Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-04-26

| the dangers lnfOlVeu, at any rate tue
danger to neutral vessels, would be
reduced TO minimum by the inst
tons which it had issued to its sub
marine commanders. and assured the
government of the United States that
1T would take every possible praGar-
! ton both to respect the rights % uall-
trails and to safeguard the lives OF
|non-COmbatantS.
"What has actually happened IL
| the year which has since elapsed has
shown that those hopes were not jas.
| tilted, those assurances insusceptiblo
Of being fulfilled.
''ln pursuance Of the policy Of sub
marine warfare against the Commerce
OF its adversaries, thus anuouneeG
and entered upon by THE imperial Ger
man government, in spite Of the sol
cmm protest Of this government, he
commanders Of German undnr-@va
vessels have attacked merchant q i.ry
with greater and greater activity, noL
only upon the high seas surround i.
Great Britain and Ireland, but wh'r-
ever they could encounter them, iu 4
way that has grown more and moro
ruthless. more and more mdiScri'C Ci-
nate, as the months have gone ~,
less and less Observant Of restlMiIrS
OF any kind, and have delivered thnjr
attacks without compunctiOn IHafHat
vessels OF every nationality ana
bound upon every sort Of erraGd. N,e.
sells OF neutral ownership-eveu rs,.
sells Of neutral ownership bound fTNN
neutral port to neutral povE--i i@i9r
been destroyed. along with vessels nt
belligerent ownership, in constHrjly
increasing numbers.
Often Without Warning.
Sometimes the merchan, man ct
tackled has been warned aald sum
moned to surrender before NcMg
fired on or torpedoed; sometimes
passen gers or crews have been vou,h-
safcd the poor security of hning nj.
lowed to take to the ships boats bc-
fore she was sent to the bottom ,Nlt
again and again no warning hes been
given, no escape even to tlu shin :
boats allowed to those on board
What this government fores0w must
happen has happened. Tragedy AH@
followed tragedy on the seas IN su j.
fashion, with such attendant >rculn~
stances, as to make it grossl! Gvid emf
that warfare Of such sort, If war
| fare IL be, cannot be carried On with
out the most palpable Violate nt
the dictates alike Of right and M
manity. Whatever the disposition
and intention Of the imp erial Gerrla 70
government, it has manifestlv proved
| impossible for it to keep suta mst..
DDS OF attack upon the comm nlr<s o..
its enemies within the bound; set ..
either the reason or the heart a
| mankind.
"In February Of the present yo,I
the imperial German government il
formed this government and ilc
other neutral government OF ht
world that it had reason to belie,G
that the government of Great DG
tain had armed all merchant vcss /!
Of British ownership and haI given
thnn -. .-et nrHcrs 10 attack arg >,,b.
/ marine 81 the rnunty thuy mighi IN
counter upon me seas, and Lhnt tbp
fWpcCial Grrman .JVownn,enDys5. !. u
! iustHai tl tho Gh.cU t3ltuhS ~
UnH'N@ All atm,l mumhantmOu 0!
nelhgefent ownership as auxiliary
VeSseis OF WAL Whlch IL would nave
TIE FlSift 10 "estro! "lthout warming
Right Of Merchantmen.
"rhe law OF nations has long rec.
ogniZed the right OF merchantmen tC
carry arms for protection and to use
them to repel attack, though to use
them, I'm such circumstances, at 'theil
own risk; but the imperial govern
mcnt claimed the right to set these
! understandings aside in circum-
stances which it deemed eXtraordi-
! nary Even the terms in which it
announced its purpose thus still fur
ther to relax the restraints it has pre-
viOusly professed its willingness and
desire to put upon the operations of
it's submarines, carried the plain i'm
plication that at least vessels which
were not armed would still be exempt