j! onl> a cruiser warfare would be
.i.dueled against enemy merchant
tipping, ?*.!>?) that nom otnlvilaw ship"
' 'very chnrarfr. freight, well .?
issepgcr rare;.* I tip. would b . ? i
roper warn nir and safety fo. t'.f.i*
?i mongers ami cr-.-ws. Tin* assurances
hieh have been pitvn for the war
? n?? M'otiiti) the Rritlsh Isles irovci i <!
lily "liners."
The January declaration also prom.
?>?1 that German submarine eomrna-id
rv who fall'*) to ohev the assurances
Sw-t, would be punished. and that
? pa rat Ion would he made for death or*
tjjr* to American citizens. 'Set-man
ointnanders operating in the Medtter
atiean, i! wa*i said in the declaration.
after the cteamship I'erria had
one down, had partfeular in?trueliona
fi i e.xrlude siieh measun 1 of reprisal
[ ? ?? were applied In the w .< i zone around
lie Hritish Isles.
ll.l(\STOHI T WII.I, i IIM'KH
WITH I,A
vi It is exp'-cte-l :hat \'ori Hcrnstorff
E v II ronfet* wit! Secretary I.anFiric: on
o-morrow. The -f r?t?rv iiifortneii
urn to-dn\ tli^t if was le.-wjj to dis
? i?SH the matter i' h'?- ??onven'.??i;ee
k' ii I ? e tlw I' :? ept 'ori 'i' 11: '? pr II t *? i t -
s. intioii. I'ntint von Hvrnstortf has ir. ct??
j1, un attempts to discuss ty situation
v'th tiic secretais ' ?n each occasion
? i-> w is Itiforn*. :d, liov. e v? :*t that lie
^ vould be Riven an opportunity later.
