Evening star., 1915-05-31
Answer in Detail of the Imperial Government
to Presidents Note Calling Germany to Account

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State Department officials compared today the official text Of
the German in reply President Wilson's note with the
text made public in press dispatches.
"The the official dispatch differs of the phrase
oog explained but there difference whatever in the
sense conveyed"
The difference attributed the fact that the official and
official ansaons made different persons with resulting
unavoidable differences in the English wording.
One of the differences translation between the official and
unofficial Of the in the paragraph alleging that
the Lusitania armed. The unofficial text read:
Lusitania according information received
had aboard which and concealed below decks
The official reads:
According reports hand here Lusania
left New York undoubtedly had guns board which
mounted under decks and masked"
State Department officials said this the principal difference
in noted.
The official text of the German note as given out at the State
BERLIN (va Copenhagen, dated May g. 1915.
Received May 81, 1915 1880
Secretary of State, Washington.
7326, May eo. 7 pm --'' 's-'
The following the of the reply of the German
the Lusitana which informed will be published here
Monday:
Berlin, May 49, 1915
The undersigned has the honor make the following reply
his exceency W. Gerard ambassador of the
United States of America dated the fifteenth the subject
the of American interests by the German sub
marine
imperial government has subjected the Of the
government
the lively wish part contribute convincing and
friendly clear misunderstanding which have
entered the relations of the through the
mentioned by the American government
CUSHING AND THE GULFL1GHT.
With regard firstly Of the American
Gushing and Gulfh the American embassy has already been in
formed that far from the German to have
ordering by submarines flyers
the which have guilty any hostile
the contrary the explicit instructions have been repeatedly
German armed forces avoid attacking such
neutral vessels have grief through the German submarine
during the few months by mistake it question Of so
lated and exceptional cases which traceab to the
flags by the British with
suspicious actions the part captains of the vessels In all
where neutral vessel through fault of has grief
through the German submarine flyers according the
ascertaned by the German this has
pressed its the unfortunate and
Identification where the facts justified it.
The German government will the
Gushing and Gulfght according the principles
investigation of these progress results will be
municaed to the embassy shortly the investigation might thought
desirable be supplemented inquiry
title three of The Hague convention of October 49,
for the pacific settlement OF international disputes.
. THE CASE OF THE FALABA
In the of the sinking of the English Faaba
commander of the German submarine had the intention of allowing
passengers and ample opportunity themselves
until the captain disregarded the
took fight sending rocket signals for help that the
commander ordered the and by signals and
phone to leave the ship within minutes fact
allowed them twentyhree minutes and did not fire the torpedo
until suspicious steamers hurrln the aid of the Faaba
AS TO THE LUSITANIA
With regard the loss of life when the British passenger
steamer Lutania SUNK the German has already
pressed its deep the neutral governments
nationals of those countries lost their lives that occasion The
imperial government for the the that
certain important facts directly connected with the sinking of
the Lustan have the attention of the government
United States therefore necessary
of the clear and full understanding aimed either
primarily itself that the reports of the facts
which before the complete and
The Of the United States proceeds assumption
that the Lusitana be considered ordinary unarmed
chant vessel The imperial be this connection