The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-08-27
D NOT aim TO
KILL AMERICANS
subt Is Thrown on Sinking Of
Cruiser MoItko.
AT OF ITS GLASS TonPEDOED
Telegram Sent TO State Department
Requests That Judgment BE With
held Until All Facts in the Case
Have Been Acknowledgement Pa.
per Holds Passengers to Blame.

Have Been Acknowledgement Pa
per Holds Passengers to Blame.
New York, Aug. 25.-It was con-
trary to the intentions of the German
government if American lives we're
lost in the destruction OF the Arabic.
Germany would deeply regret the fact
and tender sincerest sympathies to
the government of the United States.
Such is the tenor of a message
from Berlin received by the German
ambassador, Count Won Bernstorff,
and telegraphed Immediately to the
state department at Washington ask
ing the American government to post
pore taking a definite S,and on the
sinking of the liner until Germany
has an equal chance to be heard with
. the reports emanating from the other
side of the controversy. Count Won
Bernstorff gave out the text Of his
governments message in the afternoon
through his secretary, DR.. Adler, at
the Ritz Carlton hotel. 1t follows:
"The German ambassador received
the following instructions from Ber-
lin, which he communicated to the
department Of state:
$50 far no official information is
available concerning the sinking Of
the Arabic. The German government
trusts that the American government
will not take a definite stand after
hearing only the reports Of one side,
which in the opinion of the imperial
government cannot correspond with
the facts but that chance will be
given to Germany to be heard
equally.
Although the imperial government
does not doubt the good faith Of the
witnesses whose statements are re-
ported by the newspapers in Europe
it should be borne in mind that these
statements are naturally made under
excitement which might easily pro-
duce wrong impressions.
IF Americans should actually
have lost their lives, this would nat
urally be contrary to our intentions.
The German government would deep
ly regret the fact and begs to tender
sincerest sympathies to the American
government
Admiralty Reserves Judgment.
Berlin, Aug. 25-(Via Amsterdam.)
The judgment of the German admir-
atty with regard to the sinking of
the Arabic will be reserved pending
the receipt of an official report ac-
cording to the Over Seas News
agency which gave out the following
item:
"In any event, the Arabic was a
British ship, within the war zone,
and was on he way to obtain another
cargo of war material. She carried
large amount of gold in payment of
war supplies.
"The fact that most or the passen-
gers and crew were saved, and that
there was ample time to lower the
boats, shows that there was no catas-
trophe. If it is true that some of the
passengers were drowned, it is very
regrettable, but this likely was due
to leaky boats, as in previous cases,
and to no fault on the part of Ger
man submarine If submarine and
not a mine sank the Arabic.
THE German press has received
the news of the sinking Of the Arabic
very quietly and refrains from CON-
ment, merely pointing out that press
reports from British sources are not
clear, and that it is questionable
whether a torpedo or a mine sank the
steamship. These dispatches do not
mention the exact time or place of
the incident"