New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-29

Another question which = rs held
must be decided IS whether or not
ammunition and explosives, carried IN
defiance of American avg. accelerated
the sinking OF the ship. which might
otherwise have been expected to gs.
it's boats away safely or reach the
coast.
Such is. in general. the argument Of
the German government. which may be
expected also to display curiosity re-
garding the fate of the American COM
promise proposal TO end submarine
warfare ard the American governments
,forts 20 induce England 20 accept II.
With regard TO the cases of the
Cushing and the Gulhlght, Germany
will point out that she 0lsavowed re-
peatedly all intention OF hacming inof-
fcnsive neutral shipping, even IN the
war zone, and will express her COM
plete readiness to pay compensation
for "unfortCnate accidents.
Prom Tie Tribune Bureau
Washington. May 2S. Though unotli-
cial word has come from Liverpool that
Lieutenant Commander Towers aud
Naval Constructor Mcbride, from the
\
found clear evidence 20 sustain the
belief OF Captain Greene that the Ne.
braskan was torpedoCd, the state De
partment here awaits official lnforms-
tion.
The report Of Ambe ssador Page is
expected within day or two, but the
examination Of the hull, which has
been ordered 10 be made by the naval
attach6 of the American Embassy in
London, may take a longer time.
Even before the report OF the naval
officers inquiry came, opinion here had
come TO practical assurance that the
wrecking of .he Nobrask kan was caused
by torpedo from a submarine, and
not b. accidental contac' with hoat-
ing mine. II is pointed out that every
accident OF the present war occurring
20 ships on the high seas through the
agency of floating mines has been ia
the North Sea or contiguous waters,
while every disaster south and west OF
the English Channel crossing, at least
for the last six or seven months, and
certainly since the war zone declara-
tion OF February 4, probably las been
caused by a submarine attack.
Another circum stance which contrib
uted TO the development Of further ten
WAS the published intimation that Ger
many would send series OF notes IN
answer to the American communics-
ton. delaying discussion OF the
merits of the question until there was
an agreement on facts
While high officials scrupulously
avoided comment, 10 was evident that
they were loath TO believe the German
government had underestimated the in
tense feeling Of the American people
on the Lusitania disaster. with the loss
of more than one hundred American
lives. or would seek 20 delay the repsrs-
ton demanded by the United States.
Coun. Won Bernstorf, the Germsn
Ambas sador. o-day csbled the German
Foreign Office as follows:
Tension in America has been in
creased by the damage done the Amer
lean steamer Ne5ras kan. The Nebras-
kan incident is still an unexplained
mystery"
Feels Anti-German Sentiment.
Without waiting for the report OF
Consul General Washington, at Liver
pool. or the American Ambassador az
London, the German Ambassador has
become convinced through the tenor OF
lue american press CCUUcNl on mo
Nebraskan incident that anti-GerNsn
feeling in the United States is once
more in the ascendant.
That the only possibility under
which the Nebraskan could have been
torpedoed is that the commander OF
the submarine considered her an aux
iliary collier Of the British navy was
the statement of an experienced Ger
man diplomat in Washington today.
Unless a commander OF some Ger.
man submarine believed this" declared
this diplomat, "it is quite impossible
that the Nebrssksn WAS torpedose.
And, frankly. I do not believe that any
German commando believed that.
have no information. and have not
heard, even indirectly. OF any being re-
csivsd At our embassy here. But ! DO
40. believe ths vessel was torpsdosd