Evening star., 1916-02-04
NEW INSTRUCTIONS ARE
LIMIT OF CONCESSIONS.
German Officials Will Not Surrender
the Right of Submarines !.
to Sink Liners.
MEET ALL OTHER DEMANDS
Say That to Repudiate Action In
Question Would Make All o.
= Boat Warfare Contrary
to Law.

BERLIN, February 4. via Lon
don, IL: 30 pm. = Information
reaching the Associated Press to-
day indicates that under no cir
cumstances will Germany admit
that the sinking of the Lusitania
was an illegal act.
The new instructions forward
ed to Ambassador Won Bernstorff,
according to this information,
contains simply one phrase of the
new formulation of the proposed
note of regret for the sinking of
the Lusitania. The suggested
sentence is short, consisting OF
only eight words, and does not
contain the word Illegal" 1t
represents the extreme limit of
Germany concessions in the
r.r.. c.r;,n. c1s;s
The view is entertained here that one
of the most serious crises of the war
hes arisen in connection with the Lusi-
tania case. and that it is impossible TO
foresee the outcome from any i"o.ea
tions here. Tne result Oh the heso.ia-
tions appears TO hinge soieiy on 1ne
single word illegal. In the way OF
an agreement between the Ohiteo
States and Germany stand only the
seven letters expressing the conception
which President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing insist must be embodied IN the
German formula expressing regret Tor
the loss of American lives aboard the
C.a.r Th.IAssociated Press is in.
,,.,.,it.,;y.,y
iormed positNeE anu ,',
that Germany cannot and VIII not des-
ipnate as illegal the sinking of liner
...u;, n.
py any SUBMARINE
Virtually no other dimcui.ies IN .ne
way Of settlement remain. ana the new
instructions forwarded TO Amoassadoa
Won Bernstorn TUESDAY contain mereis
the new formula Dy whicn II Is nops@
to satisfy Washington without humll-
iating this country. Although the sug-
gested sentence, according to relfaote
version. consists OF only eight wordS
and does not contain the word illegaf
or characterize the sinking of the Lu-
Sttanfa as sucn II goes otnerWiso W
meeting American desires.
..M,,.+ Not Eur,;liate Germanv0
Dr. Alfred Zlmmermanh' uhoer sec
retary for foreign anairs' IN An inter-
pressed the nope that the ne" IormuiA
ror"aroeo ~ "'oSo"o
storff would oner possioie OASIS OF
settlement no"'
fort 10 cohceai 'he
tion and was ihos'
statements that SerHnamS Saasinns ana
the extreme unit Oh ,a nnncs"e
under no circumstances Wouiu conS'
the illegality of her supmarihe srn wS
paign in the war area me soNe
ment is willing to do everything y.
mower and has done everything IL It's
power, to meet Americau
which even friendship snaps.
II do not understand Americas
course We had thought the subma-
rine issue settled and the Lusitania
on the way to arrangement
had agreed to pay Indemnity s,,dd.n,y ana A.
made its new demands. which 1t Is I'M
nossible for us to accept
lyon must not push your demands
too far. You must not attempt to hu-
n,iliata Germany"
Crisis on the Disavowal.
Dr. zimmerman declined 10 discus
these new demands or the instructions
~ Io,,nt Won Rernstorff more precisely.
to Couht w" -, ~, -,
crisis centers on Secretary lansing
demand that germany ''saNo~
OF the Lusi'ahia as an net co"-