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Show "" CASE AGAINST THE GERMANS Sussex and Other Ships Were Destroyed in Violation of Promises to United States. NOTE TO GO PROMPTLY Germany's Good Faith to Be Determined by Statement of Facts More Affidavits Arrive. Washington, April 14. Secretary Lansing acknowledged late today that the United States Is in possession of evidence secured by the French naval forces from a captured German submarine sub-marine crew, tending to show the identity of the submarine which destroyed de-stroyed the Sussex. The state department de-partment is developing it and mean-' while it will not be disclosed. wasmngton, April 14 After a prolonged pro-longed cnbinet meeting today it was announced that a communication to Germany would go forward as planned, plan-ned, probably within the next forty-eight forty-eight hours. It was said the case was complete without the "affidavits which arrived today on the St Paul. The plan to present the American case came with the accumulation of evidence that not the Sussex alone but other ships as well have been destroyed de-stroyed in violation of Germany's promises to the United States remained re-mained unchanged. With the statement state-ment of fact will be determined Germany's Ger-many's good faith to make good her assurances. Nothing in the nature of a time limit will be attached It was understood. more Evidence Arrives. New York, April It Guarded by Sir Charles Allom of the British foreign for-eign office tho evidence In tho Sussex Sus-sex case which has been gathered for tho American government, arrived on tho liner St. Paul. It included affidavits af-fidavits of the survivors gathered by attaches of the American embassies in Paris and London. Among the St. Paul's 5S6 passengers was Edward H. Huxley of Englewood, N J., president of tho United States Rubber Export company of this city who was a passenger pas-senger on the Sussex, escaping uninjured. unin-jured. Mr. Huxley stated positively that from the hour that the vessel left tho British shore until tho moment mo-ment she was attacked, and for nine hours thereafter, not another vessel was sighted except tho destroyer which came to the rescue. German Statement Refuted. Mr. Huxley made this assertion in connection with the text of Germany's note of April 10 to the state department, depart-ment, citing an attack by a German submarino on an unnamed vessel in the vicinity of the Sussex at the hour when the latter met with mishap. Mr. Huxley also said he was positive posi-tive the Sussex carried no ammunition. ammuni-tion. The German note declared that a violent explosion on the ship which was torpedoed warranted the "certain "cer-tain conclusion that great amounts of munitions were aboard." Mr. Huxley showed a letter which he said had been written by Captain Thomas Carroll, French embarkation officer at Boulogne, France, in which Captain Carroll said: "I have just helped take from the Sussex, beach ed nearby, the body of a poor woman with a piece of a Gorman torpedo Imbedded in her stomach." Full Details Sent to U. S. Paris, April 14. The American government gov-ernment is now in possession of the information obtained by the French government which led to the assertion that the steamship Sussex was tor- ptruueu u) a uciumu uuuiijuuut;, run details, even to the namo of tho commander com-mander and number of tho submarine have been communicated privately to the American government The ministry of marine was not prepared today to make this information informa-tion public but it has been given not only to the United States but to all other governments interested. One reason tho authorities refrain from giving out details Is that it Is their understanding that they are acting act-ing In conformity with the wisheB of tho American government It is nlso the desire of French officials to give Germany an opportunity to reply to the statement that the name of tho commander and number of the submarine sub-marine are known. It Is understood that somo of the fragments of the Instrument which caused the explosion found on the Sussex Sus-sex have Imprinted on them German letters and words, indicating the town where It was made. |
