Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-09
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WASHINGTON. Nav S.-A note
 cabled by Secretary Lansing 10 Am
 bassador Gerard today for delivery to the Berlin foreign office informs the German government .tai the United
 States accepts its declaration of a
 bandonement" of it's former submar-
 inc policy and now relies upon d | scrupulous execution of the altered
 policy 70 remove the principal danger . of an interruption of the good rela-
 tions existing between the two cOun- 1 tries.
 with this acceptance is coupled for
 nal notice 10 Germany that the Cn- ! ited States cannot for moment en-
 certain. much less discuss. a sugges- | tion that respect by German naval authorities of the rights of citizens
 of the United States on the high seas 1 should in the slightest degree be
 made contingent upon the conduct O! any other government affecting the rights Of neutralS and non combat
 ants. ThIs is in reply to the conclud- ing statement in the last German note 10 the effect that while submar- inc commanders hat been ordered to ! sink no peaceful freight or passenger carrying ships without warning or .,iJhout safety for passengers and crew. tho German eOyeraTcnt would reserve to itself complete liberty of decision unless the United States was
 successful in it's efforts to break the British blockade.
 Secretary Lansing issued a state ment tonight saying that the greater part of Germany's answer to the de mand of the United States was devot
 ed to matters which the American
 government could not discuss with
 the Berlin government. but he con sidered Germany had yielded 10 our representations and that we can have no reason to quarrel with her" so long as the altered policy is lived up to.
 Following is the text of the note
 sabled today by Secretary Lansing 10 Ambassador Gerard at Berlin with instructions 10 deliver it 10 the Ger man minister of foreign affairs:
 The note of the Imperial German government under date of May f. 1916. has received careful consider ation by the government of the Unit ed States IL is especially noted as indicating the purpose of the lmperi al government as 10 the future. that i' is prepared 10 do it's utmost 10 con 1, fine the operation of the war for the rest Of it's duration 10 the fighting forces of the belligerents' and that it is determined tO impose upon all of its commanders at sea the limitations of the recognized rules of information . al law upon which the government of the United States has insisted. {
 Throughout the months which have elapsed since the imperial govern ment announced on February I. 1915. its submarine policy now happily a bandoned. the government of the United States has been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship in its patient efforts to bring 10 an amicable settlement the critical questions arising from that policy. Accepting the imperial gov ernment's declaration of it's abandon ment of the policy which has so se- riouslv menaced the good relations between the two countries, the gov ernment of the United States will re- lv upon scrupulouS observance Of the new altered policy nf the imperial such as will remove the danger 10 an interruption of the good relations existing between the United States and Germany
 The government of the United States feels if necessary to state that i takes it for granted that the I'm o"rial German government does not intend to imply that the maintenance of it's newly announced policy is in any way contingent upon the course or results of diplomatic negotiations between the government of the In tied States and any other belligerent .notwithstandine the fact that certain passages in the imperiat snotc of the fourth in sfart might appear to be susceptible of that construction. In order. how ever. 10 avoid any possible miSunder standing Inc government of the Un- tied States notifies the imperial gov rrrrrrt that ii cannot for a moment entertain. much leSs discuss. a sug' gestiOn that respect by tbe German naval authorities for the rights of Of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or,