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Show POENCARE REPLIES TO GERMAN KAISER President of France Denies Use of Dum dums in the Most Vigorous Terms WASHINGTON- Sept. 11 Pres dent Po ncare of France has cabled to Presl dent Wilson a rep y to the protest of Emperor Wi iam wh ch c arged that the a es had been us ng dum dum bullets The Frenc p es dent dec ared in h s me sae tliat Emperor W am was at tempting to shift tl e responslb 1 ty for the use by Germany of dum Sum bu lets pract ca ly since the outbreak of the war Pres dent Po ncare used most v gorous terms in referr ng to Lmperor WU1 am s staten ents peaking of them as a ca umny He charged moreover that the message of the emperor was in his op n on an excuse for the committing of fur ther atroc t es by the Germans Pres dent Po ncare assured Pres dent V son that France was obser ing the rues of c zed warfare and po ned to numerous v o at ons of the same v. c he Ba d had een committed by te many Pres dent "W lson was ca efu y cons d er ng today h s ep y to Empe or W am s messa e protest ng aea nst the a leged use of dum du bu ets by the French and the ac ty of Be gian c t zens It was the gene a mpress on the answer wou d be n ere y a po e ac know edoment of the rece pt of t e n essaee , , . President Po ncare s cable to Pres dent W son s as fo ows Mr Pres dent I am torn ed that j the Ge man government I as sought to surp se your exce ency s good faith by a eg ng t at dum dum bu lets are manufactured in t e French state factory and sed by our so d ers Th s ca umny s but an auda cious at empt to reverse ro es Germany has since the be nn ng of the war sed dum dum bu ets and v o ated da ly the aw of nat o s On August 18 and severa t mes s nee we ave had occas on to br ng these ac s to the not ce of your e eel ency and the powers s gnatory to Tl e Hague convent on Ge ma 5 who new of ou protests today see s to confuse the ssue and fu n sh he se f y ng pretexts for f esh ac s of barbar tv In the name of s ghted aws and of out aged c v zat on I send your exce ency my ind gnant protest (S gned) RAYMOND POINCARE |