Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-11
Remarks Quoted Correctly


BERLIN. Gan. 1O.-By wireless to
the Associated Press via Sayville-
With reference 10 the message sent
BY the state department at Washing
ton go Ambassador Gerard asking for
Information on his speech at the ban
quet given In his honor Saturday
night bs the American Associat ion OF
Commerce and Trade it can be stated
that tie ambassadors remarks were
quoted correctly IN the dispatches
forwarded - the United States The
report sent out by the Overseas News
aeency quoted The ambassador as
saying:
Nicer snee tho beginning Of the
war nave the relations between Ger
many ard the United States been 80
cordial rs now"
The lmha ssador also is quoted as
having said:
~ The German empire have the rcla-
tions between Germany ana the
Emitted states been better than they
are today"
His remarks were received with
hearty applause by most OF the Ger
minis present and hearty approval
by the newspapers with a few ex-
ceptions. THE Associated Press is in
iorrnHt that IL WAS welcomed in high
quarters
an )agsador Gerard was received
Monday by Chancellor Won Rethmann-
llollwcg for hslf an hours discussion
~ German tnerlcan relations
Tho overseas News agency gives
mt the following.
The Prelate Knight Won Gerlach
fMonsignOr Gerlach) first acting pri-
vate chamberlain to his holiness. has
been forced to leave Rome and has
arrived at LIgano (Switzerlaud). He
was the only German prelate in the
Dope's regime. Although he belonged
TO the personal service Of the holy
father. the vatican had to submit to
the unprecedented coercion OF the
entente"
Monsignor GerIach. who is an Aus
TRAN, has during the past two years
been the subject Of various reports
The last emanated from Rome on jan
uary 3, IN connection with the de-
struction Of Italian battleships Bene-
GettO Brin and Leonardo da Vinci
concerning which an investigation has
beer in progress.
The British admiralty" says an
+ Overseas News agency statement to-
+ day. has declared that the German
reports regarding the destruction of
submarine U4i and the i'll treatment
/ Of Lieutenant Crompton and Jason
Godau were false. The official report
+ Of Lieutenant Crompton. who is in
termed in Switzerland, has now ar
+ rived and fully confirms the German
press reports
The attitude of the British steamer
towards the TAI as well as the bru-
tai treatment of the survivors on board
the steamer on the way to England
were even worse than previously had
! been reported. The details show that
a treacherous attack was made by a
I British steamer which flew the Amer
/ lean flag while she was firing at the
! submarine; they show also an attempt
to rame a lifeboat with two survivors,
| OF whom one WAS seriously wounded
! the inhuman treatment OF them on
! board the steamer: the efforts made
| to cause the two unfortunate brave
men TO perish IN order to dispose Of
| the last two eye witnesses and prove
| that the British crime against civili-
zation and humanity far eclipses even
| the Baralong and the King Steven
cases"
| The German admiralty last fall
classed the sinking of the U-4i as
second Baralong case declaring that
British patrol ship flying the Ameri-
can colors, after destroying the sub
marine on September "a, 1915, de-
liberately ran down a life boat con-
tanning the only two survivors III
treatment of the prisoners after they
had been finally picked up and taken