The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-20

Governments unOefSea vessels
practices of such ruthless destruction which have made
and evident the months have by that the
Imperial Government has found it mpractcabe to put
such restraints them had hoped and promised to
put.
its solemn the of the United States
that least passenger ships would be thus dealt WITH
and yet has repeatedly its
to disregard those assurances with entire mpunty.
Recklessy Ignored Warning.
"As recently February last gave notice that would
regard all armed merchantmen owned by its enemies part
of the armed naval forces of its adversares and deal with
them with of thus at least by implication pedg
ing itself to give warning to vessels which not armed
and accord security of life their passengers and
but this limitation their submarine commanders have
reckessly ignored
"Vesses of neutral ownership vessels of neutral
ownership bound from neutral port to neutral port have
been destroyed along with vessels Of bgerent ownership
in constantly increasing numbers Sometimes the merchant
attacked have been and surrender
before being fired torpedoed sometimes their
gers and have been the poor security of
sent to the bottom But again and again warning has
been to the ships boats allowed to those
on board.
Great liners like the Lusitania and Arabic and
boats like the have been attacked without
that they in the of armed ship of the
ana hs e trs o ana
the Government of the United States but regard
wanton and without the slightest color Of justification
American Death Toll in Hundreds.
"No limit of any kind has fact been set to their in:
discriminate pursuit and destruction of merchantmen of all
kinds and natonaltes within the waters which the I'm
pera Government has chosen to designate lying within
the seat of The roll Of Americans who have lost their
lives upon ships thus attacked and destroyed has grown
month by month until the omnous toll has mounted into the
hundreds
1.-THE Government of the United States has been very
patient At every stage of this distressing experience Of
tragedy after tragedy has sought to be by the
most thoughtful consideration of the extraordinary ccum
stances of and be guided by sen
mens of very genuine friendship for the people and Gov
accepted successive
plantations and of the Imperial Government
of given entire sincerity good faith
hoped against hope that would prove possible
for the Imperial Government to order and control the
acts of its naval commanders as to square its policy with
the recognized principles of humanity embodied the
law of nations 1t has made every allowance for unprece
dented conditions and has been willing to wait until the
facts became unmstakabe and susceptible of only
one Interpretation.
1T owes it to just regard for its own rights to
has become painfully evident to that the position which
took at the outset inevitable namely of SUBJ
st because of the character of the employed
and the very methods of which their employment of
course involves utterly incompatible with the principles
humanity the long established and ncontroverbe rights of
neutras and the sacred mmunities of
Final Warning to Germany
If it is still the purpose the Imperial Government to
prosecute relentless and ndscrmnae warfare against ves
sells of by the of submarines without regard to
what the Government of the United States must consider the
sacred and nsputabe rules of international law and the
universally recognized dictates Of humanity Government
of the United States at last forced the conclusion that
there is but one course it pursue
"Unless the Imperial Government should now ;nm.
diaey declare and effect abandonment of s present
methods of submarine warfare against passenger and
freight carrying vessels the Government of the United
States can have choice but to diplomatic re.
tons with the German Empire altogether This action th.
Government of the United States contemplate. with th
greatest reluctance but feels take in beh.
of humanity and the rights of neutral nations
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