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TEEEKiii iran The following is the full reply of the German government to the demand of the United States for the assurance that the lives of of American travel ers on the high seas on un--armed ships of any nationality he not endangered: The text of the note follows 'The undersigned has the honor to make the following reply to His Excellency, Am bassador derard, to the note of the tenth ultimo reference the impairment cf American iuter ests by the German submarine war. The imperial government learned with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the government of the United States is concerned in seeing "the principles of humanity real ued id the present wan. Also the appeal finds ready echo in Germany ond the Imperial gov ernment is quite will iug to permit its statements and de cisions in the present case to be governed by the principles .of humanity just as it has al ways done. !, The imperial CJovemment welcomed! with gratitude when the American government in the note of May 15 itself re called that Germany always ha4 permitted itself to be gov erned by the principles of pro gress and humanity in dealing with the law of maritime war. Since the time when Frederick the great! negotiated with John Adams, Henjiniiii iFranklin and Thomas Jefferson the treaty of friendship and commerce of September !. 17H5, between Prussia and the Re public of the West, German and -American statesmen, have in fact, always stood together in the struggle for the freedom, of Ihe seas and for the protection of peacaJble trade. In the international proceedings which since have been conducted by the regulation of the laws of maritime war, Germany and America have jointly advocated progressive principles, especially the abolishment of the right of -capture at sea and the protec tion of the interests of neutrals. ' 'Even at the beginning of the present war the German government immediately de clared its willingness, in re spouse to proposals of the Amer ican government, to ratify th Declaration of Loudon and thereby subject i (self in the use of its '..aval Mres to u the liMiic'.ions provided therein in i'avor of neutrals. Germany likewise has always been tena cious of the principle that war : should lie conducted against the armed and organized force of an enemy icountry but that the enemy civilian population must be spared as far as possible from the measures of war. The Imperial government cherishes the definite hope that sonic wav will lie found when peace is con erned, or perhaps earlier, to regulate the law of maritime war in a manner guaranteeing the freedom of the seas and will welcome it with giatit::de and satisfaction if it can work -hand in hand with the American gov eminent on that occasion. 'If in the present war the principles which should be the ideal of the future .have been traversed more and more the longer its duration, the German government has no guilt there in. It is known to the Amer ican government how Germany's adversaries . by completely pa ralyzing peacable traflic he tween Germany and neutral countries have aimed from the very iM'ginuing and with in reusing lack of consideration at the dest ruct ion not so mirt h of the armed fores as the life of the German nation, rejjudia ting in doing so all the rules ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SHARE AT THIS BARGAIN FEAST OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT FILLED WITH WONDERFUL BARGAINS of international law; and dis regarding all rights of neutrals "On (November 3rd 1914, England declared the North Sea a war area and by planting joorly anchored mines ami by the stoppage and capture of vessels made passage extreuieh dangerous and difficult for neu tral shipping, thereby actually blockading neutral coast and ports ccntrarv to all interna tional law. Ixjng bet ore the beginning of submarine war. England practically completely intercepted legitimate neutral navigation to Germany also. Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. On X?veinber. 14. 1!U. the Eng lish premier declared in the House of Commons that it was one of England's principle tasks to prevent food for the German poulatin from reah ing Germany via neutral iorts. (Since March 1 England has been taking from neutral ships without further formality all merchandise proceeding to Ger many as merchandise coining from Germany, even with neu tral property. Just as it was also with the Boers, the Ger maui people is now to be given the choice of perishing from starvation with its women and children or of relinquishing its independence. 4 'While our enemies thus loudy and proclaimed without mercy until ur utter destruc tion, we were conducting a war in self defense for our national existence and for the sake of peace of an assured jer manencjv. We have been oblidged to adopt a submarine warfare to meet the declared intentions of our enemies and the methods of warfare adopted by them in contravention of in ternational law. "With all its efforts in priu ciple to protect neutral life and property from damage as much as jiossible. the German gov ernment recognized unreser vedly in memorandum of Felx 4 that the interests of neutrals-k might suffer from the subma rine warfare. However, the American government will also understand and appreciate that in the tight for existence which has been forced upon Germany by its adversaries and announc ed by them it is the satred duty of the imperial government to du all within its power to protect and save the lives of German subjects. If the imperial government were dere lict in these its duties, it would be guilty before God and his tory of the violation of those principles of highest humanity which are the foundation of every national existence. 4 'The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeopardizing of human lives the manner of conducting war employed by our adversa ries leads. In the most di rect contradiction of intermit ion al law', all distinctions between merchantmen and war vessels have leen obliterated by the order to British merchantmen to arm themselves and to ram submarines, and the promise of rewards therefor, and neu trals who use merchantmen as travelers thereby have been exposed to an inicreasiiig le gree to all the dangers of war. ' 'If the commander of the German submarine which de stroyed the Lusitania. had caused the crew and passengers to take to the ImmiIs before til ing a loriedo this would haw meant the sure distinction of his own vessel. 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