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Show I' UNARMED SHIPS I ' SAFE FROM ATTACK N ARMED MERCHANTMEN SUBJECT H, TO DESTRUCTION OY GERMAN H, SUBMARINES IN FUTURE. H 'Germany Declares Assurances Given H In the Lusltanla Aoreemcnt Re- H gardlng 8upbmarlne Warfare H Have Not Been Modified. B Washington. Germany, in a formal H nolo presented by Count von Darn- K Btorff toSecretary Lansing on Monday, B rolterates assurances rognrdlng tlio fu- turo conduct of subniurlno warfare H clvcn In tlio Lusltniilii cubo; declares H thoso nssurunccs liavo not boon modi- HP fled by tlio nicinornuduiu Betting forth R its Intention to treat armed merchant B men of the cnteuto allies as auxiliary m cruisers after midnight February 29; B and attempts to Justify tlio lssuanco 1 of tlio meiuorandum by presenting ovl- H dquco und assertions designed to B provo that the British government has B instructed mcrcliantmcn to uso their m armament for purposes of attack in M violation of assurances given to tlio H United States. H ' Later It wbb said at tlio stato do- H partment that while the United States K stood unalterably for the right of mor- H chant ships to carry guns for dofeuso, H ft was not now and novcr had been H- contending that Americans could B travel with Immunity on ships having H orders to act offensively. It was In- H. (Heated that, altliough Secretary Lans- B' ing was not prepared at this tlmo to V accopt as concluslvo tlio allegations of H Germany In regard to tlio conlldoutlal H; Instructions claimed to liavo been B given to British sea captains, if tlio 1 .claims wcro sustained tlio fact would "" havo an important bearing upon tlio H futuro attltudo of this government. |