Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-06-18

The text of the note follows:
Text of American Note.
Washington, June 1.-THE tex of
the American rejoinder to the Ger.
man governments reply to the note
following the sinking of the Lusitania
is as follows:
THE Secretary of State ad interim to
the American Ambassador to
Berlin.
Department of State.
Washington, June 9. 1915.
American Ambassador, Berlin:
"You are instructed to deliver text
ually the following note to the min
lister of foreign affairs:
"In compliance with your excel
lency's request l did not fail to trans.
NIT to my government Immediately
upon receipt your note May % in re.
ply to my note of May Is, and your
supplementary note of June /, set
ting forth the conclusions SO far as
reached by the imperial German Gov.
eminent concerning the attacks on the
American steamers Gushing and Gulf
light L dIh III" lhSLl uSbCu ny my SOf'
eminent to communicate the follow
ing reply:
Sea Free to Neutrais.
The government of the United
States notes with qualification the full
recognition by the imperial German
government, in discussing the cases
of the Gushing and the Gulfight, OF
the principle of the freedom of all
parts of the open sea to neutral ships
and the frank willingness of the i'm
perial German government to acknowl
edge and meet its liability where the
fact of attack upon neutral ships
which have not been guilty Of any
sells of war, is satisfactorily estab
lished; and the government of the
United States will in due course lay
before the imperial German govern
ment as it requests, full information
concerning the attack on the steamer
Cushing.
with regard to the sinking of tn,
steamer Falaba, by which an Ameri
can citizen lost his life, the govern
ment of the United States is surprised
to find the imperial German govern
ment c%ontending that an effort on thu
part of a merchantmen to escape cap
ture and secure assistance alters tn
obligation of the officer seeking t,
make the capture in respect to tn
safety of the lives of those on boar,
the merchantmen, although the vesse
has ceased her attempt to escap,
when torpedoed.
Principles Do Not Alter.
These are not new circumstances
They have been in the minds of states
men and of international jurist
throughout the development of nava
warfare, and the government of tn
United States does not unGerstan
that they have ever been held to alte
the principles of humanity upon whic
1t has insisted. Nothing but actua
iorcible resistance or continued effort
10 escape by flight when ordered t
ltop for the purpose of visit on tn
part of the merchantmen has eve
been held to forfeit the lives of he
passengers or crew. The governmer
OF the United States, however, doe
not understand that the imperial &c,
mar government is seeking in thi
case to relieve itself Of liability, bu
only intends to set forth the circun
stances which led the commander {
the submarine to allow himself to b
hurried into the course which he tool
Gives Official Information.
Your e~xcelfency's note, in discus
ing the loss of American lives r.
sulting from the sinking Of the steam
ship Lusitania, adverts at some lengt
to certain Information which the In
perial German government has recei
ed with regard to the character an
outfit OF that vessel, and your exec
lency expresses the fear that this il
formation may not have been brougl
- he attention of the government