New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1915, Page 5

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i ok # ) When you have built heré---where things seem so garden-like---with all its privacy---you take a | . BOD ELL Community Pride in your surroundings . - ¢ A small deposit secures You a home site on this % -delightful property, balance on easy monthly pay- ments, with no taxes or interest for two years . GERMANY DECLINES TO GIVE ASSURANCES NOT TO EN DANGER AMERICANS ON SEAS Reply to U. 8. Note on Submarine Warfare States That Vessels in “Legitimate Trade” Will Be Respected---Kaiser Evades All Responsibility for Sinking of Lusitania mbodied in the reply to the Ameri- “““can note regarding the sinking of the Lusitania and submarine _warfare, which was deliveréd to James W. Gerafd, the American ambassador, last night; is: ) i First—Reiterated = assurance theat ‘ American ships engaged in legitimate ‘“trade will not be interfered with, nor “the lives ‘of Americans updn neutral ships be endangered. 4 . Second—That German submarines will be instructed to allow American : passenger ships to pass freely ana ' safely, ‘Germany in return entertain- ing the -onfident hope that the Amer- jcan gavernment will see that thése ' . =hips do not carry contraband, such ' ships to be provided with distinguish- ing marks and their-arrival announc- remarkable time in@advance. The mzw extended to a rea. of neutral passenger uate, Ge; 18 mit America to placé four hostile pas snger steamers . under American g between North America ana | | Burope under the same conditions. RS G, . Ber! July 9, 9:25 p. m., via Lon. ¥ ‘donm, July 10.—The text of the Ger- man note, follows: © ' The undersigned has the honor ‘to : make the following reply to His Ex- any is willing to per- . gellency Ambassador: Gerard ‘to . Motei'of: the" 10th ‘ultimo' re. the im- rment.:of American . interests ‘by ‘German submarine. war. The Im- rigl govarnment leéarned with sat- Istaction from the note how earnestly the government of the United States is. concerned in . seeing |.the princi- ‘.of . humanity realized in |the wgnt war. Also this appeal finds dy echo in Germany, and the Im- rial government is quite willing ‘to. permit its statements and decis- fons in the present case to be gov- ‘erned by the principles of human- fty, just as it has done always. . Governed by Humanity Principle. The - Imperial " goverfiment - wel- . comed - with gratitude when the ‘Atherican government in 'the nots of May 15 itself recalled that Ger- many had always permitted itself to ~'be governed by ‘the principles of 1 ress and humanity in = dealing with the law of maritime war. . Since _ the time when Frederick the Great pegotiated with ~John Adams, Ben- jamin Franklin. and Thomas Jet- rson the treaty of friendship ana i merce of September 9, 1875, bes ussia. and the Republic of German and American have, in fact, ;always together in the struggle for M“fl of the seas-and for tho on of peaceable trade. ' In -~ HIVES ON NECK *[TCHED AND BURNED - Unsightly. Spread to Top, of Head. : Caused Hair to Fall Out in Comb- iils. Kept Awake at Night, -Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment Healed. S Py had to keep her hair loosely braided, The breaking out wos unsightly and the ‘ftch- |iug on her neck was so bad sho could not keep hér hands away it. Perhaps that s why 16 spread way up to fefl-. the top ‘of her head and S caused her Bair to fall out combfuls, It also kept her awake at ¥iery red spots broke ous later that the - | proceeding to Germany, as well as all | even when neutral property. Just as it | until our utter destruction, we were | condueting a war in self-defence for since have been = conducted for the regulation of the laws of maritime war, Germany and America have Jointly, advocated progressive prin- ciples, especially the abolishment of | the right of capture at sea and the protection of the interests of neu- wrals. Even at [ the beginning of the present war the German. govern- ment immediately declared = its will- ingness, in response to proposals of the American government, to ratify the declaration of London and thereby subject itself 'in the use of its naval forces to all the restric- tions provided' therein 1in favor of | neutrals. Germany likewise . has been always tenacious of ~the prin- ciple that = war should be conducted against the armed and organized forces of ' an enemy country 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 some way will be found ' when peace is concluded, or perhaps ‘earlier, 'to regulate the law of maritime 'war in a manner ‘guaranteeing the, freedom of ‘the seas and will welcome it with grat- titude and satisfaction 1If it can work hand in hand with.the Ameri- can government on that occasion, ' Ggrman Government Not Guilty. If in the present war the princi- ples which ' should be the ideal of the future have K been traversed more and more, the longer,its dura- tion, the German government . has no guilt therein. It is known to the American government how Ger- many’s adversaries, by completely paralyzing peaceable traffic between Geérmany and - neutral countries, have almed from the . very begin- ning and with increasing. lack of consideration at the destruction, not 80 much -of the~ armed forces as the life of the German nation, re- pudiating in doing so all the rules of international 'law and disregard- ing all ‘rights of neutrals. On November 3, 1914, England de- clared the North sea a war zone and by .planting poorly anchored mines and by the stoppagé and capture of vessels made passage extremely dan- gerous and difficult for neutral ship- ping by actually blockading neutral coasts and ports contrary to all inter- national law. Long béfore the begin- ning of submarine war England prac- tically’ completely intercepted ' legiti- mate neutral navigation to Germany also. Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. On November” 14, ‘1914, the lish premier declared in the of Commons that it was one of England’s pricipal' tasks to prevent food for the German population from reaching Germany via neutral ports. Since March 1st England 'has been taking from neutral ships without further formality. all' merchandise Eng- House merchandise coming from Germany, was also with the Boers, the German people is now to be given the choice ! ‘of perishing from starvation with its | women and children or of relinquish- ing its. independence. 4 Fought in Self Defense, ‘While our enemies thus loudly and openly proclaimed war without mercy our national existence and for the sake of peace of an assured perman- eéncy. We have been obliged to adopt | 'a submarine warfare to meet the de- clared intentions of our enemiés and the method of warfare adopted by law. With the efforts in principle to pro- tect neutral life and property from damage as much as possible, the Ger- man government recognized unreserv- edly in its memorandum of February 4 that the interests of neutrals might suffer from the submarine warfare. However, the American government | them in contravention of international |* will also understand and appreciate that in the fight for existence which hasg been forced upon Germany by its adyersaries and announced by them it is the sacred duty of the Imperial government to do all within its power to protect and save the lives of Ger- man subjécts. 1f the Imperial gov- ernment were derelict in these, its duties, it would be guilty, before God and history of the violations of thoge xaflnc{plu of highest humanity, which are the foundation of every national existence. { Case of the Lusitania, The case of th€ Lusitania ‘shows with horrible clearness to:what jeo- pardizing of human lives the manner of conducting war employed by our adversaries leads. In the most direct contradiction of international law all distinction between merchantmen and vessels have been oblitered by the or- der to British merchantmen to arm themselves and to ram submarines, and the promise of rewards therefor, and neutrals who.use mérchantmen as travelers thereby haye been exposed in ‘an incréasing degree to all the dan- gers. of war. If the commander of the German submarine which destroyed the Lusi- tania had caused the crew and pas- sengers to take to the boats before firing a torpedo this - would - have meant the sure destruction of his own vessel. After the experiefces in sinking much smaller and less sea- worthy vessels it was to be expected that a mighty ship like the Lusitania would remain < above water long enough even after the torpedoing to permit passengers to enter the ship’s boats. Circumstances of a very pe- culiar kind, especially the presence on board. of large quantities of highly explosive materials (word omlitted, possibly ‘“dissipated’) this expeécta. tion. In addition it may be pointed olt that if the Lusitania had been spared thousands -of cases of muni- tions, would ‘have been sent to Ger- many's enemies and thereby thou- sands of German mothers and chil- dren robbed of bread winners. Regarding American Lives, In the spirit of friendship where- with the German nation has been im- bued towards the Union and its in- habitants since the earliest days of its existence, the Imiperial government will always be ready to do all it can during the preésent war alsa to pre- vent the! jeopardizing of lives of American, citizens. The ' Imperial government, therefore, repeats the as- Ssurance that American ships will not be hindered in the prosecution of legitimate shipping and the lives of American citizens in neutral vessels shall not be placed in jeopardy. In order to exclude any. unfare- seen dangers to American passenger steamers, .made possible in view of the conduct of maritime war by Ger- many's adversaries, German subma- rines ‘will be instructed to permit the free and safe passagé of such passen- ger steameérs when made recognizable by specidl markings and notified a rea- sonable time in advance, The Im- perial government, however, confi- dently hopes that the American gov- ernment will assume to guarantee that these vessels have no contraband on board, details of arrangement for the unhampered passage of these vessels to be agreed upon by the naval du- tharities. of both sides. s -In order to furnish adequate fa- cilities for travel across the Atlantic for ‘American citizens, the German government submits for consideration a proposal to increase the number of available steamers by installing in 1f you have eczema, ringworm or other itching, burning, raw or ° pimply skin eruption, try Resinol Ointment and lgesinolrgoap and see how quickly the itching stops and the trouble disappears, even in severe, stubborn cases. Resinol Ofntment and Resinol Soapalso clear away plmples 20d stop loss of hair, Sold by all drugpists Minnehaha, Set ;l—l—ire by Bomb, Leaving New York Laden With Munitions of Wari THE MINNEHAHA LEAVING NEW YORK The accompanying photograph of the Atlantic transport liner Minne- haha was taken Sunday afternoon, July 4, when the steamship was leav- ing her New York pier laden with mu- nitions of war. As if in answer to Frank Holt's last warning that a ship passenger service a reasonable num- ber of neutral steamers under the American flag, the exact number to be agreed upon, under the same con- dition as the above mentioned Amer- ican steamers. Facilities For Travel. The Imperial government believes it can assume that in this manner ade- quate facilities for travel across the Atlantjc ocean can be afforded Amer- ican citizens. There would, there- fore appear to be no compelling neces- sity for American citizens to travel ! to Europe in time of war on ships carrying,an enemy flag. In particu- lar the Imperial government is un- able to admit that American -citizens can protect an enemy ship through the mere fact of their presence on board. Germany merely followed England’s examplé when she declared part of the high seas an aréa of war, Con- sequently, accidents suffered by neu- trals on enemy ships in this area of war cannot well be judged differently from acecidents to which neutrals are at al]l times exposed at the'seat of war on land when they betake themselves into dangerous lacalities in spite of prévious warnings. If, however, it should not be possible for the Amer- ican government to require an ade- quate number of neutral passenger steamers, the imperial gavernment is prepared to interpose no objections to the placing under the American flag by the American government of four enemy passenger steamers for passen- ger traffic between North America and England. Assurances of ‘“free and safe” passage for American pas- senger steamers wauld then extend to apply under the identical pro-condi- tions to these formerly 'hostile pas- senger steamers. Hopes For Understanding. The president of the United States has declared his readiness, in a way deserving of thanks, to communicate and suggest proposals to the govern- ment of Great Britain with particu- lar reference to the alteration of mari- time war. The Imperial government will always be glad to make use of the good office of the president, and hopes that hjs efforts in the present case, as well as in the direction of the lofty ideal of the freedom of the seas, will lead.to an understanding. The undersigned requests the am- bassador to bring the abave to the knowledge of the American govern- ment, and avails himself of the op- portunity to renew to His Excellency the assurance of his most distinguish- ed consideratian. (Signed) VON JAGOW. 'TO ACT ON CHANGES. The Y. M. T. A. & B. saciety will hold a meeting tomornrow afternoon and take action on the report of the committee on the revision of the con- stitution. The quarterly report of the officers will be read. County Direc- tor J. J. Shanley of Southington will install the newly elected officers. The meeting will commence at 10:30 o’clock. “would sink, God willing,” at sea, July 7, an explosion oceurred in the hold of the Ilinnehaha on that day. The war munitions and materials on board the Minnehaha included the follow- ing: ' 2,800 cases loaded shrapnel shells, 1,728 cases loaded cartridges, ¥,000- cases cordite, 1,400 cases tripi- trotoluol (this is a chemical of great \ MINNEHAHA FIRE GAUSED BY BOMB ! Steamer’s Ofiicers Tell How Plot Was Foiled at Sea “Halifax, N. 8., July 10.—A bomb placed aboard the Atlantic Transport liner,” Minnehaha, as she lay at her pier in New York caused the explo- sion and fire at sea in the opinion of the: officers of the steamer which put in here for examination yesterday. The explosion occurred in number three hold, and was of terrific foree, shaking the vessel from stem to stern Those of the crew who were forward at the time, were fairly stunned by the shock and two sailors were hutl- ed bodily into the air. Flames fal~ lowéd quickly, and for two days and two nights the crew battled heroie- ally to have the ship. There is no doubt in the minds of officers that Erich Muenter, alias Frank Holt, or confederates, were responsible for the outrage which, well-timed, occurred at 4:15 o’clock on the aftermoon of July 7, the date upen whichithe dy- namiter predicted that some Vi 1 of the name of which he appeared un- eertain, would be destroyed, ¥ How Plan Was Foiled. Muenter's plans were frustrated by the fact that his weapon of de- struction was placed with miscellas neous freight forward, and so was separated by stout bulkheads from an enormous cargo of ammunition which with other inflammable munitions of war intended for the Allies, filled the after holds, ‘While the sailors fought the fire, Captain Claret headed his ship for Halifax, and brought her safely through a southwesterly gale and thick fog to an anchorage in the low- er harbor here at one o’clock this aft- ernoon. By that time the flames had eaten their way through number three hold and into number four hold, but late this afternoon it was announced that they had been extinguished. Suffocating Fumes. The theory of spontaneous com- bustion was never entertained, as the explosion was followed by the issuance from the hatches of suffo- cating fumes that seriously hampered the crew in their fight, and which the officers insisted had been let loose by some infernal instrument. Thrilling stories were told by the 100 men who made up the crew of the freighter. The first two days out were uneventful. The Minnehaha sailed ‘from New York for London at 7:14 o'clock last Sunday evening and left the outside anchorage at 10:30. A half hour after midnight on Wed- nesday marning Captain Claret and bis officers were somewhat startled three hold and e ber four. was no n The ammui the fire by stout Smelled “There is no Aoy a bomb did the w working around safled by the most vessel down the the cccupasi | “Minnenaha, force, which goes into high exp- losive: 54 cases rifles, 826 cases empty ‘projectiles, 4 cases firearms, same time cannot tell thoste fello had been pla: captain 3 ready. T sald’to m has got wind of & & the > ruthed on and looked was sure we “There the follo “It was 8,001 plates speiter, 836 cases and bun- dles brass rods and sheets, 432 motor- trucks, 1 motor ambulance, 230 horses, 18 cases auto parts, 100 casés netos, € cases fuses, 80 bundles copper wire, 34 plates zine, 10 crates air guns.’ e ettt by the receipt of a wireless warning them that bombg were reported to have been placed in vessels that had sailed from New York for English | ports recently. The captain immedi- | ately ordered the small boats swung cut in readiness for lowering in the ; event an explosion oecurred. Hatch Oovers Carry Men Up, At a quarter ‘after four that same | afternoon, and when the ship was 579 miles southeast of Halifax, something let go in the third compartment and the ship trembled violently. One of the hatch covers shot off, carrying two sailors with it ten feet in the air. One was slightly injured, but the other escaped without a scratch. When the first excitement had been controlled another hatch cover was opened and enough of the freight re- maved to enable the workers to reach within striking distance of the flames that were rapidly spreading through hold number three. A steam pipe was inserted and steam driven into the hold. Soon the fire appeared to be under control, but Captain Claret resolved not to take any chances and at 5 o'clock turned his prow toward Halifax, Flames Gain Headway. It proved well that he did so, for that night the fire gained headway, | finally reaching into the adjoining hold. Throughout the night the crew | fought desperately, doubtful of the . outcome, but determined to stand by ' to the last. Thursday they got the upper hand of the flames. Meantime the weather became unfavorable and early yester- | ; day a heavy southwest gale arose. This combined with a thick fog, compelled | the steamer to remain off Sambro for | some hours and she did not reach an- chorage at quarantine until early af- ternoon. At the time a high sea was running in the harbor and in conse- quence of this the boarding of the ship was rendered difficuit. The crew had mastered the flames when assistance from shoré was available. Officer’s Story. Describing his experience, the officers said: “I was down below Wednesday afternoon when at 4:15 o'clock I heard'a tremendous explosion. The ship trembled from stem to stern with the force of it. I rushed on deck. Dense smoke was already pouring out of the holds. In a few minutes the deck became so hot I could hardly stand near the spot whence the smoke was coming. “There was a large quantity of freight on top 6f number four hatch. It was bound down by stout cables. We pitched into that freight and had it off in jig time. Then we put a steam pipe down into the hatch. When we let the air into the hold you should have seen.the blaze. Whew, I don’t want to see anything like that again when I have nothing under me but a ship. We were fully twenty. four hours getting the flames under control. They started in number one of have been { Me and gcuv right the New London, The train Junction at §:29 will leave one

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