Connecticut western news., 1915-07-15

of peace of an assured permanency. We have been obliged to adopt a sub marine warfare to meet the declared intentions of Our enemies and the method of warfare adopted by them in contravention of international law
 With all it's efforts in principle to pro tect neutral life and property from damage as much as possible. the Ger man government recognized unreserv. edly in its memorandum of Feb that the interests of neutrals might suffer from the submarine warfare However. the American government will also un- derstand and appreciate that in the fight for existence. which has been forced upon Germany by it's adversa ries and announced by them, it is the sacred duty of the imperial government to do all within it's power to protect and save the lives of German subjects. If the imperial government were dere lict ill these duties it would be guilty before God and history of the viola ton of those principles of highest hu- manity which are the foundations of every national existence.
 Quotes Lustania Case.
 The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeopar- dizing of human lives the manner of conducting war employed by our ad- verSaries leads. In the most direct contradiction of international law all distinctions between merchantmen and war vessels have been obliterated by the order to British merchantmen to arm themselves and to ram Subma. rines and the promise of rewards there for. and neutrals who use merchant men as travellers thereby have been exposed in an increasing degree to all the dangers of war.
 If the commander of the German submarine which destroyed the Lusi- tania had caused the crew and paSsen- gers to take to the boats before firing q torpedo this would have meant the sure destruction of his own vessel After the experiences in sinking much smaller and less Seaworthy vessels it was to he expected that mighty ship like the Lusitania would remain above water long enough even after the tor pedoing to permit passengers to enter the ships boats Circumstances of a very peculiar kind. especially the pres ence on board of large quantities of highly explosive materials word omit ted. possibly ''dissipated''l this expec- tatiOn.
 In addition, 1t may be pointed out that if the Lnsitania had been spured thousands Of cases of munitions would have been sent TO GermanY's enemies onH thereby thousands of German n1others and children robbed of bread winners.
 Pledges Safety,to Americans. Tn the spirit of friendship wherewith tho German nation has been imhued to- ward the Union and its inhabitants since the earliest days of its existence
 the imperial government will always
 be ready to do all 1t can during the
 present war also to prevent the Jeop
 ordizing of lives of American citizens
 The imperial government, therefore
 repeats the assurances that American
 ships will not re hindered in the pros
 o6ufion of legitimate shipping and tn
 lives of American citizens ill neutra
 vessels shall not be placed i'll jeopardy
 In order to exclude any unforeseel dangers to American passenger steam
 CTS. made possible in view of the cor 1nct of maritime war by Germany | adversaries, German submarines wi , he instructed to permit the free an } safe passage of such passenger stean CTS when made recognizable 1J specl; : markings and notified a reasonab
 time in advance. The imperial go I ernment. however, confidently hop " that the American government will a e sume to guarantee that these vesse 1T have no contraband on board, deta1 e of arrangements for the unhamper'