Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-05-12
BERLIN GOVERNMENT DECIDES
TO ADOPT METHODS OF SUBJ
SEA ATTACKS TO THE IN
TERESYS OF NEUTRALSa
NEW ORDERS TO U-BOAT
CAPTAINS EFFECTIVE NOW
Instructions to Observe Rules OF
Search and Safety of Human Life
and Follow international Law
Are Signifcant-Reque to
Make Demands on Britain.

Berlin, (By Wireless via Sayville,
N. W May 6.-Following is the text
in reply to the American note respec-
ting submarine warfare, delivered by
Gottlieb Won Jagow, the foreign secret,
airy, to Ambassador Gerard:
"The undersigned, on behalf of the
Imperial German government has the
honor to present to his eXcellency the
Ambassador of the United States, Mr..
James W. Gerard the following reply
to the note Of April 20 regarding the
conduct of the German submarine war,
fare:
Identical With Sussex.
THE German government handed
over to the proper naval authorities
for early investigation the evidence
| concerning the Sussex as communicate
ed by the government of the United
States. Judging by the results that
| the investigation has hitherto yielded,
| the German government is alive to the
| possibility that the ship mentioned
in the note Of April 10 as having Been
| tOrpedOed by a German submarine is
actually identical with the Sussex.
"The German government begs to
| reserve further communication on the
matter until certain points are ascer-
| tanned, which are OF decisive impor-
| lance for establishing the facts of the
case.
Should it turn out that the COM
| mander was wrong in assuming the
vessel to be man-of-War, the German
government will not fail to draw the
consequence resulting therefrom.
Repudiates U. S. Assertion.
I'm connection with the case Of the
| Sussex, the government of the United
| States made a series Of statements, the
| gist of which is the assertion that the
| incident is to be considered but one
| instance of q deliberate method of in
| discriminate destruction of vessels of
all sorts, nationalities and destinations
| by German submarine commanders.
THE German government must en-
| phatically repudiate the assertion. The
| German government, however, thinks
| it of little avail to enter into details
| in present stage of affairs, more par
| ticularly as the government of the
| United States omitted to substantiate
the assertion by reference to concrete
| facts.
Has imposed Restraint.
THE German government will only
state that it has imposed far-reaching
restraints upon the use of the SUBJ
marine weapon solely in consideration
of neutrals' interests, in spite of the
fact that these restrictions are neces-
sarily of advantage to GermaDy's enc
mics. No such consideration has ever
been shown neutrals by Greet Britain
and her allies.
"The German submarine forces have
| had, in fact, orders to conduct the SUBJ
marine warfare in accordance with the
general principles of visit and search
and the destruction of merchant yes
sells recognized by international law,
the sole exception being the conduct
of warfare against enemy trade car
ried on enemy freight ships encoun-
tered in the war zone surrounding
| Great Britain.
Has Given No Assurances.
with regard to these, no assurances
have ever been given to the govern
ment of the United States. No such
assurances are contained in the declar.
alton of February s, 1916.
'The German government cannot
admit any doubt that these orders
were given or executed in good faith.
Errors actually occurred They can
in no kind be avoided altogether. AL.
lowances must be made in the con.
duct Of naval warfare against an enc.
my resortfng to all kinds Of ruses,
whether permissible Or illicit.
implies Dangers For Neutrals.
But apart from the possibility OF
errors, naval warfare just like war.
fare on land, implies unavoidable
dangers for neutral persons and goods
entering the fighting zones Even in
cases where the naval action is con.
fined to ordinary forms of cruiser
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