Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-02
SECOND NOTE IS
HANDED LANSING
BY BERNST0RFF
Ambassador Informs United
States That All Neutral
Vessels Going to Allied
Ports viii Be Sunk,

rsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIRHl
Washington, Feb IA second
memorandum delivered yesterday with
the German note was made public late
today by the state department. 1t diff
ers in some respects from the sub
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
received the note and memorandum
yesterday from Berlin, he decided to
deliver with them the original docu-
ment prepared by him. The memo
randum follows:
After bluntly refusing Germany's
peace offer the entente powers stated
in their note addressed to the Ameri-
can government that they are de-
termined to continue the war in order
to deprive Germany of German prov
inces in the west and east, to destroy
Austria Hungary and to annihilate
Turkey. In waging war with such
aims, the entente allies are violating
all rules of international law as they
prevent the legitimate trade of neu-
trails with the central powers, and of
the neutral nations among them
selves.
Must Use Submarines.
Germany has so far not made un-
restricted use of the weapon which
she possesses in her submarines. Since
the entente powers, however, have
made it impossible to come to an un-
derstanding based on equality Of
rights of all nations, as proposed by
the central powers and have instead
declared only such a peace to be pos
sible which shall be dictated by the
entente allies and shall result in the
central powers, Germany is unable
further to forego the full use of her
submarines.
THE imperial government, there
fore, does not doubt that the govern
ment of the United States will under
stand the situation thus forced upon
Germany by the entente allies brutal
methods of war and by their determl-
nation to destroy the central powers
and that the government of the United
States will further realize that the
now openly disclosed intention of the
entente allies gives back to Germany
the freedom of action which she re-
served in her note addressed to the
government of the United States on
May 4. 1916.
viii Sink All Merchantmen.
Under these circumstances Ger
many will meet the illegal measures
of her enemies by forcibly preventing
after February l, 1917, in zone
around Great Britain, France, Italy
and in the eastern Mediterranean all
navigation of neutrals from and to
England and from and to France, etc,
etc. All ships met within that zone
will be sunk.
The imperial government is conf
dent that this measure will result in
speedy termination of the war and
in the restoration of peace which the
government of the United States, Ger
many and her allies had hoped to
reach by negotiation. Now that the
war, through the fault of Germanys
enemy, has to be continued. the i'm
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 speedy end of the hor-
rible and useless bloodshed. The inn
perial government hopes all the more
for such an understanding of her po-
sition, as the neutrals have under the
pressure Of the entente powers suffer
ed great losses, being forced by them
either to give up their trade or to limit
1t according to conditions determined |
by Germany's enemies in violation of !
international law"