The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-10
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also. ThuS Germany was driven to q
submarine war on trade. On Nov en-
Der IA, 1914 the English premier de-
lclared in the House of Commons that
1T was one of England's principal
tasks to prevent food for the German
population from reaching Germany
via neutral ports. Since March first
England has been taking from neutral
ships without further formality all
merchandise proceeding to Germany
as well as all merchandise coming
! from Germany, even when neutral
property. Just as it was also with
the Beers, the German people are now
to be given the choice of perishing
from starvation with its women and
children or of relinquishing it's indie
pendence.
e"While our enemies thus loudly and
openly proclaimed without mercy until
our utter destruction, we were con-
Quoting a war in self defense for our
national existence and for the sake of
peace of an assured permanency, we
hav been obliged to adopt submarine
warfare to meet the declared inten.
lions of our enemies and the methods
of warfare adopted by them in con-
travention of international law.
Fighting For Existence.
with all it's efforts in principle to
protect neutral life and property from
damage as much as possible, the Ger
man government recognized unreserv-
eddy in it's memorandum of Feb. 4 that
the interests of neutrals might suffer
from the submarine warfare. How
ever the American government will
also understand and appreciate that
in the fight for existence which has
been forced upon Germany by it's adj
versaries and announced by them it is
the sacred duty of the Imperial Gov
eminent to do all within it's power to
protect and save the lives of German
subjects. If the Imperial Government
were derelict in these its duties, it
would be guilty before God and his
tory of the violation of those princi-
pies of highest humanity which are
the foundation of every national exist
ence.
"The case of the Lusitania shows
with horrible clearness to what jeop-
ardizing of human lives the manner
of conducting war employed by Gus adj
versaries leads. In the most direct
contradiction of international law all
distinctions between merchantmen and
war vessels have been obliterated by
the order to British merchantmen to
arm themselves and to ram subma-
rines and the promise of rewards
therefor and neutrals who use mer-
chantmen as travellers thereby have
been exposed in an increasing degree
to all the dangers of war.
Case Against the Lusitanla.
"1f the commander of the German
submarine which destroyed the Lusi-
tania had caused the crew and pas
sengers to take to the boats before
firing a torpedo this would have
meant the sure destruction of his own
vessel. After the experiences in sink
ing much smaller and less seaworthy
vessels, it was to be expected that
mighty ship like the Lusitania would
remain above water long enough even
after the torpedoing to permit pas
sengers to enter the ships boats. Cir
of a very peculiar kind,
the presence on board Of
large quantities of highly explosive
(word omitted, possible
'dissipated"O this expectation. In ad-
dition it may be pointed out that if
the Lusitania had been spared thou
sands of cases of munitions would
have been sent to Germany's enemies
and thereby thousands of German
and children robbed of bread.
"In spite of the friendship where
with the German nation has been i'm
bued towards the Union and its in.
habitants since the earliest days of
its existence, the Imperial Govern