Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-19
BRITISH We v
Of bARALONG
CASE GIVEN OUT
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LONDON. Jan. lN.-Thc british Of
Iicial view of the German note re-
-ardins the Baralong case was given
oat tonight as follows:
The Germans claim that their
army and navy have observed during
the present war the principles Of in
ternational law ana humanity anc
That he German authorities take care
that al violations VIII he carefully
investigated ana punished
Some surprise is expressed that the
n3tiou whose armed forces have been
responsible for the sack OF Louyain
thc murder Of hundreds Of unnffend-
ing men women and children on the
LuSItania ANA other ships. the eNec,,-
tom of Edith CavclL the Introduction
~ poisonous gases, the poisoning Of
wells, attempted torpedoing If hospi-
tal ships and countless other atrocities
should describe their methods of war
fare rs humane
TT is further pointed out that il
would be Interesting t. know how
many German subjects. if any. have
been punished for these atrocities The
Germans claim that the Arabic was
torpedOtd hecauSe The commander Of
the Submarine had the conviction that
the Arabic vas about to ram the sub
marine. The true facts are thar the
Arabic was deliberately sunk by a
German submarine without warning
and th;o she neither attempted 60 at
tack the submarine nor escape from il.
Win regard to the destruction Of
tl- British submarine E-l3 in Danish
waters 10y q German torpedo boat de
s-royer it is claimed thar il came to
tiSht between the Wai vessels and
that The submarine defended itself
follows The Germans found the sub
marine stranded in neutral waters anc
incapable Of either offens- 81 defense.
The German destroyer fired IL torpedo
al the E-l3 The torpedo exploded
close Ia her. Al the same moment
The German destroyer fired with all
her guns ana the commander of the
E-l3, whose submarine was afire fore
aud aft and who was unable t. de
fend himself owing to. being aground.
gave orders To the crew to abandon
they were fired ON 10y machine guns
and with Shrapnel.
The Germans defend their action
in the case Of the Ruel ON the ground
that it was u measure of replisal i'm
accordance with measures announced
by the German government I'm Febru
AIRY. 1915. 1t is claimed that these re
priSals are legitimate. owing to the ac-
ton of Great Britain in attempting L,
cut off from Germany all imports and
starVe the German people The Ger
mans thus maintain their submarine
policy in consequence Of the British
measures against German trade.
This is. of course, quite untrue, the
exact opposite being the case As far
back as December, 1914. Admiral Won
Tirpitz foreshadowed the submarine
blockade of Great eliritaiu. and sub
marine attacks We're made ON II mer-
chant ship and a hospital ship ON Ian
nary 30 and February !. respectively
Moreover as far back as September
1914, Dutch ship, with "a cargo OF
grain for Dublin and Belfast, was sunk
by the Karlsruhe and the American
on January 2S.
Further ON February the German
government declared their intention of
1nstituting a general submarine block
AIDE Of Great Britain and Ireland with
The ayoWed purpose of cutting off al
supplies from these islands and this
blockade was put into effect on Feb
ruary Is.
1T was only on March II that the
British government put into force as &
means Of reprisal, measures agains
German trade which the German COY
eminent now tries to maintain We're tho
cause of their submarine activity
The Germans maintain that in tht
cases of the Arabia, the E-13 and tn.
ltuel they were only aiming at the de.
struction of hostile ships and in no wis,
the destruction of helpless persons Tn,
death roll Of the Arabia the shellin.
of British sailors as they were swim
ming ashore after abandoning the E. l.
ana the firing on the crew of the Ruel
who We're attempting to save them
selves in the boats, sufficiently an
swered this claim
With regard to the German refusa
to submit the Baralong case and tn
three cases put forward by the British
government for investigation by Al
impartial neutral tribunal this action
seems hard to explain if the German
are really SO convinced as they say o
the guilt of the British commando
and the innocence OF the perpetratOr
Of three outrages cited by the British
government
80 far as Great Britain is concerned
il is entirely untrue to state that tn
Erilish government has left unfille