The Arvada enterprise., 1916-05-11

Berlin. Germany (by wireless via
Sayville. N ", May 5.-Following is
rho text of the note of the German
government in reply to the American
note respecting submarine warfare,
delivered yesterday by Gottlieb Won
Jasow, the foreign secretary, to Am
bassador Gerard:
The undersigned, on behalf Of the
imperial German government. has the
honor to present to his excellcncy. the
ambassador of the United States. Mr..
James w. Gerard, the following reply
TO the note of April 20 regarding the
conduct of German submarine war.
fare:
The German government handed
over to the proper naval authorities
for early investigation the evidence
concerning the Sussex as commuL.-
Gated by the government OF the United
states. Judging by the results that
the Investigation has hitherto yielded.
the German government is alive to the
possibility that the ship mentioned in
Tho note Of April 10 as having been
toTTedocd by German submarine is
actually identical with the Sussex.
Looking Into the Sussex Case.
The German government begs TO
reserve further communication on the
matter until certain points are ascer.
tained which are of decisive import
ance for establishing the facts in the
case. Should 1t turn out that the com.
mandcr was wrong In assuming the
vessel to be man-of-war, the German
government will not fail to draw the
consequence resulting thcrefrom
In connection with the case of the
Sussex the government OF the United
states made series of statements the
Cist OF which is the assertion that the
incident il to be considered but one in.
stance of deliberate method of indis.
criminatc destruction of vessels of all
sorts. nationalities and destinations by
German submarine commanders,
Repudiate Charge by U. S.
Tho German government must EN-.
phatically repudiatc the assertion. The
German government, however. thinks
it Of little avail to enter into details
in the present stage of affairs, more
particularly al the government OF the
United States omitted to substantiate
tho assertion by reference to concrete
facts
The German government will only
state that II has imposed far.reaching
restraints upon the use of the subma.
rino weapon. solely in consideration OF
neutral interests. In spite Of the fact
that these restrictions are necessarily
of advantage 10 Germanys enemies
No such consideration has ever been
shown ncutrals by Great Britain and
her allies.
Orders international Law Obeycd.
The German submarine forces
have had, In fact, orders to conduc,
tho submarine warfare In accordance
with the general principles of visit
and search and the destruction OF mer.
chant vessels recognized by interim.
tionnl law. the sole exception being
tho conduct OF warfare against enemy
trade carried on enemy freight ships
rounding Great Britain. With regard
10 these no assurances have eyer
been given TO the government of the
United States No such assurnncos
arc contained IN the declaration OF
February s, 1915,
The German government cannot
admit any doubt that these orders
wor" given or arc executed in good
fa''h. Errors actually occurred. They
can IN no kind of warfare be avoided
altogether. Allowances must be made
iu the conduct OF naval warfare
against an enemy rcFortlng to nil
Kinds Of ruEns whether permissible or
Illicit,
Danger Can't &c Avoided.
But apart from the possibility of
orrors, naval warfare, Just like war.
faro on land, implies unavoidable dan.
gers for neutral persons and goods on
toring the 'iEhting zone. Even In
'a8os where the naval action Ia con.
fncd TO ordinary forms OF cruiser
warfare. neutral persons and goods re.
poatcdly come TO grief
The German government has re.
pcaacdly and explicitly pointed out tho
dangers from mines tha, have led TO
tho loss Of numerous ships.
Proposals Arc Not Accepted.
TIE German government has made
ssves1l proposals 20 tho government