The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-08-05

A.
Co. rs..-se ne activity OF the fmpeTS.I
So-a = = navy within the so-caIIed wa
$3.50 49, . substantial accord w,th ~
soSepUsa practices OF regulased 80 49,
.,s.L ne whole world has Ioores
49, 49, interest and Increasing sst,ssso
49,, = tne demonstration Of tha. -
.oey oy German naval cor,-.snS
Il Is manifestly DosasrIa 49,
ma as; = Ut nlt me whole practice Or sub.
49,, ,..Ss attack above the criticism
n mIsa u has aroused and remove tha
Snlet causes Of offense
"A View OF the admission ~ uI...,,.
e py the imperial roverrrnn,|
we, wen u pleaded the right Of retaita.
l,on IN defense Of its acts ana n 49,
~ tne manifest possibility az eonsorr,
lns 20 the established rulaa ~ ravsI
warfare. the government az the rae,
= s,ates cannot believe that the In
selA government win longer refraiu
ION disavowing the wanton act 81 It1
nava commander In sinking the Tmsl.
anna or from offering reparation ~
1ne american lives lost, so far Al renal
ration can be made for a needless al.
act. ~ N HassAl
Suggestion Not Accepted.
Inc government Of the United
states. while not Indifferent 10 ~
friendly spirit in which il Il mada
sennot accept the suggestion OF the
Imperial government that certain yat.
sels De designated and agreed upon
when shall be free on the seas no1y
Illegally prescribed. The very agreA.
Lent would, by implication. subject
otner vessels to Illegal attack. ara
would be curtailment and therefore
an abandonment of the principles fbr
when this government contends. ana
winch In times of calmer counsals
every nation would concede as of
course.
The government OF the limited
States and the imperial Germon gdy-
eminent, contending for the same
great object have long stood together
IN urging the very principles upon
Wnicn the government of the United
states now so solemnly insists They
are both contending for the freedom
OF the seas. The government OF The
United States will continue to contend
Tor that freedom. from whatever omar
ter violated, without compromise ana
at any cost. 1t invites the practical
F, cooperation Of the imperial German
government at this time when coop.
Grafton may accomplish most, and this
great common object be most sttik.
lngly and effectively achieved.
Can Be Accomplished.
The imperial German government
expresses the hope that this object
may be in some measure accomplish
ed even before the present war ends.
1t can be. The government OF the
United States not only feels obliged
to insist upon 1t. by whomsoever vio-
lated or ignored, and In the prdtec-
ton Of its own citizens, but is also
deeply interested in seeing II made
practicable between the belligerbats
themselves, and holds itself ready at
any time to act as the common friend
who may be privileged to suggest
way.
| In the meantime the very value
which this government sets upon the
long and unbroken friendship between
the people and government Of the
United States and the people and gov.
eminent Of the German nation inlpels
it to press very solemnly upon the
imperial German government the
necessity for a scrupulous observance
Of neutral rights in this critical mat
ter. Friendship itself prompts II to
say to the imperial German govern.
ment that repetition by commanders
Of the German naval vessels Of acts In
contravention OF those rights must be
regarded by the government Oh the
United States, when they affect Amer
lean citizens, As deliberately M
friendly.
(Signed) LANSING.