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Show ,- ,:; BRYM TURKS DOWN '. ' GERMM CONTEKTIQK . X j BBS i' IH i ! i Denies Hydroaeroplanes Are War I Vessels and Classes Them ' ' L I As Aircraft BHfl V Washington, Fob. 1. In reply to BIB f ' Germany's recent protest agalust tho HHl if j building of hydrcacroplanea by Am- HjB t ' '"I erlcnti manufacturers for England HHw f I and Hussla, Secretary Bryan has In- HHfl ' , j formed Count von Rcrnstorff, tho BB r German ambassador, that tho state Hfl ;' department does not concur In tho HHfl . contention that siiih craft must bo BBB regarded ns vessels ot war "whoso BBfl I delivery to belligerent states by neu- BBB i! trnls should bo stopped." BBll BBB J! Sccrotary Brjnn said: BmBBBBk BBB II "As to this assertion of tho char- BBfl j acter of hydroaeroplanes I submit BBB V j tho following comments: Tho fact BBfl that a hyrdoaoroplano Is fitted with BBfl I apparatus to rlso from and alight up- Bflflj I i on tho Bca does not, In my opinion, Bflflj i glvo It tho character of a vessel any Bflflj ) ) "' moro than tho wheols attached to V I i i an aoroplanc, fitting It to rlso from BBfl , and alight upon land, glvo tho latter flflj ' ; the' character ot a land vehicle Doth Bflfll ' ' 4 tho, hydroaoroplano and the aoropluno Bflf I tiro essentially aircraft; aB an aid In Bflflj ' I military operations they can only bo Bflflj J used In tho air. flflj I "In vlow of these, facts I must ills- flflflt I I sent from your excellency's assertion flflj , '' that thero Is no doubt that hydroacro- i, j planes must bo regarded as war ves-' ves-' ; I sels. . ' I "In" Ibis connoitlon I further call I to your oxcollency's attention that, ' according to tho Intest advices ro- pp. cotved by this department, tho tier- f) ,,-. man Imporlul government Includos HHJ Vi ballooiia and Jlylng machines In tho HHM' ' list of conditional contraband nnd j that In thu Imperial prize ordltmnco Hfll' ' ' Af (lrnftod September 30, 1D09, nnd is- HHK l , sued In tho Holchstag Oosctzblatt on HHl ;, August 1 1014, appear as conditional HflflJ i , contraband airships and Hying mach- H, ' ' Ines (article 1!3, section S). It thus HHfl V ' j appears that tho Imperial govcrnmont HHflp H j has placd and still retains aircraft B; I of all descriptions In tho c'nsg ot 1 conditional contraband, for which no HHB t I special treatment Invoking' neutral HBBB duty Is, so fnr aR I am advised, pro- BBB vldod by any troaty to which tlm BBB United States Is a signatory or nd- HBBB I hcrlng power." |