Cheyenne record., 1916-04-27


ernment its solemn assurances that at
dealt with; and yet it has again and
again permitted Its updersea command
ers to disregard those assurances with
entire impunity.
Refers to the busitania Outrage.
Great liners like the Lusitania and
the Arabic, and mere ferry boats like
the Sussex, have been attacked with
out a moments warning. sometimes
before they had even become aware
that they were in the presence of an
armed vessel of the enemy. and the
lives of non-combatants, passengers
| and crew have been sacrificed whole.
sale in a manner which the govern
ment of the United s. !, IS cannot but
regard as wanton I'D without the
slightest ,s color Of justification @ con.
| been set to the indiscrtminate pursuit
| and destruction of merchantmen of all
kinds and nationalities within the wa
where these operations have been car
ried on; and the roll of Americans
attacked and destroyed has grown.
month by month, until the ominous
toll has mounted into the hundreds.
| sussex Case Rivals Lusitania.
One of the latest and most shocking
instances of this method of warfare
French cross-channel steamer Sussex.
1t must stand forth as the sinking of
the steamer Lusitania did. as SO sing
ularly tragical and untustifiable as to
| constitute truly terrible example OF
i the inhumanity of submarine warfare
az the commanders of German vessels
have for the last twelve months been
conducting 1t.
II this Incident stood alone some ex-
PLANTATION, some disavowal by the Ger
man government, some evidence OF
criminal mistake or wilful disobedience
on the part Of the commander of the
vessel that fired the torpedo might be
| IaOrDht ontarfainRd. hnt nnhannilY,
It does not stand alone.
Recent events make the conclusion
| inevitable that 1t is only one instance.
even though it be one of the most ex-
treme and distressing instances. of the
spirit and method of warfare which
the imperial German government has
mistakenly adopted. and which from
the first exposed that government to
the reproach of thrusting all neutral
rights aside in pursuit of its immedi-
ate object.
United States Has Hoped in vain.
The government of the United states
has been very patient. At every stage
of this distressing experience of trag-
edy after tragedy gya IN which n ha Its ,na own
tc be restrained from any extreme
course of action or of protest by
thoughtful consideration of the extra
ordinary circumstances of this unpre..
cedented war. and actuated in all that
i. said or. did by the sentiments of
the United states always have enter
tained and continue to entertain
toward the German nation.
1t has, of course, accepted the sue
cessive explanations and assurances of
the imperial German government as
given in entire sincerity and good
hope that it would prove to be pos
sible for the German government so
to order and control the acts OF its
policy policy ena1 with the principles IS of f humanity
as embodied in the law of nations.
1t has been willing to wait until
absolutely unmistakable and suscept-
ible of but one Interpretation. That
point has now unhappiiy been reached
Interpretation.
The imperial German government
has not been able to put any limits
either freight or passenger ships.
Demands U-Boat Raids End.
1t has, therefore. become painfully
evident that the position which this
government took at the very outset is
inevitable; namely, that the use of
submarines for the destruction of any
ehemy's commerce, is of necessity,
vessels employed, and the very meth
DDS of attack which their employment,
4 OF course, involves, incompatible with
the principles of humanity. the long
established and incontrovertible rights
of neutrals. and the sacred immunities
OF non-com mbatants.
man government that II it is still
and indiscriminate warfare against
vessels of commerce by the use
of submarines. Notwithstanding the
lin.possibility of conducting that war
fare in accordance with what the gov .
ernment of the United States must
consider the sacred and indisputable
versalIy recognized dictates of human
ity, the government of, the United
states is at last forced to the conclu-
sion that there Is but one course that
1. can pursue, and that unless the i'm
perial German government should now
Immediately declare and effect an
abandonment of its present methods of
warfare against passenger and freight
carrying vessels, this government can
1, relations with the government of the
German empire altogether.
This decision have arrived at with
the keenest regret; the possibility of
the action contemplated, 1 am sure,
all thoughtful Americans will look
forward to with unaffected reluctance:
some sort and by the force of circum
stances the responsible spokesman of
the rights of humanity, and that we
cannot remain silent while those
rights seem in process of being swept
utterly away in the m@lstrom Of this
terrible war.
own rights as nation. to our sense
OF duty as a representative OF the
rtghts OF neutrais the Worio over, anu
to q just conception of the rights OF
mankind. to take this stand now, with
the utmost solemnity and firmness-
I have taken 1t, and taken 1t In the
confidence that II will meet with your
approval and support. All obedient
men must unite in hoping that the i'm
perial German government. which has
Ia their circumstances stood as the
champion of all that we are now con-
tending for in the interest Of human
ity may recognize the justice Of our
demands and meet them in the spirit
In which they are made.
Travels 4so Miles With wife's sody.