New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
Is. SATISFIED BY
 PLEDGE
lhdeDt She Has Kept Promise
 Regarding U-BOat Warfare

s@ ashingtOn, Aug. 10.-The United
 Aes has asked for and received per 8A8sion from Germany to publish as a @ nal document the last note in the @ tania case, which was submitted @ Count Von Bernstorff nearly six @hths ago. The state department s M Mntion to publish the communica- a@ Is believed to indicate it's accept
 e.
 A letting Secretary Polk declined to @uss the plans of the United States @egard to the Lusitania case, or to 8 when the document would be giv- Aout. #'he communication, dated Feb. 16, Els only with the principles involved. Sioes not mention the amount of in- Hnnity Germany is to pay or how or Zen the amount will pe agreed upon. Simply recognizes liability" prom
 
 @ mt of indemnity, gives assurances the future, and declares that re- ssaCls, such as ruthless submarine zsrations, must not be directed Ainst other than enemy subjects. Until now there has been absolutely
 discussion between Count von rnstorff and the state department
 between Ambassador Gerard and } Berlin foreign office in regard to } question of indemnity. The Ger n government is represented as ding that, having signified it's will mess to make reparatiOn, the Uni States must make the next move ward obtaining 1t.
 The communication when submitted Count Von Bernstorff was regarded
 being tentative, and the United ates refrained from accepting 1t be- use of the declaration by the Gen. ] powers of their intention to treat
 warShips armed merchant ships
 the entente allies. During the dis sSion of this declaration, and the gotiatiOns over the attacks upon the annel steamer Sussex and other ssels carrying American citizens, } communication, which stands as formal repl to the last nertcan Lusitania note, has been ly- } in the state department Having obtained further assurances garding the conduct of submarine .rfare at the time of the negotia- ms over the Sussex disaster, the ,te department decided to await de- lopments, principally with the idea
 determining how Germany's as- rances would be observed.
 Germany Keeping Promises. It has been indicated by officials of } department recently that, since it parently was evident that Germany $ living up to other promises, the note, the wording of which cupied much of the time of Secre- y Lansing and Count von Bernstorff er period of many weeks, should
 published. The Berlin foreign of @ offered no objections.
 of claims for lives and )perty lost on the Lusitania are on } in the state departm Heirs of tims have filed claims ranging from 900 to $1,0O0,000 each. A belief pre- Is in official and diplomatic quar- will be determined by a 
 The note ending the negotiations er the principles, signed by Count l BernStorff, opens by referring to formal assurances given by Ger ny last Septem Der that submarines uld not sink unreSisting liners with proper warning and regard for the ety of lives. It refers to the long nding friendly relations between United States and Germany, and erts that the instructions to sub
 rine commanders were so definite
 to permit of no misunderstanding then says that the warfare around , British Isles was in reprisal for
 at Is termed the ''inhumane" and legal' blockade measures of Great itain to starVe the central powers O submission.
 Germany, recognizing liability" omises to pay indemnity for the nerican lives lost, and expresses rofound regret" for their death. -e note says that reprisals should t be directed at other than enemy btects, and that the killing of Amer m citizens was unintentiOnal. In the st portion of the document Ger any expresses readiness to cooper @ with the United States in any eff Tt looking toward the freedom of e seas.
 Diplomats friendly to the central overs regard news dispatches from intimating that a ruthless
 bmarine warfare was about to be sumed as without foudation. Con- 1ential advices from Berlin are un- 'rstood' to have made it clear that le probability of the von Tiritz ele- ent returning to power was remote.