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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-6-3, Page 7GERMAN ANSWER TO U.S. NOTE Alleges Ship. Carried Guns—Wants Agreement, on ",Facts" Before Justifying the Lusitania Crime, • Berlin, via The Hague, May 3A.• -- The text Of the German reply team American note regarding the Lusi- tanria and other ineiden;ta+, as roadie public here to -day is as fellows: --- "The Imperial Government has subjected the statements of the United States to careful examinee tion, and has a lively wish to eon - tribute in a frank and friendly manner to clear up any misunder- standing which may have entered into the relations between the two Governments borough the events. mentioned bee the American mote. "With regard;, to the Cushing and Gulflight incidents, the Amer- ican Embassy already has been in- formed that it is far from the Get- man Government to have any in- tention of ordering attacks by sub- marines or flyers on neutral ships in the war zone not guilty of any hostile act. On the contrary, most Brits: Admiralty. It is moreover known to the Imperial' Government from reliable information furnished by its Officials and neutral paesen- gers that for some time practically `all the more valuable h'•nglisir mar - chant vessels have been provided with guns, ammunition and other weapons and furnished with crews especially practised in manning guns. According to reports here, the Lusitania., when she left New York, had guns aboard which were mounted under deck and masked. Blames Great Britain. "The Imperial Government fur- thermore has the honor to direct the particular attention of the American Government to the fact that the British Admiralty, by se- eret instructions in February rJ of this year, advised the British mer- chant marine not only to seek pro - explicit instructions repeatedly taction behind neutral flags and have been given, the German armed markings, but even when so dis- forces to avoid attacking such vas- gutsed to attack German submar sells, yes by ramming. High rewards "If neutral ships have come to grief through German submarine warfare during the past few months by mistake it is a, question of iso- lated end exceptional cases whicfh are traceable to the misuse of flags by the British, in connection with careleu:sness or suspicious actions on the part of ships. In ,all eases where a neutral vessel, through. no fault of its own, has come to grief through German submarines or fly- ers, according to these facts as 1 s' dais consequently are no lunger in, oertaine�d: by the•German Go n has express- the position to observe the rules of answer would be sent to Berlin per ed, this Governmenthe n right of capture . otherwise usual, leaps Within twenty -tour or forty - ed its regret at the unfortunate cc- -This ice :end his promised indene- and with whine they invariably eight hours. This is expected to nificatiun where the facts jus"tifieclcomplied before this, give the American Government's it. Germany will treat the ev=es of "Lastly, the Imperial Govern- understanding of the facts, that the theAmerican steamers Cushin and meat must sperifieally point out Lusitania wee unarmed and carried a s e 8 cleat c n lei• last trip the Lusitania. n:, c.:nteal.t1 guns, that she depart- prince le accordingve toi theowine as on earlier ec•caeiens, batt Cana.- ed from the United States a peace principle. An tnv4sE{sults is in di,en' tritons and munitions of war ful merchantman and that under all progress, and the results will be p' communicated to the Embassy aboard, including nc, lee; than rules of international law and hu- communicated 5,400 vases of .munition destined inanity the vessel should have been were offered by the British Govern- mea t as a special incentive for the destruction of ,submarines by mer- chant vessels, and such rewards al- ready have been paid. In view of these fact, which are sufficiently known to the Imperial Government, it is unable to consider British mer- chant vessels any longer 'undefend- ed territory' in the zone of war and time of war designated by the Ad- miralty and staff of the Imperial German Navv. German comman- ME�RAN. LiEJ1Z ACA , "- vteo Potire i°, Yt1.t Aet4 t LAKE GARDA BRESCiA 1VA COtYe i uAtVo Tf evlsO VEROI�IA mg.• •.•. FRONd-!ER This Map show's the Mq�N RAI RpApS S itESTE NO ,OIO NAO,.. 1V .5,, frontier' along tsldch the Italian and Austrian Troops have clashed. t.t i f lies o a.,>The realization 'o t sreg _, o p proposals failed on account of their rejection by Great Britain." Disappointment Is leen, Washington, May 30.—Germany's reply to the American note eon- cerning the sinking of the Lusitania! with a loss of more than 100 Ameri- can lives, produced a feeling of profound disappointment here. Dissatisfaction at the Whizz. of Germany to answer the demands of the United States was reflected in Goverztrnent' circles generally. Will Stick to Position. From a. previous knowledge of President WiIson'�s position, it was generally predicted that a prompt • shortly. for the destruction vf brave Gee visited and searcleed and her pas "'If necessary the rove •tigati ,ns 1 f Enquiry, as provided fur in Article duty to the' r 4-LII"1"1. The Ger- r.itiun or nut. American law clues 3 of The Hague Agreement of Octo maga Government believes it acts in not • prohibit ammunition from being bar 18, 1907, just: self-defence when its soldiers carried on passenger ships, it will can be ruppletaiected by a ,caill upon man s aldiars who AUSTRIANS FLEE IN DISDBDEIR Rapidity of Italian Advance Has Paralyzed' the Enemy. A despatch from London says: With the occupation of the town of Grade, on the Gulf of Trieste, the Italian front in the advance over; the eastern frontier into Austrian territory, now forms a continuous line of about 40 miles,. stretching from Caporetto, on the left flank, to the sea. The farthest advance into Austrian territory is at Mon falcon, on the railway to Trieste,: the Italians being thus within 22 miles of that port. The Daily Chronr le eorrespond- ent Says: I hear that the Austrians are in full retreat a?.,ng the whole of their defensive line, burning houses, stores, crops and forage and de.truving Deeds and l,rid^•es 17 in fact, laying waste entire peon WA �ABRITISH The. Italian forces which invaded Tyrol from the soutfsern frontier of that region have advanced as far Like the Triumph, h, She Was 5ubnnariued While as the mouth of the Chieze River in Lake Idre, occupying .all the rugged Supporting Land Forces of Gallipoli Peninsular terrain between the lake and Lake A despatch from London says: The British battleship Majestic, Capt. II. F. G. Talbot, was torpe- doed and sunk by an enemy sub- marine while the battleship was supporting the allied land forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Near- ly all the officers and men were saved. It is supposed that the submarine that sank the Majestic was the same that sent the British battle- ship Triumph to the bottom on Tuesday last. The Majestic was completed in the year 1'+95, and was the oldest battleship on the active list of the navy. She was one of nine vessels known as the Majestic class. Her displacement was 14,000 tons, Garda, to the east.. There have been artillery engagements at, the length 300 feet, speed 17 knots, and Ts,nole Pass, where very strong he earned four i2 inch, twelve G- ` Austrian forts bar the progress of inch and sixteen 12 -pounder guns: the Italians, argot c,n the A:siago of old pattern,. with five torpedo plateau, onthe eastern frontier are tubes. Her nominal complement '1 e rug, srard a hath ier invade emceedto,: d sip Vat Su>;tana,. was 75., , officers and men. Italian gunboats on Lake Garth The sinking of the Majestic is gave effective sii ort tv the trop, s said to have occurred off Sedelul , operatingon the eastern shore of Bahr, at the southern point of the state- ' : te Iake, enabling them to occupy Gallipoli Peninsula. This state : several strategic points gerund t meat is made in a ConstantinopleI<;tnt. B strategic gf wich a -n iris ort- ; despatehe received by way of Ser- , ant peak. Monte 1iti=sim-' zi go Rn. feet !ia^'h, A despatch to the Times from its ;r was captured yesterday. Andros. correspondent says that The objective elf theses tro,e,ps is 400 men of the crew of the battle• ,ll. ori, on the erste+.ad connecting ship Trium. h which was sunk Riva and Aron with Rovereto and u day i the Gulf of Savor, were Trent, thus cutting off from the saved. The officers and crew on rear the .tnstrien garris"n at Riva. board the Triumph in peace times ;i and the Austrian forces at the numbered about 700 men. 4 me,}ith of the Adige. Difficult. , A despatch from Paris says: The ? Rome correspondent of the Temps Little Robert: `'Ma., Bras Robin-1telegraphs that nearly 11,000 woy- son Crusoe an acrobat "' men have been ern -tilled in a. female Mother: `'I don't know. Why r, M pollee force authorized by the Ital- ian Government. These women he- Little e ,,i - eRuben,:•, i e reads that after he Itad frni�hed his . die glasses. They will undergo spe- are fulfilling; with senge^rs -transferred to, aa, p ace o j� \j o-,alf-satrific:e and devotion their safety whether she carried ammu 51111 Ii uuu i the International Commission of The I'altibtt Case. destroy ammunition destined for be asserted, but only :self -,exploding «the enemy with the means of war at material, and liners in the past In the case of the sinking of the its command. The English steam- have been peirmitted to carry arms English ship Falaba, the eumman• strip company must have been and ammunition by special ruling der of the German submarine had the intention of allowing t'se pas- sengers and crew ample opportun- ity to save themselves. It was not until the captain disregarded the order to lay to and took to flight, sending up rockets for help, that the commander ordered the crew and passengers by signal from a megaphone to leave within ten min- utes. As a matter of fact, -he al- lowed them 23 minutes, and did not fire a, torpedo until suspicious yes - seas were hurrying to aid the Fa•- laba. "With regard to the loss of life when the British passenger steamer Lusitania was sunk, the German Government already has expressed deep -regret to neutrals •concern;ed that nationals of those countries lost their lives. The Imperial Gov- .--ernment is unable for the rest to reject the inapr-esssion that certain important facts most directly con- meted with the :sinking of the Lusi- tania, usi tania may have escaped the atten- tion of the American Government. It therefore considers it necessary in the interests of a clear and full understanding aimed at by both Governments primarily to convince itself that the reports of the facts which are before the two Govern- ments are complete and in agree- ment. "The Government of the United States proceeds upon the assump- tion that 'the Lusitania•' is to be considered as an ordinary unarmed merchant vessel. The Imperial, Government• b,gs in this connection to point. out that the Lusitania, was one of the largest and Fastest of English steamers participatin in Governnvent funds ais an, auxiliary cruiser, and is 'expressly included in the navy list publish -ed by the aware of the dangers to which pas- sengers aliened the Lusitania were exposed under the circumstances. In taking them, :aboard in spite of thi:,, the company quite deliberate- ly tried 'to use the lives of American. citizens as protection for the am- munition carried, and violated the clear provisions of American laws, which expressly prohibit and pro- vide punishment for carrying pas- sengers on ships which have explo- sives -aboard. The company there- by wantonly caused the. deaths of so many passengers. According to the express report of the isubmar- ine commander concerned, w'hidh is only confirmed by all other reports,. there can be no doubt that the ra- pid sinking of the- Lusitania ,was primarily due to, an explosion of bier cargo of ammunition caused by a torpedo. Otherwise, there Was all -human possibility that the pas- sengers would have- been saved. "The Imperial Government holds the facts recited to be. of sufficient importance to recommend them to careful examination by the Am:eri.- can Government. The Imperial German Government begs to re- serve final statements of its posi- tion with regard to the demands made in connection with the sink- ing of the Lusitania until a. reply is received from. 'the American- Gov- e-rnment, and believes it -should re- call here that it took note with satisfaction of the, proposals of good offices submitted, by the Amer- ican Government to Berlin sand London with a view ' o providing a way for the conduct of the mari- time war between Germ -any and Great Britain. The Imperial. Gov- ernment furnished -at that time -am- ple evidence of its good will'by its willingness to consider these pro - WILL BE INTERNED IN VATICAN Pope's Private" Chamberlain Failed to Attend Mass Where Prayers Were Offered ,for Italy's Triumph A despatch from Rome says: Monsignor Gerlach, the ' Austrian private chamberlain of the Pope, has been interned in the Vatican, where he must remain until the cent •of the war. , This action was taken by the . Pope when. he learned.that Monsignor Gerlach no longer at- tends the daily mass of the Pontiff, where- - prayers are. . offered for the triumph of Italian .arras. Monsignor Gerlach ways accused of having falsified the words of Pope Benedict in a, eaonversaftion between the Pontiff and,the corres- pondent of a paper recently; at which Monsignor Gerlach acted.as. interpreter. ,Austrian Consuls � in Italy Arrested A despatch from Bologna, visa -Paris, (saes : The police have ar= rested the Austrian Consuls at Genoa, Bologna, Bari, Leghorn and other places while they were on their way to Switz ;clan. The Consuls are bring given aeeommo- - el:ations . in . a! : hotel at 1:'ltaaenza, where they are kept under cheer- vation by the police. This unusual measure is ,said to have been the outgrowth of an alle- gation cheat Austria -has not permit- ted the Italian Consuls in her ter- ritory to cross the frontier to. Ital- ian soil. of the State Department on the meaning of the Federal statutes. Germany's failure even to discuss the reparation demanded by the American note, and evasion of the request that guarantees be given that American vessels and lives be not end -angered in the future, are the matin points, however,. which the United States Government, it was generally - believed to -night would advert in the second note. The -expressions of 'regret and offers of reparation for Unintentional at- tacks on neutral *hips are expected to have little weight in determining the nature of the response of the United States. While it is generally thought the United States will a iaswer Ger- many's request for facts with a re- statement of the circumstances as recited in the American note of May 13th, the promptness with which the reply will be despatched is counted upon• to serve as an. indi- cation that the American Govern- ment wishes an -early answer, and does not desire to engage,' in a, pro- tracted diplomatic discussion. Persons close to President Wil- son have -learned that he is deter- mined to obtain reparation for the Lusitania victims, and assurances of respect for American rights in future, and that failing this, lie would not hesitate to sever diplo- matic relations with Germany. IELITIA RESERVES TO BE ORGANIZED To Secure Enrolment of _ 200,000 Men Under 50 Years of A. A despatch from Ottawa says : The militia reserve of 'Canada is to be organized and will be thus avail- able .as recruits for active service, it has been announced. Details of the plan .are yet lacking. It is esti- mated that there are upwards of 200,000 men in Canada under 50 years of age who are *connected with or have -been 'connected with the active militia. They will be, to •an : extent not yet announced,. organized and will thus ,form a third line of defence, ready in case of necessity; CA..NA.DIANS REACH ENGLAND The Missanabie Landed Soldiers and Nurses. A despatch from Ottawa says:" The t1VIissanabie, which arrived at Plymouth on 'Saturday evening, had •on board -the 29th 'battalion -of Vancouver, the 4th field artillery brigade head -quarters, 13th, 14th, and 16th -field fhatteries;' reserve park and• 30 St. John Amgbulance. nurses. E KILLED 3�5 1� N Crew of `2.0 and 78 Workers. Perish on Fortner C.P.U. Boat at Sheerness. A despatch from London says: The Princess Irene, a. British mine - laying ship, was literally blown to atoms with at least 325 men aboard as she lay at anchor in Sheerness harbor Friday morning. The ex- plosion apparently was internal, its origin being marked by complete mystery. Only one man has sur- vived, a stoker, named David Wills, who was picked up badly injured. It is understood that all but three of her crew of 250 men were aboard the steamer, a -s well as 78 dockyard men carrying out repairs. The Daily Mail asserts that in addi- tion to the 78 shipwrights there were on board 100 workmen from Chatham, as well as 240 members of the crew, which would give a, to- tal of 418 persons on the steamer at the time she was blown up. The disaster has immediately re- called the fate of the British battle- ship Bulwark, which was myster- iously blown up on November 26 at practically the identical spot in which rested the -Princess Irene, with the loss of some 736 officers and men. The destruction of the Bulwark was never explained. There were rumors at the time that a German submarine had slipped into Sheerness harbor and launched a torpedo at the warship, subse- quently stealing away without de- tection. It has since 'seemed more probable, how -ever, that -the Bul- wark was blown up by an intern -al explosion—the inference being, of course, that aa, spy accomplished the work. The Princess Irene, which is aa, Canadian Pacific liner requisitioned by the Government, was lying at her moorings, 70 yards off Port- Vic- toria, her decks crowded with busy workmen. The 'harbor was filled with vessels of all descriptions. Nothing of an extraordinary nature had occurred 'to arouse suspiccion. !+lags of the Allies Displayed in Paris A despatch from Paris says: The flags of the European powers allied against Germany—France, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Belgium and Serbia—were, by '' order of the French Government, displayed in groups over many of_ the public buildings and monuments of Paris. Among the edifice's thus decorated are''the residence of the President of the republic, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, and all the Ministries. Naturalized Baronet Sails for New York A despatch from London says Sir Edgar Speyer, who recently re- signed his Privy Coen -i'lorship on account of criticism .based on the occupancy of su•cli a position by a native of Germany, sail -ed for New York on the steamship Philadel- phia. He said he was going on a short holiday. I ttl "tell I er zt ` long for the most part to the mid. day's work he sat down on his eial physical training and wear ani - chest." forms. V YO... SHIPS 1\ OT TO LEAVE NEW I�� Washington Instructs Navy Officers to Use Shells if Any Gerfan Boat Attempts a Dash to the Sea New York, May 30. ---Naval of- ficers in New York -City were in- tensely interested in unexpected orders that came from Washington to sink any German ship that at- tempts to leave this harbor. The orders were -based, it was learned, upon reports submitted to Govern- ment officials at Washington that in the event of hostilities between this country and Germany an ef- fort will be made at onice to bottle up New York harbor by sinking at an advantageous spot in the Nar- rows one or more of the big Ger- man. steamships that have been tied up at Hoboken piers since the European .war began. It was also admitted that the same orders regarding German steam -ships attempting to leave the port were transmitted to the commanders of all the forts that guard New York -City. No effort was made yesterday in responsible quarters to congeal th.' fact that the reports submitted from these several sources main- tained that there was a real basis fur fear that Germany has decided already upon a way to isolate New York City, at- least temporarily, in the event of a ,break in relations with the United States. The state- ment that the sinking of t -he Vater - land, the Iargest steamship afloat, and 'perhaps others of the German commercial fleet held here, to bar passage through the Narrows would the embraced in the first German effort has been believed in Washington as a result of the vete fication offered he the unusually large c:,rps of investigators. The order's :received regarding -the con- duct of officers of both army and navy here could not be mistaken. They were simply to sink any Ger- man- vessel that did not immediate- ly respond to an order to stop. BUY ALL HER SUPPLiES HERE Three Parties of rlilitary Buyers Have Already Left. Italy it is Said A despatch from Paris says : Americans who are offering sup- plies to the French Government are being instructed by the commis- sariat to direct such offers -to J. P. Morgan and Company, of New York, who. were- recently authorized to make purrchases in the United States on behalf of the military ad- ministratio Similar offers from Canadian's should be addressed to the Hudson's Bay Company, of Montreal, who are doing in Canada what Morgan ,and Company .are do- ing for the French Government in the United States. Practically all of Italy's buying will be done in the United States and Canada, according to the be- lief of the commission agents here. Three parties, of military buyers have been sent to New York al- ready, it is said. ' TURKISH VESSELS B,Lkui WN UP Torpedoes a Transport in 'harbor and Sinks Am-' munition and Supply Ships in Sea of Marmora A despatch from London says: "The submarine E-11, Lieut.-Cora- mender ieut.-Com-mender Martin E. Nesmith, hags 'sunk in the Sea of Marmara aves- sel containing a great quantity of ammunition, -comprising charges for heavy howitzers, several gun mountings and a six-inch gen. She also chased a supply ship with a. heavy cargo of stores and -torpe- doed her alongside a. pier at iso- dosto. A small store ship was else chased and run ashore. "The submarine. E-11 entered Constantinople` and discharged a torpedo at a transport alongside the arsenal: The torpedo was heard to explode."