The Dermott news., 1915-06-03
..,AyS FINAL .lG|S|ON WITHHELD GERMAN NOTE SAYS PASSEN GERS COULD HAVE ESCAPED
 FROM LUSITANlA.
WlikPAY FOR NEUTRAL SHIPS
Makes No Promise to End Submarine War While England Tries to
 Starve Out Germany.

Berlin.-Germany Withholds it's final decision on the demands ad. vanced by the United States govern ment in connection with the sinking of the Lusitania, until the receipt ot an answer from the United States to the note which Herr von Jagow, the foreign minister, has delivered to Am bassador Gerard In reply to the Amer ican note received by the German government on May IS
 In it's reply the German "oyern- ment declares that 1t is not its inten- tion to submit neutral ships in the war zone, which are guilty of no hos tile acts, to attacks by submarines or aeroplanes; that 1t Is investigating the circumstances in connection with the attacks on the American steamers Gushing and Gulaight. and that in all cases where neutral vessels. through no fault of their own. have been dam aged, Germany will pay iHdemnitica- tion
 The reply urges that in the case of the Lusitania, which Germany al ieges was armed and carried large stores of war munitions it was act ing in justified self-defense in seek ing with all the means of warfare at its disposition to protect the lives of it's soldiers by destroying ammuui int
 The German government recalls the proposals submitted by the United States government to Berlin and London. designed to end the subma fine warfare and the shuttins out of food supplies from Germany which il declares failed of their pprpase be cause of the refusal of the British government to agree 10 them.
 The following is the text of the German note:
 "The undersigned has the boner to submit to Ambassador Gerard Use tot- low ing answer to= =tbe communication oe May 16. regarding the tnjusE ID American interests through GysHau submarine warfare.
 The imperial government has ,uh- 
 ican government to thorough HuNo-.l- gation. IL eutcrtains also keen wish to cooperate in frank and friendly way in clearing up possible uisun- derStandin~ which may have arisen in the relations between the two severn ments through the events mentioned by the American -oNernmcut-
 "ReEarding. firstly. the cases of the American steamers Cushing and Gulf light, the American embassy has al- ready been informed that the German government has no intention ef sub- hitting neutral shlps in tho war zone. which are guilty of no hostile acts. to attacks by a submarine or submarines or aviatoFs. On the contrary, thr Ger man forces hay" repeateiv been in- structed most specifically to avoid at- tacks on such ships.
 "If neutral ships in recent months have suffered throush the Gerw8n n suh- marine warfare, owing tO mistakes in identification. it is a question only of quite isolated and exceptional cases. which can be attributed to the British governments abuse ot 0uGs. together with the suspicious or ctIp9blc hcIlu Vior of the masters of the shIps.
 "rhe German government }n all cases in which it has been shown by its Iu- vcstiEations that neutral ship. uot itself at fault. was damaged by German submarines or aViators, has expressed regret over the uutortuuat" accident, and, if Justified hy conditions has af- fered indemnitcatlon.
 'Thc cases of the Cushing and the Guldight will be treated on the sr.-a principles An iuVeatiGH tIau of both cases is in progress the result of which will presently be comiuuuica ied To the embassy The iuvestiEatIou tau if necessary. be supplemented hy an iu- ternational call on the international commission of inquiry, as provided bE article 8 of The Hague agreement of October IS. 1907.
 bgn tui ipt tbt, Irft Falab ba. the commander of the German submarine had the intention of allow ing the passengers and crew full op- portuntty for safe escape. only when the commander did not obey the order to heave 10. but fled and sum moned help by rocket signals. did the German comman ander order the crew and passengers by signals and meEaphone to leave the ship within ten minutes He actually allowed them twentv-three minutes time and fired the torpedo only when suspicious craft were has tcning to the assistance of the Fala ba.
 "Regarding the loss of life by the sinking of the British passenger steam CT Lusitania. the German government has already expressed to the neutral governments concerned it's keen regret that citizens of their states lost their lives
 "On this occasion the imperial gov ernment. however. cannot escape the impression that certain important facts having direct bearing on the sinking of the Lusitania may have escaped the attention of the American govern ment.
 "In the interest of clear and com plete understanding. which Is the aim of soth governments. the imperial gov ernment considers it first necessary to convince itself that the information accessible to both governments about the facts of the case is complete and in accord.
 "rhe government of the United States proceeds on the assumption that the Lusitania could be regarded as an ordinary unarmed merchantman The imperial government allows itself in this connection to point out that the
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