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Show PRESIDENT'S ULTIMATUM IN BERLIN; HE DEMANDS SUPPORT OF CONGRESS SjLEIGE Gravely Expectant Senators Sen-ators and Representatives Representa-tives Assemble in Chamber of the House to Listen to Fateful Words That May Result Re-sult in Clash at Arms. NO CHOICE LEFT TO THE GERMANS Must Immediately Declare De-clare an Abandonment of Its Present Methods of Submarine Warfare or Diplomatic Relations Rela-tions Will Be Severed at Once. WASHINGTON, April 19. President Wilson's long-expected final warning to Germany that the United States will break off diplomatic relations unless she abandons her present methods of submarine warfare and immediately de- clares her intention to do so, was delivered de-livered today in a note to Berlin and also was announced by the president in an address to a joint session of congress. The president considers that the next step depends solely upon Germany and that three or four dayss constitute a reasonable time for a reply. Diplomatic history records but one instance in-stance as yet where a breaking of relations re-lations between two first-class powers has not eventually brought war that which now exists between Germany and Italy. Congress received the president 'a declaration of his course with mixed evidences of concern and approbation. Most of the leaders Democrats and Republicans, Re-publicans, thought the president hardly could do less, and some expressed the opinion that his action would not lead to war. Republican Leader Mann alone of all the opposition leaders openly attacked at-tacked the president for bis stand. He characterized it as a political play. No Room for Doubt. President Wilson's words leave no opportunity for double moaning. In his address to congress he said: "I have deemed it my duty to say to the imperial German government that if it is still its purpose to prosecute relentless re-lentless and indiscriminate warfare the government of the United States is at last forced to the conclusion that there is but one course it can pursue; and that unless the imperial German government govern-ment should now, immediately, declare and effect an abandonment of its present pre-sent methods of warfare against passenger pas-senger and freight carrying vessels this government can have no choice but to severe diplomatic relations altogether." The note to Berlin declares: Time for Action. "The government of the United States has been very patient. It has accepted ac-cepted the successive explanations and assurances of the Imperial government-as. government-as. of course, given In entire sincerity anil pood fail h, and hag hoped even against, hope that It would prove to be possible for the imperial government so to order and control the acts of Its naval commanders hs to square Its poJ-icv poJ-icv with the recognized prrnciples of humanity hu-manity ag embodied in the law of na -tione. H has made every allowance for unprecedented conditions and has teen willing to wait until the facts beciune unniistfikahle and were susceptible of only one Interpretation. "It now owes it to a Just regard for (Continued on Page StxJ WILSON WARNS- 1 till FOR TIIEiJSTTII Congress Listens as Chief Executive of the Nation Tells of Sending Ultimatum Ulti-matum to Berlin. (Continued from Page One.) its own rights lo say to tho imperial srovpmmetu" th;i t I hut time lias come, "It 1ms bot'ome painfully evident to it xhu t th a posit Vn which it took at t lie '1ry outset is inevitable, namely, the use of submarines for the destruction of ;in n;oniy'i innnrpivo I B of necessity, be-en be-en nsc of t very churn eter of t he v esse es-se is employed and the very methods of at tack winch their employment of co1 1 rye Involves, utierlv incompatible with ihe principles of hu ni;ini y. mo loupes' loup-es' a '.ili:he.i and incontrovertible fish's of ntntrals and tiie s.icred immunities of n on coin ba imiifs. '"If it still is the purpose of the imperial im-perial ?fveniment 10 pi'osc-ute relentless and indiferiimnate wan'-ire. against vessels ves-sels of commerce by the use of submarine?, sub-marine?, without regard to what the eovernment cif t lie United States must consider r;e sm-red and indisputable rules of international law and the uni-versjtliy uni-versjtliy recognized dictates of humanity, the government of the United States Is at last forced to the conclusion that there ie but one course It can pursue. "Unless the imperial government should now immediately declare and effect ef-fect an abandonment of Its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight -ca rryinsr vessels, the government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German empire altogether. alto-gether. This action the government of the United States contemplates with the greatest reluctance, but feels constrained to take in behalf of humanity and the rights of neutral rations." Long Array of Cases. Had the recent attack on the channel steamer Sussex, the note tells Germany, been an isolated case, the United States misrht have hoped that the submarine commander acted in violation of his gov-ernment's gov-ernment's solemn pledges and that the ends of justice might have been satisfied satis-fied by a disavowal, reparation and his proper punishment. But, it adds, this case "unhappily does not stand alone." "On the contrary,'' the note says, "the government of the United States is forced by recent events to conclude that it is only one instance, even though one of the most extreme and most d: freps-insr freps-insr instances, of the deliberate method and spiriLof Indiscriminate destruction of , merchant' vessels of all sorts, nationalities nationali-ties and destinations which have become more and more unmistakable as the activity of German undersea vessels of war has in recent month been quickened and extended." The United Ptates. th communication declares, considers the torpedoing of the Sussex not only proved by the evidence, but actually substantiated by the Ger-maji Ger-maji disclaimer of responsibility. Attache! to the American net as an anpendix are the facts in the case of the Sussex. They show that three American Ameri-can army and navy officers found in the hull of the destroyed ship not only screw bolts which corresponded in use and iden- tificatlon marks with those on German torpedoes in possession of the French government at the naval station at Toulon, but that the American offieprs actually found thirteen pieces of metal which they have identified as parts of German torpedoes. Four of them, s'eel parts of the "war head" of the torpedo, still bear the distinctive rd paint common com-mon to German "war heads." No Question as to Proof. Besides this evidence, the notp enn-tends. enn-tends. every circumstance, either admitted ad-mitted bv Germany in her disclaimer or provpi bv affidavits of persons on the destroyed line, proves beyond que" ion that she was torpedoed without warning. warn-ing. Tn short, the United States presents the evidence as the capstone to an accumulation accumu-lation of evidence py tend Ire over a re-rlod re-rlod of monrh which is held to prove irrefutably that Germany's assurances to the Unifl ?'a'ps repeatedly have bn war:tonlv vioared. Copies of the American note -Tpr" sent to representatives hp re of neu'i-al nations na-tions on the as.Mirr.pfSn that the-- are as much Interested as rhe United Spates in the protection of neutral rich is. The doc'jrren' e not given to any of the. b:i;zerer; t di nloma ts, as the con trover?- re-ra -ded as bire so!!v between re. Unif ed S taes a nd hermanv. Count von Bern t ".or if b Ireadv has re-Irprafed re-Irprafed to ?CT0'arv T,3n :ng fhar under un-der no cir :u m-stancep will Germ a nv z ve up 'hn F'ihrr.a.rin a? a r.-eapon of v a r- r. b-a us. cnnerd, It j a 'Mt.;on for G-eat Britain's for, i tvo;-. ad. T'i" em.rasc-jrirjj- ha- de;ared. j-o.Y-p'-T ri:- 70virnT.fr! will ar'p-,:. . o r,rf-.? hr-.srlre '-'if.rs vl'hin ;'. la-v o' r.if'on.-. T"c' - ,p t-.-m States 'B fivn? :r, .''iut-a nV-- Oerr,. r, v b-,, 3 ha 'ir.r.r ;.f.r prf.Sf.nt m-i'nod? not before. In the Name of Humanity. A era Inn that porsibllity stands the nc-la-d.tion in the American note that the f'ni'ed Sra'es hr considered from the f:-st rha the emp'e.vmerit of submarines 'or d '-it ruction of commerce ) by I's ''Tv nau,-P t-rlv Ini-ornpa'ible with rT! neirie of v- ifria nl t v. the Ioti?.h- r.'i -,pd nrvl i n "n rove r t.i bp rights of rip';tr;j; ( t t ra-red i m ru u n 1 1 ls of " '.p . - - no-.- reove ; op if into the !;nrr h'hw 'nriri-r v.-hir, Geimanv ".':U '-H-e nM-or' m:'-- to o the Amrl- , ti r 'I'"'inrf)i, P.ferc, ar'Ofher w-'-'W beet be-et n-' fiU!e-nnt of f.'.f lonjj (standing Issue Hii'r will he as-ur''d or Count von prn-t'rff prn-t'rff probahlv w;! have his ports and r,rnha psador Gerard will be leaving rM-tJn. The prpidn zuar44 his plans with efff :- w-'TK- until ft o'"lo' k this morrdnz. .Un he dlenipr them :i t a l-rirU-r'-r,'-r- rvjrh f'hni-rrari Str.nr- ;i ri'l Sph-u-nr l.r,-)v. th ranking ! pu -, r,f . f i.-i-f. forii'ri reifions comrn i t f pp. a "d ''., o r o'-.; h rfr (; prpff; n t 1 1 ve 'r,', rI.rtln P. ' D I I i ' a J , Of fhf- -."-r.r "..r,':.!lt. of t- p hou--. !-(e r.,;. ,j,,e'l tn Inn. wh:.( f-e r..'J y :,.') in 'he ri'i'-'- d:sr.;( r-hed to C-rlin niirht ft rtI vh;r '.e pi, r;. 10 ra y to . 'inxri- , try; a'. Vhn hrj pre- ''d flnlhed reading, h loo'd up and ' f-ing Senator Stoii rrav- fe. j.-:nd- "Y011 Ir.ok a-' -d a( I fppi." 7.V- -''i rps;.Or.P fr, iri'nlrp "f 'h- p- :''! if he h:.d told K.Prn e- ' l' '' Tne eonl'-rpii' r; t(llt4 c,,.( I. Assembly Gravely Quiet. T"f: v.T.rr r,f the prf'-'le,nt s plan prp;id -i-i'klv rhro'.gh T,i:::r ;,r,d U:n tie 'o'k hr i fcJa'-e at thf- ciprk' rp- j,, the h&il of th rou.p, TJiorr.pt) 7 at 1 o'clock, he in ronf ror.t"! by an atemhh' of ; i-i'if senators and reorff.pn'atives v -,o h jrif In t'-ri ' ,y uon e,"ery r'or he utwd. arid cheered h)rn heaittiy vh'n ri- had flnl.'id. T prp-ddnt fit'',.,i r,-,Milr,7 "f -0;:-. a-. f; h" earne "u!y to r,'r,rrn t f,f t)X a "ion ft" d;d !t h, fiftppn rnirrjtpft a nd f-,:i;','o - JT,t r.,i- t'. -r-'ir. -f.-'. I rru- d :. count,- - .. 'p,,'..' ; 'd nr.'',, d-.r.. . un.,, T p , -p- ,.JPMr ,Jp. 'Vi.C r.'''v'M ! -. t-!-.r. ',r i!-l. n t.'J r; luiija -' ,ai ,,r,:"-r t ,uh ; 7 r. on VI -n 7 ;-,p ,'puif. nor of 'on.;reH a- a whole ip- r t -J Mr, -: ,., rT T p It ;i ' u.p I i - '-ru'la J n lOinpn t fo- j wr'J 'h.' h 'tie rpl.iMnns Of tr i;nltdJ r.tvi .n-1 Germany h.v f4in s'ladllr drittin? for nearly a ypar had come and been passed and the president had re-turned re-turned to the While house to await the next one. America awaits the answer of Berlin. President's Address. Following is the text of the president's ;i dd ress: Gentlemen of the Congress: A situation has arisen in the foreign for-eign relations of thu country of which it is my phi in duty to inform j ou verv fra nklv. It will be nvu II ed that n Fehru -ary. 11;.. t he imperii! 1 German gov-e: gov-e: n me nt announced its intention to t ra t (he waters surrounding Great Hriiain tind Irrland as ei'iibra-ced within the seat ot" war and lo tle-stroy tle-stroy all merchanl siiips ownn-.l by its enemies that might be tound within any part of that portion of the hiuli sens ant that It warped all vessels of neutral as well as of Iflligerent ownership to keep out of the waters it had thus proscribed or else filler them at their peril. The government of the I "niu-d Stales eirnesiiy pi'otetec). It took the position po-sition tliat si 1 li a policy could not he pursued without the practical certainty of aross and palpable violation vio-lation of the law of naf ions, par-t par-t icularly If subnut rliTe era ft were to be employed aa its instruments. Inasmuch In-asmuch as the rules proscribed by th.nt law, rule? founded upon prin-j prin-j eiples of humanity and established for t he protection of the lives nf noncombatams at sea, could not in the nnture of the case be observed b- such vessels. No nijriit to Close Seas. It b;'scd its protest on the round tha t persons of neutral nationality and vessels of neutral owner-hip would be exposed to eMreme and intolerable in-tolerable risks, and that no riht to close any part of t lie hluh seas against their use or to expose tliern to such risks could lawfully bo as- ' serted bv any belligerent eovernment. eovern-ment. T:;e law of uai Ions in these matters, upon which the government of the United States based Its protest, pro-test, is not of recent ongm or founded found-ed upon merely arbitrary principles set up by convention. It is based, on the contrary, upon manifest and Imperative principles of humanity and hns long been established with the approval and bv the express assent as-sent of all civilized nations. Notwithstanding the earnest pro-te;u pro-te;u of our government, the Imperial German government at once proceeded pro-ceeded to carrv out the policv it had announced. It expressed the hone that the dangers involved, h t any rate the dangers to neutral vessels, v. ould be redu'.-ed to a minimum by to its subm- rine conimandcrs and j ass li red the government of tie : t niied Stales that it would take every ev-ery pc.sii.ii pi-eca ution bnt h to j-e-si ect the 1 1 lt h r s of neutrals and to safeguard the lives of noncombatams. Hopes Not Justified. What has actuallv happened in th year which has since elapsed lias shown 1 1 ia t t hose hopes w ere not justified, those assurances insusc-p-tible of being fuelled. In pursuance of the polity of submarine warfare against the commerce of its adversaries, adver-saries, thus announced ;ina entered upon by the imperial '.'rm.ui eovernment eov-ernment in spit- of fi .- s-lenm pro. ten of t his novernnu-nt. t ho .-...m-manders of German unuorsp-.i vcsspN have attacked merchaut ships with greater and treat pr acr,i-jtv 'not onlv upon the high se.,n surrnundi n - Great Rritciin and IrclaiTl. but v. herewr they could en-'ounrer them, in a way t h.i t has crown inure and more ruthless, ruth-less, more and more indis -'rimin;i t as the n onths ha''e cone bv. !c and less o'r -rva::! of ret raint - of any kind; and have delivered thejr I attacks without ronipunt-tion agjii'St j vp sue !s of e v e r v n a r ; o 1 ; a 1 i l y a p d I bound upon e-er-- sort of errand. ! Ve?ces of neutial ou i;rshin. een j vessels of neutml ounprsh;p' ho ml I from neutral pe-rt to neutral port. have been destrtved. alone with ws-, ws-, se of helllc-erent ownership, in con- I stantly increasing numbers. Warnings Infrequent. Some rim the merchantman attacked at-tacked has beep -7.-a rned a nd summoned sum-moned to fcurrender before h.-.jpj fi-ed on or torpedoed: sometimes j ic-eu-gers or crew have been voucb-a ' d the poor seeuritv of beiruc a 'lowed to take the ship's boa ' s before she uas ent to t'.e botrorn. Rut agnin and airain no wmntrg had h-en ei'en: no e-rare even to the chin's boats ah-.we.i i.;o-e on hour). What this ;rnverr:-r ' foresarv must happen has hsr.7,fnd. Traaedv hs fohow-d tra-eiv on the fprs in su-'h fashion, with sue), attendant pjr iims'ance.t, as to make it crosslv evident that warfare war-fare of such a so-t. if warfare (f be. cannot be carried on wjiho it the n : 1. t palpable violation of the dictates alike or r!gM and hurnaniry Whatever the difposirion and intention of the imperial im-perial German government, it has manifestly proved impossible, for it to keep such methods of attack uj'on the commerce 0f Its nmiH within the bound set bv e:ther tiie reason or the heart of mankind. In Fehrjar:-' of the pre:-ent -ear the Imperial German government Informed In-formed this government and the other neutral governments of the world lht it had reason to believe that the aro-.-. prnment of Great Britain hid armd, all merchant -eyqeis of Rrit?h ownership own-ership and had clven them "ti orders to atc any s-ibn-nrine of the enemy they miwht encounter upon th , seas, and that the lmpriM German eovernment felt justified in the ,-ir-rur.'isisr.ces in treat, n a merchantmen merchant-men of hehU-erent ounen-hlp a auxiliir.' '.-p-sp5 of war. KhJch it would na'e the rigtit tod,t rov without with-out warning. Rights of Merchantmen. The law of nations has long recognized recog-nized the right of merchantmen to carry arms for protection and to use them to repel atraz-k. thoush to ue. them in su''h cl rc urn sta ns at their own risk: but the Imperial German government r'alrr.ed the right to set thee understandings aside under cir- ; r-urr pt;i n'-ey -A" ( J " 1 1 1 1 d ee med e X I I -I op I f - na rv. Vr en t ne ter.ns in ' wtu'di it announcer it? r,urr.or thus Mli further fur-ther to relax the restraints it had pre-'. pre-'. !oudv nrofe-:pfi is winir.ffn s and deal re to put upon the opera t lonn of It u bma ri nes riled the pla 1 11 t m -plication tha t at leaf vpsupJa w bfch vere not arrned wou'd still be exempt from d"-trncf ion without warning a nn that personal fafetv would.be accord ac-cord er their passenger and crews; hut evpn that limltatl'.n. If It was p-er r,r.-.ct..,TV,p to oh-rve It. haw. in fa'-t, constituted no check nt all upon the lertt rut-lion oRhlns of every sort. , gt in a nd n ;:a in 1 lie i niperla 1 Gnr-uan Gnr-uan '--overume nl has given tliM gov-einrnent gov-einrnent Tf "-oletuii ac"urnncen th;t u ' ea Ml pa " --e n 'p r y, 1 i; v. 01 j ( not ,e thus 'JeaP wih, and vet t ),i,h a;:an anr again perrnittpt t underspft eomtnand'TK to disregard those afl. nmii'-M with entire linpunlty. Great liners like the L,ulta nl.'i and the Arable and mere feir"r.ot Ilk the H,;f--'-x' have been attacked without a ttiorne nt's v.-;i ruin:;, so met 1 rnei before thev had even become awaro that the..- were In the presence, of n orrner VeHS.'d Of lite Pleuiy, arid 'he H'.'ph of Tioncornba ta ri 1 w, r"''"''etu." rn n rid t-r-vr. have ,-ti ,v nfl- .) v-holr -file in a nianii'-r 7hhh the government govern-ment of the United H;afe cannot hut reKM'd a wanton and wltlioiit Hie s.lit'hte-;t foloi of lustIfc;,tlon No limit or any kind has In f,-.r-t been net o il)e IndiK' ilrnliiate piirmjll and fleo.inpth.ri of incr'hantrnen of all k in'!t and n:t t iona I) 1 1 em, w 1 1 h 1 n t ho v.aters. constantly extending In dtps, v.h'-ie they opera tlon have, Ik-, n 'Vpr-1 'Vpr-1 led on : a nd t he roll of A merles n -no have iHr H,efr ll-er on ships t hut ri t. tacked and det-tro-.-p ,-,K jxu-f n moiHh bv inoniij until ri,e o-TiiF.o ". toll I , a niouiiled In h, rlie huj.di'd". ShocKinK Case of Sussex. f'tW' of the la l e ft an. I 1 1 i-,-t -,o,'k -IfiCT 1 1, ri a 1 .-'.a of fhtfi inefi.oU ,,f (VHf. ftro v-a q tha I Of I.Iip i r . f r H 1 1 on nf the Krwrieh. :ronfi-c(fl,tlo nieamer Huiinejc. I m'iit n'ari-1 forth. the sinking of the Uusitin!a did. as so singularly tragi. al and unjustifiable us to constitute a truly terrible example ex-ample of rue inhumanity of submarine warfare as the commanders of German Ger-man vessels have for the past twelve mont hs been conducting it. If this incident stood alone some explanation, some disavowal by the Gorman government, gov-ernment, some evidence of criminal mistake or willful disobedience on the part of the commander of the vessel that fired the torpedo might be sought or entertained: bur unhappily it does not stand alone. Recent events make the conclusion Inevitable that it is only one instance, even though It be one of the most extreme and distressing dis-tressing Instances, of the spirit and method of warfare which the Imperial German government hay mistakenly adopted, and which from the first exposed ex-posed that government to the reproach re-proach 01 ihrusting all neutral rights Mwlde in pursuit of its immediate objects. ob-jects. United States Patient. The government of the I'm ted Stni.es has been very patient. At eery tslage of this distressing experience ex-perience of tragedy at tor tragedy, in which Its own citizens were involved, in-volved, it has sought to be restrained re-strained from any extreme course of action or of protest by a thoughtful consideration of the extraordinary circumstances of this unprecedented wax, anil actuated in all that it sind or did by the sentiments of genuine friendship which the people of the United States always have enter-ta enter-ta ined and continue to enter laun toward the Gorman nation. It has, of course, accepted the successive explanations ex-planations a 1 id assurances of the im- ! perl a I German government as given, in entire sincerity and good faith, and has hoped, even against hope, that it would prove lo bo possible for tho German government so to order and control the acts of its nav al ct.unir.ar.dcrs as to square its polio with the principles of humanity human-ity as embodied in Hie law of nations. na-tions. It has been w ill in lo wait until the significance of the facia became absolutely unmistakable and susceptible of but one interpretation. interpreta-tion. That point has now unhappily been reat bed. The facts are susceptible of but one interpretation. Tue imperial im-perial German government has not if en able to put any limits or restraint-? upon Its warfare against either freight . or passenger ships. It has. therefore, become painfully evident evi-dent that t:ic position which this gov eminent louk at the ery out-vet out-vet is inev itable. namely, that the use of submarines for the destruction of any enemy's commerce is of necessity, ne-cessity, because of the very character of the vessels employed. and the very methods of h t lack, w hich their employment ff course involves, m-1 m-1 o.-upatible -with tiie principles of humanity, hu-manity, the long-eMab!?hi d a nd in -v on trover li hie ii i-hi s of neutral.-, jnj 1 he sacred irnni unities of noncoiu-'baiants. noncoiu-'baiants. Only One Course to Pursue. 1 have deemed it my d 11 1 v , i hej e-forp. e-forp. to say to the imperial G-rman government that if it is stili its purpose pur-pose to prosecute relentless and m-1 m-1 is.- iimi na (e w a rla r- it g 11st esse 3 M commerce bv tiie use of subma-' subma-' lU'ej., notwithstanding ihe now dt-m-tjnst rated impost bill tv of conducting that warfare in a--' oi .Jaive witu what the government of the United Slates must consider t :ie sa-i od and indisputable indis-putable rules of iniernatlunal law and the univ s ,Hy recognized die tates of humaniiv. th.. Kn: .u iiiiith of the United Slat' s. Is at kast loi'eed to the cort duMon that t here is but one' course it can pursue, and that unless the imperial German government govern-ment should now iinn.etii.itelv ,;e-cin-re and effect an abandonm-' t of i's pre.-ent mer nr.. is of w .1 rfare saainst passenger and 1 reitrh t -ea r-rvir-g vessc.s. this novcjnment , tl n have no chub but to s-. .-r diplo- j mailc relafi'.ns with r.e L'o-.ern:r..-; t ( lti ,-i tr.-in -:,ipu e a i tue t iivr. Contident of Sunoort. This (.'i-'-i-ion I have ar: ived at with I the k-'.ebt r-s.-ei. the i;il!llly (f 1 t.'e a-ii'ui oriifmpIaU'd. 1 am ture, all t coin-n tr ul A mer t. -an s will look fo ru ard to with unatr -te,i . relu'-t'ln-e. Rut we ar,n"t ft, .t that we are in ionif m i r u rid ru t In- fo: .-c t't ' It . rj-i St;i Im ep tliC r, J(,,,fi,, .,. f-pol;ps-iTi of the r'tiit ot iiumamt--. ami that w.- , ,iii,,,i rf:r a:n s!i.-ut while tio.P MKlits a in pr... . of r.ei:' .-W.-JU t;tfp'ly ,r,.iv in ih rc ,e?. nf t;n.M t.-: ri:i'ie war. U e ecv ; I to a .lu.- re.-.rd for our own r :c 11 1 s a k a nai b m. to nu i '-n'., r,f d.t- a.t 1 e; 1 t.iT i .. ,,f t:.e rights f,( iif'i ' r,; Is. I ,e v,,'M over, and to a i'if' on- p; iuh'I 3 j - - richi-t o' -T.aikitHh t'. take r;.;. -r.,,.j nnW With thf Utlll"1l solerMl,t, alllj Hint-nespj. Hint-nespj. I hav e taken If. nd i.tUn it In the eonf'den' e t-.ttt II will meet wfh your approval and t-uppori. ,ll n. bp;--n In d tru n niu"t. unite m hotilni; l Hi- i n-. 1 1 rial German tto ,-rn. m.- n t. -a hi .1 h.i s in other --i !; m -Staiue- wtood a. the .bauipion of a tr.ar v- are r,..w .v.r.-t,.iir;f for In ti-r Intpf-st of h.rn;,ml- . mv r'- orc'ze the Pl'-tl, e Of OUT demand Slid meet, t h'-tn In the spirit tn w hi'-ii t hey d : made |