Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-11
WILSON'S REJ0|NDER

WASHINGTON, June 10-The
text CT the American rejoinder to the
German governments reply to the
noie following the sinking of the
Lusilania follows:
The secretary OF state ad interim
to the American ambassador to Ber-
lin
The Department OF State,
Washington, June 9, 1915.
American Ambassador. Berlin:
You are instructed to deliver
textually the following note to the
minister Of foreign affairs:
Attacks On Cushing and Gulflight
''In compliance with your excel
lency's request did not fail to trans
NIT to my government Immediately
upon their receipt your note of May
18th in reply to my note OF May
18th and your supplementary note OF
June lst, setting forth the conclu-
sions so far reached 10y the imperial
German government concerning the
attacks on the American steamers
Cushing and Guflight. | am now
instructed by my government to
communicate the following reply:
Gratified or Full Recognition
"The government of the United
States notes with qualification the
full recognition by the imperial
German government, in discussing
the cases Of the Gushing and the
Guflight, OF the principle OF the
freedom of all parts OF the open sea
to neutral ships and the frank will
ingness 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 German aircraft
or vessels of war is satisfactorily
established; and the government OF
the United States will in due course
lay before the imperial German gov
ernment, as j, requests, full informa-
ton concerning the attack on the
steamer Gushing.
Jul az NSAhAoh SShtShSASA
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 Ger
man government contending that an
effort on the part of merchantmen
to escape capture and secure assist
ance alters the obligation of the
officer seeking to make the capture
in respect to the safety OF the lives
OF those on board the merchantmen,
although the vessel had ceased her
attempt to escape when torpedoed
These are not new circumstances.
They have been in the minds Of
statesmen and of international jur-
lists throughout the development OF
naval warfare, and the government
of the United States does not under
stand that they have ever been held
to alter the principles OF humanity
upon which it has insisted. Moth
ing but actual forcibe resistance or
when ordered to stop for the pur-
pose OF visit on the part Of the mer
chairman has ever been held to for
felt the lives of her passengers )r
crew. The government of the Unit
ed States, however, does not under
stand that the imperial German gov
crnment is seeking in this case to re-
lcve itself of liability, but only in
tends to set forth the circumstance
which led the commander OF the
submarine to allow himself to be
hurried into the course which he
took.
Lusitania Not Equipped With Guns
Your excellency's note, in dis
cussing the loss of American lives
resulting from the sinking of the
steamship Lusitania, adverts at some
length to certain information which
the imperial German government
has received with regard to the
character and outfit Of that vessel,
and your excellency expresses the
fear that this information may not
have beer 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, sup
piled with trained gunncrs and spec
ial ammunition, Transporting troops
from Canada, carrying cargo not