..iiTiT I' Ill I t.iuf n i a-.iip.ini.- .iiu ,i. minimi I 11 I I I 'mi i il.i I I, i J '" ' 1 li l M I ' 'mil H , Sf. ims i l;-n.-ni tf furn. mmibmrs &ote to Berlin (Wi-piHUM Jffom tii . Edition or Yetetdjr Knln T.edcr) WASHINGTON, April 20. FoUowln fa Ihe full text of President Wilson's note to Ger- Te era instructed lo deliver to the Secretary of Portion Affairs a com JiktttaHfo feadlna a folloxesi t tW net fall to transmit immediately, iy telegraph, to mv Government vour Wiled or injured nbout 80 of the persons on board (Dcclnrntlort of Captain Mouf fetlj report of Ttear Admiral draosot: de position of Henry S Beer). At the time no other veeael was In eight (Affidavits of Samuel F. Bemle, T. W. Culbertson, John II. Heariey and others). The approach ol the torpedo wan wit neseed by several other pereons on the vea eel. (Affidavits of Samuel F. Hernia, Henry 8. Beer, Gertrude W. Warren). One of these, an American citizen named Henry 8. Beer, was leaning on the port rait, nbout Smith's reports,- cabled April i, t and IS ) The screw used In French and English torpedoes have no markings i and are of nble by comparison and close examina tion to positively Identify and locata all the remaining- IS pieces of metal as parts of a German torpedo, as follows; Fragment 8, part of Inner seat of water relief valve of engine vahe. Fragments 4 and 5, punto bands of en glno room casing. Fragments 6 to 10 Inclusive and 13, parts or engine cylinders. bo thus dealt wth, and yet it hA repeatedly permitted lta undersea commanders to disregard those assu nnces with entire Impunity. As recently as February last It gvo notice that it would regard all armed merchantmen owned by its enemies as part of tho armed naval forces of lta adversaries, and deal with them as with men-of-war, thus, nt .east by implication, pledging Itself to give warning to ves sels which were not armed and to accord security of life to their passengers and crews; but even this limitation their submarine commanders have recklessly Ignored. ' Vessels of neutral ownership, even vessels of neutral ownership bound from neutral port to neutral port, havft been destroyed along with vessels of belligerent t m im uu to iranjmii tmmcnioreiK, oy icrejropi iu my uuihiuhvh. . -- - - - a. ueer, was leaning on mo port ran, aooui wefenc1' H6M of the Mh Instant in repard to certain attacks IV dcrman ownership in constantly Increasing numbers. Sometimes the merchantmen . 10 fe6t bahlnd the br,dK8 ftnd ga2lng sea. -J i.jf- .... j . n..j. ...f-kirtM tTMh mm HliacHOU llliVU uuuii ai ucu uitu ouiiiiiiuiicu iw ouuuiiufci wa.uu vviiin auv wu w wni wiiuii no ouw liiu huuiuuuiiiiik iui- Ke note, the honor to dettver. under instrucilon from mv Government, the security of being allowed to lake to tho ships boats before the ship was sent to jmmedlatcIy f0n0Wn(t nU, exclamation i warhead Btlll bearing the distinctive red hMmritin rentu tr. ,in t.n,. the bottom. But again ana agair no warning nas Deen given, no escape oven 10 , the missile struck tho vessel. (Depo'sitlons paint common to German torpedo war- i the ship's boats allowed to those on board. Great liners like the Lusluinla and or Henry s. Beer and Mrs. Henry T Information now in the possession Of the Government 01 tne Arabic and mere passei ger boats llko the Sussex have been attacked without a " ' Ihiitftrf Status fnlUr nataMSalmo fk nl in Min rnon nf flip Sua- moment's warning orten berorl they nave even oecomo awaro mat inoy were - ,A .. (i-.- .v . , r . -. 1 ,1. i-Am in tlie presence of an armed ship of tho enemy, and the lives of non-combatants, , Mtt, And the inferences which my Government hus drawn from and crew havo been ae9troycd wholesale, and in a manner which tho WWt lntormfttion it regards as Confirmed by the Circumstances set Government of tho United States cannot but regard as wanton and without tho forth in youi Excellency's "note of the 10th instant. On the 24th slightest color or justification. No limit of any kind has, in fact, been sot to the hf Mnrnh 101R nu..l o,rn i i. i- , nftnnnn ttm nn i indlscrlmlnato pursuit and destruction of merchantmen of nil kinds and nation- 01 March, 1916, at about 2 :50 o'clock in the afternoon, the un- (UUm wJlhn th0 wators wWch ,he Imperla, Government has chosen to designate armed steamer Sussex, with 325 or more passengers on board, a8 ying within the soat of war. The roll of Americans who have lost their lives mong Whom Were a number of American citizens. Was torpedoed upon ships thus attaoked and destroyed has grown, month by month, until tho While crossing from Folkestone to Dieppe. The Sussex had never om,noua toU haa ountta ,n tho hundreds. Men armed ; was a- vessel known to be habitually used only for Pntlcncc of the United States at an End a slightly different sire. (Same reports)! slon was reached that the submarine was Furthermore, the American officers were submerged from the fact "that no one on S. the conveyance of passengers across the English Channel, and was not following the route taken by troop ships or supply Bhips. About 80 of her passengers, noncombatants of all ages and sexes, including citizens of the United States, were killed or injured. The Sussex Torpedoed by n Gcrmnn Submarine A careful, detailed and scrupulously impartial investigation by naval and military officers of the United States hus conclusively established the fact that the Sussex was torpedoed without warn ing or summons to surrender and that the torpedo by which she was struck was of German manufacture. In the view of the Government of the United States, these facts from the first made the conclusion that the torpedo was fired by a German submarine unavoidable. It now considers that conclusion substantiated by the statements of your Excellency's note. A full statement of the facts upon which the Government of the United States has based its conclusion is inclosed. The Government of tho United Stntes, after having given enrcful con sideration to tho note of the Imperinl Government of the 10th of April, regrets to state that the impression mndc upon it by the statements nnd proposals contained in that note is that the Imperinl Government has failed to appreciate the gravity of the situation which has resulted, not alone from the attack on tho Sussex, but from the whole method and character of sub marine warfare as disclosed by the unrestrained practice of the commanders of German undersea craft during the last 12 months and more in the indis criminate destruction of merchant vessels of all sorts, nationalities nnd l destinations. . If the sinking of tho Sussex had been an isolated case, the Government of the United States might find it possible to hope that the officer who was responsible for that act had wilfully violated his orders or had been criminally negligent in taking none of the precautions they prescribed and that the ends of justice-" might be satisfied by imposing upon him an adequate punish ment, coupled with a formal disavowal of the act and payment of a suitable indemnity by the Imperial Government. But, though the attack upon the Sussex was manifestly indefensible and caused a loss of life so tragical as to make it stand forth as one of the most terrible examples of tho inhumanity of submarine warfare as tho commanders of German vessels arc conducting it, it unhappily docs not stand alone. Deliberate Spirit of Destruction On the contrary, the Government of the United States is forced by recent events to conclude that it is only one instance, even though one of the most extreme and most distressing instances, of the deliberate method and spirit of indiscriminate destruction of merchant vessels of all sorts, natlonalitlcr and destinations, which have become more and more unmistakable as tho activity of German undersea vessels of war has in recent months been quickened and extended. The Imperial Government will recall that when, in February, 1915, it announced its intentions of treating the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland as embraced within the seat of war, and of destroying all mer chant ships owned by its enemies that might be found within tliat zono of danger, and warned all vessels, neutral as well as belligerent, to keep out of the waters thus proscribed, or to enter them at their peril, the Government of tho United States earnestly protested. It took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without constant gross and palpable violations of the accepted laws of nations, particularly if submarine craft were to be employed as its instruments, inasmuch as the rules prescribed by that law, rules founded on tho principles of humanity and established for the pro tection of the lives of noncombatants at sea, could not in the nature of the case be observed by such vessels. It based its protest on the ground that persons of neutral nationality and vessels of neutral ownership would be exposed to extreme and intolerable risks and that no right to close nny part of the high seas could lawfully be asserted by the Imperial Government in tho circumstances then existing. The law of nations in these matters, upon which the Government of the United States based that protest, is not of recent origin or founded upon merely arbitrary principles set up by convention. It is based, on the contrary, upon manifest principles of humanity, nnd has long been established,- with the approval and by the express assent of all civilized nations. Promise of Precautions Not Fulfilled The Imperial Government, notwithstanding, persisted in carrying- out the policy announced, expressing the hope that the dangers involved, at any rate to neutral vessels, would be reduced to a minimum by the Instructions which it had issued to tho commanders of ito submarines, and assuring the Government of the United States that it would take every posslblo precaution, botli to respect the rights of neutrals and to safeguard the lives of non-combatants. In pursuance of this policy of submarine warfare against the commerce of lta adversaries, thus" announced and thus entered upon, dc-jpite the solemn pro test of the Government of the United States, tho commanders of the Imperial Government's undersea vessels have carried on practices' of ruthless destruc tion, which have made It more and more evident, as the months have gone by, tliat the Imperial Government lias found It Impracticable to put any sucli re Biralnts upon them as It had hoped and promised to put. Again and again the Imperial Government has given its solemn assurances to tho Government of the United States that at least passenger ships would not Tho Government of tho Unltod States has been very patient. At every stage of this distressing experience of tragedy after tragedy it has sought to he gov erned by the most thoughtful consideration of the extraordinary circumstances of nn unprecedented war nnd to bo guided by sentiments of very genuine friend ship for tho peoplo nnd Government of Gormany. It has accepted the successive explanations and assurances of tho Imperial Government as, of course, given In entlro sincerity and good faith, and has hoped, even against hope, that It would provo to be posslblo for tho Imperial Government so to order and control tho'j acts of Its naval commanders ns to squaro Its policy with tne recognized prin ciples of humanity as cmbodteJ In tho law of nations. It has mado every allowance for unprecedented conditions, nnd haa been willing to wait until tho facts became unmistakable and were susceptlblo Of only one Interpretation. It now owes It to a Just retard for Its own rights to Bay to tho Imperial Government that that time has come. It has becomo painfully evident to It that tho position which It took rt tho very outset Is inevitable, namely, tho use of submarines for tho destruction of nn enemy's commerce, Is, of necessity, be cause of tho very character of tho vesels employed and tho very methods of attack which tholr employment, of course, Involves, utterly Incompatible with tho j stalomcnt that tho essel was swinging principles of humanity, tho long-established and Incontrovertible rights of nou- ."rnck ay t0r"ed trals and tho sacred immunities of noncombatants. I The pieces of metal which tho American If It la stttUtho purpose of tho Imporlal Government to prosecute relentless olllccrs had collected wcro compared by and indlscrlmlnato warfare agalnnt vessels of commerce by tho use of submarines j L'l?"!;'"1. s.m,1'!: VL?"Ilh.C"?"lal!.ieV . ... . . ..... a..- i, . t .1 TTU..1 a.. ..... (.1 !. :"-"-- " J -',.... "in luiHsn wiu WlUlOUl regard lO WOai mo uuvorjliuuiil ui mu uiuiuu oiuicn muoi v;uuoiut;i iuu sacred and lndisputabla rules of international law and tho universally recognized dictates of humanity, tho Government of the United States is at last forced to the conclusion that there Is but one courso It can pursue. Unless tho Imperial Government should now Immediately dorlare and effect an abandonment of Its present methods of submarine warfnro ngaiust passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Go eminent of tho United Stales ran hno no cholco but to sever diplomatic relations with the German'' Empiro altogether., This action the Government of tho United States contemplates with tho greatest reluctanco, but fcols constrained to take In behalf o humanity nnd tho rights of neutral nations SIIAnP CHANOH IN COUnSH.v In further corroboration of the fact thaf tho captain eaw tho torpedo coming toward tho vessel Is the sworn statement of the engineers on duty that the order to port the helm and tn stnn thi 'nr board engine was received and obeyed. (lieport or Admiral arasset,) No riason nble explanation can be given for Uils unusual order other than that tho cap tnln saw something which caused him to change his course Bharplyt to starboard. In addition to this evidence, which would Ih Itself appear to be conclusive, that tho agent of destruction was n tor pedo Is that of Lieutenant Smith, United States Navy, attached to the American HmbaBsy at Paris, who, accompanied by Major Logan, United States Army, of the KmbaBsy, went to Boulogne, Inspected tho hull of the Sussex and personally found beneath the mass or water-soaked debris or the wreck 1G pieces of metal, which thoy retained In their possession, as they did not bellcvo tho pieces formed part of the vessel. The Inspection of the hull disclosed that tho vcsel was wrecked by an ex ternal explosion, tho boilers being Intact, nnd that a short distance forward of I In1 bridge was a largo dent, showing thit the vessel had received a heavy blow, tho direction of Impact being from nbaft the beam along n line at an ncuto anglo with the keel or tho vessel (Hcport or Lieu tenant Smith, cabled April 1 ) This evi dence) coincides with and corroborates tho APPENDIX SHOWS SUSSEX HIT WITHOUT WARNING The appendix to tho note, undor tht caption. "Statement or Tacts In Sussex Caso Accompanying Note to German Gov ernment or April 18, 1916," follows" The French Channel steamer Sussex, employed regularly In passenger servlco between tho ports ot Fqlkstone. England, and Dieppe. Trance, as It hail been ror years (French Foreign Olllco), loft Tolko stone Tor Dieppo at 1 25 p m , March 24, 1916, with 326 or more passengers and a crew of S3 men (Declaration or Captain Mouftett, Hoar Admiral Grasset's report). Tho passengers, among whom wero about 25 American cltlxens (telegram London Embassy. March 25, nnd Paris Embassy, March 26 and 28), wero ot seoral na tionalities and many of them wcro women and children, and nearly hair of them sub jects of neutral States (Report of Com mander Sayles and Lieutenant Smith; Roar Admiral Grasset's report), Tho Sus sex carried no armament (French Foreign OfHce; report of Commander Sayles and Lieutenant Smith; aflldalts at American passongers) has never been employed as a troop ship, and was following a routo not used for transporting troops from Great Britain to France. (British Ad miralty statement; French Foreign Office). STEAMED SOUTH ON SMOOTH SEA. The steamer proceeded on Its courso al most due south after passing Dungencss. (Declaration of Captain Mouftett). Tho weather was clear and the sea smooth. (Amdavlts of Edna Hale. John II. Hear iey, Gertrude W. Warren) At 2:50 p. m , when the Sussex was about 13 miles from Dungeness f declaration or Captain Mouf rett), the u.ptaln of the vessel, who was on tho bridge, saw about 150 metres Trom tho ship, on the port side, tho wake of a torpedo (Declaration of Captain Mouf- fctt) It wns nlBo Hcen ery clearly by i tho American olllccrs found that Identical tho (lrst oulcer nnd tho bontswaln, who , screws with the letter "It" and a number plans or mines In possession of tho Trench naal authorities nt Boulogne, Itochefort and Toulon, and British naval authori ties at Portsmouth These olllccrs nri positive In their opinion that theso ploces ot metal wero nbt Carts or a mine. (Re port or Lieutenant Smith, cabled April 2 and 6) GERMAN MARKS ON BOLTS. Among these 16 pieces or nietnl wcro two screw bolts showing the effects or an explosion which wero .stamped with "It" and "66" on fnces of tho head of one nnd "K" and "58" on faces of tho head of tho other Exnmlnlng German tor pedoes In tho possession of tho Trench naal authorities at Toulon and of the i;ngusn naal authorities nt Portsmouth, wcro with tho captain on tho bridge. (Ro- port of Rear Admiral Grasset). Immediately tho captain gavo orders to port the helm and stop tho starboard en gine (declaration or Cnptaln Mouftett), mo purpose Being to swing the vessel to i starboard so as to dodge tho torpedo by allowing It to pass along tho port bow on a lino converging with tho altered course of the steamer. Before, however, tho vessel could bo turned far enough to nold crossing tho courso of tho torpedo, the latter struck the hull at an anglo a short distance forward of tho bridge, ex ploded, destroyed tho entire forward part of the steamer as far back as tho first watertight bulkhead, carried away tho foremast with tho wlroless antennao and wcro employed to fasten the "warhead" (kopf) to the air chamber. (Lieutenant Union Addressing Company Ludlow illdB.,J4 blL6th St. loriucrly of 12iu4llnrrlim llulldlnx) lloll phnncjf-l.orunt IH4 Siily, ArruratD J-rnlrr nt Modtr.it f'nt f (tr Uilrw. heads. (Renort of Lieutenant Smith. cabled April 6), i In view of theso authenticated facts therft can be no reasonable.doubt that tho Sussex was torpedoed and that the torpedo was of German manufacture. As no vessel was seen by any person on tho Sussex, the conclusion Is- Irresistible that tho torpedo was launched without warning from n submarine which was submerged at' the time of tho attack and remained benenth the surface after the explosion. Tho conclusion thus reached from tho evldenco (tho affidavits being those of American citizens) collected by the De partment of State Is substantiated by tho statement In the Imperial Government's note of April 10, 1916. According to those statements: (a) A German submarine torpedoed a steamer l',4 miles southeast of Bull Rock Bank. Department's comment tho point of attack Is exactly In the courso which was taken by tho Sussex after passing Dunge ness and about Hi miles from tho ptaco whero tho captain of the Sussex states ho was torpedoed. 1 (10 Tho attack took place at 8:CG o'clock p m , Central European tlmo. Department's comment -3:56 b. m. Central European tlmo would correspond to 2:C5 p, m Western European tlmo. Tho tlmo of tho striking of tho torpedo, nccordlng to the captain of the Sussex, and tho stopping of tho clocks on board tho vessel, was 2:60 p. m Western time. WRECKED IN SAME FASHION. (c) Tho torpedo, when It stru;k, caused" an explosion which torn away tho wholo foreshlp up to tho brldgo. Departments' comment Tho forepart of the Sussex was wrecked as far back ns tho flret water-tight bulkhead, accord ing to the official reports. (d) Tho German submarlno wns sub merged when tho torpedo was launched, and there Is no statement that it camd to the surface after the attack. fDecartment's comment Tho conolu- the Sussex saw a submarine though the weather was fine. (e) No warning wa eflven and no at tempt was made to give one, since it is not mentioned. Department's comment The evidence collected shows affirmatively no warning was glton. (f) A sketch by the submarine com mander of the dteamer, which he tor pedoed, does not agree with a photograph of the Sussex In tho London Graphic. tDepnrtmenfs comment This sketch wns apparently made from memory of nn observation of tho vessel through a perl rcope. An the only difference noted by the iommander, who rolled do, his memory, were the position of the smokestack and the shape of the stem, It Is to bo pre sumed tho vessels were similar In other respects. (g) No other German submarines on that day attacked steamers in that local ity. , - tll ,S" ByBetviCQ nmshaw A ttln.X lfn,nV,Lin WVh .. "k nann, rt,.". ""J'pe "anntnrr . nt .L "' - "icUre . 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