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Show DECLARE GERMANS VIOLATE PROMISES MADE TO AMERICA LONDON', Aug;. 15. Baron Sydenham inquired in t he house of lords today whether the government considered that commanders of German submarines had adhered to the declaration made to the American government in May in regard to sinking vessels without warning, and whether Austrian submarines were bound by the same conditions. Tiie marquis of Crewe. lord president of the council. replied that the government's govern-ment's information was that since the undertakings have been given to the American government, four British and three neutral ships had been sunk without with-out warning by submarines, all most certainly cer-tainly German. Another neutral ship, he added, was attacked by a t r o p e d o boat without warning. In the cases of the seven vessels sunk, at least forty lives were lost. The marquis said it was impossible to avoid the definite conclusion that in the seven cases there had been clear violation viola-tion of the undertaking given by the German government. |