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kEFUsEs TO DISCUSS GREAT
BRlTAINs SHORTCOMINGS
WITH GERMANY.
PROPOSAL TO EXEMPT
CERTAIN SHIPS Rejected
Repetition OF Former Outrases by
Commanders OF German Undersca
Vessels Must Be Regarded by Gov.
ernmsnt Of the United States as
Deliberately Urfriendly. .

Washington. u. C--The following
IS the official text OF tie latest
American note to Germany regarding
submarine warfare, which Was dcllv.
erred to ,he turetep office at ncrIln
BY Amhaaeador Gerard
The secrvtayy ot state 10 Ambassa.
dor Gerard
Department, o' state Washington.
u G.. July q, 1918
You are instructed 20 deliver text
ual)y the following note 80 The m!n.A
tyr FOR foreign affairs
The note ct fhr Imperial German
government. dated the s,h OF Jaly.
1915. las received the careful cor.
alteration Of tho sovorunc0; @! the
United States and Il regrets 10 bo
Obliged 10 ssy that Il has found It
vnry unsatisfactory because IL tAtls
~ rsceg the real differences beleeca
the two governments and indicates no
q, Las RAd humanity may DO applied
IN the grave matter in coatruverry,
but proposes. on tho contrary, ~,
Engagements for partial suspension
@. taese principles y hsta virtually set
them aside
The government 81 tho uEI,ed
Stairs notes ~igh satisfaction that tho
Imperial German government vccog
nlEes without reservation the validity
ot the psiacVlsa insisted on In tho
several communications wA,ch tals
government has Addr,'s Cd ta the I'm.
pcg.Al German Euvernuscgt wi'S f~
uarl IA tts RHUoaneeu sat q war
Eussn ans' the use AZ submarines
against mrrchao'Hre on the high
seas rs qrirc .ia that tAn hikh erAs
asp free. that tho character and cargo
~ gs4ervhAstm&n rnUsE srs' 'ss AS
cegtataea trsa7e she can laNtuijy -
seized OF dessru yesl. sad that tAc lives
os Eaucotr Aaiants u1zy in no ease Ia
pot In fnvar!y uaIess 10 submit to
examination. fer 5elllsereGi act ~
retaliation Il per sc AZ act beyond
the iAw. and the defense og an act
as rrfalsatery Is al admiss 5oa that
8, Is illegal
Tae r.tsnrn-n eGi - ths United
States "a, hawegcr. kecElv disAP
potntesa 80 aaa ,Na' the Imperial Ger,
ruar govern VT emit regards isarH A. In
lArre desfro exempt srogn The oollka
tlon "a oascgye 'hcsv principles, even
where ressval vessels age coGcorHed
b. wEa, ia bolsvscs taa policy and
practice at th~ roteran4eat ot Grra(
Britain 30 bs in the pgv seat war with
regard to reulral commerce
Illegal ard tnrarfar ae,s,
The Imperial German government
wHl readily aadeCsiaad that the soS
,ruueeut - the United states cannot
discuss the policy VI tbs eoyerumcG.
VI tferat HfltAlD etA rekard 90 uea.
,gal trade except with thAl govern
,arai Itself. and that Il must regard
the cuatat, Of oth~r helllscrrDt gov
eyuuv8tz as Irrelevant "a any discus
sion slth the imperial German soy.
crnmcn. Of that this government ~
rarda a. grave aud puiaslthanls
violations 81 the rights AZ American
citizens by German naval com
tasnderA
Illegal and irhumar acts. however,
Iusngahls they may he thought to be
against an enemy who Is believed 10
have acted In coDtgaseattoa q law
aud humanity, are wanitesty iDdr-
fenslhle when they deprive ue0lrals
of their acknoWg edgsd r,shtE, par'ica
Larry when they violate the rssht 10
life Itself
Il belllgrrcut cannot ye,Alalr
against an enemy without lBprtng
the lives of nsutrals, as well as their
property. humanity as we'll as justice
and due regard to the dignity ut
neutral powers, should dictate that
the practice b. discontinued
II persisted In It would IN such cir
cumstauces constitute an unpardou'
able orensc against the sovereignty
Of the neutral nation,
The government ot tho United
States Is not unmindtul Of the extra.
ordinary conditions created BY this
VAR or Of the radical alterations OF
circumstances and methods Of naval
war.are which the nations OF the
world cannot have had in view when
the existing rules Of international Law
were formulated. and I, is ready to
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Decidedly So.
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