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Frarident soldi "Oatlmn at the Coagreea: -A aitaetloa ku arisen to the for eign white of Um ii—atry of which it to My plain duty to inform you vary frankly. It will ha mailed that in February, KU, the Imperial intention to treat the waters ser rouodlng Great Britain and Ireland a* embraced within the seat at war and to deotruy all mertbaat ships owned by Its enemies that might be foand within any part at that por tion at the high seas, amd that It warned all vssssU of neutrel on well ae of belligerent ownership, to hasp out af the water* it had thus pre scribed *r else enter them at their peril. “The government of the United States earnestly protested- It took the position that such a policy could net he pursued without the practical certainty of groee and palpable vio lations of the law of nations, par ticularly. If eahmarlae croft were to be employed aa its instruments, tn amnueh aa the rules proscribed by the law, rules founded open princi ple* at humanity and established for the protection of the Ursa at non combatants at sea, could not to the nature of the case be observed by such vessels. It based Its pretest ea the ground that persons of acutral nationality and vessels of asatrol ownership would he exposed to ex treme and intolerable risks, and that no right to close any port of the high sees against their use or la ex pose them to eueh risks could law fully be asserted by any belligerent government The law of nations fai these mature, upon which the gov ernment of the United States based Its protest is not of recent origin or founded upon merely arbitrary prin ciples set up by convention. It la baaed on the contrary, spot) mani fest and Imperative principles at hu manity and has long been estab lished with the approval and by the express assent of all civilised na tions. “Notwithstanding the aamaet pro test of oar government, the imperial German government at once pro eaadad to carry out the policy it had •■■announced. It expressed the hope that the danger* Involved, et eny rate the danger to neutral veteclj, would be reduced to a minimum by the instructions which it has Uaoed to its submarine commander*, and aasared the government of the United States that it would take every possible precaution both to re spept the rights of neutrals and to safeguard the lives of non com bat es ts. “What has actually happened in the year which has since elapsed has shewn that those hopee were not joetifled, those assurances insuscep tible of being fulfilled. In pursuance of the policy of submarine warfare against the commerce of it* adver aaaia^ thus announced aad catered upaa by the Imperial German gow eeumaat la deapita of the solemn jjwteet^uf tkde govs ram ant, the conv eele have attacked merchant shipe w*th grantor aad greater activity, act only upaa Gw high seas sur rounding Great Britain and Ireland but wherever they could encounter them in • way that baa grown awra udjeMjsthha, more aad more rine of the eoemy they might en counter upon tha mm aad that tha Imp*rial German government felt Juelifted In the tlmnaitinm in treating nil armed merchantmen ef belligerent ownership a* auxiliary veeeele ef ew, which It would hove the right te destroy without warn ing. The law of nations bee long raeagmiaad Um right ef merchant - moa to carry arms foe protection and to uao them te repel attack, though to mo thorn. In each cirram ■tancee, at their own riek; but the Imperial German government claim ed the right to eet them understand ing* ualde In cireumatancM which it dacassd extraordinary. Even the terms in which it announced Its pur pose thue stiU farther to relax the rostrainU it had previously profcaa ad Ua willingness aad desire to put upon tha operations ef iu auburn rises serried the plain ImpHcntieo that at least vimiIs which were not armed would still bo exempt from destruction without warning aad that personal safety would bo accorded their passant*i • and crows; but area that Ihnitalioa, if it wm ever prac ticable to observe it, In lx fact con stituted its cheek at all upon the de struction ef ships of every sort. “Again and again the Imperial Gorman government has given this government Me solemn assurance that at lent passenger ships would not ho thus dealt with, end yet it hae agaia and again permitted Ha under sea commanders to disregard those assurances with entire impuni ty, Grant linen tike the Lusitania •*d the Arabic aad mere ferry boats like the Busses have been attacked without a mom ant's waning, some times before they had even became aware that they were in the pree ewce ef ea armed vessel of the ene my. and lives of non combatants, pass sugars and crew, have been eac rifteed wholesale ia a manner which the govenuneat ef the United Butea cannot but regard as wanton aad without the slightest color of Justice No limit of any kind has in fact been Mi to tha indiscriminate pur* mlt and destruction of merrkaat mm of all kinds aad nationalities within th* waters, constantly sslwsd tog in area, when these operations base been carried on; and the ruO of Amsrieaae wtie hast loot their Uses on ships thus attacked and de stroyed has grows month by month until the ominous tell has mounted inte tha hundreds. “On* of the latent and moat shock ing instances of this method sf war fare was that of tha destruction of the French cross channel —-rr Suae**. It must stand forth aa the sinking of tha steamer Lusitania did, as m tiagulariy tragical aod un justifiable as to constitute a truly terrible example at the inhumanity of submarine warfare as the <*n maitden of Genaaa vaaeete base far the past 12 months been eoaduetiao it- It this Instance stood akme. eoma explanation, seme disavowal by the German gnvsmment, soma rilan at criminal mistake *v wilful die obedience on tha part at the eoea mander at tha vassal that Brad tha torpedo might ha sought or eater Uhiad; bat unhappily it does net stand alone. Use cut events make the conclusion inevitable that it la only on* iastanoe, even though It be ana at tha mast silnan and die treasfng inataaaaa, at tha spirit and tasdhed at warfare which tha haper lal Germaa gafs—sapt has ml*, tafcnly adapted aod which from tha Brat exposed Oat gnwamuil to tha of thrusting aB neutral right* odd# ta pursuit at its hami ntat# oDjBCtt. * "TIM IMMMat af tto United Stetea tot toaa vary jMUaaL At •wry ataca at thia fr1.tnib« aa yariaain af tracady after tracady •» wbiati Ha awn rltixaaa warn te vaMd H toa aaafM to to raatratoad ar af protaat by • Uwachtfal aon aWa^km ad tto axtraaniinary air cum stances of tfrft mpimffmttt] war and aataated in all that it ante •r did by tto aaattoaata of yaantea ftrtordiiliiy wbirb tto paapla af tto Uaited Stetea bava ahraya tnter SMtal earn—wt aa ciw^ iTawtoa k '] i hip*, it In* therefor* "ba p* in felly evident that th* po eitlon which this |wmm»l took at th* very outset U inevitable, namely, that th* wee of whmariim for tha destruction of sa mwayh oommerea is of necessity, because of the very character of the vernal* employed and ' th* vary methods of attack which their employment of coure* Involves, incompatible with tha prtn- j ciplaa of hnmanlty, tha long estab lished and incontrovertible rights . of neutrals, and the sacred iaununitial of son combatants. “1 have deemed it my doty, there fore, to say to the imperial German government that if it is still its pur pose to prosecute relentless and la discriminate warfare against vessel* of commerce by (he us* of subma rines, notwithstanding ths titw dem onstrated impossibility of conduct ing that warfare in accordance with what tha govemmsnt of the United State* must consider th* aaered aad indisputable rules of International law and universally recognised dic tates of humanity, the government of the United State* la at l**t forced te tha conclusion that th era la but one course it can purine; aad that an taaa the imperial Canaan govern ment should mw immediately de dare and effect an abandonment of ita present methods of warfare against passenger and freight-car rying vessels thia. government can have no choice bet to sever diplo matic relations with tha government of tha German empire altogether. "Thia decision I have arrived at with the keenest regret; tha possi bility of th* action contemplated 1 am ear* all thoaghtfnl Americans will look forward to with unaffected reluctance. But w* cannot forget that we are in aoma sort and by the force of circumstance* the responsi ble spokesman of the tight* of hu manity, and that are cannot remain silent while those rights seem in process of being swept utterly away in th* macistroai of this terrible war Wa owe it to a do* regard for our own rights as a nation, to oar sense of daty as a representative of the rights of neutrals th* world over, aad to a just conception of the rights of mankind te take this eland now with the utmost solemnity and Ann "I hove taken it, and taken it in tka confidence that it will meet with roar approval and rapport. All sober-minded mas most unite in top ing that oka imperial government, which hat under the drown fiancee •tood aa tka champion of all that wa at* now contending for ia tba inter est of kiKBonitr, may recognise the justice of oar demand■ and meet them in U>o spirit in which they are MAN. 71. IS MAMMA'S BOY. Amatod. Ho Told Jodgs Parent Weald Worry, sad Waa Bofaeoad. John Led with, T1 years eld, whan arraigned oa a charge ef bagging, before Magistrate BTieehi. in tka sns'i night court at New York city, appealed to the judge aa follows: “Jndga, I lies with my mother and I’m her only boy. Ska'll bo worried about me and M Hka to go hoots to her." “Daao aha know yea’re out 7” asked “Too, air, I work ia a candy factory But aka’s i ipm Hag mruww." “Haw eld is she?” “Ska's M.’’ y“AI1 right. Peat tog ear more. J JWSTANt I At All Daalm, I LINIMENT How Well toflM 1—1 •»-■ - --irfrt Imr wl," write* J.A. ItOTwin, oi PattooriBc.Tanaa, Mtw, tad could gd ao RU. 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