, 1916-11-01
Censored at %Jamaica.)

Loudon. Oct. 26th-The activities of the
German submarine . So near the American
coast, and the general questions of the rela-
tons of the United States to submarine war
fare, ale matters TO be considered between
the American and German Governments,
said Viscount Grey in the House Of Lords
today. He deprecated discussion OF these
questions, and said it was for the American
Government to decide on the policy and
action required by the circumstances of the
case. Lord Beresford stated that the action
of American ships did not appear to be quite
within the bounds Of neutrality, and that he
thought the British were bound to take
notice of this fact. He expressed the opin-
ion that Germany intended to bring Anne
RIGA into the war so as to be able to
say she could not fight the whole world,
and also because the United States would
be n valuable asset to her at the peace
conference. He continued. The United
States are really rather aiding and abetting
this rather serious state of affairs. If the
United States had not sent their ships, which
for some extraordinary reason happened to
be on the spot to save life the Germans
would no doubt have broken the pledge to
which their attention had been called. l
think we are bound to take notice of q fact
which does not appear to be quite within
the bounds of neutrality, as far as the United
States are concerned. Vicount Grey said, we
have no understanding with the United
States Government us to what information
they are going to get or what they will do
with the information when they have obtain
ed it. All we can do is to obtain informa-
ton for ourselves from such sources as are
opened to us. Full reports I trust, will
reach the Admiralty in due course as to the
statements of survivors, and when these re-
ports are received cannot imagine any rea-
son why they should not be made public in
this country or that there will be any re-
luctance on the part of the Admiralty or
among the departments concerned to max
ing public the facts which we shall have got
for ourselves. Lord Sydenham, continued
Viscourt Grey, quoted statements made by
Lord Crewe in August of the number of
vessels sunk by German submarines since
the German Government gave n pledge to
the United States Government in May of
last year up to the middle of August, in Cir
cumstances which were apparently not in
accordance with that pledge which included
firing torpedoes at ships without warning
and insuticiently providing for the safety
of the crews or passengers when the
ships were sunk. I am sure the Admiralty
1ndeed I think it has been made public) can
multiply instances which have occurred since
the middle of August and are occurring every
week of allied or neutral merchant vessels
having torpedoes fred at them without warn
ing, and in some cases loss of life occurring
from crews being placed in open boats as the
only chance of safety when the vessel is sunk.
These instances are occurring in d fferent
parts of the world. If he asks whether they
occurred off the United States coast the 9TH
or day, that is a matter on which | cannot
pronounce any opinion until we get the facts,
but if he wishes to know whether they are