The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-02
GERMANY
YIELDS TO us.
Will Satisfy in Full the De-
mands of American
Government
WILL WARN LINERS
BEFORE ATTACKING
Policy Decided on Even Be-
fore the Arabic Was
Sunk

Washington, D. c., Sept. German
has accepted declarations of the Unite
States in the submarine warfare contro
versy. Count Won Bernstorff, the Ger
man ambassador, yesterday gave ora
and written assurances to Secretary Ian
sing that no more passenger ships vii
be sunk without warning.
After conference at the state de
partment, Ambassador Won Bernstorf
sent Secretary Lansing this letter:
my Dear Mr.. Secretary: With ref
erence to our conversation Of this morn
ing, beg to inform you that my instruc'
tions concerning our answer to your last
Lusitania note contain the following
passage:
"Liners will not be sunk by our sub
marines without warning and without
safety of the lives of non-eom batants,
provided that the liners do not try to
escape or offer resistance
although know that you do not
wish to discuss the Lusitanla question
till the Arabic incident has been def
ntely and satisfactorily settled. | desire
to inform you of the above because this
policy of my government was decided
on before the Arabic incident occurred.
Il have no objection to your making
any use that you may please OF the
above information.
81 remain, my dear Mr.. lansing
very sincerely yours,
%. Bernstorlf"
In connection with the letter, Secre-
tary Lansing made the following state
ment:
"In view of the clearness of the fore
going statement, it seems needless to
make any comment in regard to it, other
than to say that ii appears TO be
recognition of the fundamental principle
for which we have contended."
This means that the government OF
the United States, which for many
months has stood out consistently
against the contentious of Berlin with
respect to the methods of submarine
warfare, has won a diplomatic victory of
the first magnitude. That it viii be SO
recognized in the foreign offices of the
world, there is no reason to doubt
Count Won Bernstorff's letter was for
warded to President Wilson as soon as
it was received at the state department.
No formal comment was made at the
White House, but on every hand in Off |
cial quarters there were evidences OF |
qualification that the submarine crisis |
had passed, and that Germany had ac- /
knowledged the justice of the principles
for which President Wilson has been i
contending.
Count Bernstorff's announcement that
the policy had been decided upon before /
the sinking of the Arabic agrees with
statements by officials in Berlin and
with information upon which American
officials had been depending. Soon after
the dispatch of the last Lusitania note,
President Wilson understood there would
not be another such disaster. The sink
ing Of the Arabic, therefore, came as a
double shock.
lnasmuch as il seems 30 have been
established that the submarine which
sank the Arabic has been destroyed by
British patrol boat, the exact eireum-
stances may never be determined other
than by testimony from British and
American sources. IA
The German governments statement
that before the sinking Of the Arabic the
submarine commanders had been ordered
20 sink no more passenger ships without {
warning may BE- taken a. a disayowal Of !
that act
The question Of repsration for the
Americans who lost their lives on the
Lusitania. the Arabic. and other ships
which have been torpedocd probably win 4
he the next step in the proceeding. See
rotary lansing has steadfsstly refused
20 discuss the Lusitania case with the
German ambassador until the Arabic in. 5
cident i disposed a. Now. Il il be-. n
lieved. the way has been opened for con D
siderng the Lusitania. e
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