The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
But Washington Officials Ale
Divided as to the Question
of Arbitration.
PRESIDENT MUST DECIDE
Germany Explains the lnsuc: 1
cesstul Attempt TO Destroy
Liner 0rduna.
ssy Asseel.1.e ps.ss,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE III
sue with Germany hes turned to 4
Iess acute stage during the last
t@enty-four hours through, consid
Grafton OF the proposal to take the
disputed questions of fact in the
Arab!c case to The Hague, One set
OF officials believes to do so would
amount to arbitrating the principles
Tor which the United States has been
contendfng and would open the way
20 practically unt.med submarine
operations with disputed question:
on fact and arbitrat ton in each cas-
another set of officials believed
without taking in the principles ifis
vowed, The Hague, might properly
ne allowed to decide not !. whether
int liner actually was attempting tn
resist or escape and II SO. whethASSb
tnat justified the commanders act Il. z,
International law. 81
Both sets Of views are being urged
On President Wilson who win. donitiIs
what shall be done. Secratary isa Il
s.n sing refused today TO indicate hit
1el So. oe aetermined for a day or tls1of
5sneraliy the indications in bfielal
quarters were more favoraSis ne
spite the fact that all officiais cdi.s
slaered the German explanation tirs
salisfactory and disap poinffIs Thars
appeared to be more Of. a proEpett
Ior' I.r nnolng some ground on Witch
tne TWO countries could meet.
Explains Ordnna Ino.dent. &
Another note unofficially reported
to have been delivered to- Ambassa.
dor Gerard by the Berlin foreign a.
nee last night failed to. arrive today.
Secretary Lansing said he, had nols
omcial knowledge or intimation thAt
another communication was coming
OF what 1t contained. At Other
sources 1t Is reported that the note
ts Germany's explanation OF the un-a
successful attempt to destroy the
Cunard liner Orduna on July
when a submarine placed a torpedo
within ten yards Of the ships stern
and then unsuccessfuliy shel1ed II
unttl5it was out OF range. \.
The Orduna was on Its way tottie 4
United States and had tWenfyetw0&
Americans on board when attaeked.S v
In the Orduna case there is con.
Met OF statements as to whether tthes
ship had warning or tried to escapes
y is not an issue between the, Uniteas Y
States and Germany and isS not
likely to be one. II Is. .s;
The German note is IN; response q
to INQUIRIES made by Ambassador
Gerard at the decision nof the stSteE
department. It is not REGARDED a.
having any bearing ON the spreSent
situation unless It cpntainS s6iae
declaration nof principle new TO tho
controversy. n "
No Change IN Durn6a Case
The view Of the closest observers
here Is that. In the Arabic case tho:
danger of q break grows less Is tho
hours pass without action: z
In the case OF DR.. Dumba. Captain
Franz Won Papen, the German mn
ttary attache. and Alexander Nuber
Won Pereked, Austrian consul gers
,eral at New York, there was NO
change The United States sim Sc
waiting for Austria's reply to the q
quest to Withdraw DIR. Dumb.
Whether the othe rmen are sum
ciently involved In DR.. Dumba,s Of
ifense to make their remaining 81
tho United States impossible, viii sbe
decided later. \ 4