Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-04-13
/ PROMPT ACTION
TO Be ASKED
IN U. S. NOTE
Use of Word "Ulti,natum"
is Discouraged by
Officials.
EVIDENCE TO BE
SENT TO BERLIN
Note DECIDED for Submis-
sion to Lansing and
Wilson.

Washington, April 13.-The Ger.
man note on the Sussex and other
submarine cases has been received
.at tho state department and Is be-
Ing decoded. 1t probably viii be laid
before President Wilson and SeCre.
tary Lansing before night.
Ahidaytts from Paris and London
on the liner st. Paul Will be consid-
cred in connection with the Ger
rnAii .note, and ''information'' re-
gAfdlnE attacks on merchant ves-
sells Npce tho Luaitanis diahstSr is
=ie8Eeceed to be completed in time
. 10 20 IS hefl9G within tlle ne4saMSek.
Il d: ghileS he entire plans Of the ad-
i ca, it. is m,derstood that nothing
less than some positive evidence OF
GerhiAny's good faith to fulhn the
assurance she has given the United
States. such rs, possibly, the sub.
stai1tial punishment of the subma.
rtne commander who sunk the SuS-
sex, can prevent the situation be.
tween the two countries from COM
ing to q pass. which diplomats
have struggled for the last year to
The use Of the word ultimatum in
connection with the document to be
forwarded to Berlin is discouraged
by officials but still it is said the
effect of the communication would
be to call for prompt action.
Press dispatches last night carried
the full text Of the German note, In
which the Berlin government admit.
ted that her submarines recently at.
tackled three merchant ships carrying
American citizens and that one o1
them torpedoed q vessel in the. vi
cinity where the Sussex was damaged
The note follows:
The undersigned has the honor tc
inform your excellency, Ambassador
Gerard. in response to the commun
cation Of the 2sth> and aoth uitimo
and the 3rd instant, regarding ths
steamers Sussex. Manchester Engi.
nAer. Englishman. Berwindale and
Eagle Point. that the mentioned casel
In accordance with our note Of the
30th and 31st ultimo, and the 4th and
5th inst, have been subjected to care
ful investigation. by the admiral stat
Of the navy. which have led to thu
following results: !, 49,.
-. Berwindale Affair. y. NJ.
First-The English steamer Ber'
windale A steamer which was posi-
bly, the Berwindale was encountered
on the evening OF March 18th, on. thu
Irish coast by German submarine
The steamer, as soon as she noticed
the, submarine, which was running
unsu bmerged, turhed"Sand steamed
away. She was ordered to halt by a
warning shot. She paid no attention
but extinguished all lines and attempt.
ed to escape.
second-The British steamer Eng
'lishnan. This steamer, .on March a.
submarine through two warning shot
about 20 sea miles west Of Islay (fIe.
AFTER the German .commandant
had convinced himself that the crew
had taken to the boats and rowed
from the ship. he sank the steamer.
Attack Doubtful.
Third-The British steamer Man.
8 chester. It ID impossible to establish
through the investigation up to thl
present. whether the attack on thi.
steamer asr.h4;a xhis1 according to the .iy rs,
27th In the latitude Of Waterford, l,
attributed to . German submarine.
EAS1e Point.
"Fourth-The British steamer Ea'
Gle Point. This Steamer In the fore
noon Of March 2sth was called upor
70 halt b. -. German submarine
through signal and shot about 10(
knots. $50 sea miles from the south
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After the commandant convinced
himself that the boat which had
hoisted sails, had Eottsn clear Of the
steamer, he sank the steamer.
Sussex A6a1f.
"F1fth-The French steamer 0us
sex. Ascertainment Of the fact whe'
tiier the channel steamer Sussex VA
damaged BY Q German submarine VA
rendered extremely dimcult bscaus,
no exact details Of time. place and
appsndant circumstances Of the. dnle
ing were known. Il.
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