Show GERMANY RL OT ATTEMPT DECLARES commercial WAR OFF AMERICAN COAST IN AC COR DANCE WITH RULES holds hold that german sea forces A arc r r entitled z to carry on cruiser warfare and will not infringe upon pon american rights plants derlin in answer to the report sent out 1 I by tile tho wireless that the ho german corman submarine U 53 torpedoed in ill settle boine abes cases and rank ships a cointo tent gerin german a n authority bays the over seas jeaa news agency makes tho the tollow follow ing hig statement ciU the commercial war ile near ar tile tho coast of tile tho united states Is being carried on according to rules and the inan promise which means that a chaitman cli ch antman can ile bo stopped and jhc thc tl ac after tile vessel lias has been searched and tho the crow crew and passengers are in safety the vessel can bo be sunk bunk under ce certain ta in conditions these conditions are for instance ins entice when a hostile steamer or a neutral steamer carrying contraband 0 of f war Is involved or when the military situation makes it impossible to bring a steamer which lias has been captured into port its as a prize lit in no case however can this be co construed ns trued to mean that a merchantman may be sunk b by y a t torpedo without previous warning according to further reports from washington the hie american authorities are said to be afraid that very complicated questions of neutrality nourr L lity may arise if the ho german submarines submits ines operate so near tile tho american coast and that tha t such submarine action Is equivalent t to a blockade to this it la is stated that tile the german sea eca forces are entitled to carry on a cruiser warfare anywhere in ili the open sea ca territorial waters of neutral tates states are carefully respected A blockade of course Is out of the question |