The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-01
GERMAN NOTE FALS
 TO MEET DEMANDS OF
 PRESIDENT WILSON


 specifically withheld a final deeision on she demands advaneed by tac United siatea In connection with tae Lusisanls until the receipt of an an swer from the American government to Che note which Foreign Minister von Gasow delivered to American Ambassador Gerard ln reply te the American note received by the Ger. nan government May t5.
 WILL PAY FOR GuLFLlGAT
 AND GUSHING
 ln it's reply tas German severu- men declares that it is not its inten- tlon Go oubmit neutral ships in the war zone. which are guilty Of no hostile acts. to attack by submarines or aero planes. lt states that Germany Is in- vestiqasine the oircumstances in con- neetlor with the attaeSs on the Amer iean steamshipa Suflight and cush- ing. and that in sli eases where reu- tr7i vessels, through no fault Of their own, have been damaged, Germany Will pay indemnifieation.
 DEFENDS SINKING OF THE
 LUSlTANiA
 The reply urges that in the case Of the Lusitania, which Germany alleses was armed and carried large stores of war munitions, it was acting in Justified self-defense in seeking with ali the means of warfare at its dispo- sitIon Co protect the lives of lss sol- 5iers by destroying ammunition in- tended for the enemy"
 TEXT OF NOTE
 The note, in part, says:
 "The government Of the Unit ed States proceeds on the assump- tior shat she Lustitania could be regarded as an ordinary unarm- ed merchansman. The imperial government allows itself in this connection to point out that the Lusttania was enc Of the largest and fastest British merchant ves- seis, built with government funds as an auxiliary cruiser, and car ricd expressly as such in the navy list Issued by the British admir- alsy.
 "The Lustitania, too. according to information received here, had cannon aboard, which were mount ed and concealed below decks.
 Finally, the imperial govern msnt must point out particularly that shc Lussitania on the last trip as on earlier occasions car rled Canadian troops and war ma teriai. including no less than B. 400 cases or ammunition intend ed for the destruction of brave German ooidiers.
 EXPLOSION CAUSED LOSS
 OF LIFE.
 "There can be no doubt, accord ing to definite report, of the sub- marines commander, which ia further confirmed by an other in- formation, that the quick sinking Of the Lussitania, is primarily con- tributabls 60 ths explosion Of am munltion shipments, caused by the torpedo. The Lusitania's passen- gers, in an human probability would have been saved.
 "The Imperial government. while on the dsmands advanced in con nection with the sinking of the Luesitanla until tho receipt Of an answer from the American gov ornmsnt, 5sels inpeiied, in con- clusion, to recall here and now that it took eosrixanee with sat isfaction Of the mediatory propos- als submitted by the United States government to Berlin and London as a basic for mudus vIvendi for conducting maritime warfare between Germany and Great Britain. The Imperial gov ornment. by Is readiness to en- fer upon a discussion Of these proposals, then demonstrated tts q said intentions in ample fashion. The realism Of these proposals was then defeated, as 10 welt known, by the deelinatory atti- tude of the British government"