The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-08-27
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GERMANY ASKS
THAT j. S. WAIT
Won Bernstorff Sends Message
to State Department.
TENSION RELIEVED BY MOVE
Ambassador il Appeal Is Delay Ae-
tIon Says Government DOGS Not
Wish to Kill Americans or
Sink Peaceful Vessels.

| the action of q German submarine
that American citizens lost their lives
/ In the torpedoing Of the steamship
Arabic such action was contrary to
the intentions Of the German govern
ment,. according to official advices re-
eeived by the German ambassador
from Berlin and telegraphed by him to
Washington. +.
It was aisoesaid in the, communica-
ton that the, German government will
deeply regret such a loss Of life and
would tendersthe Bincerest sympathies
to the American government "a. +.
The text OF the matter given out by
Count Won Bernstorff read: ~
ss.:"The German ambassador received
the following Instructions. from Berlin.
which he communicated to the depart
hent of state: $50 far no official in
formation available CONCERNING, the
sinking. OF thes'.Arabic. The, German
government trusts that the American
government, Will not take a definite
stand At hearing only the reports OF
one side which in the opinion Of the
imperial governments cannot CORE
spend with the. facts, but that a@chance
willabe given to Germany to be heard
equally: + - - - ~ =.
Cause of Wrong fnptesslon..;.&:.,
Although the l1npeNia1 government
does not doubt the; good faith Of the
witnesses whose statements are re
ported by the newspapers in Europe,
it should be borne in mind that thess
statements are naturally made under
excitement which. might easily pro.
duce wrong impressions. If Amert-
cans should actually have lost their
lives this would naturally be contrary
to our intentions. The Germah gov
eminent would deeply regret the fact
and begs to tender sincerest sympa-
thies to the American government
The statement carried no signat lre.
It was given out by Doctor Adler, the
ambassadors secretary. g y e
Wants the Facts Known. :, a.
Washington, ! Aug. 25.-Germany,
through her ambassador, Count Won
Bernstorff, asked the United, States
not to take final stand on the sink
ing of the White Star liner Arabic, IN
til all the facts were known. 1t was
the first word from Germany since the
incident.
The count telegraphed the state de-
partment, saying he made the request
at the instruction of his governments,
and added that the. German admiralty
had not yet been able to get a report
on the sinking. i >:
1t is taken to indicate that the Ger
man government may have some facts
which, in it's opinion, Justify the &C.
ton of the submarine commander 1t
comes as the first ray of promise on
a situation which admittedly was
growing darker with each hour, of
silence on the part of Germany. E.,
Now, in view Of the ambassadors
request, the state department can do
nothing but wait reasonable time for
word from Berlin. Ambassador Gerard
has been instructed to watch for q re
port, but has not been told to ask for
one. The German ambassadors re-
quest indicates that one soon may be
volunteered. ~ -
Six AffidavIts on Way
I London, Aug. .25.-The American
embassy cabled to Washington the
gist of six affidavits Of American sur
vivors Of the Arabic. Accompanying
these was the affidavit of Captain
Finch of the liner. All agreed that the
Arabic was torpedoed without warn
ing and that she did not try to ram
the submarine, which was not seen
before the attack.
Say Torpedo Sunk. Arabic.
The managers of the White Star
line at Liverpool gave out to the news
papers the following: ,.,::,::. ~.
Eat the time of the Lusitania tor
pedoing many misleading and untrue
statements appeared regarding the
vessel. Similar staten ents are begin
ming to be limited at in connection
with the Arabic, which are equally un-
true. For this reason we thought you
would like to have. one or two definite
facts that had better be published at
once in order to prevent people from
hazarding opinions and finding ex-
cuses for the torpedoing. > -.
These facts are: !
There is noe doubt the Arabic was
struck with. a torpedo. Captain Finch
did not see the submarine, but un-
doubtedly saw the torpedo. =,
There is no question of the; Arabic
having tried to ram the submarine, be-
cause 1t was not seen from the bridge,
Sunk. Without Warning.
There Is no question of the Arabic
having tried tosescape. =.
1.-THE Arabic was undoubtedly sunk
without warning. She was in peaceful
trading, with swarious nationalities
aboard.9 { ~
Tho statement has appeared In the
press that she was off the south coast
of Ireland: which leads some people to
think she was, near the coast AS
matter Of fact, she was over sixty
miles south Of Ireland.
with respect to precautions taken.
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