Show ALL SHIPS HELD MEN OF GERMANY TO ATTACK WITHOUT WARNING PASSENGER VESSELS CARRYING GUNS the promise Pro given to america that these thes vessels before being tor must be stopped and examined falls to the ground london the exchange telegraph companas comp anys I 1 amsterdam correspondent quotes the fo following lowing from the berlin Rund the german government has now formally taken the position that eng lands armed commercial and passenger steamers ners are men of war being armed auxiliary cri users the promise given to america which always has hindered our submarine warfare that these vessels before being torpedoed must be stopped anil and examined falls to the ground they are warships and must be treated as such even when americans are on b board OIL rd we now have facilities for extending the undersea boat war which ach sensible people have long recognized as unavoidable and indispensable this is the best reply to premier lloyd georges refusal of our peace offer |