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rAGl? FOUR FOST SCOTT SEMI -WEEKLY TRIIiUNli.il ONlTOli, TUESDAY, JUNE .35, 1913. JON AMERICANIZAT oMvERYWHi Home Baking let3iic iiirs he is mm rnr rur NATIONAL COMMITTEE" INVITES ALL CITIES TO OBSERVE IT ON FOURTH OF JULY. ONLY BY INDIRECT STATEMENTS DOES IT DEMAND ANYTHING BRYAN PROPOSES' NEW SYSTEM, t-1 In Appeal to American Peopl Ex-Secreitary Ak Them to Lead the World "Out of the Black of War Into th Light of Day When 8words Shall Be, Bsaten.JptoPlouflhsharf,!' Washington, June 11. Ex-Secretary Bryan issued last night a statement by him "The Real. Issue" which an appeal, to the American people to take a higher, ground in the matter qfwar thafl has ever been taken by any nation since history began.

Bryan's statement follows: "To the American People: rYou now have before you the text of the note to Germany the1 note which it would have been official duty to aign; had remained secretary of state. I ask you' to sit itt Judgment upon my decision, to, resign rather, than to share r.eeppnsibility for I am sure you will credit me, with lionoraUie motives, that is not Good intentions cpuld not, atone for a mistake at such a time, on such a subject, and nder, circumstances. "If ypur verdict is against me, I ask no mercy; I. desire none if I have acted unwisely. A man in public life must act according to his conscience, put however conscientiously ho acts, he must be prepared to accept without complaint condemnation which his own errors may bring upon him; he must be willing OTHER CITIES TAKE ACTION ALSO 7 INVITES A FURTHER DISCUSSION Make 4th of July a Day When All Cit izens Will Rally Together as Member of a United.

Nation. ita services-in this way at its convenience. The whole world is concerned. In anything that; may bring, about partial aiiiej-. loration of: interests or In any way mitigate the terr.ors of the presold distressing conflict- i "In the meantime, whatever arrangement may happily be wade between the parties to the war, and whatever 'may in.

the opinion of the Imperial German govern- ment have been the provocation or- the, circumstantial justification for the, past acta of its commanders at sea, the government of the United States confidently looks to see. the justice and humanity of the, government of Germany vindicated j.n all cases where Amer- icana have been wronged or their rights neutrals invaded. "The government of the United States, therefore, very earnestly and very sincerely renews the representations In the note transmitted to the Imperial German government, pn the, J5th of May and relies in these representations upon the principles of humanity, the universally recognized understandings qf international law, and the ancient friendship of the German nation. "The government of the United States can not admit that the proclamation of a war zone from which neutral ships have been warned to keep away may be made to operate as in any degree an abbreviation of rights either of American shipmasters pr of American citizens bound on THE U. S.

Dept Of Agriculture in Experiment Station 142 says that ten cents worth of wheat supplies almost three times i as much protein and ten times as much energy as round steak, and with some other cuts of meat the difference! is even greater. If then, one really desires to reduce her weekly meat and grocery bills, she need only make more use of her oven. Who ever heard man, woman or child complain that gd'od home-made biscuits, muffins, cake and cookies appeared on the table too often? Instead, the tendency is "to make a meal of them" and the variety is so great that something you bake yourself could well be the-chief feature of every meal. t' ays If Germany. Has Further Fact -V Washington Would Be Glad to I Hear Them.

1. iff-- (From Friday's Daily.) WahingUHv JJune 11. President Wilson's note to Germany in answer "r- Germany's answer to the first (From Friday's Daily.) Secretary Cooper of the Industrial Home Baking is Simplified by the Useof Baking Powder make things moist and rich yet have them wholesome and digestible. Biscuits may be mixed ou can light and feathery, the night Jpefore and fir. r- i be and.

heavy, to bear any deserved from pstracism to execution, "But hear me before you pass sentence. "The president and I agree In purpose; desire a peaceful solution of the dispute which hai between the United States and Germany. We not only desire It, but with equal fervor we pray for it, but we differ irreconcilably as to the means of securing it. If it were merely a personal difference it would bo a matter of little moment, for all the presumptions are on his side the presumptions that go with power and authority. He is your president, I am- but a private citizen without office or title but one of the hundred million of inhabitants.

"But the real issue is not between persons; it Is between systems; and I rely for vindication wholly upon the strength of the position taken. "Among the influences which the governments employ In dealing with each otherwhere are two which are pre-eminent and antagonistic force and persuasion. Force speaks with firmness and acts through the ultimatum; persuasion employs argument, courts Investigation and depends upon negotiation. Force represents the old system the system that must away; persuasion represents the new system the. system that has been grow American note, is unexpectedly tame.

Only. by.Jnflirect statements does It make any demands upon Germany and it invites further proof that the Lusi-tanlla was The note in full fol-lows; I' 'Washington, June 11. The text of the American rejoinder to the Ger- 1 man government's reply to the note 1 following the sinking of the Lusitania Secretary of State Ad In-! in. terini to Ihe' American Amba'ssa-' dor to Berlin. "Department of 1 1 dry Vou can make a cake so light that you can hardly get out of the pan whole, yet it will not fall.

is not like the old fashioned baking powders. It is double acting and continues to give off leavening gas until the dough is cooked through. K. is sold at a fair price-r-a large can for 25 cents. Thisould be no object if 6trength and' purity were sacrificed, but every can is fully guaranteed' under State and National Pure Food laws ana to please.

'We take all the chances. Your money back if you do not get better results with any baking powder you ever. used. Include a can in your next grocery order, try some of the ne recipes that appear in this paper from time to time. Then you will "Washington, June 11)15.

i "American Ambassador, Berlin: "Xou are instructed to deliver i textually the following note to the minister of fprejgn affairs "in compliance with your ex- cellency'a request, I did not fail to transmit to my government immediately upon their receipt your note of May 28 in reply to my note of. May 25, and your supplementary note of June 1, setting forth the conclusions so far as reached by the Imperial German govern- ment concerning the attacks on the 'American steamers Cushing and Gulflight. I am now instruct- fed by my government to communicate the following in reply: 'The government of the United States notes with gratification the fall recognition by the Imperial German government, in discussing the cases of the Cushing and (.:, Giilflight, of the principle of the freedom of all parts of the open sea, to neutral ships and the frank willingness of the Imperial Ger-. juan government to acknowledge nd its liability where the fact of attack upon neutral ships 'Which have not been guilty of any hostile act' by German aircraft or vessels of war is satls-' jfactorily established; and the gov- eminent of the United States will in due course lay before the Im-' perial German government, as it requests, fi'U information concerning the attack on the stoam- er Cushing. to the linking of the steamer Falaba by which an American citizen lost his life, the 111 government of the United States 1 is surprised to find the Imperial German government contending that an effort on the part of -a ing, all too slowly, it is bjt growing for nineteen hundred years.

In the old system war Is the chief corner stone war which its best Is little better than war.at its worst. The new system contemplates a universal brotherhood established through the uplifting power of example. .1 i i "If I correctly Interpret the nste to Germany it conforms to the standards of the old system, rather than to the rules of the new, and I cheerfully admit that it is abundantly supported by precedents precedents written In characters of blood upon almost every page of human history. Austria furnishes the most recent precedent. It was Austria's firmness that, dictated the ultimatum against Servia, which set the world at war.

ruler now participating In this unparalleled conflict has proclaimed bis, desire for peace and, denied responsibility for th war, and ft ie only charitable that we should credit, all of.lt according to the rules of the old system. They believed that firmness would give the best assurance of the maintenance of peace and, faithfully following precedent, they went so near the. fir that they were, one after another sucked Into the before have the frightful follies of this fatal system been so clearly revealed as now. The most civilized and enlightened aye, the most Christian -of the nations of Europe are grappling with each other as If in a death struggle. They are sacrificing the best and bravest of their sons on the battle field; they are converting their gardens into cemeteries and their homes into houses of mourning; they are taxing the wealth of today and laying a burden of debt on the toll of the future; they have filled the air with thunderbolts more deadly than those of Jove and they have multiplied the perils of the deep.

Adding fresh fuel to the flame or hate, they have dally devised new horrors, until one side is, endeavoring to drown noncombat-ant men, women and children at sea, while the other side seeks to starve noncombatant women and children on land. And they are so absorbed In alternative retaliations and In competitive cruelties that they seem, forx the time being, blind to the rights of neutrals and deaf to the appeals of humanity. A tree Is known by its fruit. The war in Europe Is the ripened fruit of the. old system.

"This Is what firmness, supported by force, has done In the Old World. Shall we invite it to cross the Atlantic? Already the Jingoes of our country have caught the rabies from the dogs of war. Shall the opponents of organized slaughter be silent while the disease spreads? "As an humble follower of the Prince of Peace, as a devoted believer in the prophecy that 'they that take the sword shall perish by I beg to bs counted among those who earnestly urge the adoption of a course in this matter which will leave no doubt of our government's willingness to continue negotiations with Germany until an amicable understanding Is reached, or at least until the stress of war is over, we can appeal from Phillip drunk with carnage to Philip sobered by the, memories of an historic friendship and by a recollection of the Innumerable ties of kinship that bind, the Fatherland to the United States. "Some nation must lead the world out of the black night of war Into the light of that day when 'swords shall be beaten Into Why not make that honor ours? Some day why not now the nations will learn that enduring peace can not be built upon fear that good will does not grow upon the stalk of violence. Some day the nations will place their trust In love, the weapon for which there Is tic shield; In love, that suffereth long and is kind; In love, that Is not -easily provoked; that beareth all things, believetb all things, hopeth all things, endur-eth all things; In love, which though despised as weakness by the worshippers of Mars, abideth when all else falls.

J. BRYAN." Association is in receipt of a comma nicatlan from the National American izatioa Day Committee at New York City asking that Fort Scott begin making plans at once to make the coming Fourth of July a day on which all citizens, foreign born and native Dorn aiiKe, raiiy togeiiier as memDers of a united nation and asks that the Industrial Association take the matter up with the mayor, the civic organi zations, the leading citizens, the newspapers, the boardi, of education and the churches and present to them the nee4 of getting this city in line with the national movement. Now that; it, has been, fully decided TWINS IN THE UNITED STATES. Elizabeth Bradbury. Elizabeth, the twin sister, was mar ried to Abraham Holeman in Illinois, in 1844," where they lived until 1852,1 when they -moved to Benton county, Iowa.

In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Holeman moved to Bourbon county, Kansas, where she has since resided. Her hus band died in. October, 1903.

Since his deuth Mrs, Holeman has made her hpme with her daughter, Mrs. Rachel Entzmingfjr. Tho twins are In excellent for people of such an advanced age and they enjoy visiting with their friends. that Fort Scott will have a Fourth of July celebration, it looks Jike the best plan to combine the celebration with the Americanization movement and make the day one glorious 'affair In which every American cit izen will show his joy in the fact that he a resident of a country that is free from the many turmoils of the greatest war that has ever been waged in history. Also lend your voice to the fact that you are for strict neutrality and in that way lend i with your influence toward the wave, of partiality for one side or Tnn oinpr rnnr is swppmner mis rn n.i trv fit thp nrpspnt timo whirh tn.

arthcr wllh tho non'lnno cltiiadnn .1 Washingon is causing a shaky feeling among the inhabitants of the United States from coast to coast. It has been determined that the committees in each city will make the actual way of carrying the American ization Pay invitation to their guests of honor, the newly naturalized clt izens and their families and friends a main feature "in the organization of their work. A general announcement to all foreign born citizens of Amer ica has been issued and published in the columns, of. the foreign press through the co-operation of the Asso ciation of. Foreign Language Newspapers.

We. Americans and coming Amer icans, safe in the peace and prosperity and strength of our country, seek some way, in which to express as one people our appreciation of these blessings. It is therefore nrnnoKfld that on the Fourth of th Amer- ican born citizens hold receptions with" -annronr at exerc spr In hnnnr of our naturalized fellow citizens and declarants. On this pr.asion all will seek together to make this Fourth of July a day of inspiration and fulfill- ment to all citizens alike. The plan for Americanization Dav as being a prominent feature in the Fourth of July celebration has air ready received favorable consideration in all the eastern cities.

Indus tries are co-operating and employers of labor and especially of emmlgrant labor are in a position to. realize the value of citizenship as a. fusing influ ence and a factor of Industrial peace onn.Bociaj solidarity. Secretary Cooper has not as yet de cided just what Fort Scott, will do along the Americanization Day proposition but just, as soon as the com mittees on the Fourth of Julv cele bration get down to business (he mat ter will be brought up and some ac tion will probably bo takon in giving over part oi the. day to the now move ment.

PENALTY AFTER 20TH. Tax Paving TJme Is Penalty or 9 r-fr vent After the 20th of June. (From Friday's Daily.) County Treasurer Henrv Drum and his nwsiani VMimni Tnmn nr nre into busy these days taking in monev for taxes but still Mr. Drum advises that tliey are not as busv as thev Rhould be, as the people are not pav ing up their taxes very lively. It.

is quite likely, however, that next week will pee quite a difference, ns the 5 ner cont penalty on rn fhe tnxpa now being paid into the of- ce ot the rounlv treasurer am for the last half of the year 1914. (, DR. E. 8. CARNEY.

OSTFOPATH Telephone Jfl FJast First Pt Phones 320, Graduate school I I 3. it In 1(n of the and rain we C. this feet the had Mata city for They fair trio tho S. week. baked fresh for breakfast.

Mufti ns need net solving this vexing "Cost of Liwing" problem. visiting Edna Jemison several days, has returned to Mapleton. "Mrs. Nettie Amer of Mapleton is the guest of Hubert Lardner and wife, 316 South Holbrook street. GORDON'S TEAM WON; La Grange, High School Track Team, Coached by -Bert Gordon, Won the Michigan Meet.

(From -Friday's In the Michigan interscholastic track meet held at Ann Arbor, the La Grange, 111., high school track team won the meet with a total of 34 points. The event is of more than passing interest to Fort Scott people owing to ttefact that Bert Gordon, a former Fort Soott bov and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.

Gordon of 610 West Fifth street, Is coaching the team. Bert has been connected with the La Grange high school since he left the Fort Scott highi school several years ago, and' hr.s exercised the same keen interest in athletics at the Illinois school that he exercised here. The winning of the Michigan meet Is quite an honor for Gordon as his team was competing -about twenty-five other schools in that vicinity. Bert had athlete named Smart entered at the meet and he proved the individual star, with a total of 17 points. ifiSIll TRIBUNE-MONITOR 7l5 1UC- juu.

all sizes. GAS AT RICHARDS. Drilling for Oil, Gas Is Found With Good pressure a Mile From Our Neighboring Town. (From Friday's Daily.) Quite a considerable flow of gas was developed in a prospect oil well that Is being sunk at Richards, nine miles northeast of Fort Scott. The Wow is said to be heavy enough to sup- Ply quite a little community with all the gas it would need.

This gas was developed in the fourth oil well that has been sunk In the Richards neighborhood by a com pany that has been prospecting for oil In that vicinity. TW.tno Santa Fe way trie only line to toth Expositions. Pueblo Indians, petrified forests, punted deterts for you to see en route. And the Grand Canyon of Arizona, earth' setnie marvel. RJumJ fire iurin( txf itioa period.

Aak for uluc trated oldm about Ctl if onria. ead what to eat a ike way. www L. B. Smith, PlWMMIStlT Att, Room til on-Station, lis hi City.

Mo. "'WV; I I IIIH.IW PROBABLY THE OLDEST Thomas and Thoma and Elizabeth Bradbury of Bronson, this county, are probably the oldest twins now living in the United States. They were born in Brown county, Ohia, March 8, 1826, and are now 89 years of ago. Whep the twins were, about nine year old they, with their parents, moved to Knox county, Illinois. In 1850 Thomas went to California and remained there and in Washington aind Oregon year i of 1898, when he came to Bourbon county.

Since 1898 he has made' his home with bin sister, Mrs. AUie Grover, who lives a few miles northeast of Bronson. lawlul errands as passengers on merchant ships of belligerent nationality. It does npt understand the Imperial German government to question thoBB rishts. It understands it, also, to accept as-establshed beyond question the principle that the lives of non-combatants ean not lawfully or rightfully be.

put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman, and to recognjze the. obligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether suspected merchant man is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag. The government of the United States, therefore, deems it reasonable to expect that the Imperial German government adopt measures necessary to put these principles into practice in, respect of the safeguarding of American lives and -American ships, and asks for assurances that this will be done. LANSING, "Secretary of State Ad SADDLE HORSE PULLS AUTO Mac Howard Tied J. Frank Smith' Car to Horn of Saddle and Drew It Out of a Mud Hole.

(From Friday's J. Frank Smith, postmaster of Pleas anton, came down in his car yesterday on business and had some thrills along tho way. Just out of PleaRanton he met farmer with one of his team of horses lying on its back in a ditch. He as sisted the farmer to pull the' animal out so it could use its feet, only to find that itr had been hurt in the bnck and could not get up. The team had become frightened at a car and shied too far to the side of tho roud, result ing in the horse falling into the ditch on his back.

At the Mac Howard place, six miles norm or town, Mr. Smith came to mud hole that had been caused by a fill. He noticed where other cars had made a track of ruts through it and he started through, but got his axles stilted on some hardened mud, and he hung there, his wheels off the ground. He worked with the car for some time and could not get it off. Presently Mr.

Howard came down on horseback. He and Mr. Smith had never met, but the latter was in hard straits and ask ed for a lift. Mr. Howard had what looked like a pretty stout horse and a good Btout cowboy saddle with a big born.

Smith had rope. With some doubts as to the efficacy of such power, the ropei was, attached to tho car and saddle and Mac sat In th saddle and said giddap. The, horse settled down to the pull like work mule, while Mr. Smith applied the ma chine power as an auxiliary. It looked for a moment like the thing wouldn't succeed, but finally tho car began to move and Howard went, off with it.

Mr. Smith says he notices that Bour bon county Isn't dragging her roads like ehe, did Jat year, lie savs.onlv about three miles of tho Fulton road appears to have been dragged this year. "You people down here are lavlne down on a good thing," said Mr. Smith, who is president of the Eaxlern Kan- san Good loada Association. "These roads ought to bo dragged regularly after every rain.

You would soon have such road bh would be money In the pockets of all the farmers and all the town people if you would." Mi have gone far toward Ell XOCfAL PICKIXGS. '(From Friday's" Daily.) Eleven Pawnee Graduates. The following persons received eighth' grade diplomas' at Pawnee Station last Bight: Floyd Layton, Emma IIuss, Larce Huss, Mary Dewey, Coral Lozier, Julian Dikernah, Flossie Har vey, Wooley Coonrod, Pearl Iticketts, Selma Runkle and Fern Lozier. W. F.

Jackson, Earl Nuzum, who taught at Pawnee last year, and Miss May Hare went from Fort Scott to as- sis the following program: Invocation. Song: "Good Old U. S. Wooley Coonrod. -Class.

Instrumental Music: Grand March Mary Dewey. Recitation Larce Huss. Duet: "Swing High, Swing Low," Fern LozieT and Julian Dikeman. Class Prophecy Flossie Harvey. Instrumental Music: "A Whispered Thought" Coral Lozier.

Recitation Pear Rickelf. Address Solo: "Sweet Bird of Song" -Selma RunkeJ. Presentation of Diplomas Superin tendent Miss May Hare. Song; "Ocean Glee" Class. Benediction.

Family Reunion Tho following account is taken from C.OUT!'ler Clarpllce' p- Whiles of ort Scott. who "'e ior sixieeu years, June 6' and A. N. Whiles of Quincy UD tO Visit also. There WB8 a reunion of the seven children at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. J. T. Tracy where a sumptuous dinner awaited themi in honor of the four sisters and three brothers who have not met for sixteen years. It was a joyful occa sion.

present were: F. Whiles of Fort' Scott, A. N. Whiles of Quin- cy, NelBon Whiles of this place, Mr. and Mrs.

M. H. Hutton of Longville, Mr. and Mrs. G.

B. Ellyson, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.

Strange and children. Rus- sell and Blanche, Mr. and Mrs. Or- ville Tracy and Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Tracy. All reported a fine time. For Out of Town Guests.

Miss Edith Brooks of 511 Osbun street, will entertain at 6 o'clock din ner this evening. In honor of Mrs. Jeff of Salt Lake City, irtah. and Mrs. Will Firth of Emporia, Kan A widow, over sixty years of age, uad a vacant lot, and wishing to put to some practical use, conceived tne P'an or setting it out in gooseberries due time the vines which she had ordered arrived and then began the Dard task ot preparing the ground and putting'out the plants.

At times the little old lady would hire a "'an to ao me wont, put sne was at- ways on hand and actually did a large share of the labor herself. At times during the hot summer months some the plants grew sickly, but water was carried to them, and they revived. The result pf all this work, worry and care is a flourishing patch of gooseberry yine3 on which grew berries thicH and large. Pedestrians who pass corner of Fifth nnd Osbun streets pause to marvel at the pretty sight there, little know the cost of it It is hard to believe that a harder were poftsitlle than that which had In Fort Scott last but E. Cory, who was in Iola at the timo, it- rained twice aa much there as It did here.

As he came back morning a wall of water three high could be seen coming down Marmnton. It was coming like a great wave with mighty force and reached Uniontown about? 11 o'clock, -i Miss Marie Gunsaullus and Miss Hartman, both teachers. in the schools, are planning on starting San Francisco the first of July. will remain in the vicinity of tho for a month, and on the return Miss Gunsaullus will stop, off at Wallace, Idaho, visit her father, Frank Gunsaullus, who Is employed in ore mills near that place. MIhs Glide Huddleston, daughter of II, Huddleston, weut to Drvwood yesterday to visit relatives for a with scrupulous vigilance through its regularly constituted officials.

It is able, therefore, to assure the Imperial (ietiuan government that it has misinformed. If the Imperial German government should deem itself to be in possession of iconvincing evident that the officials of the government of the United States did not perform these duties with thoroughness the government' of the UnitedJHates sincerely hopes that-It will submit that evidence for consideration. "Whatever-rimy -be the 'contentions of the Imperial German government regarding the carriage of of war on board the Lusitania Or regarding the explosion of that material by the torpedo, need only be said that in the view of government these contentions are irrelevant to the question of the legality of the nieUiodn used by the German naval authorities in linking the vessel. "But the slhklng of passenger ships Involving principles of humanity which throw Into the background any special circumstances of detail that may be thought to affect the principles which lift it, as the Imperial German government will no doubt be quick to recognize' and acknowledge, out of the class ordinary subjects of diplomatic discussion or of International controversy. Whatever be the other facts regarding the Lusitania, the principal fact Is that a great steamer, primarily and chiefly a conveyance for pas- sengers and carrying more than a thousand souls who had no part or'lot In the conduct of the war, was torpedoed and sunk without so much as a challenge or a warn-Ino.

and that men, women and children were sent to their death in. circumstances unparalleled In mcdern warfare, "The fact, that more than one hundred American ollizeni were those who perished made It the duty of (he government of the United States to nppak of these tllnffft and once more, with solemn emphanK to cnll the attention of the Imperial German 1 government to tho grave responsibility which the government of the, United States conceives that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence, and to the undisputahle principle upon which that respon-' slbility rests. The government of the United Is contending for somothing much greater than are rights of property or privileges of commerce. It Is contending for nothing less high and sacred than the rights of humanity, which every Kovernment' honors: itself in respecting and which no government, is justified in resigning on behalf of those under its care and authority. Only her actual resistance lo capture or refusal to stop when ordered to do fo, for the purpose of visit could 1.

have afforded the commander of the any justlflcntiou for so much as putting the lives, of those on board the ship In jeopardy. This principle the government of (he United States understands (he explicit instructions issued on Aug. 3, 1914, by the Imperial German admiralty to Us commanders at sea to have recognized and embodied, as do ihe naval codes of all other nations, and Unon ll every, traveler nnd seaman had a rieht to depend. It is upon thH principle of hu- mnnity. as well ns upon the law founded I'non thin principle that the United States must stand.

"The government of the United States is happy, to observe that your excellency's note closes with the intimation -that the Imperial German government is willing, now 83 before, to accept the good offlroH of the. United. States in attempt to come to an standing with the government of; Great Britain by which tho char-. ncter and conditions of the war ntion tho sea may be The government of the- United Males would conpider it privilege thus to, servo Us friends and the world, it stands ready at any Urn to convey to either government an intimation fir fuujfphtlon the othpr may be willing to have it, convey and cordially invites the Imperial Ger- man governmect to, make uee of merchantman to escape capture and secure assistance alters the r' obligation of the officer seeking 1 to make the capture in respect of the safety the liveB of' those on board the merchantman, al-1" though the vessel has ceased her attempt to escape when torpe-' doed. These are not new circumstances.

They have been In the minds of statesmen and of international law throughout the de- velopment of naval warfare, and the government of the United States does not understand that they have ever been held to alter the principles of humanity unon which it has insisted. Nothing hut the actual forcible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flight when ordered to stop for r' 1 Jbe purpose of visit on the part of the merchantman has ever been held to forfeit the lives of her passengers or crew. The government of the United States, however, does not understand that the Imperial German government is seeking in this case to relieve itself of liability. tut only intends t. to set forth- the circumstances led the commander of Jhe submarine to allow himself to be hurried into the course which he (., took.

-i "Your Excellency's In dis-cussing the ions of American lives resulting from tho sinking of the steamship Lusitania. ad-verts at some length to certain information which the Imperial Herman government, received with regard to, the character and outfit of that vessel, and your excellency expresses the fear that this information may jiot have been brought to the attention of the government of the United States. It is stated -in the nolo that the Lusitania was undoubt- edly equipped with masked guns, supplied with trained gunners and special amniunlHon, lrann-porting troops from Canada, carrying a cargo not permitted un-" der the laws of the United States to vessel also carrying nas-' and nerving, in. virtual effect, as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Britain. f- "Fortunately these ire matters concerning whjch the govern-.

ment of tne United Stalles In a position to slve the Imnerial Ger-mun official Informa-' tlon. Of the facts alleged )n your Kxcellency' nole, IT true. th irov-' Miiment of the ITnlted Rtntfs would hnve been bound to tke official cognizance In performlne: Itn recoKnlred (lutv qs a neutral power and In enforcing I's pntlon- lawn. Jt wix it duty to pee to ft tint the Lusitania was not, armed for offensive action, that ju "be was pot serving as a trani-ti port, and thnt he did not csrrv a cpr70 nroblhltert bv the rtati'teq rt the Rlntes and that, if In fact, fhe wan a' naval ve--ffl of flrpat Britain she phnulrt pnt rocpfve cipjii-ance pwr-rontnian: snrf tt Ter'ormed ttisft duty and enforced its statutes Miei Blanche Reece, who has been.