, sa>> (he Toronto
Mull anil Kmiilre. If tile w,t, wart) t??
last only a few imoiv month* that aid
to the utiles, would Indeed be Imposst
l?le Mini quite unnocee.ssiiry. Itut pre
Mimliur t lie war t?? last U^ond i;?i ,
the fulled HMMK < ?<?nld, if tlif author!
ties wished, arm and train qtiite^ik foif?
inidalile body of men. There need he
no misconception as (?? Unit.
The Civil War found both North ami
South UUMTOUJUfta in a military wa\.
Cp to October 'iMtl, when voluntary
enlist meat practically censed in (|,c
NoHIi. l,:UtL',IKM) men went Into the
ranks. The South ^ot Too.non volun
teers. Then tlie conscription a< ls came
Into forty ami the South obtained 1.
1 1 h i.i ii H i men aM,i t li?? North a total of
1 ,500,000 from the various States h.v
Wry. The urand total olitalned hy
President Lincoln was ?J.KUN.000, In
elmllnu reenilHtments. and 2,2fi0,000
without. On hotli sides there were 2,
000.000 recruits who volunteered. The
Spanish war, though a minor campaign
affords another instance of how quick
1.V the United States could, necessity,
organize mllitury farces. If Canada,
vlthln six weeks of war, eouhl organ*
tze'uud equip 83,000 men for the front,
ind within Hoveu months have nearly
KMMKM) more or less ready, what eould
the Cnlted Stat.es, with its immense
resources of men, materlul and money,
not d > In equal time? fly the end of
the year the Cnlted States mild, If it
wished. have an army of n million in
10 u rope.
When war hroke out Jxird Kitchener
?mil the tusk of gathering and equip
ping and training a civilian army of
over LMKMMHKl. Those troops are now
ready for the Held, /According to author
itative advices, hut must await fuller
munition organization. If that great
feat Is possible among the artisans,
shop dorks, office workers and otheV
housod-up workers of industrial Brit
ain, how much more easily could a na
tion of a hundred millions, uh foml of
out-<loor jife as the Americans do as
much. The man |>ower is ]>osscsscd by
the Cnlted States. To transform it.
into military usefulness is merely a
question of organization. A nation with
so much energy, capacity ami driving
power ns our neighbors oonhi quickly
show results. It may he. of course,
that the occasion may; not arise, but If
it should the t'ulted States would he
far from as helpless as surftuy, imllcn
t ions si't'in |ov^ow.
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Pays the JBeatl^ Penally.
Palatka. Fla.j June H.?Clyde i^tover
a negro was- hanged here today for
the murder near- Welaka last January
of Alonzo C. (Janlner, of Baltimore,
fclul Ills toother Horaee It. Gardner,
of Springfield, M^ss. The Gardner*
were hunting and fishing on the St.
Johns River at the time they, were
?killed hy Stover, They had engaged
Stover as <?ook.
WINTIIKOr COLLEtifc
ICHOUK8H1P AND KNTKANCK
EXAMINATION.
The examination for the award of
va<*aut scholarships in Wintbrop Col*
W?m* a tul for (he admission of new
students will bo Md at th?> County
Court Houae oq Friday, July Z, ?t ?
h. ui. Applicant* must not Ih> less
tliu ii sixteen years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July JS
they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this cxamluu
tion, provided th*jr uMt the eondl
t Urns governing the award. Applicant*
for Scholarships nliould write to l*res
blent Johnson before the examination
for Scholarship examination blank*.
Scholarships are wortli #100 and
free tuition. The next sesalon \v U I
open September 16, 101ft. For furth. r
information aud catalogue, address
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