Arizona republican., 1916-11-02
CASE IF MARINA C|vESPRETEXT
 FUR MORE WIND
Republican A. p. Leased wire1

lFfNPhDiAtdH A. F. Leased WlTeI
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-So many
 conflicting elements have appeared in the destruction of the British shin Ma ! rina by German submarine. with the loss of American lives, that the incl
 dent threatens to fall into a technical | discussion rather than clean-cut is-
 sue of whether Germany has violated
 her pledges to the United States. It became apparent today, both from the attitude of the State department | and from foreign dispatches. that most which Is essential 10 a determination of the responsibility remains undisclosed. l If. indeed. the United States. Germany
 or Great Britain is in possession Of the | full facts
 | It appeared certain no move will be | made by the United States until the German governments aversion of the affair is received.
 The only positive developments today
 were the action of Count won Bern ! storff, the German ambassador. in ask ing his government to forward full de- 1 tails by wireless and the issuance tf | statement by Secretary Lansing that
 the investigation would be in no wise 1 delayed because there is a political | campaign in progress. This was Mir. | Lansing's statement.
 The fact that political campaign is | in progress will in TO way effect the i practice of the department in negoti- | atlng and in making full investigation
 of cases of this sort We shall do it as we always have with as much celerity | as possible
 T wish also to make another state ment on a matter which has been H.s-f.~ fHas has been raised as to whether the pol icy of the president or the department in regard 10 submarine warfare since 1 the Sussex was sunk has been changed. ! l wish to say emphatically that there has been no change in no particular" Secy Lansing made il plain also that no decisive action would be taken until Germany had had opportunity 10 reply Co the inquiry for further version of
 her attack on the Marina and Rowan more. The instructions sent to the em- bassy at Berlin were said 10 ask for
 an investigation by Germany and not
 for an explanation. It was not meant
 10 indicate that the United States be- lieved that 1t had any proof that Ger many had violated her pledges.
 While they await full details. two
 outstanding facts attracted the atten-
 tion of officials One was the an- ] nouncement that the Marina was 9 armed with a 47 inch gun mounted } astern: the other was q news dispatch . from London, tho language of which r was regarded as significant It said.
 Tt is regarded here as quite prob able that the American state depart - ment will make still further inquiries . with the object of determining defi- ] nitely the status of the Marina. While ] il is said that she was under private l.r-l i pears that the vessel may have eu- . gagged in admiralty work not long be- f fore"
 This was generally construed as re- {. flecting some indications of doubt in Q London whether tie ship was entitled F to the immunities of d peaceful mer- . ehantman.
 The United States government how
 ever never has altered its policy of re- e garding merchant ships, temporarily in
 admiralty service. as merchant ships ;, stiIl unless they have been actually Q taken over by belligerent navy and
 manned with a naval crew.
 The question Of the Narina's arma- ;, ment. however, is likely to become the D point on which the case will revloVe
 unless other circumstances arise clear g lv to define other issues. It brings | the submarine question back to point . where Germany and the United States n have held opposite views Germany Q has steadfastly contended that in view - of the novel conditions surroundinS Q submarine warfare and in view of the
 British admiraltys alleged instructions Q to merchant captains to destroy enemy n submarines any armed ship was liable % to destruction on sight and without - warning
 The position of the United States Q was clearly defined to all the belllger- q ents in the formal memorandum of f March 9. 1916 Some of the signin
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