GERMANY'S REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2517, 19 July 1915, Page 5

GERMANY'S REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE

A SUBTLE POINT DETECTED -

FAILURE TO SEARCH AN UNARMED

MERCHANTMAN

(By Telegraph,—Press Assn.—Copyright,} £Reo. July. 18, 3.40 p.m.) New York, July 17, Tho newspapers point out that Germany, in her Note on the attack on the Nebraska!), seeks indirectly to secure recognition of the previous couten- y tions, inasmuch as she explains that the accident was due to the absence of mean's of identification, this being in direct contradiction to the captain's testi. mony. The explanation is' silent regarding the failure to search an unarmed merchantman.. REMARKABLE ATTACK OE 'INCREDULITY* ("Times" and Sydney, "Sun"' Services.) London, July 16. 'A 1 German wireless message expresses incredulity regarding the unfavourable American reception of the German Note. It asserts that the American Press is hopelessly pro-English, and does not reflect public opinion, 'ANOTHER AMERICAN: PASSENGER. BOAT. ATTACKED. £Reo. July, 18, 3.45 p.m.) • London, July 17. New York' passengers arriving ex the Orduna report that a German submarine attempted to sink the Orduna, but the captain steamed up, and escaped both torpedoes and shells.' . , Tho passengers made a presentation to Captain Taylor for his bravery, ou the occasion. There were many. Americans aboard; THE ATTACK REGARDED AS A DISTINCT INSULT, (Rec. July. 18, 3.35 p.m.) Washington, July 17. Ti,,, iittnmntfld tornedoing of tho Orduna is regarded in America as a distinct insuit from Germany, as it was confidently believed that pending the exchange of Notes, Germany would refrain from attacking passenger'ships on . which Americans were 'travelling. It is presumed that a iurtker Note will bo dispatched thoreou. ' THE STORY! OF THE ATTACK BY THE CAPTAIN, (Rec. July 18, 11.30 p.m.) New York, July 17. Captain Taylor of the Orduna, reports that the submarine was sighted three miles south of Queenstown, And eight minutes after a torpedo had been fired. There was not the least warning. . . ' The torpedo missed, owing to the Germans misjudging tho speed, allowing 14 knots instead of 16. Nearly all tho passengers -were as eep. It was almost another case of brutal murder. After the torpedo passed the stewards woke up 226 of the passengers, and assembled thorn on tho upper deck, and served out lifebelts. Shells passed over tho passengers' heads and wlulo tho captain was sending out the wireless fa.U.S. AMERICAN MEAT PACKERS PUSHING THEIR CASE, ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. July 17, 7 p.m.}. London, July 16. It' is scnii-olficiallv announced from Washington, that tho meat packer# hit.vft poi'simfad tho Gfl'ysmimjut to. psli theiv ww ftSftjjuijMke fttttjsu ..Adwjr.aJfcXt- -

Tlio Germans are delighted at the reappearance at, this juucture'of "American trade grievances, realising that the last German Note was impossible of acceptance. Thoy aro trying, through Count Bernstorff, the German 'Ambassador, to persuado Americans that the only terms on which Berlin will withdraw from the present stand if for President "Wilson to approach Britain, to secure a compromise of the blockade, but aiobody believes the move will be successful. ' '

THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA

ADMIRALTYfDEVOTED ANXIOUS CARE TO .THE SUBMARINEPERIL., ! i '(Rec. July, 18, 3.45 p.m.)' London, -July Ift Lord Mersey declined to discuss tho evidence concerning tho Admiralty's precautions, but said it was plain that the Admiralty had devoted l anxious' care and thought to the submarine peril, and had collected all the information likely to affect the Lusitania's voyage, and fully advised Captain Turner. The latter in sorno respects had not followed, tho advice, but it is doubtful if tho vessel would otherwise have reached-Liverpool. The Admiralty's advice did not deprive him of tho right to use his skill and judgment in a difficult situation. The omission to follow the advice was not attributable to negligence. Everything was dono to get out the boats, and tho complaints thereat, also the allegations of leaky boats, wero ill-founded. Lord Mersey added.: "No opportunity of escape was afforded the Lusitama, which carried a number of cases of cartridges, which wero shown iii the manifest. She was not violating any American law." The torpedoing was dono not merely to sink the ship, but also to destroy the lives of passengers. Tho Gorman statements that the Lusitauia was armed was a baseless invention, condemning those who used them. The warning against passengers sailing by the Lusitauia aggravated the crime, and proved that it was deliberately planned. Sir Edward Carson's statement that the act was deliberate murder was not a. whit too strong. The defenceless creatures aboard were doomed to death by the submarine's crew . acting under the direction of the German Government's officials, and, in his opinion, not that the cargo exploded. Lord Mersey paid a tributo to the heroism of Leslie Morton, an eigliteen-year-old sailor,"who first sighted the torpedoes, and who was afterwards thrown into tho water, and was instrumental in saving eighty or ninety passongers. Clem Edwards, on behalf of the Lusitania's crew, suggested that the costs of the seamen's representation at the inquiry should be borne by the nation, in the hope that it might bo ultimately included in the enemy's indemnity. I Lord Mersey invited Edwards to discuss the point with, him at a more convenient season.

THE : WHOLE BLAME RESTED ON THE PERPETRATORS OF, THE GRIME.

... . . . London, 'July 17. It was mentioned in Lord Mersey's judgment that the submarine intended to destroy the Lusitaiiia, and also tho people, who were not warned, and were unarmed. The captain was not blameworthy. The whole blanio for the cruel catastrophe rested on the perpetrators of the crime, ' ;