Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-17
Announcement Of Germany S
Purpose to Sink AIMED
Enemy Merchantmen Opens
Problem Again
NEW ASSURANCES ARE
TO BE INSISTED UPON
Questions Of What Submarines
May Do Now Believed at
Exactly Same Point as
When War Commenced.


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II IS practically certain that the
| .nlted states viii ask to be specific
ally informed that The assurances pre-
Viously given for the safety OF neu-
trails and non-eamhatants al sea have
not been ana VIII not Dc altered by
The latest declarations OF the Berlin
ana vienna admlralties.
American officials fear that the
thiled states ana Germany may find
themselves ~ The point they stoud in
ne iifst uayt OF the submarine crisis
with the United States contending un-
feselVedly Tor the principles Of law
ma humanity In naval warfare ana
'ollohled WIN long series of diplo-
ratic exchanges TIE result of Which
hey cannot foresee.
Complications Possible.
Count Won Bernstorff told Secrc-
ary Lansing today that 1t was his
opinion that in the new sui-
marine campaign, his government in-
ended TO abide by its promise not to
ink unrcsistinp liners without warm
ng. given in the Arabic case. Mr
.ansing informed the ambassador
hat such declaration from his gov
'rnment would be highly desirable.
The ambassador sugg sted the pose
ibility of postponing the effective
late Of the new submarine campaign
( 1t would give time for negotiation,
O clarity the confused situation, but
he secretary did not commit himself.
Future Now Involved.
This is the situation now: As a re-
uh of the correspondence in the Lus-
tania and Arabic eases. the United
tates had rested secure in the belief
hat the future conduct of the sub
marine warfare ON humane lines and
n accordance with the established
principles Of international law moGi-
led somewhat BY the new conditions
eveloped during The var had been as-
ured. The state department had
cen proceeding lately tpon tho the
~ that all chat was necessary to he
one i'm the Iusitania case was to
over the past. not the future.
Scrloua Results Fcnrcd
Now tho Austro-Gprman notice Of
ia sink nrned rnerohnntnen
Is regarded aa having de-
'roVod that assurance and II ia drem
Il useless to trv tn adfust - nnsf ieeIIo
.hilo the future is lcft open win tbo
ln1ost certain assurance Of now in
Idents arising which NAV lead ia the
,nst sorious results
Officials fnar ii closer Study of the
tsftnnia agrecrncnt may disrlosc taat
rs not sufflclcntly conprchensiyo Ia
nbodv thr Guarantees rp,ntirad f,r
lc future. Thev are unite cert,in
iat it cannot qualify. amend. or re-
lace the Austro-German notice.
,ecieic assurance on fbat noint wnuld
aVe fo be piven bv Germany and
ter. perhaps nv Austria
No priurlnlc Abandoned
The recent American circular nota
tho onlnnte unwere nrnnoaing dis-
irmenf Of merchant abips IL no, re-
trded as in any v.a, invnlvine an
bV tb, rrntted etates a.
E contention thot fbe h,lIige,enf.