The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-26
DISAVOWAL REFUSED.
IN LUSITANIA CASE.
German Ambassadors Stand
for Arbitration on Indem-
nifty Rejected by U. s.
PARLEYS AT A DEADLOCK

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3S.-Insistence by
Germany that the question Of liability
for indemnity should be submitted to
h Hague for arbitration has. tenn
porarily at least. deadlocked the ne
gotiations between Secretary Lansing
and Count Won Bernstorff. the German
Ambassador. looking TO a Anal settle.
ment OF the Lusitania controversy.
In his conversations with the Am.
bassador Secretary Lansing has In.
sisted that not only must there be full
indemnity paid for the loss Of American
lives on the torpedoed liner but tina,
payment shall be accompanied by q
formal declaration of disavowal to the
effect that the commander Of the SUBJ
marine did an illegal act.
This attitude Of MIR. Lansing IL based
on the position taken by the United
States that the reprisals resorted to by
Germany against Great Britain's ship.
ping in retaliation for the British
blockade Of Germany could In no sense
be regarded us relieving Germany OF
the duty OF respecting American lives
or as curtailing the right Of Americans
10 travel on Brltish SnipS-
Persons in position to know the Ger.
man viewpoint declare that our Vol
Bernstorff while assuring Mr.. Lansing
Of Germany's entire willingness at any
and all times To express her sincere
regret over the loss OF American live.
cannot subscribe to the principle tina
her war zone decree was illegal as re.
speeding neutral nations.
Moreover. It Is said hat Germany
does not feel hat she car disavow thu
act of the submarine commander In at
lacking the Lusitania when as a mat
ter of fact 1t was well known at thai
time that the German submarines nat
been directed to attack all British mer
chant vessels In the war o Tha'
the ship should have sur as quickly
as she did Is regarded by Germany a.
an unforeseen accident, the results o
which as far as the American lives los
even though the Americans on board
by public warning had been urged no
to sail on British liners.
out OF respect for the humanitariai
considerations which the disaster gav'
rise to. Germany. II is said, revise,
her orders TO submarine commanders
with the result that she was able u
offer prompt satisfaction to the United
States when the Arabic was sunk by
submarine commander VINO ulsOpeye'
these rules. As assurances for the fu
ture protection uf Americans. Mr.. Ian
sing has been told. these orders vii
stand.
While II is declared that high OIL
cials Of the Government believe this.
the submission of the question OF liza
bility in the Lusitania case to TIL
Hague might very well result In a Yer
diet favoring the United States the
would prefer &c pay indemnity afte
such a tribunal had passed on the mat
ter than to stand before the world !
general and the people Of Germany I
particular as admitting the illegally o
an act which the German Government
has insisted was legal.
Because of the deadlock In the nego
tiations which State Department official
believe will be ended by German
eventually coming around the ques
ton of amount of indemnity has nc
entered into the negotiations. ON bot
sides 1t is fatty denied that Count vo
Bernstorff has offered on behalf OF h
Government to pay $1,000 or any othe
figure for every one OF the 40 Amer
can lives lost.