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Appendix B. Evidence in the Sussex Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

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Part IV. Submarine Warfare
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1916

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page 243 note 1 Copy received from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Ambassador Sharp and transmitted with his dispatch No. 3123.

page 279 note 1 Transmitted with Ambassador Sharp’s dispatch No. 3123.

page 279 note 2 This approximate number is given by the captain. According to the company, there were 383 passengers. The man who had charge of controlling the tickets was severely wounded and transported to Dover; he is not in a condition to give information.

page 279 note 3 According to the distance at which the torpedo was seen and the time elapsed until the moment of the explosion, the speed of the torpedo must have been 36 knots, which is the normal speed for these engines.

page 280 note 4 There were 6 lifeboats which could contain 184 persons. There were 22 rafts which could contain 264 persons. Moreover, 816 life belts. From the depositions these life belts were in the orlop deck; a number of them were in bad condition.

page 280 note 5 The boatswain, 1 seaman, and 3 passengers were able to climb on the keel of an upset whaleboat. These persons were thereafter picked up.

page 310 note 1 Same, mutatis mutandis, to the Ambassador of France, the Russian Ambassador, the Ambassador of Italy, the Belgian Minister, and, on January 24, 1916, to the Japanese Ambassador.

page 320 note 1 Special Supplement, July, 1915, p. 230.

page 336 note 1 Similar note with similar memorandum received from the Ambassador of France, March 22, from the Russian Ambassador, March 23, from the Ambassador of Italy, March 23, and from the Belgian Minister, March 23.

page 338 note 1 Same, mutatis mutandis, to the Ambassador of France, the Russian Ambassador, the Ambassador of Italy, the Belgian Minister, and, on June 1, 1916, to the Japanese Ambassador.

page 340 note 1 Not printed.

page 342 note 1 Identic memoranda were received from the embassies of Italy, dated Aug. 21; Great Britain, dated Aug. 22; Russia, dated Aug. 26; Japan, dated Aug. 28; and from the Portuguese Legation, dated Aug. 30, 1916.

page 343 note 1 Same to the embassies of Great Britain, Russia, and Japan, and, mutatis mutandis, to the Italian Embassy, Sept. 8, 1916, and to the Portuguese Legation, Sept. 13, 1916.