Arizona republican., 1916-04-13

If the crew on the steamer used only two small boats for saving them selves, the responsibility falls upon themselves since there were still upon . the steamer. as the submarine could | establish. at least four big collassible ! boats.
 Fifth: The French steamer Sussex. Ascertainment of the fact whether the Channel steamer Sussex was damaged by a German submarine was rendered extremely difficult because no eXa.~ . details of time, place, and attendant circumstances of the sinking were known and also because it was impos : sitle to obtain a picture of the ship Lefore April 6. Consequently the in- vestigation had to be extended to all actions undertaken on the day in ques tiOn-March 24-n the channel in the general region between Folkestone and Dieppe
 "In this region on March A. d long, black craft without a flag. having d gray funnel. small gray forward works and two high masts, was encountered about middle of the English channel nN n CIuldD SuDlllsil lllt Iit Noiii- mander reached the definite cOnclu sion that it was a war vessel. and, ln- deed d mine layer of the recently built English arabis class He was led to that conclusion by the following facts.
 First. by the plain. unbroken deck of the ship second, the form Of the stern. slopinE downward and back ward like a war vessel; third, she was painted like war vessel; fourth the high sped developed, about IS knots. ] fifth, the circumstances that the ves- ! gel did not keep a course northWard l of the light buoys between Dungeness and beachhead. which according to the frequent and unvaryng observations of German submarines. iS about the course of commercial vessels. but kept i in the middle of the channel, on course about in the direction of Le Havre
 Consequently. he attacked the yes ! ecI at : B in the afternoon. middle European time, one and one half sea miles east of Bull Rock bank the sub marine being submerged. The tor pedo struck and caused such violent explosion in the forward part of the ship that the entire forward part was torn away to the bridge.
 "The particularly violent explosion warrants the certain conclusion that great amounts of munitions were aboard.
 The German commander made sketch of the vessel attacked by him
 
 The picture of the steamer Sussex. two copies of which also are enclosed. is reproduced rhotographicallv from the English paper The Daily Graphic of the 27th ultimo.
 "A comparison of the sketch and the picture shows that the craft at tackled is not identical with the Sus sex. the difference in the position of the stack and shape of the stern is par ticularly striking.
 "Nc other attack whatever by Ger man submarines at the time in ques- ton for the Sussex upon the route between Folkestone and Dieppe occurr- cd The German government must therefore assume that the injury to the Sussex is attributable to another cause than an attack by q German submarine.
 "For an explanation of the case the fact may perhaps be strvicebe that no le>s han 26 English mines were eN- plOded Iv shots by German naval for ces in the channel on the first and second of April alone. The entire sea in that vicinity is in fact endangered ty floating mines and by torpedoes that nave not sunk. off the English coast it is further endangered in an , increasing degree through German mines which have been laid against enerv naval forces.
 Should the American government have at it's disposal further material for a conclusion upon the case of the Sussex, the German government would ask that it be communicated in order to subject this material also to an inVes- igation.
 In the event that the differences of
 opinion should develop hereby between the two governments. the German gov ernment now declares itself ready to | have the facts of the case established through mixed commissions of inVes- II iigation in evidence which the third | article of the Hague agreement for | the peaceful settlement of interna tional confliCts-Novembe IS, 1907. "Thc undersigned, while requesting that you communicate the above to the
 government of the United States takes | occasion to renew to the ambassador the assurances of his profound esteem | (Signed) JAGOW Officials said the statements in the German note would be very carefully
 examined and compared with the ev-
 idence already before the state de partment in preparing the case O the United States. In view of the
 admission that a German submarine
 was in the vicinity when the Sussel
 was attacked and the array of evi
 dence pointing to the conclusion tha
 she was torpedoed, little doubt is fel | here as to responsibility for that dis aster. despite the explanation that sketch made by the submarine com mander of ship he tOrpedoed dit l. not correspond with the description
 of the Sussex.
 2 There is no disposition on the par
 of President Wilson and Secretar. Lansing to enter into debate O the submarine issue with Germany. I . is declared that the principles con
 tended for by the United States in
 series of notes have been made yer