Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-07
Was Made Compulsory By Germany's Sub Campaign To Starve England, Says British War Minister
WONT LIFT BLOCKADE
 FOR ANYONE, HE SAYS
Britain Scowls At German Talk Of Peace Anw Will Have None of It. They Fear Defeat, Says Speaker

LONDON May 6.-Declining to comment on the purely American German questions involved in the German reply to the American note on submarine warfare. the Lord Rob ert Cecil. minister of war trade and parliamentary undersecretary for foreign affairs gave The Associate Press today a statement dealing with >the' charges against Great Britain and Germany's avowed desire for peace. The statement follows:
 The reply of the German govern ment to the American note of April 20. respecting submarine warfare. l. not communication upon which any general comment can properly be made in this country. as the questions concern the United States and Ger many and any interference by third party would be presumptuous.
 Since. however. the German note contains certain misstatements of facts respecting the actions of Great Britain the following observations may not he thought out Of place.
 The German government states. that they have so far as is possible instituted far reaching restraint up- on the use of the submarine when scley in consideration of neutral ir terest and in spite of the fact that :hese restrictions were necessarily of an advantage to Germany's enc mics.
 ''It is alleged that no such conside ration ever has been shown to neu- trals by Great Britain and her al lies
 Do the facts bear out these as- seTtions? So far as k known. the measures taken by Great Britain against German trade have cost no tbat they are in accord with the prin-
 ciples of international law and Is prepared to make good that claim. They can surely compare favorably. % far as considera ion to neutrals t, concerned. with policy whose fruits are seen in tragedies of the Lusitania. the Arabic and the Sussex
 ''The GerT ans maintain that il was owing to the illegal conduct of the
 
 forced 10 reesort to her submarine campaign This is not the first time
 ;hat the Germans have attempted to justify their submarine warfare on the ground that it is a measure of reprisal against England. The following lists of incidents in chruri- olosical order. should be sufficient 10 dispose of this plea.
 september. 19l4-Dutch vessel. Belfast with cargo of grain for the civil ponuiation. sunk by German cruiser Karlshrue
 October. IeI4-The Admiral Gan teaume. with 20O0 unarmed refugees sunk hy a German submarine. Lh
 December. 1914 Admiral vOn Tirpitz foreshadowcd adoption of submarine campaign.
 January. 27. 19l5-American ship William r. Frye. with wheat from Seattle for Queenstown. sunk by ter sman auxiliary cruiser KrOn Prin1 Wilhelm.
 NOTF-The Willim P Frye was was sunk by the Prinz Eitel Freidrich according 70 the records
 "February. Declaration by the German government of their in tentiou to institute a general Subms- rine blockade Of Great Britain and Ireland with the avowed purpose of cutting off all supplies from these is lands. This blockade was nut into ef feet officially. February IS. which is also matter of fact. a merchant shin had been sunk by German sub marine at tho end of January
 It was not until March II. 9l15. that the present measures against German trade were nut in force hy Great Brit ain. Bfore the enforcement Of those masures the Germans had destroyed careoes of foodstuffs corliug 10 the civilian population of this country: had declared their institution of in sfuuiirg a system of submarine out rare and had actually suhmsrined merchant vessels without warning
 As for their pretendcd or1ers for non -combatants their slaughte~ of old men. children. women and girls in
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