Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-20
Official Texts of German
and British Notes Are
Before President
FORMER IS FRIENDLY
To Permit Adjudication OF Viii
helni1a Case by English
Prize Court.

washington. 70. C.. Fe5. z1-Thc OF
f.ar .su. of Germany seDly 90 the
American note on The naval var zone
arI Great Britain replies to the
American notes on che use % the
American fTe and the WureImlEI
.aa rU arrived today et tho state de-
G1-r..r
THH German rer.r vas az once con-
verified lrau code and sent tJ tho
WEf. .l#e f1 5e laid before the prcs-
tal.. .rr however. had already been
lr.rH-l % 'ra cCut-utH ay Ambasra-
..- Gerard and the unofficial Text
Published t01 days ae1. Wi.h the
errEr text at hand. however. tine
pro-. taat end his advise uu1 begin
rrr.I raurlIerari1u % Gsruauys re-
D Generally the tone OF tine Ger
Har motto Il. regarded friendly.
ar..s Er.fa.u's reply o. Teurascutl-
a.E. el t-e use Of rEe American Tag
1s1rs upon the American sies % the
German re9Iy and the next step iu
rre1r.afions with Berlin. for i1 cx-
U..t.lr Germany "a. Identify Amer
can ships before uttse bias tr7u 1r
81. 4lriuss fls United States .r uur-
.aJs there shall Dr. no general uss or
'te American frF by foreign vessels.
The state department. o. willing 90
'r. che Wftteimlaa'a ease be adfutf-
crrrs hv the prize court a1d thus Jas
fa. .9Eai foundation for other pro-
er.l.rrs % Ike charlce~
Germany and Austria today OH eiaIIv
r1rt.rIred f1 tle state department
faaf lhm1riues were being built iu
.le UrHed States f1r Great Britain
art clipped il parts Co Canada
-4aItsnia Reaches New YORK
N.H YORK Feb. z0 = The British
t.I.r r.gr.taH.1 arrived to-day from Liv-
.-u.l. having made tEe trip. tho OH .
eerH Ha.t without dudire lr necessary /.
's ...#. r-. United States raE. on the .
eastward voyage the liner sailed uu-
Ger ... stars and stripes while Ga the
Irish s.a. Fear of German submarines .
aeG- r.. big vessel at anchor lu Mer- Z
soy tsa E1ufa after She LEFT dock. un-
u. a.r.r ulEltfliI. according 20 pas
.err.rH. DHCers said they we're walt
l1E q favorable tide. Al 1sf7 the Lust
IlIss proceeded at FUN speed down the +.
c.la-a. Ir darkness There we rough
Vslfae- tle entire voyage
Among rIr passengers on the Lus.-
a-'l was 90. H..iugtou Pyug. private
secretary t1 Ambassador Gerard. Ber-
la. Asked about the reported short
ar- lf food slprues iu Germany. Pyuo
sa-. $50 Gar AZ & could see no short
60. uas apparent Prices have not
lrer r4-ariluy advanced. although
r-srs 81 U--Ie white bread % be had.
Tts.rrs# ar- running. restaurants are
confident rle.r armies VIII be success
t. tl
Tells % Sinking % Vile De Lille
DaaraelrE Feb. z0-Thc story OF
fle sinking % the Freuch steamer
vile ue Lille by German submarine
us uG Blrueur lighthouse. East
taerlalrE. Tuesday. Was told here by .
a bc1'aalil % the vessel The sub ,
marine hs said pursued the VILE De
Llie some distance and uaueuvered .
t1 prevent hcr escape. Then the Ger
RAN EliErrt the signal. stop or We
tre. after which the steamer stopped
asd r.s subrnarlue came alongside {
y give you 10 minutes 90 leave the '
'aip. said the German commander. Q
aecord.LE Co the boatswaiu- The crew /
eqnpl.rd and took 90 boats. pulling :
toward Bardegr Meanwhile two men 7
from the submarine went aboard the ,
steamer and placed bomb In the cap
.aiz's rooau ald another iu the fore
'astis Ten minutes later there were
'wo explosions. The captain aud crew c
fspt az they saw the ship 20 towa-
After bombs had been placed aboard
Ne VIE De Lille. the submarine stop :