The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-15
MAIN CONVENTIONS OF
u. s. NOT ANSWERED
Kaiser is Willing to Perrsit
America to Place Four Hos
'ile Ships in Passenger Ser
vice Must Not Carry Con.
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ophiu Nis iCNt VI NOlC'
Berlin, via London. Gcrmany's
offer, embodied in the reply to the
American not" regarding the sinking
OF the l.usitania and submarine war
rare which was delivered TO American
Ambassador Gerard is:
First reiterated assurance that
American ships engaged in legitimate
trade will not be intcrfcrcd with nor
the lives Of Americans or neutral
ships be endangered.
Second, that German Submarines
Will be instructed to allow American
passenger ships to pass freely and
safely, Germany entertaining in re.
turn the conhdcnt nope that the Am.
erlcan government will see that these
SHIPS DO not carry contraband: such
ships to be provided with distinguish.
ing marks and their arrival announc-
ed reasonable time in advance.
The same privilege is extended to a
reasonable number Of neutral pas
scngcr ships under the American flag,
ana should the number Of ships thus
available Tor passenger service prove
inadequate, Germany is willing to per
mt America to place four hostile pas
fenScr steamers under the American
nag to ply between North America
and Europe under the same condit-
ions.
The text of the note follows:
Berlin, July 8.
The undersigned has the honor tC
make the following reply to His Elk
cellency, Ambassador Gerard, to the
note of the 10Th ultimo reference tC
the impairment OF American interests
by the German submarine war.
"rhe Imperial Government learned
win satisfaction from the potc how
earnestly the government of the Unit.
ed states is concerned in seeing tho
principles OF humanity realized i'm the
present war. Also the appeal finds
ready echo in Germany and the I'm.
perial Government is quite willing ia
permit its statements and decisions in
me present case TO be governed bv
the principles Of humanity lust as il
has done always
The Imperial Government vel
coined with gratitude when tho Am
crlcan government in the note Of May
10 tSnit recalled that Germany al.
ways had permitted itsclf to be COY.
crncd by the principles OF prourcss
ana humanity in dealing with tho law
OF maritime war Since the tinc
Whcn Frederick the Great ncgotiotnd
with John Adams. Benjamin Franklin
ana Thomas Jefferson the treaty of
friendship and commerce OF Scptcm.
her {" l7S5, between Prussia and the
Republic of the West, German and
American statesmen have. i'm fact ~.
ways stood together in mo st,naolo
for the freedom of the sons ana ,or
the protection of pcncohIo tr,hn =,
the international procecdnps which
since have been conauc,od ta
regulation Of mo lows =,
war Germany and America b,,.n iai.'.
ly advocated proprcssivo mr;no;,n
especially tho ,ho,i.l,,, '', 'p'cH'
right or capture at sea and Tho pro.
tectlon OF the interests of neural.
even at the beginning of the nros.
ent war the German government i'm.
hheoialely declared its WILLINGNESS in
response to proposals of the American
government TO ratily the Declaration
OF London and thereby subject itself
IN lhe use or It's naval forces to All
INC restrictions provided therein in
i"'oi OF heutrals Germany likewise
mas peeh always tenacious Of the