Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-06
BELIEVE IT IS NOW UP TO GERMANY
 TOLIVE UP TO HER PROMISES
Washington, While Iritated By Tone Of Message, Will
 Overlook Language, If Demands Are Found To Be Granted. Blockade Matter Must Not Becloud Germa- nys Obligations, However; Is Up To U. s. And England

| Of relations.
 i Al the state department after the i fituatiOn had been thoroughly dis
 cussed at the cabinet meeting. il was
 stated that because of the length of
 the note. the time required for di- sesting it carefully and the necessity
 of having at hand the official text for
 the preservation of all shades of
 meaning which might be obscured Tn translation or in wireless transmIs-
 sion. it practically was certain that the President would not reach his de- cision before next week.
 | Out of it two things were made clear. They were that the United States still holds firmly 10 rs defer imitation that mistakes of subma
 rine commanders are not admissible: i that they are unforgivable and that i the United States must continue td
 regard aaiscussion of the conduct of
 other belligerents as irrelevant to its discussion of Germany's conduct. : While the tone of the German note was said to be disappointing. mos, i officials expressed the view that art-s all the language was immaterial if
 the assurances were all that had been asked for
 At the end of the cabinet meetfns
 ;he president asked all of the mem
 bers present to read the German no,s i IcarCfuliy The president remained i in his study all day and examined the
 German note very carefully. Tonight
 he read editorial comments from all
 parts of the country.
 FULL TEXT OF REPLY. BERLIN. by wireless via Ssyville. | N. Y.. May 5.-Followins is the text
 of the note Cf the German govern ! ment in reply To the note respecting ( submarine warfare. delivered oG i Thursday by Gottlieb von Jagov. the ' foreign secretary to Ambassador Ge- rard:
 ! The undersigned. on behalf of the
 Imperial German government has the
 honor to present to his eXcellency,
 the Ambassador of the United States.
 MT. James W. Gerard. the following
 reply to the note Of April 70 regard
 ing the conduct of German submarine
 warfare.
 The German government handed
 over to the proper naval authorities
 for early investigation the evidence
 concerning the Sussex as communi-
 cated by the government of the Unit
 ed States Judging by the result that the investigation has hitherto yielded. the German government is alive tO
 the possibility that the ship mentioned ' in the note of April as having been tOrpeGOed 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 as
 certained. which are of decisive iiu-
 pOrtance for establishing the facts of
 the ease. Should it turn out tha, ths. commander was wrong in assuming the vessel to be- a man of war. the 1 German government will not fail 10 draw the consequence resulting there ! from.
 Denies lndiscriminste Destruction In connection with the case of the Sussex the government of the United
 States made series 1f statements.
 the sist of which is the assertion that
 the incident is to be considered but : one instance of a deliberate method ! of indiscriminate destruction of yes
 sels of all sorts. nat.onalists and destinations by German submarine : commanders.
 The German government must enl- phatically repudiate the assertion.
 The German government. however. ! thinks it of little avail 10 enter into details in the present stage of affairs. more particularly as the government
 If the United States omitted tO sub
 stantiate the assertion by reference
 to concrete facts.
 The German government will only state that it has imposed fsr-reachins
 restraints upon the use of the sub l marine weapon. solely in cOnSidera-
 ton of neutralS' interests in spite of
 the fact that these restrictions are
 necessarily of advantage to Germany's
 enemies No such consideration has | tContinued on Page TwOJ