Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-01-25
ANSWERS
CHARGES MADE BY KAISER
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ted to lie off American ports and inter
cept neutral vessels" The letter
states that protests were made to both
Great Britain and Japan and that they
withdrew their warships from the Vi
cinity of New York harbor and Homo
lulu respectively.
Q2.) Great Britain and her allies
are allowed without protest to disre-
gard American citizenship papers and
passports" While Great Britain has
disregarded American citizenship pa
pers, Gin a few instances and the
same is true of all belligerents
in every case of apparent illegal ar
rest, the United States has entered vi
gorous protests with requests for re-
lease"
13) Change of policy in regard
to Loans to Belligerents." II is as
serted that the American governments
policy affects all governments alike.
The dangers of loans through popular
subscriptions arousing partisanship
through monetary interest in the sue
cess of the belligerents is pointed out
in contrast to purely credit transac-
tions for the purchase of war supplies,
the money for which does not leave
the United States, and could not, as
in the case of the loan, affect the fin
ances of this country
Q4D Submission to arrest of ma
tive born Americans on neutral YES
sells and in British ports and their i'm
prisonment." The general charge, the
letter asserts, has been unsupported
by evidence, but wherever irregulari-
ties have occurred, prompt demand for
release has been made.
q. S. To Investigate Detention Camps.
q5) Indifference to confinement
Of non-combatants in detention camps
in England and France" All the bel
ligerents have made complaint but in
vestigation has proved that "condi-
tons are as good as possible" The
United States has consented at the
special request of the German govern
ment to send Mr.. Jackson, former
American minister at Bucharest and
now attached to the American embassy
at Berlin, to make a special investiga-
ton of detention camps in England.
(16. Failure to prevent trans
shipment of British troops and war
materials across the territory of the
United States No proof of this ever
was furnished, and request of the
Canadian government to send war ma
terial through Alaska was promptly
denied.
90 Treatment and final intern
ment of German S. s. Geier and the
collier Locksun at Honolulu" The cir
cumstances are reviewed and the &C
ton taken is held to be in accordance
with the the usual international prac-
tice.
Q8) "Unfairnes3 to Germany in
rules relative to coaling of warships
in Panama Canal Zone" Although the
regulations were not proclaimed I'M
til November 18th, no belligerent war
ships are known to have coaled prev
iously at the Zone and the action was
taken without the slightest reference
to favoritism to the belligerents"
(19D Failure to protest against the
modification of the Declaration of Lon
don by the British government" The
notification of this government that
it could not accept piecemeal adop-
ton of London by the British govern
ment." The notification of this gov
eminent that it could not accept piece
meal adoption of the Declaration Of
London is recalled with the statement
also that the notifications by the belli-
gerents in that code of naval warfare
''are of no concern to the United
States" except as they adversely af-
feet the rights of American citizens as
defined by international law. Insofar
as these rights have been infringed, the
department has made every effort to
ohtain radraes for tha losses sustain