New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-31
Diplomatic Inaotion i'll Fay
Case Another Sign u. ).
Shuns Friction.
FRIENDLY SPIRIT
TOWARD GERMANY
Hint That Payment Of Indemnity,
Not Disayowal, Will End the
lusitania Controversy.

eo,s shat the administration IS deter
mined 20 ayo.d further friction with
GERMANY. even at the sacrifice Of some
.r,er.caa interests, developed to-day.
announcement was made by the state
ne,ar,mcrt that no action was con-
.,r,,a.cl In the cases Of the torpcdoed
uner Hcsrcr.an or Of the confessed
SPY. Robert Fay.
The Navy Department reported to-
5,v ,ha, the fragments picked up on
3D.. doc. o. the Hcsperiau after the
.rn,o.ion which sent her 10 the bottom
we've undoubtedly parts Of torpedo.
Tte German government. ~ note sen
t@,o soon after the disaster, denieG
,tet thc Hesperian had been attacked
bv submarine and suggested thaV ''c
ship hut "a MI .....od %.
The State Department announced 70
ssv that Iu the absence OF conclusive
moot that the torpedo fragments sem
ierc were actually picked up aooai
he Hesperian after the explosion ''e
natter would be dropped.
The department has received ny
ever. aAilayits from the oihcers o. 'ne
Uesperian attesting 10 the iact' IL -
,5mitted that this testimony makes u
@r',otsblo" that such was the case, Dut
Secretarv Lansing believes the cham OF
cyi5ence is incomplete. in that no am
Isyit has been received from the men
Who actually found the pieces OF metal
Inaction in Fay Case.
similar attitude is taken by the
administration in refusing 10 ln'gs...
gate the status OF Lieutenant hooJ'
g. who has confessed that he is IN 'he
employ Of Germany as an army o-'.0et
AND is being held by the Department OF
Justice on charge OF cons pIi@t! -
bomb plots The state Department
;Ystifcs ITS inaction on the tecnnlcaI
grouud that the question OF f@E
statu, has no bearing on the charges
ON which ne is being prosecuted
n Fav is convicted Of conspiracy u
is said. tine United States may inquire
into his connection with the German
government. and ascertain, II posSlD!e,
whether his activities were directed
from Berlin. This attitude OF the ad-
ro-nistrgtion takes no account OF the
fact that FAY has already confessed
cha. he was sent 20 TINS country by
the German government TO DO SUP
stantiallv what he is now charged WIN
Ever since the memorandum OF An
bassador Won Bernstorf dlsavowlng the
sinking of the Arabic the admlnlstra-
ton has been disposed 20 give Germany
the benefit of every doubt II has
taken the position that German GOOD
faith was no longer 10 be questioned
that the principles for which the
United States has been contendlng mad
been granted and that any new signs
Of unfriendiness on Germany's part
were 10 be discounted heavily.
In this spirit 1t has allowed almost
month TO clapse without reminding
Germany that the disavowal Of the at
tack on the Arabic cannot be construed
as "a disavoVal of the sinking OF the
Lusitau,q. DO which more than one nun
bred American lives were lost, and for
which the German government has Of
icrcd nothing but qualified regrets.
In the same spirit the cases of the
two attaches Of the German Embassy,
Captain Won Papen and Captain Boy
I'd. have been laid on the shelf IL IS
stated uneQuivocailv IN Informed Off
cal circles that the state Department
Las had n its possession for weeks
sufficient information Of improper ac-
tivities on the part of these two Off
GERS 20 hand them their passports per
Cmptorly, without even going through
the formaities observed IN the Dumba
case.
Plot Sponsor Unmolested.
The propaganda fostered by the Aus
trian Consul General I'm New York.
Alexander Nuber Won Percked, has also
leer allowed TO pass unnoticed The
C0nsu! general was sponsor for the
scheme % tie no munitions plants by
labor agitation among Hungarians.
While he is not here IN diplomatic
capacity. the State Department is en-
powered 90 revoke his exe0uatur and
cemand that ne leave the country.
Improper activity IN American poll
ties by Austrian Consul Hans Schwe-
eel az ST. Louis also was revealed IN
the documents taken from James +. ).
archibald bv the British authorities.
The state Department is warranted IN
deporting him. but has been content
20 disregard his actions.
Consul Schwccels letter 20 DR..
Dumba described minutely the steps
That should be taken TO influence Con-
gress against Great Britain and in
favor Of the Central Powers. Inter
ference in American affairs by foreign
diplomats in former years has resulted
IN their dismissal.
u is limited now even that the final
settlement in the Lusitania case will
not include a disavowal Of the act by
Germany but will be merely a pay
ment Of indemnity. possibly with 'pu-
hiive damages" ADDED.