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Show APPENDIX GIVES PROOF GERMANS SANK SUSSEX T.e appTiJhc to the note under the cApUon "Statement of facts In Sussei oase accompanying note to German government gov-ernment of April 15, l<!." follows: , The French charmer steamer S'Jfsex, employed regularly In pa.-seng'er service serv-ice between the ports of FV)k3tone, England, and Dieppe. France, aa it has been for years ( French foreign of-;j-e), left Folkestone for Dieppe at 1:25 p. m. March 24. 191. with 3-5 O'.' more passengers and a crew of fifty-three fifty-three men. (Declaration of Captain Ifouffett; Rear Admiral Orasaet's report.) re-port.) The passengers, among whom were about twenty-five American citizens f telegram London embassy . Mar.-h '-. 1516, and Paris embassy March and 'JS) were of several na-lionalitie?; na-lionalitie?; and many of them were women and children and nearly half of them subjects of neutral states. iKeport of Commander Sayies and Lieutenant Smith: Rear Admiral Orasset's report.) The Sussex carried no armament (French foreign office report of Commander Say lea and Lieu tenant Smith, affidavits of t American passengera) has never been employed as a troop ship and ,vas foijowlng the route not used for vans port in? troops between Great Britain and France. Torpedo Clearly Seen. The f'nlp whs following; a eourpe nearly due Mouth after passing Dunze-ri-H. (Decifiration of Caputin Mouffei.) The weaihftr was clear and the Fca -rnootli fafftdavits of E-tna Hale, John P. Hearley, Gertrude W. Warren). At 2 : 0 p. rn, when the Sussex was about thirteen miles from Dungeness (declaration (dec-laration of Captain Mouffet) the cap-rain cap-rain of the vessel, who wag on the bridgr, saw, about 150 meters from riift snip, on the nort side, the wake a torp'-'io. iTeciaration of Cap-:a'.M Cap-:a'.M Mouffett.) It was also seen very lt-ariy by the first offl:er and the '.j'jatswatn. who wore with the captain nt the bridge. (Report of Rear Admiral- firasset.) Immediately the captain gave orders to port the helm and stop the starboard engine (decoration (dec-oration of Captain Mouffett), th -onrpose being to swing the vessel to ft.-irboard no as the dodge the tor-f tor-f ,-eflo by allowing It to pafn along the - port bow on a line converging with rh' altered course of the steamer. He-Tore, He-Tore, however, the vessel could ha turned far enough to avoid crossing Hi': i-'iurKe of the torpedo, the latter Htrur-k the hull at an angle a short riif-t;iiji-c forward of the bridge, ex-;-)Iodej, destroyed the entire forward part of i he steamer as far back aa the first water-tiorht bulkhead, carried away the foremast with the wlre-lf;.s wlre-lf;.s antennae and killed or Injured In-jured about eighty of the persons on lioard. (Declaration of Captain Mouf-fcr, Mouf-fcr, report, of Ftead Admiral Grasset, fV-pott ion of Henry H. Beer.) At t he tj me no ot her vessel was in night faffirlHvifK of SamuH F. Remts, T. . fnlh'iton, .frihu H. Hearley and '.'l.erx). -Approach Witnessed. The approach of I he torpedo was witnessed hy y'ern 1 other persona on the vessel (affidavits of Samuel F. Eemif. Henry S. Beer, Gertrude W. Warren). One of t'cese, an American citizen named Henry S. Ber. was lnir.g on the port rail about ten feet bhtr.d the bridge and gazing seaward when he saw the approach insr torpedo about 100 yards away and exclaimed to his wife and comp.inlou: "A torpedo'" Immediately following h!s exclamation, exclama-tion, the missiie struck the vessel, i Deposition of Henry S. Beer and Mrs. Henry S. Beer.) In further corroboration of the fact that the captain saw the torpedo coming com-ing toward the vessei is the sworn statement of the engineers on rtiif that the order to port the helm and to stop the starboard engine was received re-ceived and obeyed (report of Admiral Graaset) No reasonable explanation can be given tor this unusual order other than that the rnpr;. in saw something whlh austd him to change nig course sharply to starboard. star-board. Find of American Officers. In addition to this evidence, which in Itself would appear conclusive , that the agent of destruction was a torpedo, is that of Lieutenant Smith. I United States navy, attached to the American embassy at Paris, who, accompanied ac-companied by Major T.gan. United States army, of the embassy. went to Boulogne, inspected the hull of the Sussex and personally found beneath the mass of water-soaked debris of the wrek fifteen pieces of metal, which they retained In their possession, posses-sion, as they did not believe the pieces formed part of the vessel. The Inspection of the hull disclosed that the vessel was wrecked by an external ex-ternal explosion, the boilers being In-ta-'t, and that a. short distance forward for-ward of the bridge was a large dent, .showing that the vessel bad received 1 a heavy Mow. the direction of the impact im-pact being from abaft the beam along a line at. an acute angle with the keel of the vessel. (Report of Lieutenant Smith, cabled April 1.) This evidence colnclden with and corroborates the statement that the vessel was swinging to starboard and away from the torpedo when struck. German Screw Bolts. The pleeen of metal which the American officers had collected were compared by Ueutensnt Smith. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commander Kayles and Mu'lor Logan with mines and plans of mines in possession of the French naval authorities au-thorities at Boulogne, Uochefort and Toulon, and British naval authorities at Portsmouth. These officers are positive In their opinion that theae pieces of metal were not parts of a mine; (Report of Lieutenant Pmlth cabled April 2 and 6.) Amonjr theao fifteen pieces of metal were two screw boltB, showing the effects of an explosion, which were stamped with a. "K" and on the fares of the bead of one and "K" and "OS" nn the faces of the head of the other On examining German torpedoes in possession of the French naval authorities au-thorities at Toulon and of the English Eng-lish naval authorities nt Portsmouth, the American officers found . that Identical screws, with the letter "Iv" and a number, were employed to I I'afiton the "war" bond (knpfi to tlift it 1 r i hntiiber. 1 1 .u-u U tia ui Suilth's r foil, r.il.lfd Airll J, j ii hd 1 1. The acrtuvrt ucl In l'r.-n-li und F.nj;lih loi p.-.o,-H lui iki ni.t kluKH und Hrn of :i jiliKhlly ilUffreiM niw. (Sum.' repurt.) ' ui t hiriii.irn, Mm A mriciin irii-trH wtp able, by roiu-pn roiu-pn 1 1 Mm und i-.t t .i n; i nn i Inn. to illlelv i.b nilfv ait.! . ;ttf all tin HMintlitlng ililrtc.Mi plrr.'o uf ni'-lul it.i pari of a tittiimn lorju-ih', a.i ful-Iowh- I 'l-.tKmrnf ;i. pn rt of Inner .ira t of ii ti-i vkIic of i n vino v ill vi. Frnpiiirtiils 4 und f, punttt bundh of ei:k'lin romn caul n. KrHi;tntuilH to h:clni-i e, ud , JT. pjrti f engine cvlimbTK. Pracmeiiln II. Ki. I i und 13. wrl of hiet-l war liend. Willi li.niinii Hio dlBtlui-tt led piiHU (Oinninii to tler-nmn tler-nmn torpclo wnr heitdb. I Ui-iwtn of I-lrut. nam S;illth, c.ibl.M April U. ) All Doubts Removed. Tn vtv of thfMj dutneiiii' Ht-d , faotj lb. r- curt b no reunn;tble doubt but that the SuHKr-Y lor-pe,ltNd lor-pe,ltNd ii n. I i :at tho torpedo wan of llcrninn nianufttcture. An no vif.vl wan ft-n b' anv prrnn on lh ;un-". ;un-". the coriclunfon la IrrPFlniiblP ilmi th lorpedo wrtfi laun. hr.1 without warnlriK' from a uhpiMrino whl.-h pubmericd .it t lie tnno of t h h i -tuck and rmaln-1 beneath the iur-f iur-f d -a ft-T ib evplojilnn. Tiif enn final on tnus rn'hH from ihf evl.-lenr (tho af n.'M'it m beln Cipr of Aihti.'sh rUirUt-i rolle" l .J bv tht deiiartiiit-nt of -t.it U aub- . Untuned tv th Ma fine nt in ih x imperl.il co rrniiient a nte of April l-. 1 . 1 i . According to I l.uro Pta'.e -mentfi tliat , (A i A tjcrman wiibrrarine nrj-f-doeil a Meaner on.. an.l one-haJf nitlej. wutjie;iHt of Iiullrock H.ink. 1 Vp.irt u:e!H a rfi!r.!i;cnt The point of hi t ark In fMi'-tly In t !io coururt wht- h wan ta'K. ii y (lie P iM-ex ufTer IaHlnl Ihint'-iwt-! about half a mile from t! plare where the enp-taln enp-taln o' the ;6e aiatcb he a tor- I pedi-ed. Time Corresponds. fR Th Httiuk t-A phice at ".3.. i o'f look p. ni. i. ; nt ral Kuropean lime. I "epartment'e ccrnnient i :.' p. m. rrnir.il Kcrope.in tinifr ull rorre-Fpond rorre-Fpond to p. ni. weMern Kumjiftn time. The time of the striktnn of the torpedo, according to tti rapt.iln of C'e HufMi and t ha ntoppinK f,f tho clokn on boant the vetael, was 2. SO p. m. stern tm.e. The torpedo, when It urak, eaufcej an explosion whlrh lore away tbe u o (orf.-hip up to the brh'.if-. I lepart meut'H ronnneni T!-.e forepart fore-part of the 8'.i!"x hi r'?.ked .11 far ba-k aa ihn first water-tisi.i h-ilkheaj, iccnllnif to the official report re-port u. (li The German (tubmarina wan ubn-.erK'ed when the torpedo wn launched and there is no statement that It can: to the surfaco after the attack. Departments -.-m merit--The ron-lNlon ron-lNlon was rearhed that the puhrr.a-rir.e puhrr.a-rir.e ?i!hmcn,.i from the fart t rut no orw on tbe Sikhx mw a submarine, though the w-athtr was f.i.e. No Warning Given. (Ei No warning was given and no attempt was made to give one, since It i not mentioned. I'epartrcent'a comment The ert- ! denve collected hows affirmatively no v amlng wad given. (Fl A sketch bv the submarine i ennimander of tii steamer which lie torpcdol doe not aicree with a photograph pho-tograph of the Sussex in the Lojudon Grapi U 1'ifpart mnt'? .. om inept This skou-h upparcntlv w:i innde from metror of an observation of the vessel ves-sel throuci: a periscope. As ttie only dlffcronces noted b- the commander, who relied on his memory, were the r"sltton of the "rooked lark anrt the. n.iape of the strn. It Is to be presumed pre-sumed the vessels were similar In ot her respects. 1 No other Orman submarines on that day attacked steamera in that k-'-nlity. re:arttrent's r.iniment As no vps-pel vps-pel is reportcl to have hen tori'f -dned without uarnlncr ly a euh-.nerced euh-.nerced sibn:arlne other than the r Sussex, It is beyond question that that vessel was torpedoed by the submarine sub-marine whose commander's report la relied uj.on In the note of April 10. |