Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-09-02
GERMANY NJ! AS?EEES
TO GlvEWARIiGl|&!; !;
Submarines Will Mt Attack
Passenger Ships.
WILSON SCORES VICTORY

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.eerlin's Acquiescenoe in the Rriuci-
pIe insisted Upon by the United
States.
washington, Sept. 2:-Count won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
ION :instructions from Berlin, verbally
Uniformed Secretary Lansing that the
German government had .aceepted the
principle that passenger timers should
be warned before attack by >subma.
'rines. He will formally communicate
this information in writing later.
When Count won Bernstorff was in.
formed by Secretary Lansing, upon
whom he called, that ;the United
.6tates could not accept las final an
.Oral transmission of the German
point of view, he departed ito lprepare
the written memorandum.
After "a conference at ithe state de-
:partment Ambassador won Bernstord
sen ;tSecretary Lansing ,ftiis letter:
''Mr. Dear Mr.. Secretary: With
reference to ,our conversation i beg
ITO inform You that my instructions
concerning our answer ITO your last
.Lusitania note contains tine following
passage: 4
Liners will mot he sunk by ,our
submarines without warning and
without safety of the lives Of non
combatants, provided that the liners
do not try to escape or .odfer resist
:ance.'
'"A Although i know that you ttlo not
wish to discuss the Lusitania ques-
ttion till the Arabic incident has been
definitely and satisfactorily settled I
desire to inform you of the above be-
cause this policy of my government
was decided on before :the Arabic lin
'cident occurred.
'"I have mo objection to yoc,r max
ing any use you may please >of stfe
,abcve information ~ S'-.ss - 'ea' -
In connection with the letter :Secre-
:tary LanssQg made the following
statement:
in view rof the ,clearness OF the
foregoing statement 1T seems neetless
to make any comment in regard ITO it,,
.Other than to say that it appears to
be recognition of the fundamental
principles for (which we have contend
ed"
Letter Sent to p~esident.
Count Won Bernstorffss letter was
forwarded to President Wilson as
soon as it was received at the state
department.
No formal comment WIS made at
tie White House, but on every hand
IL official quarters there was evidence
.of qualification that the submarine
CT sis had passed and that Germany
had acknowledged the justice of the
principles fer which .'Presidealt Will
son has been contentling.
Count Belnstorff's announcement
that the policy had been decided upon
before the sinking Of the Arabic
agrees with statements Ny officials in
Berlin and with information on which
American officials had been depend
ing. Soon after the dispatch Of the
last Lusitania note President Wilson
understood there would not be anoth-
er such disaster. The sinking of the
Arabic, tberefore, came as a double
shock.
lnasmuch as it seems to have been
established that the submarine which
sunk the Arabic has been destroyed
by British patrol boat the exact cir.
cumstanoes may never he determined
other than by testimony from British
and American sources.
The German governments state
snent that before the sinking of the
Arabic the submarine commanders
had been ordered to sink no more pas
senger ships without warning may be
taken as a disavowa1 Of that act. !
The question of reparatfon for the
Americans who lost their lives on
the Lusitanfa, the Arabic and other
ships which have been torpedoed prob
ably will he the next step in the pro-
ceeding. Secretary Lansing has
steadfastly refused to discuss the Lu-
sjtania case with the German ambas-
sador until the Arabic incident has
been disposed Of. Now, it is believed,
the way has been opened for consider
ing the Lusitania.
SUBMARINE PROBABLY SUNK
British Destroy One Near Scene Of