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Show THE 0 HERALD-REPUBLICA- SALT LAKE N, CIY, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916 U. S. CALLS ON GERMANY TO CHANGE SUBMARINE IAET prove Irrefutably that Germany's assurances to the United States repeatedly Copies of the American note were sent to representatives here of neutral nierestecl as the unneu nations on the assumption that t"J r a!L'i,"cn The document was not given to Washington, April 19. The text of States In the protection of neutral a rights. the Is as controversy being the American note to Germany signed anv of the belligerent diplomats, rgearded and Germany. States United the between solely by Secretary Lansing and addressed STANDS to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, folCount von I'.ernstorff already has reiterated to Secretary Lansing: that lows: "You are Instructed to deliver to the Under no circumstances will Germanyis give up the submarine as a weapon a retaliation for Great Britain's food secretary of foreign affairs a commuof warfare, because, she contends, it as follows: regarding blockade. The ambassador has declared, however, that his government will nication to not fall immediatetransmit did within "I the the This nations. law of operations submarine to attempt brinp to my after discuss to telegraph government has her abandoned Is by ly, Germany present United States willing your excellency's tonote of the 10th methods not before. In regard note the stands certain attacks by In declaration American the that possibility considered from Against the has German submarines, and particularly in the first that employment thtit the United States to the disastrous explosion of submarines for destruction of commerce Is by Its very nature "utterly In- regard on March 24 last wrecked the of which and established the the humanity, with principles long compatible French steamship Sussex In the Engrights of neutrals ami the sacred immunities of noncombatants." lish have the honor to channel.. 1 Had the recent attack on the chan- tion declares, considers the torpedoing nel steamer Sussex, the note tells Ger- of the Sussex not only proved by the deliver, undertheinstructions from my following' reply to evidence, but actually substantiated by government, many, beii an isolated case, the United excellency; your subof the the disclaimer German responsibilthat have hoped States might CASK. FACTS IX SlSI-marine commander acted in violation ity. "Information now in the" possession Attached to the American note as an of his irovernmem s solemn pieuses ana of the United States that the ends of Justice might have appendix are the facts in the case of of the government the facts In the case been satisfied by a disavowal, repara- the "Sussex. They show that three fully establishes and officers . Sussex of the Inferences which the American and navy his army tion and proper punishment. But, government has drawn from that It adds, this case "unhappily does not found In the hull of the destroyed ship my information it regards as confirmed by not only screw bolts which correspondstand alone" circumstances set forth in your exwith the marks identification use in ed and MM ACTIVITY SI EXTKSDKI). Jhose on German torpedoes In posses- cellency's WtlU note of the 10th instant. On "On the contrary," the note says, "the sion of the French government at the th 24th of March, 1916. at about 2.50 the unarmed government of the United States Is naval station at Toulon, but that the o'clock in the afternoon or 325 more pasthirwith steamer found Suanex, officers American actually forced by recent events to conclude teen on board, among whom were have which metal of sengers, they pieces that it Is only one Instance, even identified as parts of German torpe- a number of American citizens, was though one of the most extreme and does. Four of the steel parts of the torpedoed, while crossing from Folkemost distressing Instances, of the de- "war head" of the torpedo still bear stone to Dieppe. The Sussex had never liberate method and spirit of indis- the destlnctive red paint common to been armed: was a vessel known- to be criminate destruction of merchant ves- German "war heads." habitually used only for the conveysels of all sorts, nationalities and desI'esides this evidence, the note con- ance of passengers across the English the tinations, which have become more and tends, every circumstance either ad- channel, and was not following1 more unmistakable as the activity mitted by Germany In her disclaimer route taken by troop ships or supply f German undersea vessels of war has or by affidavits of persons on ships. About eighty of her passengers, in recent months been quickened and the proved liner proves beyond ques noncombatants of all ages and sexes, destroyed extended." tion that she was torpedoed without Including citizens of the United States, were killed or injured. The United States, the communica- - warning "A careful detailed and scrupulously impartial Investigation by naval and military officers of the United States has conclusively established the fact that the Sussex was torpedoed without warning or summons to surrender and that the torpedo by which she was . struck was of German manufacture. In the view of the government of the United States these facts from the first made the conclusion that the torpedo (Continued from Fige l.) was fired by a German submarine uncriminate submarine warfare, this government would have no choice but avoidable. It now considers statements that to seTer diplomatic relations, there was still no demonstration, only an conclusion substantiated the by silence and a reflection of the gravity of his words. of your excellency's note. A full When he concluded with the expression of the hope that Germany would statement of the facts upon which the bo act to aTert a regrettable break with America the assembly broke Into government of the United States has cheers. is Inclosed. based conclusion its 1.14 was o'clock when the President concluded. He had spoken Just It TO APPRECIATE GRAVITY. ififteen minutes. Applause started from the Democratic side and the Re- FAILS "The the United States members Joined. Democrats then and after government ofcareful publican began rising to their feet consideramnnn- - lh t, - ntlm a nn m hla rrr given trfl a sfanjf inro . Thv annUn.a having IX ' lOOVU rf.cU0 tion to the note of the imperial governminute, and then as the President passed out of the chamber, died away. Speaker Clark declared the Joint session at an end and the senators filed ment of the 10th of April, regrets to it out. The galleries quickly were deserted. Speaker Clark referred the ad- state that the impression made upon dress to the foreign affairs committee and the House resumed its regular by the statements and proposals contained in that note Is that the Imperial business. has failed to appreciate the government ConPresident Wilson's address to the poor eecurity of being allowed to of the situation which has regravity take to the ships boats before she was sulted, not "alone from the attack on gress follows: "Gentlemen of the Congress: sent to the bottom. But and "A situation has arisen In the for- again no warning: had been again no given; instances, of the eign relations of the country of which escape even to the ship's boats, al- treme and method of warfare which and distressing spiritImperial It Is my plain 3uty to Inform you very lowed those on board. What this gov- the German government has ernment foresaw must happen has hap- mistakenly adopted and which from frankly. "It will be recalled that in February, pened. Tragedy has followed tragedy the first exposed that government to 1915, the imperial German government on the seas In such fashion, with such the reproach of thrusting all neutral announced its Intention to treat the attendant circumstances, as to make it rights aside In pursuit of its immewaters surrounding Great Britain and grossly evident that warfare of euch diate objects. Ireland as embraced within the seat a sort. If warfare it be. cannot be car- PATIENCE OF V. S. WORN OUT. "The government of the United of war and to destroy all merchant ried on without the most palpable viohas been very patient. At every lation States of the dictates enemies its alike of owned that by ships might right stage of of this distressing experience be found within any part of that por- and humanity. Whatever the disposiown Its In which after tragedy tragedy tion of the high seas, and that it tion and Intention of the imperial Ger- citizens were Involved, it has sought to warned all vessels of neutral as well man government, it has manifestly be restrained from any extreme course as of belligerent ownership to keep out proved impossible for it to keep such of action or of protest by a thoughtful the extraordinary circf the waters It had thus prescribed methods of attack upon the commerce considerationof ofthis unprecedented war, or else enter them at their peril. The of its enemies within the bounds set by cumstances in all that It said or did and actuated reason or either the earnmanthe the of heart United of States government sentiments of genuine friendby the estly protested. It took the position kind. which the people of the United ship and that such a policy could not be pursued SHIPS OP A LI, SORTS DnSTROYED. States always have entertained Gerto entertain toward the without the practical certainty of gross In February of the present year the continue nation. It has. of course, accepted and palpable violation of the law of imperial German government Informed man euccesslve and assurexplanations government and the- other neutral the nations, particularly if submarine craft this ances German of governthe Imperial of the world that it had ment as given In entire sincerity were to be employed as Its Instruments, governments and to believe that the government Inasmuch as the rules prescribed by reason against of had mer- good faith, and has hoped; even Great Britain armed all that law, rules founded upon principles chant vessels of prove to be posthat it would and hope, for the German government Itso of humanity and established for the had given them British secret ownership orders to at- sible the acts of to order and control of the lives of noncombat- tack any submarine of the enemy they naval protection comanders as to square Its policy encounter upon the seas. and with the ants at sea. could not In the nature of mljrht of humanity as emthe imperial German government bodied Inprinciples the case be observed by such vessels. that has of nations. law the Justified in felt the In circumstances It based its protest on the ground that treating all merchantmen of belliger- been willing to wait until theItabsosigbecame persons of neutral nationality and ves- ent ownership as auxiliary vessels of nificance of the facts unmistakable and susceptible of sels of neutral ownership would be ex- war, which It should have the right to lutely one interpretation. without warning. The law of but"That posed to extreme and Intolerable risks, destroy has now unhappily been has nations point the long recognized and that no fight to close any part of of merchantmen to carry arms for right of are The facts reached. prothe high seas against their use or to tection and to use them to repel at- but one interpretation. susceptible The imperial expose them to auch risks could, law- tack, though to use them. In such cir- German government has not been able restraints upon fully be asserted by any belligerent cumstances, at their own risk; hut the to put any limits oreither freight be-or The law of nations In imperial German government claimed its warfare against government. It therefore has, to the set these ships. passenger right which understandings those matters, upon the governunder circumstances which It come painfully evident that the posi-at ment of the United States based its aside deemed Kven the terms tion which this government took protest Is not of recent origin or In whichextraordinary. It announced its purpose thus the very outset Is inevitable,- namely, for the founded upon merely arbitrary princi- still further to relax the restraints it that the use of submarines commerce of any enemy's Its willing- destruction previously professed ples set up by convention. It Is based, had because of the very on the contrary, upon manifest and ness and desire to put upon the oper- Is of necessity, vessels of the character of employed, and Its ations submarines carried the Imperative principles of humanity and plain implication that at least vessels the very method of attack, which their has long been established with the ap- which were not armed would still be employment of course Involves. Incomwith the principles of humaniproval and by the express assent of all exempt from destruction without patible established and Incontrothe civilized nations. ty, and that personaf safety vertible long warning of neutrals, and the sabe accorded their passengers would rights and AssriiATvci: c;ive.v or crews: but even that limitation, if it cred Immunities of noncombatants. rrtKCAlTIO.NS. was ever practicable to observe It, has DEMANDS CESSATION OF ILLEGAL fact constituted no check at all upon METHODS. "Notwithstanding the earnest pro- In the destruction of ships of every sort. test of our government, the imperial SOLEM.V "I have deemed It my duty, therefore, PIlOMISnS DROKEN. to say to the imperial German governGerman government at once proceeded If It Is still Its purpose to Again and again the imperial Ger- ment that relentless to carry out the policy it had an- man and Indiscriminate has govprosecute this government given nounced. It expressed the hope that ernment Its solemn assurances that at warfare against vessels of commerce the dangers involved, at any rate the least use notwithof the not be would submarines, passenger by ships to neutral vessels, would 'be thus dealt with and yet it has again standing the new demonstrated imposdangers to a minimum by the Instruc- and again permitted its undersea com- sibility of conducting that warfare in reduced to disregard those assurances iwcordance with what the government tions which It had Issued to Its sub- manders with entire impunity. Great liners like of the United States must consider the marine commanders and assured the the and the Arabic and mere sacred and indisputable rules of Intergovernment of the United States that ferryLusltanla boats like have been national law and the universally recIt would take every possible precaution attacked without thea Sussex warndictates of humanity, the govmoment's both to respect the rights of neutrals ing, sometimes before they had even ognized of the United States Is at least ernment and to safeguard the lives of noncombecome aware that they were In the forced to the conclusion that there Is presence of an armed vessel of the but one course it can pursue, and that batants. fives of noncombatants. unless the German govern"What has actually happened In the enemy, and the now Immediately declare and crews have been sac- ment shouldImperial year which has since elapsed, has passengers wholesale In a manner which and effect an abandonment of Its presshown that those hopes were not Jus- rificed of the United States ent methods of warfare against pasthe government assurances those tified, g Insusceptible cannot but regard as wanton and with- senger and f vessels, of being fulfilled. In pursuance of the out the slightest color of Justification. this government can have no choice but anv No of limit kind in been has. of sever submarine fact, with relations the to warfare against srt to the indiscriminate diplomatic policy and government of the German empire altothe commerce of Its adversaries thus destruction of merchantmenpursuit of all gether. v announced and entered upon by the kinds and nationalities within the wa"This decision,. I have arrived at Imperial German government In spite ters, constantly extending in area, with keenest regret: the 1possibility of the solemn protest of this govern- where these operations have been car- of thetheaction am sure, contemplated, unried of roll Americans on; commanders of German and the ment, the look forwill Americans all thoughtful on who have lost dersea vessels have attacked merchant attacked and their lives hasships thus ward to with unaffected reluctance. grown destroyed we cannot forget that we are In ships with greater and greater activmonth hy month until the ominous toll But some sort and by the force of circumsursene the not high upon only ity, has mounted into the hundreds. stances the responsible spokesman of but and Ireland, rounding Great Britain encounter Sl'SSKX S1KI(; IXJt'STIFIAIlLK. the rights of humanity, and that we wherever they could them, One of the latest and most shocking cannot remain silent while thope righu in a, way that has grown more and instances of this method of warfare seem In process of being: swept utterly more ruthless, more and more Indis- was of the destruction of the away in the maelstrom of this terrible that for steamer Sussex war. We owe it to a due criminate as the months have gone by. French to our as the sinking of our own rights as a nation,regard less and less obervant of restraints It must stand forth, sense of duty as a representative of Aid. as so of any kind; 3nd have delivered their the Lusltanla and unjustifiable as singularly to consti- the rights of neutrals, the world over, attacks without compunction against tragical a truly terrible example of the and to a Just conception of the rights vessels of eveiy nationality and bound tute of submarine warfare as of mankind, to take this stand now Inhumanity upon every sort of errand. Vessels of the commanders of German vessels with the utmost solemnity and firmneutral ownership, even vessels of have for theit.pastIf twelve months been ness. "I have taken It, and taken it in the this incident stood conducting neutral ownership bound from neutral alone some disavow- confidence that it will meet with your explanation, port to neutral port, have been de- al bv some some and All d vessels of bellig- evidencetheof German stroyed along with criminal government, mistake or willful approval men mustsupport. in hoping that unite In erent ownership on the part of the com- the imperial German government, constantly Increas- disobedience of the vessel that fired the tor which has in other circumstances ing numbers. Some time the merchant- mandermtsrht be sought or entertained: stood as the champion of all that we man attacked has been warned and pedo but unhappily It does not stand alone. are now contending for in the interest summoned to surrender, before being Kecent make the conclusion in- of humanity, may recognize the justice flrcl on or torpedoed; sometimes pas- evitable events It is only one instance, of our demands that and meet them In the or crews been have vouchsafed even though It be one of the most ex- - spirit in which they sengers are made." ( PAT. J -- en-sta- nt le nv - WEEK WILL TELL WHETHER KAISER WILL AGREE OR NOT In-"fen- se H -- - - . relght-caryin- cross-chann- el sober-minde- 4 M M aV ft Ky y. i GERMANY MUST OBEY LAW OF NATIONS IN SUBMARINE WARFARE OR U. S: WILL SEVER RELATIONS, WILSON'S ULTIMATUM (Continued from Page 1.) incon-trovertil- all 4 ULTIMATUM IS DISPATCHED BY PRESIDENT WILSON TO GERMANY SAYS GERMANY n JL JL MEMBERS OF SENATE GIVE VIEWS ON WILSON'S COURSE ! 19. "I do not ary 16, sent through Secretary Lansing, WASHINGTON, April of merchant President's course regarding the arming will lead to war," said Senator vessels and submarine warfare," said f Chamberlain, Democrat, chairman of Representative Cooper, ranking Repuban unprecedented war and to be guided the military committee. lican member of the foreign affairs "1 think the President was fully jus- committee. by sentiments of very genuine friend- tified "This is a good time for everyone to in the course he has taken." said head and maintain the balship for the people and government of Senator Wadsworth, Republican of hold his ance' was the only comment Senator Germany." It has accepted the success- New York. would make. "If war comes out of this," declared Stone "The severance of diplomatic relaive explanations and assurances of the Senator of Iowa, tions Republican Kenyon, rests with the executive departImperial government as of course given "I hope the first to enlist will be those ment of the government." said Senator In entire sincerity and goodJTaith and who have insisted on riding on armed of Illinois. "If Sherman, Republican has hoped, ever against hope, that it belligerent ships." us to the brink of war it this brings would prove to be possible for the imSenator Lodge, ranking Republican is for Congress to sustain or refuse of the foreign relations com- to sustain the President. I should vote perial government so to order and con- member said: "I think the President against any declaration of war based trol the acts of Its naval commanders mittee, not possibly have done less In on as to square Its policy with the rec- could any such reasons as those contained the circumstances. lie has made a the President's message." ognized principles of humanity, as em- very clea. statement of the course cf in Senator 'HampGallinger of New he bodied In the law of mitlons. It has Germany's acts and policies of subma- shire, Republican did said leader, rine warfare and the rights of ships not think the action meant war. "I made every allowance for unprecedented conditions and has been willing to carrying neutrals and noncombatants. think Congress must go very alow in and Clark Democratic Speaker however." he eaid. "I matter, wait until facts became unmistakable Kltchin declined to comment on the a written message would have think and were susceptible of only one inter Leader the address. caused less alarm. I. do not think It pretatlon. "The sending of a note to Germany will lead to war." "It now owes It to a Just for Was as mild a position as the Presicould taice," said Representative Its own rights, to say to theregard BELGRADE SWEPT IIY FIRE. imperial dent lood, chairman of the foreign affairs government that that time has come. fcommittee. Paris, April 19. A destructive fire in It has become evident to it formerly the capital of "I think this government should be Belgrade, is in a dispatch to the that the positionpainfully which It. took at the neutral," Serbia, reported Mann. said Leader Republican very outset is Inevitable, namely, the "The President has never been neu- Matin from Bucharest. It Is said tho use of submarines for destruction of an tral. He has been on the English side eastern section of the city was almost the time. What Is said about Ger- destroyed. hundred houses enemy's commerce is. of necessity, be- all while it is grossly exaggerated. were burned Several cause of the very character thousands and of the ves many, of persons a. Is But he could say are homeless. complaint. just sels employed and the very methods of Just same our about the and England attack which their employment with the shipping, substituting 'seizing ships' BREAKS LEG IN FALL. Involves, utterly incompatible with the for 'sinking ships.' It is a mistake to break off diplomatic relations with Losing her balance at the top of the principles of humanity, the evident that stairs at the Uneda rooming house, 64 and incontrovertible rights Germany. It isas perfectly Mrs. W. H. a. campaign political W. Second South street, of neutrals and the sacred immunities the President to a point the fell and fracBellion, up dodge, is trying to work landlady, of noncombatants. where he can get into a war with Germa- tured her 2right leg. The accident hapny-during a presidential campaign." pened at o'clock this morning. She WILL BREAK OFF RELATIONS. is a com- was taken to the emergency "The President's position hospital "If it still Is the purpose of the Im- plete repudiation of his note of Janu- - and attended by Dr. W. S. Keyting-perial government to prosecute relentless and 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 law and the universally recognized dictates of humanity, the government of the United States is at Jast forced to the conclusion that there Is but one course it can -- the Sussex, but from the whole method and character of submarine warfare as disclosed by the unrestrained practice of the commanders of German undersea craft during the past twelve months, and the Indiscriminate destruction of merchant vessels of all sorts, nationalities and destinations. If the sinking of the Sussex had been an Isolated rase the government of the United States might find it possible to hope that the officer who was responsible for that act had wilfully violated his orders or had been crlmlnaUy neg-- . llgent In taking none of the precautions they prescribed, and that the ends of Justice might be satisfied by imposing upon him an adequate punishment, coupled with a formal disavowal of the act and payment of a suitable indemBut nity by the Imperial government. was though the attack upon the Sussex and caused a manifestly indefensible loss of life so tragical as to make It stand forth as one of the most terrible examples of the inhumanity of submarine warfare as the commanders of German vessels are conducting it, it unhappily does not stand alone. "On the contrary, 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 distressing instances, of the deliberate method and spirit of indiscriminate destruction of merchant vessels of all sorts, nationalities and destinations which have become more and more,unmlstakable as the activity of GermarTundersea vessels of war has In recent months been quickened and extended. The imperial government will recall that when in February, 1915, it announced its Intention of treating the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland as embraced within the seat of war and of destroying all merchant ships owned by Its enemies that might be found within that zone of danger, and warned all vessels, neutral as well as belligerent, to keep out of the waters thus prescribed, or to enter them at their peril, the government of the United States earnestly protested. It took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without constant gross and palpable violations of the accepted law of nations, particularly If submarine craft were to be employed as its Instruments, inasmuch as the rules prescribed by that law, rules founded on the principles of humanity and established for the protection of the lives of noncombatants at sea, could not In the nature of the case be observed by such vessels. It based its protest on the ground that personsneu-of neutral nationality and vessels of tral ownership would be exposed .to extreme and intolerable risks; and that no right to close any part of the high seas coxild lawfully be asserted by the imperial government In the circumstances then existing. The law of nations In these matters upon which the government of the United States based that protest is not of recent origin or founded upon merely arbitrary prinup by conventions. It Is ciples set based, on the contrary, upon manifest principles of humanity and has long been established with the approval and by the express assent of all civilized nations. "The Imperial government, notwithstanding, persisted In carrying out the policy announced, expressing the hope that the dangers involved, at any toratea to neutrals, would be reduced minimum by the Instructions which It had Issued to the commanders of Its submarines, and assuring the government of the United States that it would take every possible precaution, both to respect the rights of neutrals and to safeguard the lives of noncombatants. CAXT RESTRAIN WARFARE. "In pursuance of this policy of submarine warfare against the commerce of its adversaries, thus announced and thus entered upon In spite of the solemn protest of the government of the United States, the commanders of the undersea vesImperial government's sels have carried on practices of such ruthless destruction which have made it more and more evident as the months have gone by that the Imperial government has found It Impracticable to put any such restraints upon them as It had hoped and promised to put. Again and again the Imperial government has given its solemn assurances to the government of the United States that at least passenger ships would not be thus dealt with, and yet It has repeatedly Its undersea commanders to permitted those with entire disregard As assurances recently as February last Impunity. It gave notice that It would regard all armed merchantmen owned by its enemies as part of the naval forces of Its adversaries and deal with them as with men of War, thus, at least by Implication, pledging Itself to give warnnot armed ing to vessels, which were and to accord security of life to their passengers and crews; but even this limitation their submarine commanders have recklessly ignored. - OFTEN NO WARNING GIVEN. Vessels of neutral ownership, even vessels of neutral ownership bound from neutral port to neutral port, have been destroyed along with vessels of inbelligerent ownership. In constantlymerSometimes numbers. the creasing chantmen attacked have been warned, and summoned to surrender before being fired on or torpedoed; sometimes their passengers and crews have been vouchsafed the poor security of being allowed to take to the ship's boats before the ship was sent to the bottom. But again and again no warning has been given, no escape even to the ship's boats allowed to those on board. Great liners like the Lusitania and Arabic and mere passenger boatB like the Sussex have been attacked without a moment's warning, often before they have even become aware that they were In the presence of an armed ship and lives of noncombatants, passengers and crew have been destroyed wholesale, and in a manner in which the government of the United States cannot but regard as wanton and without the slightest color of Justification. No limit of any kind has In fact been set to their indiscriminate pursuit and destruction of merchantmen of all kinds and nationalities within the waters which the imperial government has chosen to designate as lying within the seat of war. The roll of Americans who have lost their lives upon ships thus attacked and destroyed has grown month by month until the ominous toll has mounted into the hundreds. , "The government of the United States has been very patient. At every stage of this distressing experience of tragedy, it has sought to be governed by the mcst thoughtful consideration cf the extraordinary circumstances of -- long-establish- ed . r pursue. Unless the Imperial government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare' against passenger and freight-carryin- g vessels, the government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German empire altogether. This action the government of the United States contemplates with the greatest reluctance, but feels constrained to take In behali of humanity and the rig'hts of neutral nations. STATEMENT OF' FACTS. to the note Part one of the of facts under the caption. appendix "Statement in Sussex case accompanying note to (ierman government of April 18, 1916," follows: The French channel steamer" Sussex:, in passenger servemployed regularly ice between the ports of Folkstone, and France, as It has England, been for yearsDieppe, (French left Folkstone for Dieppeforeign at 1.25office), p. m. 5125 March 24, 1916, with or more pas(Decsengers and a crew of laration of Captain Mouffett; Rear Admiral Grasset's The passenwere about 25 Amergers, among: whomreport). ican citizens (telegram London emembassy, March 2625, 1916, and Paris sevand 28), were of bassy, March eral nationalities and many of them were women and children and nearly half of them subjects of neutral states. (Report of Commander Sayles and Lieutenant Smith; Bear Admiral Grasset's report). The Sussex carried no armament (French foreign office), of Commander report Sayles and Lieutenant Smith, affidavits of American has never been employed as passengers, a troop ship and was following the route not used for transporting troops (between Great Britain and France.) The a course near due south ship after following (DecDungeness. passing laration of Captain Mouffet). The weather was clear and the sea smooth of Edna Hale, John F. (affidavits Gertrude W. Warren). At Hearley, 2.60 p. m., when the Sussex was about thirteen miles from Dungeness (declaration of Captain Mouffet). the captain of the vessel, who was on the bridge, saw about 150 meters from the ship, on the port side, the wake of a torpedo. (Decof Captain Mouffet). It also laration was seen very clearly by the first officer and the bbatswain. who were with the captain on the bridge. (Report of Rear Admiral Grasset). Immediately gave orders to port the helm and stop the' starboard engine (declaration of toCaptain Mouffet). the purpose being the to vessel swing starboard so as to dodge the torpedo by allowing It to pass along the port bow on a line converging with the altered course of the steamer. Before, however, the vessel could be turned far the course of enough to avoid the torpedo, the crossing latter struck the hull at an angle a short distance forward the bridge, exploded, destroyed the en-of tire forward part of the steamer as far back as the first water-tigbulkhead, carried away the foremast with the wireless antennae and killed or Injured about eighty of the persons on board. (Declaration of Captain Mouffet. report of Rear Admiral of Henry S. Beer). Grasset, deposition the no time other vessel was In Atsight (Affidavits of Samuel F. Bemis, T. W. Culbertson, John J I. Hearley and 53-me- . 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Warren.) n of these, an citizen named Henry S. Beer,American was leaning on the port rail about ten feet behind the and gazing seaward when he bridge saw the approaching torpedotoabout 100 yards away and exclaimed his wife and companion: "A torpedo!" Immediately following his exclamation, the missile struck the vessel. (Depositions of Henry S. Beer and Mrs. Henry S. Beer.) lxl .urtnr corroboration of the fact, that the captain saw the torpedo coming toward the vessel, is the sworn statement of the engineers on duty that the order to port the helm and to stop the starboard engine was received and obeyed. (Report of Admiral Grasset). No reasonable explanation can be given for his unusual order other than that the captain saw something which caused him to change his course sharply and starboard. PART TWO OF APPENDIX. lit addition to this Which In itself would appear evidence. conclusive that the agent of destruction was a torpedo. Is that of Lieutenant Smith, United States navy, attached to the American embassy at Paris, who,, accompanied by Major Logan, 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 wreck fifteen pieces of metal, which they retained in their possession, as they did not believe the formed part of the vessel. The pieces of the hull inspection disclosed that the vessel was wrecked an external explosion, the boilers by Intact, and that a short distance being forward of the bridg-- was a dent received 'a showing that the vessel had large the direction of the "imheavy blow,from abaft the beaai pact being a line at an acute angle with thealong: keel of the vessel. (Report of Lieutenant Smith, cabled April 1.) This evidence (Coutinued on Page 8.) - Clean Up! Brighten Up! i Let Sherwin-William- s you with their help Ay MJijdgy', - 'M&.i:T&maitm$?!ff i( ?'r .. 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