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O EVENING CAPITAL NEWS 0 * BOISE, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916. .Vol. XXXVI No. 112 TEN PAGES GERMANY RESENTS NOTE HAS GIVEN ORDERS FOR MODIFYING WARFARE BITTER COMPLAINT AGAINST POLICY IS RECORDED « American Government Is Accused of Not f Showing the Same Attitude Toward Great Britain as Toward Germany Berlin, May 5.—(Wireless)—Germany today handed Ambassador Gerard the note in ply to the American government respecting submarine warfare. The note says German submarine forces have orders to conduct submarine warfare in accordance with tint general principles of visit, search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, the sole exception being the conduct of war fare against enemy trade carried on enemy freight ships encountered in the war zone surrounding Great Britain. The note expressed the hope that the United States will insist that Great Britain shall observe the rules of international law universally recog nized before the war. Germany now declares she is prepared to do her utmost to confine her operations of the war "to the fightihg forces of the belligerents, thereby also insuring freedom of the seas." The German government, guided by this idea, notifies the United States that German naval forces have received the following: In accordance with the general principles of visit, search and destruction of mer chant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels both within and without the area declared in tlqe naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and with out saving the lives of those on board unless the ship shall attempt to escape or offer resistance. But neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence," says the note, "shall for the sake of neutral interests restrict the use of an effective weapon if the enemy is permitied to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality. Germany is convinced that the United States does not think of making *uch a demand, knowing that the United States has repeatedly declared it is deter mined to restore the principle of the freedom of the seas, from whatever quarter it has been violated. Accordingly Germany is confident, in consequence of the new orders issued to her naval forces, that the United States will also now consider all impediments re moved which may have been in the way of mutual co-operation toward the restoration of freedom of the seas duifing the war, as suggested in the note of July 23, 1915, and it does not doubt the United States will now demand and insist that the British govern ment shall forthwith oliserve the rules of international law universally recognized be fore the war and as are laid down in notes presented by the United States to Great Britain. re .. i > » ti u Should the steps taken by the United States not attain the object it desires, to have the laws of humanity fallowed by all belligerent nations, Germany would then be fac ing a new situation in yhich it must reserve to itself complete liberty of decision. n »I ing a new yhich The note says the German government gave the evi dence presented by the United States in the Sussex case to the naval authorities and judging by the results of the investigations Ger many is alive to the possibil ity that the ship mentioned in the note of April 10 as having been torpedoed by a German submarine is act ually identical wittf the Sus K sex." Should it turn out that the commander was wrong in assuming the ves sel to be a man-of-war, Ger will not fail to draw ; ,. many the consequences resulting therefrom. Assertion Is Cepudisted. "In connection with the case of the Bussex, the goverrment of the United States has made a rerie. of statements, me gist of which is the assertion that the incident Is to be considered but one Instance of a deliberate method of ln discriminate destruction of vessels of all sorts, nationalities and destinations fcy German submarine commanders. "The German government mu em phatically repudiate such an assertion. The German government, thinks It of little avail to enter Into de tails in the present stage of affairs, more particularly as the government of the United States omitted to substan tiate the assertion by reference to con crete facts. "The German government will only state it has imposed far reaching re straints upon the use of the submarine weapon, solely In consideration of neu trals' interests ..nd in spite of the fact that these restrictions are necessarily ; of advantage to Germany's enemies. No such consideration has ever been shown neutrals by Great Britain and her allies. however, Made Proposals to U. S. "The German government has made several proposals to the government of the United States in order to reduce to a minimum for .'.merlcan travelers and goods the inherent dangers of naval warfare. Unfortunately, the govern ment not to accept these proposals. Had It accepted, the government of the United states would have been instrumental in preventing a greater part of the acci dents that American citizens have met with in the meantime. "The German ; overnment still stands by its offer to come to an agreement along these lines. "As the German government has re peatedly declared, it cannot dispense with the UBe of the submarine weapon in the conduct of its warfare against enemy trade. The German government, the United States has decided however, has now decided to make fur ther concession, adapting the methods of submarine warfare to the interests of neutrals. "Il reaching this decision the Ger r. in government Is actuated by con siderations which are above the level of the disputed question. Acted in Self Defense. "In self defense against the Illegal conduct of British warfare while fight ing a bitter struggle for her national existence, Germany had to resort to hard but effective weapon of submarine warfare. "As matters stand, the German gov ernment cannot but reiterate regret that the sentiments of humanity which the government of the United States extends with sich fervor to the un happy victims of submarine warfare, are not extended with the same warmth of feeling to the many millions of wo men and children who, according to the vowed Intention of the British govern ment, shall be starved, and who, by their sufferings, shall force the victor ious armies of central powers into Ig nominious capitulation. Thr German government. In agreement with the German people, fails to unde' stand this discrimination, all more as it has re peatedly and e: plicltly declared itself ready to i se the submarine weapon In strict conformity with the rules of In ternational law. as recognized before the outbreak of the war, If Great Bri tain Is likewise ready to adapt tl.e con (Continued on Page Two) B ZTwJtZlT Have Been Met New York, May 5.—Count von Bemstorff re ceived the text of the German note at a hotel here. It is known the German embassy's view is that the note is all for which the United States asked; that it signalizes the return to what is termed "cruiser warfare''-»-that is, the operation of submarines as cruisers, intercepting commerce with visit and search. The embassy's view is that inasmuch as no mention is made in the note of the question of armament, it is not a complicating feature. 4 4 4 * 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 * '4 4 4 4 PERSHING SAYS HE HAS VILLA I LOCATED ■At General Fun E1 Paso, May 6. ston's headquarters here today It was said a message had been received from General Pershing In which he stated he thought he had located Villa. tjv rpTTTp TjnTiaTnPXn 1 ijjt Illfi i XtüiölUJan A - STATEMENT ISSUED Washington, May 5.—President Wll son announced yesterday the tentative agreement between General Scott and General Obregon covering the future operations of the American and Mexl can military forces in Mexico pro vides "a basis of co-operation which promlses to prevent misunderstand lngs and strengthens the cordial rela tions of the two republics." President Wilson Issued this state ment: "1 have examined with the secretary of war, the report made by General Hugh L. Scott of the conference be tween him and General Obregon, sec retary of war of the republic of Mex ico. "The report Includes a tentative agreement covering the future opera tions of both the American and Mex ican military forces and evidences cor dial co-operation between the two gov ernments In their common purpose. "As this agreement Is being submit ted to the defacto government of Mexico, It would not be proper for me to permit its publication until that government has an opportunity to ex amine and consider Its provisions. The full text of the proposed agreement will be given out immediately upon its acceptance by both governments. In general. I may say that It pro vides a basis of co-operation which promises to prevent misunderstanding and strengthens the cordial relations of the two republics." TO RELEASE GERMANS TAKEN FROM STEAMER London, May 'S. —The British govern ment has decided to release the 98 Ger mans and Austrixns who were taken from the American steamship China. FRENCH TRENCHES ARE CAPTURED BY GERMANS Tlerlin, Germans have captured French trench es southeast of Haucourt on the Verdun front. Repeated French attacks against the German position west of Deadmdo's Hill broks down. May R. — (Wireless)—The GRAVE VIEW OF TAKEN New York, May 6.—Wall street's grave view of the German note was reflected today In the demoralised tone of the stock market at the opening, active Issues group, breaking three to six points, With 19 for Bethlehem Steel. 1 t had numerous selling orders. I market at the opening had little sup particularly the war Brokers The j p or t. ' j intimating that certain features of the n ote had made a favorable Impression caused renewed buying of the leading stocks. In the afternoon virtually nothing remained of the losses ln curred at the opening, Unofficial advices from Washington FOUR MORE ARE GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE Dublin, May B.—Four more rebels sentenced to death by courtmartlal were shot today. They were Joseph Plunkett, Edward Daly, Michael O'Hanrahan and William Pearse. Eighteen other rebels were sentenced to death, the official statement adds, but later their sentences were com muted to penal servitude. ZEPPELIN DESTROYED BY BRITISH CRUISERS London, May R.—(Official)—A Zep pelin dirigible balloon was destroyed yesterday by one of the British light cruiser squadrons off the Schleswig coast. ZEPPELIN BLOWN UP BY THE NORWEGIANS Copenhagen, May R.—Military auth orities at Stavarger. Norway, blew up the Zeppelin L-20 yesterday when it be gan to roll dangerously in a strong wind. Soldiers fired upon the airship from a distance of 60 yards. The Zep pelin exploded with a great cetonatlon and burned. Wl01111 Mm ON THE GERMAN NOTE No Action Will Be Taken Until Official Copy Is Received and Studied—Gen eral Tone Creates a Very Unfavor able Impression Washington, May 5.—The press copy of the German reply to the latest American note was placed before the cabinet today. The first impression of the full text did not much relieve the unfavorable impression created by the opening portions, although it was admitted the new instructions to submarine commanders would be weighed and considered before their acceptability to the United States would be determined. One of the chief points for consideration seemed to be Germany's reference to immunity of "merchant vessels recognized by international law.'' This was regarded as having possibilities of relating to the dispute over ques tions of armament and'the alleged instructions of the Brit ish admiralty to merchant captains to attack submarines. No action will be taken until the official text of the note arrives and has been studied. President Wilson has al ready discussed with the cabinet steps to be taken in case the note is found unsatisfactory. The official text is ex pected by Sunday, on the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania. After the press copy of the German note was read two views were current in official circles. One was that Ger many had declared her intention of abandoning hSr "pres ent methods of submarine warfare" as demanded by the president and that the United States might have to wait to see whether the abandonment would be effected. The other was that the United States, having already attempt ed to have Great Britain give up its interference with neutral commerce and having told Germany that it can not discuss with her its negotiations with Great Britain, has no course but to break diplomatic relations with Ger many. While the general tone of the German note created an unfavorable impression, officials took the view that the language was immaterial if the guarantees were real. Germany's declaration that she had issued new orders to submarine commanders not to attack without warning merchant vessels recognized by international law" was considered the chief point. The cabinet was in session for over two hours, the long est meeting in months. Cabinet members were uncom municative, saying no steps would be taken until the offi cial text was before the president. The private view of officials was apparently that commanders apparently met the demands of the United States, unless the interpretation placed on them lead to attacks on merchant vessels armed for defensive purposes. The general tenor of the German note, however, was con sidered unsatisfactory. As members left the White House several indicated that the United States would have to wait and see whether the new orders to submarine com manders were carried out. i 1 the new orders to submarin-j GREAT VARIETY EXPRESSED Washington, May I.—Congress re ceived the German note quietly, with members expressing a variety of views. Senators of the foreign relations com mittee refrained from talking. Others thought the reply was favorable, knt some T.ore doubtful of the conditions apparently attached. Some others thought it had not advanced negotia tions toward a settlement at all. On the surface there were no Indications of activity In the group which opposed the president's policy of pressing his de mands. NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED Berlin, May R.—(Wireless)—A battle In'the Adriatic between Italian and Austrian .warships and air craft la re ported by the Austro-Hungarian admir alty. The statement adds that Aus trian airships have raided the Italian city of Ravenna. Tsxas Commercial Travelers. Corpus Christie, Tex, May B.—Warm welcome to Corpus Christie waa given today to the several hundred delegates and visitors assembled for the annual convention of the Texas division of the Travelers' Protective association. The convention will continue over tomor row. "I