Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
Count Won Bernstorff Conf
dent Germany Will Frame
Note Acceptable Here.
ONLY AWAITS RETURN
OF UNDERSEA BOATS
Teuton Government Ready to Re-
strict Submarine Warfare to Meet
United States Views.

Dispatches from Berlin last night
aid that the report of the German ad-
miralty on the destruction of the White
Star liner Arabic might be made any
day. although on the other hand it
might be delayed fortnight.
In German circles here. however, it
is firmly believed that the Berlin gov
eminent is anxious to bring to a quick
and friendly termination the whole dis
cussion between the United States and
Germany on the question of submarine
warfare. and the visit of Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador
acting on instructions from Berlin, is
viewed as conclusive proof that the
liberal element of the German govern
ment has triumphed and that every
effort will be made to meet the views
of President Wilson as expressed to the
amba ssador in an interview they had
shortly after the Lusitania was
destroyed
The German foreign Office is believed
to be ready to encourage an informal
exchange of views between Count Won
Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing in
order that the drafting of full reply
to the last United States note OF the
Iusitania satisfactory to the Washing
ton government may be FASTENED.
Envoy Awaits Instructions.
Count Won Bernstorff will leave
Washington today for New York to
await instructions from his govern
ment which he confidently expects will
lead to negotiations that will bring
a speedy and wholly satisfactory con-
clusion to the entire controversy be-
tween the United States and Germany
over the question of submarine war
fare.
Unless the situation in Berlin wholly
changes before the dispatches are sent
the ambassador believes he will be
authorized to reopen informal discus
sions with Secretary Lansing to the
end that a note may me framed by the
German government entirely satisfac-
tory to the United States.
So far as the State Department is
concerned, formal presentation of the
Arabic case to Germany awaited re-
ceipt from Amba sSador Gerard at Ber-
lin of the German admiralty report on
the destruction of the ship. The last of
the German submarines operating south
of Ireland will not return to port be-
fore that time. Until the admiralty
statement is received. however, and the
Arabic case disposed of. it is unlikely
that a discussion of the broader ques-
tion of submarine warfare will be re-
opened.
Must Warn Ships.
II was positively stated last night
that whatever the German admiralty
report might be, the Berlin government
would give assurances that it's subma-
rine commanders had received explicit
instructions that no passenger ships be
attacked without warning. This was
In accordance with suggestions sent to
Berlin by Count Won Bernstorff imme-
diately after his interview with Presi-
dent Wilson. Even should the sub
marine commander attempt to Justify
his action or should no report ever be
received from a German commander as
to the Arabic, II is believed the Ger
man government will seek to make it
clear that as a national policy the war
fare against passenger ships has been
suspended. Already offers of repara-
tfon for American lives lost with the
ship have been made informally and
Ambassador Bernstorff feels that, bar
ring adjustment of minor details, the
friction between the two countries is
at an end
Out Of the relaxing tension of the sit
uation new hope for peace in Europe
has sprung. German observers here
have noted that there is a group in
each country which sees possibilities of
American mediation behind the peace
full adjustment of the American-Ger-
man dispute. With one concession won
from the beliigerents by diplomatic
means. the security of the lives of neu-
trails on the high seas. it is thought
possible that other proposals may fol-
OBJECT. The ascendency of the liberal
element in Germany, it is said, lends
color to that view so far as Germany is
concerned