| Show STAND lore fore DELIVERED AT BERLIN IN TO fticar NOTE OF JULY 8 linitz state stat CS will continue to freedom of 4 the contend ted tor for 1 t ocal ae and 1 reparation AtlOn for live lives sacrificed washington n the text of the reply of c th the united states to abe gorman u cote tote on the lusitania 1 and ahe he general subject of f german germanys fa submarine war tylre krewat aa made duill pu ill ou on july 21 it t the wo tto d following folio ns la is the official text of the latest african Amo rican note to germany the secretary of state to ambassador geard ge oe ard department of state washington july 21 1915 you are i instructed to deliver textually the fol lowing acta u to the minister of foreign straits abo note of the imperial german dated tho the esth of july 1516 hm 21 received the archul arc ful con ident ton of the government cf of the tho united states f and it regret regrets to be bo obliged to gay la that it but ha found ft 11 ter ry bw because ause it tails falls to meet too the real difference differences between the two ave and indicates no nay sly in which the accepted principles t 4 law and humanity may be applied la 14 the grive matter in controversy but proposes oa on the contrary ar range ments tor for a partial ot f those principles which virtually tet et them a one olle point satisfactory the government govern nent of the united states notes with satisfaction that the imperial Ge german government recognizes without reservation the validity ct the principles insisted upon in tho the emeral communications which this tills addressed to tho the im lerial german with re lard ard lo 10 its announcement of a war lone zone and the U uie of submarines Bub marines merchantmen marchant men on or the high eels aei the chrt the high are freo that the character and cargo of or merchantman must first be ascertained before she can la lan ular jully be seized or destroyed and that the lives of combatants noncombatants non may in no asse t be e put in fit jeopardy unless the TW resse resist resists or peeks to escape after itlay summoned to submit to examination ll 11 alon for a bet ll gerent act of retail glon aoa is per pe ve an act beyond the lav law and tho bange da ot of atrach ne at atalla tory is U an admission that it I 1 II 11 illegal keen the government ot of thie tn united states Is however ho weyer keenly disappointed to flud find that the imperial german regarda regards itself aa in large leered exempt from the obligation to observe these principles plea even where vessels are by what Ubel t believes ieves tho the policy and practice of 0 tm government of great britain to be la a the present war with regard to neu till com commorice morce the imperial german geman will readily understand C th at t the government of the united etaka we a cannot discuss tho the policy of A the 6 government tot ot great britain with wd to pei itna trade except with that government itself and that it nut regard tho the conduct of other belligerent li governments govern mente aa as irrelevant to W Y discussion with the imperial oer ger e government of what thi this t arvern avem vem bent eat regarda regards as grave ud ad of the rights of amerl amert an litt mazena ions by W garman arman gunval corn com anders nd ere illegal and inhuman nets however justifiable Juatina ble they may be bought to be against an enemy who I 1 believed bI leed to have acted in contra antton of law and humanity are n manifestly AnIf estly indefensible when they de do raye neutrals neu of their acknowledged edged wile particularly when they violate ae he right to life itself it a a balliger belll ger ni at cannot retaliate real lato against an onomy ono my injuring the lives of neutrals welt ell a their property humanity as lluc it aa justice and due regard for a 0 dignity c of neutral powers should chate dictate that the practice be decon M if it persisted in lit it would in mu ith circum circumstances atances constitute an un wao offense against the sov bover r aty of he be neutral nation d ie a government of the states adful not Ind tui ot of the tho extraordinary llona created by this war or of he e radical alterations ot of circum in ce a s and method hod s of 0 attack produced y we 8 use of instrumentalities of hj at 1 warfare war far which the nations of ha hl world ald cannot not have had in view i hen ni ill e existing e rulen of In internal terna law a w were formulated and it Is to dy y co to m anake ovary every reasonably reason ablo ible alme for 1 boval moval and lt lawis or of vr war at ca but it cm CU uL ula 1 to abate unessential an ny essential ot 0 tal fight of its it opie be tal use of a amere in ere alteration of circum m I 1 w the righta rights of neutrals in time iboa ipoa ars b based upon principle not pan S sya and the principles 4 table I 1 k 1 is t duty of FI berente Se rente the butr aza obligation of belr V treats s to and find a it to adapt adopt the th circumstances circum to them of the past two 0 o months abl ble tod tatt agni K to conduct euch such S ta a as havo charu 1 f 1 I r a S german t activity 0 at the tm imperial ill lone zone la in navy substantial within the so called war accord with the this accepted practices ot of f fare the whole world regulated hua ills war aith 1 interest t looked 1 and increasing e at the demonstration of that pos by german naval err it Is command itt manifestly W possible there for to lift the bhole practice ot of sub attack 1311 above the criticism indich aich it ha aroused aaa remove the chief causes ot of offend la in vms nt s of the admission of 0 illegality made by the imperial ullen atin it pleaded the tile government right of re talin tion in defense ot of tta its acta acts and in view of manifest manof cit possibility f of conform lug to ilici established rules of naval mar warfare fare the government of the unit cd ed states cannot believe that the ira im aerial government will longer retrain refrain from disavowing the wanton act of its naval commander com maider in sinking the lust failla or from offering reparation tor for the american lives lost so tar far as repa ration can be made for a needless de bt ruction of human life by an illegal act suggestion not accepted the government of tho the united states while not indifferent to the friendly spirit in which it Is made cannot accept the suggestion of the imperial goern government ment that certain ves eels be designated and agreed shall be tree uee on the seas na now Hegal lir proscribed the very agree trent mojid by ienir implication ll cation subject other vessels to illegal attack and would be a curtailment and therefore hn abandonment of the principles pl for ivsich bich this government and which in times of calmer counsel every nation would concede as of course the government of tho the united states and the imperial germon germ on government ern ment contending for the same ame great object have long stood together tog ther in urging the very principles upon which the government of the united states now so solemnly insists they are both contending for the freedom of the seas the government of the united states will continue to contend for that freedom from whatever quarter violated without compromise and at any cost it invitee invites the practical cooperation of the imperial german government at this time when coop co op cration may most and this great commod object be most angly and effectively achieved can be accomplished the imperial german gorman government expresses ex a the hope that this object way be in some measure accomplish tad d even before the present prent war ends it can be the government of the united states not only eels obliged to insist upon it by whomsoever violated or ignored and in the protection ot of ita its own citizens but Is also deeply interested in III seeing it made practicable between the belligerents and holds itself ready at any time to act as the common friend who may be privileged to suggest a way air in the tle meantime the very value malch aich this government sets acts upon the long and unbroken friendship between the people and government of the united states and the people and goy eminent of the german nation impels it to press very solemnly a t imperial german government the necessity tor for a observance of neutral rights in this critical mat ler ter friendship itself prompts it to bayto eay to the im imperial berial german govern ment that repetition by commanders of the german naya vessels of acts in contravention of the th e must be regarded gardel re by the government of the united states when they affect amer i leani citizens cItIzen sp as deliberately un ua friendly signed LAI aadi SING |
