The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-26
my -FOUR YEARS
IN GERMANY"
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to break thu blockadr-that there
were plenty CT German agents IL the
United States who could send .toou
ships and test the question. l. re-
counted the case cr ore ship | knew
Of, the Wilhelmina. lldcn with 1000
which had been seized b. the British.
who then compromised with the own
ers. paving them. believed. large
sum Tor tho disputed cargo. And, IN
taking Up the doctrine Of the ultimate
destination Of goods. i. g.. goods sent
to a neutral country. but really des-
tined for q belligereat | said | be-
lieycd that during our Civil War We
had taken. as acains! England. exactly
the same stand which England now
: took. said that | thought che OF the
decisions Of our Supreme Court was
based on shipment 20 Matamoras.
Mexico. but this. The Supreme Court
had decided. was really for the Con-
federacy.
Discussing the submarine question.
the Emperor and Chancellor spoke OF
the warning given in the Lusitania
case. Finally / said: IF the Chan
cellor warns me not to 20 out on the
Wilhelmplatz. where have a perfect
right to go. the fact that he gave the
warning does not Justify him in kill
ing me if I d;srcgarGrd his warning
and go where | have 4 right TO go"
The conversation then became more
general: we finally left the garden and
went into ,the chateau. where the En-
peror'S aids and guests were llnpa-
tiently waiting for lunc1-
I sat between the Emperor and the
Prince Of Pless. Conversation was for
most of the time general. and subjects
such as the suffrasettes and the peace
expedition OF Henry Ford were anus
ingly discussed.
After lunch again had a long talk
with the Emperor. but OF d more gen
eral nature than the conversation in
the garden.
That night. about II o'clock. after
again dining with the Chancellor. we
left Charleviile In the same special
salon car, arriving at Berlin about I
D. m. the next day, where at the sta
ton were crowd Of German and
American newspaper SpondentS,
all anxious to know what had hap
pened.
At this last dinner at the Chancel-
lor's he took me off in corner and
said. "As | understand it. what Amer
lea wants IS cruiser warfare on the
part of the submarines" And I said.
Eyes, that Is it exactly. They may
exercise the right of visit and search,
must not torpedo or sink vessels with
out warning. and must not sink any
vessel unless tho passengers and crew
are put in a place OF safety"
.-On the morning Of the third of May
I heard that the German note had
been drafted, but that it would con-
tain q clause to the effect that while
the German submarines would not go
beyond cruiser warfare, nevertheless
this rule would not apply to armed
merchantmen.
AS such a proposition as this would.
Of course. only bring up the subject
again, I Immediately ordered my au-
tomobile and called on the Spanish
Ambassador, stating to him what
had heard about the contents OF the
note; that this would mean without
a doubt break with America. and, as
! had been instructed to hand the en-
. bassy over to him, that ! had come 10
tell him Of that fact.
gave the same information to
other colleagues. Of course. hoping
that what I said would directly or In
directly reach the ears OF the German
Foreign ONCE Whether it did dc
not know, but the Sussex note when
received did not contain any excep
ton with reference to armed mer
chantmen.
Win the receipt Of the Sussex note