The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
WHY GERMANY BALKED AT A WORD.

WHY GERMANY BALKED AT WORD
@ and Germany regard to verbal construction in the nege-a
~ an tins country as bbng and this state OF mind has been
by The Utterances many newspapers and
alleged nuty what they termed exchanges
~ barter away the interests of the Amer
p and speak deprecatingy Of taking cash payment for
Elk debate the wording of the involves vital prn
~ Germany at first denying has at length accepted the Amrr
lnde m regard to the killing OF Americans on board the us-
@ but she does not wish concede that she equally
@ud 10 killing Of citizens of Great Britain which incidental to
of the ship Hence her relative the wording of the
and her refusal the word Illegal to describe the
~ exvers magazine in it's January issue written bv Charles w
~ former United States assistant attorney general and
extraordinary Persia Mr. Russell who authority
&C international standing the subject touches the question OF
k@ with Germany only incident to his main
~D showing the difficulties in the way of adjusting claims against
0%a nations Du Wnat he says goes Tar toward clearing Popur
Hsrehenon the at hand He Another funda
1 80 sb ~ i5aIs g h t,t a;tI 5d;,;draIo os s"ecs
property the sovereignty BY illustration,
80 r@ar the general failure of writer's to see
% Snt when the German foreign minister alleged that the conduct
British had bearing the question of the
on make visit and search In other words seemed not to
znood that the foreign minister was conndmg as matter Oh
at the British government could and did absove British ships
xE4 and thereby as matter of law absoved Germany
and search be made 1t seemed rather to be supposed
= % aed or not to be- determined ony bv what occurred be-
sgs of the British to its subjects about armng and
fleeing from German vessels do not of course mean
cypress opinion regard to the facts alleged by the foreign
support of has argument
Russell taking the controversy with which his
indeed directly concerned and the differences about
construction have the article appeared but the
makes why the difference considered important
this rule the difference verbal construction Ger
says Britain orders of council made
absoved dealing with her SUBJECTS from observing
(Which would otherwise be illegal to break Therefore, the act
ng the Lusitan with British subjects board
citizens bound by British laws not in
relation Germany British Subjects though they
board British vessel We that they killed
willing acknowledge that insofar they
concerned davow the act promise not to do again
such restitution possible make but dc
imply that the illegal British
concerned AS the protection of Americans the duty
government quite right that the United States should
s Germany its dignity
construction of the words used regardless of whether
right attitude toward Brons the Lusania
Relative taking for lives lost through
citizens officials every earth ha
disavOwed officially by the nation
offended helpless China has been
indemnity with all civilized nations for citizen
Chinese and Great Britain accepted like terms iron
the great NuscOve fleet fired and killed num5e
the English shore during the japanese
argument against the administration which
Aansame of those whom addressed
szuz3ly be considered worthy Of serious reply