The Nome daily nugget., 1915-08-10

 blunders, wherein it is plainly stated that "The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeop- | of human lives the manner of | the war by our adversaries | leads" This means nothing less than that Germany repudiates all responsi- | bility for any action she may take, re- gardless of the right or the principle involved. The question of no blockadRf CT effective blockade: the question ofi the rights of noncombatant passengeIsd to travel on British or other unarmedl allied ships in the absence of a nom effective blockade; the difference be- tween a blockade, within the meaning | of the international law, and a marine guerilla warfare; all these questions embraced within the American notes | are absolutely ignored Even the very terms of the concessions offered under the guise of friendly intention are real l ly nothing less than a further expres- | sion of determination to do as she wills on the high seas. What the terms ] of the law of nations grants as right to the noncombatant, Germany an- nounces she is willing to give to the United States in the way of a con- cesson. She will pass American ships under certain conditions: first, that they carry no contraband; second. that they be plainly marked; and third. that she must be previously notified of their passage into the waters of the war zone AS further concession she of fers to permit four enemy ships to pass under American flags, if it be necessary | to the transportation of American pas- sengers to and from Britain. With one exception, each and every one of those terms are the natural right of a non- beligerent under the international law. so Germany is. in reality granting nothing but the right to sail four enemy ships under the American flag without lmoestation. The rest of the "privi- leges" are nothing more than what is the natural right of the non- -combatant nation, known and drecognized for years. In offering these privileges" as con- sessions she is denying the right of the non -combatant to the freedom of the seas and is thus further disclosing the | intention of doing as she will regard l less of the forms or privileges of civil liZed warfare. In fact she assumes and insists that she has the right to offer and grant the privileges of the seas in defiance of every law and customs among the nations.
 Throughout the balance of the docu ment this expression of bold defiance to the rule of nations still persists and that Germany intends to do as she wills is made perfectly clear. Any means that will aid Germany to win are biaZenly argued as good means and the end-that Germany shall win-justifies all means pursued.
 The reply says that the German gov ernment would be guilty before God | if 1t did not do all in it's power to pre- serve the lives of German subjects flor violations of the principles of highest humanity which are the foundations of national existence" Yet. after this lofty expression of noble sentiment in the very next line of the document the
  sinking of the Lusitania is defended and Justified. Would they then have been guilty before God if they would so shamefully massacred to get away in the boats of the sinking vessel be- cause If the commander of the Ger man submarine had caused the crew and passengers to take to the boats before firing a torpedo this would have meant the destruction of his own yes sel."? If they would the "principles | of highest humanity" then required s that they be wantonly massacred and li thus Germany is justified before God. There is not a particle of proof that the Lusitania passengers could not have been given a chance without danger to the German vessel The picture drawn of all British merchant n ships ordered to ram submarines. and q thus "all distinction destroyed be- . tween war ships and merchant ships" . merely shows the stubborn obliquityl If the German mind.
 The note also ignores the greatest n ne fuhdamental-weakne of the Ger nan case in that it makes her inabilityl conform to the accepted rules. ow- n ng to the bottling up of her fleet, an 2 xcuse and Justification for casting side all legitimate warfare and sub-