Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
Legality Of Sinking Of Steamer
lusitania fIatIy Denied
by United States.
ORIGINAL DEMANDS RENEWED
Precautions Insisted Upon and Right
of Americans to Travel Seas
Lawfully, Declared, Notwith.
standing Warnings.

WASHINGTON, June 10.--The text
Of the American rcjoinder to the Ger
man governments reply to the note
following the sinking Of the Lusitania
follows:
"The Secretary Of State ad interim
TO the American Ambassador to Ber-
lin: Department Of State, Washing
ton, June o, 1915.--American Ambas-
sador, Berlin: You are instructed to
deliver textually the following note
TO the Minister Of Foreign Affairs:
"In compliance with Your Excel
lency's request, did not fail to trans
init to my Government, Immediately
upon their receipt, your note OF May
28 In reply to my note Of May 10, and
your supplementary note OF June J.,
setting forth the conclusions. so far
rs reached by the imperial German
government, concerning the attacks
on the American steamers Cushing
and Gulflight.
Principle Of Freedom Recognized.
~ am now instructed by my Gov
ernment to communicate the follow
Ing in reply:
"The Government of the United
States notes with qualification the
full recognition by the imperial Ger
man government, in discussing the
cases Of the Cushing and the Gull
flight, Of the principle Of the freedom
Of all parts of the open sea to neutral
ships and the frank willingness Of the
imperial government to acknowledge
and meet its liability where the fact
of attack upon neutral ships which
have not been guilty Of any hostile
act by German aircraft or vessels OF
war is satisfactorily established; and
the Government Of the United States
will in due course lay before the i'm
perial German government, as it re-
quests, full information concerning
the attack on the steamer Cushing.
"With regard to the sinking Of the
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 contending that an effort on
the part of a merchantmen to escape
capture and secure assistance alters
the obligation Of the officer seeking
to make the capture in respect to the
safety to the lives of those on board
the merchantmen, although the ves-
sci has ceased her attempt to escape
when torpedoed. These are not new
circumstances. They have been in the
minds Of statesmen and Of interna-
tional jurists throughout the develop
ment Of naval warfare, and the Gov
ernment of the United States does not
understand that they have ever been
held to alter the principles Of human
ity upon which it has insisted. Moth
ing but actual forcible resistance or
continued efforts to escape by flight
when ordered to stop for the purpose
Of visit on the part of the merchant
man has ever been held to forfeit the
lives Of her passengers or crew.
"The Government Of the United
States, however, does not understand
that the imperial German government
lS seeking III CHlS Caoc w ASiiS'o A'oS''
Of liability, but only intends to set
forth the circumstances which led the
commander of the submarine to allow
himself to be hurried into the course
which he took.
"Your Excellency's note, in discuss
ing the loss of American lives result
ing from the sinking Of the steamship
Lusitania, adverts at some length te
certain information which the imperial
German government has received with
regard to the character and outfit o1
that vessel, and your Excellency ex'
presses the fear that this information
may not have been brought to the at
tention Of the Government OF the
United States.
"It is stated in the note that the
Lusitania was undoubtedly equipped
with masked guns, supplied witt
trained gunners and special ammuni
tion, transporting troops from Can
ada, carrying a cargo not permitted
under the laws Of the United States
to q vessel also carrying passengers
and serving, in virtual effect, as al