Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-19
U. S. to Break With Germany
If Illegal Submarine War Is
Continued, Says the President

Continued, Says the PRESIDENT
Continued from first p.ge2
the appropriation bill was resumed The galleries
The senators returned to the Senate wing of the Capitol
Senator Stone chairman the foreign relations committee planned
to have the Presidents referred to his committee spak
Clark referred the address the foreign affairs committee I'M
medatey after the House resumed its regular session.
TEXT OF PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Gentlemen of the Congress-
situation has the relations of the country OF
which it my plain duty to inform you very frankly
1t will be February, 1915 the imperial German
announced intention treat the surrounding
Great Britain and Ireland embraced within the of and to
destroy all merchant ships owned by its enemies that might be found
within that of the high and that warned
well of beigent ownership keep
the had thus else enter them their
peril.
The of the United States earnestly protested 1t
took the position that such policy could be without the
practical certainty of gross and papab violations of the law of
particularly submarine craft to be employed its
instruments nasmuch the rules prescribed by that law rules
founded upon principles humanity established for the pro-
lection of the lives OF noncombaants could the
of the case be observed by such vessels
NEUTRALs EXPOSED TO DANGER
1t based protest the ground that of neutral nation
a and vessels neutral ownership would be exposed
and ntoeable risks right part high
against their expose them such risks could lawfully
be asserted by belgeren The law of
these which the the United States based
principles by convention 1t based the contrary
manifest and imperative principles of humanity and has long
established with the approval and by the of all civil
lized nations.
Notwithstanding the protest of government
p German proceeded the policy
had announced 1t the hope that the dangers involved
minimum by the instructions which had issued submarine
commanders and assured the government of United
would take every possible both respect the rights
neutrals and to safeguard the lives OF noncombatants
HOPES WERE NOT JUSTIFIED
has shown that those hopes not justified those
susceptible of being fulfilled In pursuance the policy
warfare the its adversare thus
entered by the imperial German despite the
solemn protest of this government, the of
undsea have attacked merchant ships greater
Britain but they
way that has and ruthless and nd
of any kind and have delivered
against vessels OF every nationality and bound upon
ownership bound from neutral to neutral have been de-
increasing Sometimes merchantmen attacked has been
warned and summoned to surrender before being fired
being allowed take the ships boats
ent e M & o~e to has
What this oresaw must happen has happened Trag
grossly that warfare
such warfare be carried without
papabe violation of the dictates alike of right and of humanity
the disposition intention imperial German GOV
has manesty proved impossible for keep
method of attack upon the of it's within the
bounds set by either the the heart of mankind
FEARED GREAT BRITAINs SHIPS
In February of the the imperial German govern
informed this and the
world that had believe the government of
Britain had armed all merchant ownership
and had them orders attack
enemy they might upon the imperial
felt justified the treating
merchantmen of begeren ownership as auxiliary YES
sells of which would have the right destroy without
ing.
The law of nations has long recognized the right
them attack
Int
the imperial German claimed the right