The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22

agreed that it demands that Germany
yield the chief points contained in the
two preceding notes and a warning
that any further killing of Americans
will result in the United States break
ing off diplomatic relations.
Washington, July 21-President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing confer
ring at the White House tonight com
pleted the new note to Germany warn
ing her that the repetition of dis
aster such as that visited on the Lusi-
tania or any violation of American
rights on the high seas resulting in a
loss of American lives would be re-
garded as "unfriendly." 1t will be
dispatched tomorrow.
The note is in the nature of final
statement by the United States OF
the Interpretation that will be placed
by this government on the future
transgression of American rigths and
repeats that the American govern
ment will leave nothing undone to
stand by the position it has previous
ly declare.
Among the points in the new note
are:
l. The assumption by the United
States that Germany by declaring her
submarine warfare to be retaliatory
measure against the alleged unlawful
.f ia. In sg1ntttn tn1
that the destruction of unresisting
merchantmen without warning is il
legal.
German submarine commanders
already have proven that they can
save the passengers and crews of yes
sells and can act in conformity with
the laws of humanity in making war
on enemy ships.
3-The United States cannot allow
the relations between the belligerents
to operate in any way as an abbrevia-
tion of the rights of neutrals and
therefore any violation of the princi-
plies for which the American govern
ment contends resulting in loss of
American lives will be viewed rs un-
friendly.
4.-frhe representations which the
American government has made in
previous notes for disavowal of the
intention to sink the Lusitania
with Americans aboard and the re-
quest for reparation are reiterated
with renewed insistence.
5.-The American government re-
ali2es the unusual and abnormal con-
ditions which the present conflict has
created in the conduct of maritime
warfare and is willing to act as an in
termediary as between the belliger-
ents to arrange a modus vivendi or
| any other temporary arrangements
which do not involve surrender by
the United States of its rights.
G.-The proposals made by Ger
many to give immunity to American
ships not carrying contraband and to
four belligerent ships under the Am
| erican flag are rejected with the EN-
| phatic assertion that to accept such
a suggestion would be to admit Ger
many's right to set aside the Ameri
| can contention based on fundamental
principles in international law-tha
neutrals may travel anywhere on the
high seas on unresisting ships o.
any nationality even if carrying con
traband.
The note is about 1900 words long
While nowhere in it is there any di
| rect intimation of the course whicl
the United States will pursue in The
event of another disaster similar tt
the Lusitania tragedy there are EN-
phatic statements throughout thu
communication pointing out that thu
discussion of the principles involved
has been very conclusive and tha
future conduct of German submarine
commanders will determine the re
sponsibility for the continuance o
friendly relations between the TIVE
countries.
The statement that future trans
gressons will be regarded as "un
friendly" is taken in diplomatic usag,