The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-19

the full text OF President wilson's sec
ond note sent to Germany:
The secretary of state ad interim 10
the American ambassador at Berlin:
Department of State, washington,
June 9, 1915.
American Am bassador, Berlin: You
are instructed TO deliver textually the
following note to the minister OF lot
eign affairs:
In compliance with your excellencys
request, / did not fail to transmit to
my government Immediately upon the
receipt of your note OF May Is In re-
ply to my note OF May Is. and your
supplementary note of June !, setting
forth the conclusions SO far as reached
BY the imperial German government
concerning the attacks on the Amer
lean steamers Gushing and Gulfllght.
| am now instructed by my govern
ment to communicate the following IN
reply:
Principle in GuIfIioht Case.
The government of the United
States notes with qualification the full
recognition by the imperial German
government, in discussing the cases OF
the Cushing and the Gulflight, OF the
principle of the freedom OF all parts
of the open sea to neutral snlps ana
the frank willingness OF the Imperial
government to acknowledge and meet
its liability where the fact of attack
upon neutral ships which have not
been guilty of any hostile act by Ger
man aircrafts or vessels or war Is sat
isfactorily established; and the gov
eminent of the United States will In
due course lay before the imperial Ger
man government, as it requests, full
trer hn n
the steamer Gushing.
With regard to the sinking OF the
steamer Falaba by which an American
citizen lost his life. the government OF
the United States is surprised to find
the imperial German government con-
tending that an effort on the part OF
the merchantmen to escape capture
/ and secure assistance alters the oblt-
cation Of the officer seeking to make
| the capture in respect Of the safety
of the lives Of those on board the
| merchantmen, although the vessel has
| ceased her attempt to escape when
| torpedoed.
| These are not new circumstances.
| They have been in the minds OF
| statesmen and OF International jurists
| throughout the naval warfare and the
| government of the United States does
| not understand that they have ever
| been held to alter the principles OF hui
mainly upon which it has insisted.
Nothing but actual, forcible resist
| ance or continued efforts to escape by
flight when ordered to stop for the
| purpose of visit on the part of the
merchantmen has ever been held to
| forfeit the lives of her passengers or
| crew.
| The government of the United
| States, however does not understand
| that the imperial German government
| is seeking in this case to relieve it's
self of liability. but only intends to
| set forth the circumstances which led
| the commander of the submarine to
allow himself to be hurried into the
| course which he took.
Your excellency's note, in discussing
the loss of American lives resulting
| from the sinking of the steamship Lu-
sitania, adverts at some length to GER
| tain information which the imperial
| German government has received with
| regard to the character and outfit of
| that vessel, and your excellency ex.
| presses the fear that this information
| may not have been brought to the
| attention of the government Of the
| United States.
1t is stated in the note that the
Lusitania was undoubtedly equipped
| with masked guns, supplied with
| trained gunners and special ammuni-
| ton, transporting troops from Canada,
| carrying a cargo not permitted under
| the laws of the United States to a YES
sci also carrying passengers, and serv-
| ing, in virtual effect, as an auxiliary
| to the naval forces of Great Britain.
Information Held by America.
Fortunately, these are matters con-
| United States is in position to give
| the imperial German government Of
| fetal information.
OF the facts alleged in your excel
| lency's note, il true, the government
| of the United States would have been
| bound to take official cognizance in
| performing its recognized duty as a
neutral power and In enforcing its
| national laws.
| It was its duty to see to 1t that the
| Lusitania was no. armed for offens-
| i've action that she was not serving
as a transport: that she did not carry
| a cargo prohibited by the statutes of
| the United States and that, II in fact
she was naval vessel OF Great Brit
| ain she should not receive clearance
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| that duty and enforced its statutes
with scrupulous vigilance through its
regularly constituted officials.
Submission Of Evidence Suggested.
| It is able, therefore, to assure the
| imperial German government that 1t
| has been misinformed. II the imperial
| German government should deem its
| self to be in possession of convincing
kt.nk thn MI al NJ a On
eminent of the United States did not
perform these duties with thorough
ness, the government Of the United
States sincerely hopes that 1t will