New Britain herald., 1916-03-08
GERMANY IS FIRM
 IN U-BOAT POLICY
(COntinued From First Page

! only took into account the peculiar 1 lty of this new weapon, the subma2 1 inc boat.
 l The use of the submarine naturally necessitated 8 restriction of l the free movement of neutraIs and l constituted a danger for them which | Germany intended to ward off by a special warning analogous to the warning England had given regarding the North Sea.
 As both igerentS-Germany in her note of February 17 and Great Britain in those of February IS and 20, 1915-claimed that their pro- ceeding was only exacted in retalia- tion for the violation of international law by their opponent the American government approached both parties for the purpose of trying to establish international law as it has teen in force before the war. Ger many was asked to adapt the use of her weapon to the rules which had been existing for the former naval weapons, and England not to interfere with the food supplies intended for the noncombatant German popula- ton and to admit their distribution under American supervision. Ger many on March 1, 1915, declared her l willingness with the proposal of the 1 American government, whilst Eng l land, on the other hand, declined to l to so.
 ! England's Object to Starve Germany. ! By the order in council March II, 1 1915, Great Britain abolished even what had remained of the freedom of neutral trade with Germany and her neutral neighbors. England's object was to starve Germany into submis- sion by these illegal means. l "Germany, after neutral citizens i lad lost their lives, against it's wish and intention, nevertheless in the | further course of the war compiled l with the wishes of the American gov ernment regarding the use of her sub- marines. The rights of neutra1s re-
 garding legal trading were in fact 1 nowhere limited by Germany. 1 "Then England maGa it impossible 1 for submarines to conform witn the l old rules of international law by arm 1 ing nearly all nle;. 'nan-mcn and bv l ordering the use of guns on merc1 mt 1 vessels for attack.
 The principle Of the United States l government not to keep their citizens l off beligerent merchant ships has 1 been used by Great Britain and Ter l allies to arm merchant ships for of- 1 fensive purposes. Under these cir 1 cumstances, merchantmen can easily | destroy submarines and, if their at 1 tack fails, still consider themselves in . safety by the presence of American l citizens on board.
 The order to use arms on British ] merchantmen was supplemented by 1 instructions to the masters of such f,1c f1ap and U-boats.
 "Now, Germany is facing the follow
 ing facts:
 "A blockade contrary to inter-
 national law Compare American note
 to England of November 5, 1915) has
 for one year been keeping neutral
 trade from German ports and is mak-
 German exports impossible.
 "B-For eighteen months through
 the extending of contra band pro-
 visions in violation of international
 Iaw( compare American note to Eng
 land of Nov. }, 1915) the overseas
 trade of neighboring neutral coun-
 tries, so far as Germany is concerned
 has been hampered.
 "C-The interception of mails in
 violation of international law (com-
 pare American memorandum to Eng
 land of January 10, 1916) is meant
 to stop any intercourse of Germany
 with foreign countries
 "D-England, by systematically
 and increasingly expressing neutral
 countries, following the principle of