The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-03
AMERICAS DEMANDS
ACCEPTED BY GERMANY
BernstOrff Instructed by Berlin
to State No More Liners Tor
pedOed Without Warming.
THIS ASSURANCE is GIVEN
Outcome of Negotiations Greatest
Diplomatic Achievement of the
United States i'm Il Generation

tn1teu states in a Generation.
Washington, Sept 1.-Strained
relations between the United States
and Germany over submarine war
fare apparently passed into history
today, after Count Won Bernstorff, [
the German ambassador, informed
Secretary Lansing in writing that
prior to the sinking of the Arabic his !
government had decided that it's sub
marines should sink no more liners
without warning
Oral assurances to this effect had
been given by the ambassador last
week. But 1t was not until Count
Won Bernstorff after call at the
state department today, returned to
the embassy and sent a letter to Mr..
Lansing quoting instructions from
Berlin concerning an answer to be
made to the last American note on
officials frankly admitted their graft
tication over the changed position Of
the imperial government
Secretary Lansing said in formal
statement that the letter appears u
be a recognition of the fundamental
principle for which we have con-
ended" He Immediately sent the
communication to the White House
and discussed 1t in cheerful vein with
his callers, who included Chief Jus
tice White, Secretary McAdoo and
Senator Tillman of South Carolina.
Everywhere in administration circles
l.ther ewas a visible relaxation.
THE NEXT STEP.
The next step, It is stated, will be
formal communication from the
German government disavowing the
destruction of the Arabic and tend
ering regret and reparation for
American lives lost in the disaster if
the attack was made by a German
submarine. Even If the submarine
that torpedoed the liner subsequent
ly was sunk by British man-of-war.
as has been suggested both from
Berlin and London. the Berlin for
eign Office is expected to send it's dis
avowal as 500 mas a reasonable time
has passed without report from its
commander.
Once the situation growing out of
the Arabic incident has been dispos-
ed of the response to the long unan-
swered American note on the Lusi-
tania will be dispatched. and if Ger
many's explanation and proposals in
this case are accepted by the United
States both officials and diplomats
here expect the way to be cleared for
complete understanding between
the two governments on the subject
of freedom of the seas.
In German circle sit is freely ad-
mitted that in Berlin a hope prevails
that such an understanding would be
followed by insistent action by the
United States to stop the allies in
tereference with neutral commerce,
which prevents Germany from i'm
porting food for her civil popula-
ton
BERNSTORFF'S LETTER.
Count Won BernstoTff's letter.
7 which revealed for the first time that
Germany had prepared an answer to
the Lusitania note, which was about
to be dispatched when the Arabic
was destroyed. reads:
my Dear Mr.. Secretary: With
: reference to our conversation OF this
morning beg to inform you that my
instructions concerning our aneswer
TO your last Lusitania note contains
, the following message:
Liners will not be sunk by our
, submarines without warning and
: without safety of the lives of non
eombatants, provided that the liners
do not try 70 escape or offer resis-
| tance.'
Although 1 know that you do not
wish TO discuss the Lusitania queS-
tion till the Arabic incident has been
definitely and satisfactorily settled.
: desire TO inform you OF the above
because this policy of my govern
ment was decided on before the
rabic incident occurred.
II have no objection to your mah~
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