Show WILSON ISSUE SUES MM ULTImA TU GERMANS MUST CEASE SUB MARINE ATTACKS OR BREAK WITH AMERICANS long expected final warning oello ered in note to berlin and an bounced by president in address to congress Con arcs washington president Wll wilson 8 long expected final warning to germany that the united states will wilt break oft off diplomatic relations unless she abandons lier her present methods of aut sub marine airfare and immediately de dares clares her intention to 10 lo do so go waa was de do livered on an april 1 in a note to berlin and also flaa as announced by the dent in fix an address to a joint session of congress tho the president considers cons that the tile next step depends solely upon ger many and that three or four days cos con statute a reasonable time for or a reply diplomatic history records but one instance as yet where a breaking of relations between two farst class powers has not eventually brought war that which now exists between ger many and italy congress received the preil dents declaration of his course with mixed evidences of concern and approbation most of the leaders democrats and thought the president hardly could do less ind some ex pressed the opinion that his action would not lead to war republican leader mann alone of 0 all the epport tion leaders openly attar attacked ked the dent for his stand he ile characterized it as a political play president wilsons Wll sons words leave no opportunity for double meaning in his hir address to congress he said I 1 have deemed it my duty to say to the imperial german government that if it it is still its purpose to prosecute ite relentless and indiscriminate warfare the government of the united states la Is at last forced to the conclusion that there Is but one course it can pursue and that unless the imperial german cerman government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of warfare I 1 against passenger cand nd freight carrying vessels this government can have no choice but to sever diplomatic rela eions altogether the note to berlin declares the government of the united unite d states has been very patient it has accepted the successive ex plana eions and assurances of tho the Im Imper lil government as of course given in en tire sincerity and good faith and has I 1 hoped even against hope that it would prove to be possible for the imperial go government emment so to order and rind control the acts of its naval commanders as to square its policy with the recognized principles of humanity as embodied in the law of nations it has made every allo allowance sance for unprecedented c conditions and has been willing to wait until the facts be became came and were susceptible of only one interpret interpretation atlon it now owes it to a ju just st regard for its own righta to say to the imperial government tl at that time has come it has become painfully evident to it that the position which it took at the outset la Is inevitable namely the use of submarines for the destruction of an commerce Is of necessity because of the very character of 0 the vessels employed and the very methods of attack which their employment of ca courso urse involves utterly incompatible with ith the principles of h hu U manity the long established and in controvertible rights of neutrals and the sacred immunities of non combatants it it stiff Is the purpose ot of the tile imperial government to prosecute relentless lent less and rind indiscriminate warfare against vessels of commerce by the use of submarines without regard to what the government of the united states must consider the sacred and indisputable rules of international il law lav and the universally recognized dictates of humanity the government of the united states Is at last forced to the conclusion f bat hat there Is but one course it can pursue I 1 unless the imperial government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of 0 its present methods method of sub submarine marino warfare against and freight carrying yes passenger se n p bergand the L united ment of BL eels s t the ae government overn states can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the german action the empire altogether this of the united states con government test deluc reluctance t templates with the grea greatest but feels constrained to take in behalf of humanity rind the rights ot of neutral nat loii had the recent attack 0 on n the chan sussex the note tells ger nel steamer the isolated case been an many united states might hive h ive hoped that commander acted in submarine the violation of his goern governments ments solemn and that the ends end 9 of justice pledges might have beer been satisfied by a disa vocal reparation and his proper pun lehment III but it it adds ti taa Is case un does not stand alone happily the united states the com munica considers the torpedoing t lion ion declares by of the bt sussex bissex not only crovea lat but actually substantial evidence the tho disclaimer of ra r ed by the german erman |