The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-02
WILSON SPEECH DELkYs|PASS REVENUE MEASURE
Original Memorandum Mott
flying Y. S. Of Resump-
ton of Sub-Warfare.

Washington, Feb. IA second men,
orandum delivered yesterday with the
| German note was made public late to-
day by the state department. 1t diff
fers in some respects from the SUBJ
stance Of the note itself. The under
standing is that it was prepared at
the German embassy on instructions
from Berlin prior to President Will
sons peace address to the senate and
withheld then on account of the ad-
dress. When Count Won Bernstorff re-
ceived the note and memorandum yes
terday from Berlin, he decided to de-
liver with them the original documents
prepared by him. The memorandum
follows:
The Memorandum.
after bluntly refusing Germany's
peace offer, the entente powers stated
in their note addressed to the Ameri-
can government that they are deter
mined to continue the war in order to
deprive Germany of German provinces
in the west and east, to destroy Aus
tria Hungary and to annihiate Tur-
Key. In waSinS war with such aims.
the entente allies are violating all rules
of international law as they prevent
the legitimate trade of neutrals with
the central powers, and of the neu-
trails among themselves. Germany has,
SO far, net made unrestricted use of
the weapon which she possesses in her
submarines. Since the entente powers,
however have made it impossible to
come to an understanding based upon
equality of rights of all nations, as
proposed by the central powers, and
have instead declared only such a peace
to be possible which shall be dictated
by the entente allies and shall result
in the destruction and the humiliation
of the central powers, Germany is UNI
able further to forego the full use of
her submarines.
The imperial government. therefore.
does not doubt that the government of
the United States will understand the
situation thus forced upon Germany by
the entente allies. brutal methods of
war and that the government of the
United States will further realize that
the now openly disclosed intention of
the entente allies gives back to Ger
many the freedom of action which she
reserved in her note addressed 10 the
government of the United States on
May 4, 1916.
Under these circumstances Germany
will meet the illegal measures of her
enemies by forcibly preventing after
February l, 1917, in q zone around
Great Britain, France, Italy and in the
eastern Mediterranean all navigation,
that of neutrals included. from ard to
England and from and to France. etc.
All ships met within that zone will
be sunk.
The imperial government is conf
dent that this measure will result in a
speedy termination Of the war and in
the restoration of peace. which the
government of the United States has
so much at heart Like the govern
mcnt of the United States, Germany
and her allies had hoped to reach this
goal by negotiations. Now that the
war, through the fault of Germany's
enemies. has to be continued, the inn
perial government feels sure that the
government of the United States will
understand the necessity of adopting
such measures as are destined to bring
about a speedy end of the horrible and
useless bloodshed. The imperial gov
eminent hopes all the more for such
an understanding of her position, as
the ncutrals have under the pressure
OF the entente powers suffered great
losses, being forced by them either to
give up their entire trade or to limit
it according to conditions arbitrarily
determined by Germany's enemies in
violation of international law"