Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-14
WILSON NOTE LEAVES NJ DOUBT OF
 STAND
Note of Protest From the Unit ed States to Imperial Gov ernment Is Explicit, Firm and Perfectly Frank
SHOULD BE IN HANDS
 OF GERMANY TODAY
Note Says No Warning of Any Character Can Excuse Ger many For Violation of Jn- ternational Law

WASHINGTON. May 18-The Unit ed States cabled American ambassad- or Gerard, for presentation Go the Ger man government the note calling at- tention to the grave situation which has resulted from the violation of American rights on the high seas. cul. minatins in the sinking of the Lusi. tania with the loss of more than one hundred American lives
 After three days preparation by President Wilson with the assistance of his cabinet, the note finally dis. patched shorty before noon. IL is ex- pected to reach Gerard in time for ore, sentation tonight, or early tomorrow at the German foreign office.
 The note follows
 Please call on the minister of for. eign affairs and after reading him this communication leave with him a copy
 ln view of the recent acts of Ger man authorities m violation Of Amer. ican rights on the high seas. which eliminated in the torpedoiug and sinking of the British steamship the Lusitania, May 2, by which over one hundred American citizens lost their lives it is clearly wise and desirable that the government of the United States and the Imperial government should come Co a clear and full un. derstanding as to the grave situation which resulted
 "The sinking of the British pass. enger steamer Falaba, by a German submarine March 2S. through which Leon Thresher an American citizen. was drowned; the attack April 28 on th American vessel Cushing by Ger man aeroplanes; the torpedoing May ] of the American vessel. GUlfight by a German submarine, as a result of which two or more American citi zens met their death and finally. the torpedoiug. and sinking of the steam ship Lusitania, constitute a series of events which the government of the United States observes win growing concern, distress and amazement.
 Recalling the humane. and enlight ened attitude hitherto assumed by the Imperial German government in mat ters of international right. and partic ularly with regard to the freedom oi the seas; having learned to recognize German views, and German influence in the field of international obliga tions as always engaged upon the sidC of justice. and humanity; and having understood the instructions of the Inn perial German government to maya commanders to be upon a high plane of humane action. prescribed in th, naval codes of other nations, the gov ernment of the United States is loath, to believe. and cannot now bring it self to believe that these acts, SO abso lutely contrary to the rules practices and spirit of modern warfare, coul, have the countenance or sanction O that great government
 "It feels it to be it's duty therefore to address the Imperial German Gov ernment concerning them with the ut most frankness. in earnest hope tha it is not mistaken in expecting actioi on the part of the Imperial German government which win correct the un fortunate impressions created, am vindicate once more the position O that government in regard to th sacred freedom of the seas.
 "The government of the Unite States has been appraised that the I'm perial German government considere themselves obliged, by the eXtraordir ary circumstances Of the present wal by the measures adopted by their aC versaries in seeking to cut German off from an commerce, to adopt meti ods of retaliation which would g much beyond the ordinary methods warfare on the sea in the proclami tion of a war zone from which the warned neutral ships to keep ava,
 "This government has already tal en the occasion to inform the Imper al German government that it oannc
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