The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-11
GERNANYS REPLY
MEETS DEMANDS
SUBMARINES TO GIVE WARNING
4 r.. AND SAVE LIVES.
POLICY OF THE U. s. SCORED
America Asked to Enforce Demands
Made Upon Great RrItain--Kaiser
Comedies Point to Humanity
Mote Cites Munitions.

MADE Upon Great BTItain--kaiser
Comedies Point to Humanity
1 Mote Cites Munitions.
Berlin, May 6.-Germany's reply to
the note of the United States, which
was made public here, defends Ger
Elany's submarine warfare. Germany
| does not regard the reply as final. In
! the response the opportunity Is asked
4 to make further representations to
| the United States, particularly in re-
gard to the Sussex.
The following Is the text, in part,
! OF the German reply:
| THE undersigned. on behalf of the
J imperial German government, has the
honor to present to his excellcncy, the
ambassador of the United States,
James w. Gerard, the following reply
i to the note Of April 20 regarding the
conduct of German submarine war
fare:
/ i. investigate Sussex.
+ THE German government handed
over ITO the proper naval authorities
for further investigation evidence con-
corning the Sussex as communicated
by the government of the United
States.
Judging by the results that inves-
tigation hitherto yielded. the German
government is alive to the possibility
that the ship mentioned in the note of
April 10 as being torpedoed by Ger
man submarine is actually identical
with the Sussex.
The German government begs
to reserve further communications
on the matter until certain points
are ascertained which are of de-
cisive importance for establishing
/ the complete facts in the case.
Should 1t turn out that the COM
mander (of the submarine) was wrong
In assuming the vessel (the SUSSEX
to be a man-ofwar the German gov
eminent will not fail to draw conse-
Quences resulting therefrom.
I'm connection with the case of the
Sussex the United States made a Sc
ries of statements, the gist of which is
the assertion that the incident to be
considered was but one instance OF a
deliberate method of the indiscrim-
mate destruction of vessels of all
sorts and all nationalities and destina-
lions by German submarine command
ers.
.. Regulates Assertion.
The German government must en-
phatically repudiate the assertion, but
the German government, however,
thinks 1t Of little avail to enter into
details in the present stage Of affairs,
more particularly as the government
of the United States omitted to sub
stantiate assertions by reference to
concrete facts.
THE German government will only
state that it has imposed far reach
ing restraints upon the use of the sub
marine weapon solely In consideration
of the interests of neutrals, In spite
of the fact that these restrictions were
necessarily Of advantage to Germany's
enemies.
mo suCh consideration has ever
been shown to neutrals by Great Brit.
ain and her allies.
q ~The German government has re-
peatedly declared it cannot dispense
with the use of the submarine weapon
In the conduct of warfare against en-
envy trade ~ '".s...
The German government, however,
have now decided to make further con.
cessions. adapting the methods Of sub
marine warfare to the interests OF
neutrais. In reaching this decision
the German government was actuated
by considerations which are above the
level Of the questions In dispute"
Says U. 8. FaVors British.
- The German people know that the
government of the United States has
power to confine the war to armed
forces and to belligerent countries in
the interests of humanity and to main.
tain 1.-THE integrity of International
law.
THE government Of the United
States would have been certain in at
tanning it's end had It been deter
mined to insist (protestJ against Great
Britain on it's incontrovertible rights
to the freedom of the seas. "a.!sea
."But as matters stand the German
people are under the Impression that
the government of the United States.
while demanding that Germany. strug-
Cling for existence, shall restrain the
use of it's effective wea pom. while max.
ing compliance with these demands
tof the United States) for the main
tenance of tamicableJ relations. Ger.
many confined itself to protests against
illegal methods adopted by Germanys,
enemies. .g...@t ~ asss. - s-,-rf ~
Moreover, the German people know
20 what considerable extent the enc
mics tot, Germany are supplied with
all kinds Of war materials from the
United States! ...,..... ?.
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