Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-04-14
aERmANY's REPLy5To lNoulR'Ess
OF UNITED STATES DENIES
STEAMER SUSSEX WAS, =.
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JAG0W SUGGESTS. THAT !. .......
MIXED COMMISSION ACT
Teuton Minister Of Foreign Atf.irs
Asks for Further Evidence Regard :.
ing Sinking Of Channel Steamer
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the Sussex, dated April 10: go ::
THE undersigned has the honor to
inform Your Excellency, Ambassador
Gerard, in response to communications
Of the tweuty-ninth and thirtieth ulti-
mo and the third instant regarding tho
steamers Sussex, Manchester Engi-'
neer, Englishman, Berwindvale and
Eagle Point, that the mentioned cases,
in accordance with our notes of the:
thirtieth and thirty-first ultimo and
the fourth and fifth instant have been:
subjected to careful investigation by
the admiralty staff Of the navy, which
has led to the following results:
Claims 8erwindvaIe Was Warned.
"First-The English steamer Ber-.
windvale. A steamer which was pos
sibly the Berwiadvale, was encount-.
cred on the evening of March Is, in
sight of Bull Rock Light, on the Irish.
coast, by a German submarine The
steamer, az soon as she noticed the
submarine, which was running unsub..
merged, turned and steamed away.
She was ordered to halt by a warning
shot. She paid no attention, however,
to this warning, but extinguished all
lights and attempted to escape. The,
vessel was then fired upon until halt,
ed, and without further orders, low
cred several boats. After the crew
entered the boats and received
enough time to row away, the shin
was sunk.
EngIishman Called to Halt.
"Second-The British steamer Emf
lishman. This steamer on March "a
was called on to halt by a German
submarine through two warning shots
about 20 sea miles west of 1slay (Heb-
r1des). The vessel proceeded, how
ever, without needing the warning
and was therefore forced by the SUBJ
marine by artillery fire to halt after
an extended chase; whereupon she
lowered boats without further orders.
after the German commandant
had convinced himself that the crew
had taken to the boats and rowed
from the ship he sank the steamer.
Doubt as to Manchester Engineer.
"Third-The British steamer Man,
chester Engineer. 1t is impossible to
establish through the investigation up
to the present whether the attack
upon this steamer, which, according
to the given description occurred on
March ~, in the latitude of Water
ford Is attributable to a German sub,
marine. The statement regarding the
time and place of the incident gives
no sufficient basis for investigation.
Sinks Eagle Point; Saves Crew.
Fourth The British steamer Eagle
Point. This steamer in the forenoon
Of March % was called upon to halt
by German submarine through sig
nal and about 100, not 100, sea miles,
from the southwest coast of Ireland.
but proceeded. She was thereupon
fired upon until halted and without
further orders, lowered two boats, in
which the crew took their places.
After the commandant convinced him.
self that the boats which had hoisted
he sank the steamer.
Lack Details Of Sussex Sinking.
"Fifth-The French steamer Sussex.
Ascertainment of the fact whether the
channel steamer Sussex was damaged
by German submarine was rendered
extremely difficult because no exact
details of time, place and attendant
circumstances Of the sinking were
known and also because it was i'm
possible to obtain picture of the ship
before April 6. Consequently the in
vestigation had to be extended to all
actions undertaken on the day in
question-March 24-in the channel
in the general region between Floar
stone and Dieppe.
Long Black Craft Encountered.
In this region on March "a, a lonR
black craft without flag, having q
gray funnel, small gray forward works
and two high masks was encountered
about the middle Of the English chan.
mel by a German submarine. The com.
mander reached the definite conclu.
sion that it was war vessel, and in
deed mine layer Of the recently built
Arabic class.
Consequently, he attacked the ves-
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