The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-06
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WASHINGTON August 5The text of the German note in
w reply the american demand hatt German government
agree the bill rendered by the United
damages sustained by the and captain of the American ship
VIM p Frye by destroyer
Friedrich the South Atlantic made public yesterday
The the taken originally by Germany that
the sinking the VIM p
ton either of the Of the Puan Treaty Of 1928 of ecog
ned international law but accepts the American proposal that
the determination of the Of damages payable be left
recognized to be selected by each government
Damages Will Be Paid - ......@ -.
pledge Germany pay damages
agreed just by the experts is the with
paid viewed
payment satisfaction violation Of
rights Rasmueh violation conceded The holds that
treaty upon damages
contracting parties
have the right ship conaband carriers and that therefore
the incident Of the sinking of the FRYE does not come within the
provisions Of the treaty question but has judged solely
the rules general international law 1t conceded however that
treaty oates Germany for the ship and the incidental
damage to her captain and crew.
Ship Liable To Seizure
America the does dispute the right of belger
neutral ship under rules OF international pro-
the destroyed by prompt payment
The American contention that Article XIII of the Prusan
Treaty the ship but not the conceded because
be judged under law by the
limitations of the treaty and under international law the cargo
american note ship liable con6scaton
The advances the Interpretation of the Pruan Treaty
given Berlin arguing that the did give either America
Prussia neutral the right demand free the
tof shipping The treaty merely compromises the
position which exist between the nations when is
tral the other begeren giving the begent the right
the transportation of supplies enemy the
time giving neutral the right expect damages whenever
ships subjected necessary inconvenience.
May Go To The Hague
Germany is willing the note submit the
The Hague Tribunal for settlement
Unofhcially this received here with favor being
Thought that the offer submit the question of damages
mission of will be found satisfactory administration
provided that whatever decided
made received acknowledgment of the waving
the rights claimed under the Pssan Treaty payment for
damages for the loss of the Frye
The United States probably will agree submit Interpretation
of the Prusan Treaty The Hague while thought that The
Hague Tribunal in undertaking the would make preliminary
ruling that pending settlement of the issue the Germans should
on the high within the limits of declared
British Arguments Rejected
The department gathering statistics reute the
ention advanced in the British regarding blockade OF the
neutral Scandinavian ports that the increased American exports
these Holland that these used transfer
dpos for German eongnee the American government declines
Ito with the position taken by Great Britain and will stand
firmly the taken that the British of American
cargoes bound for these ports is wholly illegal
The figures which the state department is compiling to be
Included in the American reply the draft of which being
drawn will be contended that these American do
mot find their into Germany than do the British
po the The of the British board Of trade
1.-THE department finds show that British shipments Scan
and Holland of cotton and have materially increased
fsnce 1914.
The American reply will concede the British contention that the
of the peculiar but such Justify
activities Of the British bocader in Selling neutral ships carrying
cargoes neutral especially when British
ports these ports increasing volume in the very
cles contained in the cargoes seized from neutrals