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Text of Note to Berlin Published April 20 1916
Washington reports the text of the American note to Germany issued April 18 1916 through Secretary Lansing to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. It details the Sussex sinking on March 24 1916 by a German torpedo and accuses Germany of indiscriminate submarine warfare against neutral and merchant vessels.
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Berlin
Washington
Germany
Lansing
Gerard
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Sussex
English Channel
United States
Folkestone
Dieppe
Bussex
German Empire
Great Britain and Ireland
High Seas
Vesels
Wilson
England
France
French Foreign Office
Mouffett
Grasset
Telegram
London
Paris
Sayles
Smith
Foreigh Office
Great Britain
British Admiralty
Foreign Office
Dungeness
Mouffet
Edna Hale
John H. Hearley
Gertrude W. Warren
Henry
John B. Hearley
Samuel F Bemis
Beer
Gertrude W Warren
Admiral Grasset
Lieut. Smith
United States Navy
Lon
United States Army
Boulogne
Logan
Rochefort
Toulon
Portsmouth
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