Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
SECOND BERLIN NOTE.
GERMANY WILL USE U-BoATS
AGAINST SHIPS.
Submarines Will Be UnIeashed In FL
nal Effort for Victory
over Allies.

WuSllllSlOu, II ED. "A second melu-
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 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 re-
ceived the note and memorandum yes
terday from Berlin he decided to de-
liver with them the original document
prepared by him. The memorandum
follows:
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 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 neutrals with the
central powers, and of the neutralS
among themselves.
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 understanding based upon equality
of rights of all nations, as proposed by
the central powers, and have instead
| declared only such peace to be pos
sible which shall be dictated by the en-
tente allies and shall result in the de-
struction and the humiliation of the
central powers, Germany is unable fur
ther to forego the full use of her sub
marines.
"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 by their determination to
destroy the central powers, and that
the government of the United States
will further realize that the now open
ly disclosed intention of the entente
allies gives back to Germany the free
dom of action which she reserved in
her note addressed to the government
Of the United States on May 4, 1916.
"Under these circumstances Ger.
many will meet the illegal measures OF
her enemies by fOrcibly preventing
after February /, 1917, in zone
around Great Britain, France and Italy
and in the eastern Mediterranean all
navigation, that of neutrals included
from and to England and from and tC
France, etc, etc. All ships met within
that zone will be sunk.
'The imperial government is conf
dent that this measure will result il
a speedy termination of the war anC
in the restoration of peace which th'
government of the United States ha'
so much at heart.
Like the government of the United
States, Germany and her allies haC
hoped to reach this goal by negotia
tions. Now that the war, through th'
} fault Of Germany's enemies, has to b,
} continued, the imperial governmen
: feels sure that the government of tn,
United States will understand the ne
cessity of adopting such measures a
J are destined to bring about a speed.
end of the horrible and useless blood
shed.
"The imperial government hopes al
the more for such an understanding o
} her position, as the neutrals have un
! der the pressure of the entente pow
: ers suffered great losses, being force'
by them either to give up their entir
: trade or to limit it according to con
: ditions arbitrarily determined by Ger
many's enemies in violation of interna
! tional law"