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bERMAN GOVERNMENT REPLIES
T 0 AMERIGAN NOTE OF APRIL 22
Yields; In Bad Grace, to United
States’ Demands -
The undersigned, on behalf of
the Imperial German Govern
ment, has the honor to present to
His Excellency, the Ambassador
of the United States, James .
Gerard, the following reply to the
note of April 20 regarding_the
conduct of German submarine
warfare.
The German Government
handed over to the proper naval
authorities for further investiga
tion evidence concerning the
Sussex as communicated by the
Government of the United States.
Judging by the results that in
vestigation hitherto yielded, the
German Government is alive to
the possibility that the ship men
tioned in the note of April 10 as
being torpedoed by a German
submarine is actually identical
with the Sussex.
The German government begs
to reserve further communica
tions on the matter until certain
pointg are ascertained which are
of decisive importance for estab
lishing the complete factg in the
case.
Should it turn out that the com
mander (of the submarine) was
wrong in assuming the vessel
(the Sussex) to be a man-of-war
the German Government will not
fail to S-aw consequences result
o el AL
By t¥ _ spoing senténce the
Germian Government guarantees
to- make amends it would deem
froper under the circumstances.)
In connection with the case of
the Sussex, the United.. States
mage a serieg of statements, the
gist of which is the assertion that
the incident to be considered was
but one instance of a_deliberate
method of the indiscriminate de
struction of vessels of all sorts
and all nationalities and destina
tions by German submarine com
manders.
- The German Government must
emphatically repudiate the asser
tion, but the German Government
however thinks it of little avail to
enter into details in the present
stage of affairs, more particularly
as the Government of the United
States omitted to substantiate by
reference to concrete factS.
The German Government will
only state that it has imposed
far-reaching restraints upon the
use of submarine weapons solely
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in consideration of the interest of
‘neutrals, in spite of the fact that
‘these restrictions were necessar
!ily of advantage to Germany’s en
emies. '
No such consideration hag ever
been shown to neutrals by Great
Britain or her allies.
German submarine forces have,
’in fact, had orders to conduct
submarine warfare in accordance
{with the general principles of vis
’-i-t and search. The destruction
of merchant shipg has been rec
)ognized by international law, the
sole exception being the conduct
'of warfare against enemy trade
carried on against enemy freight
ships encountered in the war zone
waters around Great Britain
(British Isles). With regard to
these no assurances were ever
given to the United States.
No such assurances were con
tained in the declaration of Feb.
81916,
i The German Government can
not admit that it has any doubt
‘about these orders being carried
out in good faith (by the subma
rine commanders.)
Errors actually (may have) oc
curred. In no ind of warfare can
they be avoided altogether, and
allowance must be made in the
conduct of naval warfare against
an enemy that is resorting to all
kinds of ruses, be they permis
sible or illegal.
But apart from the possibility
of errors, naval warfare, like war
fare on land, implies unavoidable
dangers for neutral persons and
goodg entering a fighting zone
- Even in case where naval ac
tions were confined to the ordi
nary form of cruiser (man-of
war) fghting, neutral persons
and goodg have repeatedly come
to grief.
The German Government has
repeatedly and explicitly pointed
out dangers of mines that have
led to the loss of numerous ships.
The German Government has
made several proposals to the
Government of the United States
in order to reduce to a minimum
for American travelers and goods
the (inherent) natural dangers of
naval warfare.
Unfortunately the Government
of the United States decided not
to accept the proposals. Had it
accepted them the Government
of the United States would have
been instrumental in preventing
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THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 8, 1916
Attention Farmers and Business Men of Ben Hill and Adjoining Counties
The boll weevil in the last day or two has been discovered in
near-by counties. The most important thing for us to do at once is
to inform ourselves how to fight this on-coming enemy of the cotton
industry. % :
A few days ago our President, Mr. Wm. R. Bowen, our Vice_Presi
dent, Mr. J. E. Turner, and Mr. Isidor Gelders, Editor of the wide—
awake progressive Leader-Enterprise, heard a debate in the Eleventh
Distriot Agricultural College on the subject of the 801 l Weevil.
We were nsver more coénvinced of anything than this: that all people
right thruhere ought to know about the 801 l Weevil just the very things
we heard in that debate. We were convinced that, if our people
do not prepare for his immediate coming, these people will he lin
that same unbearable financial embarrassment that has overcome
others west of us as he approached them.
For this reason, The Exchange National Bank has arranged to
have this same debate held at our Court House next Thursday evening
at eight o'clock. The debate will throw a flood of light on the
fact of disaster where the 801 l Weevil has been, and will also show
us clearly what we must, we say, we MUST, do ourselves in preparing
to meet him. :
We are arranging this debate because the success of this bank
depends upon the success of the farmers and the business men,-and
because the success of farmers and business men depend, in turn, on
whether the farmers are wise enough to get ready by changing their
methods to fight off the unhappy stress of financial disaster.
So this meeting which this bank has engaged is for the good of
our entire community and we believe no farmer can afford to stay
away from the Court House Thursday evening. No charges whatever for
admission.
This debate was held at the Eleventh District Agricultural Col
lege, and at the Fifth District Agricultural College, and also at
the State Agricultural College, Athens, and has attracted state-wide
attention. These debaters, which we have engaged, won every. con
test in these three places. 5 : :
It is unusual that a banking institution brings into the com
munity such an undertaking as this, and the fact that the under
taking is so unusual of itself ought to attract the most unusually
large crowd of farmers and business men.
We will have several judges elected for this debkate from among
our farmers, bosiness men and professional men.
The ladies are cordially invited and a special invitation is
extended to the young men of our schools who are interested in the
matter of debating, as there is very much merit displayed by these
debaters.
The whole undertaking is perfectly free to all, and if astende
largely, will redound in great good to all.
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK. :
MAYOR PAULK ISSUES
STRICT ORDERS
At the close of the Mayor's
court this morning Mayor Drew
\W. Paulk issued strict orders to
Chief Strictland and his officers to
enforce the Sunday closing ordi
nances of the city. Hereafter no
And Press
soft drinks, cigars or anything
else ‘may’ 'be’i sold th. the
city on Sundavs. Drugstores on
ly will be allowed to fill prescrip
tions and restaurznts and hotels
which have thus far escaped the
operation of the Sunday closing
ordinance are included in the new
orders issued by the Mayor.
It’s just as well to lay in your
supply ol cigars, etc., next Sat
urday.
Mr. Fred Buice, of Columbia,
S. C., is spending a few dayg in
the city the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Bowen.
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 55
t
Young Rcbert Tomlin Seriously
Hurt
Sunday afternoon a car driven
by Mr. L. ]J. Blitch coming from
Ocilla struck the six-year-old som
of ]. S. Tomlin, who with his fam
ily were visiting a tthe home of
Mr. James Garrison. The child
was crossing the road to join a
number. of other children who
were playing alongside the road
when the car reached him and
struck him on_the head knocking
him under the car and breaking
his left leg.. The -child’s head
just reached the upper part of the
headlight of the car, where a deep
dent testificg to the approximate
speed at which the car must have
been going. The heavy glass in
the lamp wag also demolished. A
fracture of the skull and two oth
er cuts in the head were found
on examination by physicians.
Mr. Blitch, accompanied by the
father of the child, brought him
to the city, where medical atten
tion was immediately secured.
The mother of the child whe
witnessed the accident was com
pletely prostrated and occupants
of other cars, which reached the
place of the accident, rendered
such assistance as was possible,
until a physician could be secured
to attend to her. Dr. R. M. Ware,
one of the attending physicians,
reported the child still alive this
‘morning and stated that there
‘'was a chance for his recovery.
"l‘hc mother is still in a prostrate
condition. :
NOTICE TO DEBTORS OF
I GOLDENBERG CO.
This is to notify all debtorg of
the I. Goldenberg and Company
that I have purchased all the ac
counts and notes due this Com
pany and that the same must be
paid to me at the store at 116 E.
Pine. No one else authorized to
collect these accounts. Mrses L.
Goldenberg "Bt
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$350,000.00 TO LOAN
On Ben Hill, Irwin & Wilcox Counties
FARM LANDS
Money on hand and no delay
in making loans.
I assure you prompt and effi
cient service. :
Liberal Terms and Reasonable Rates.
FITZGERALD, GA.