New Britain herald., 1916-04-13
J. s. UNCONVINCED
 BY GERMANY'SN NOTE ON U-BOAT WARFARE
Berlin Admits Torpedoins Three Vessels and Endansering the
 Lives Of American Citizens
/ GERARD IS TO RECEIVE
 LAST WORD TO TEUTONS

Officials Say Germany's Admission
 Submarine Was Tn Vicinity When Sussex Was Attacked Points to Con-
 clusion Channel Steamer Was At
 tackcd-Con1ict In Testimony In
 Other Cases.
 Washington, April 1S.-While
 awaiting the decoding of Germany's
 note on the Sussex and other cases 1 day. administration officials were care
 tully examining statement in the un-
 official text received from Berlin and
 were con2 pairing them with evidence already at hand.
 Germany's admissions that he. sub
 marines recently torpedoed three mer- chant ships carrying Americans and 1that one of them attacked a vessel vessel near the point where the Sussex met disaster, simplifies the work of tne state department in preparing for the next step of this country in the submarine controversy. Officials make It plain that this step rests on the accumulation of evidence that Amer lean lives are constantly in danger in violation of their rights
 The United States will continue to compile evidence indicating that Ger / man submersibles are operating in violation of the rules of international laW- Instructions to Ambassador Ger ard, designed as the final word of this government on the subject, will soon be sent to Berlin, 1t is said
 The official text of the German note and the entire submarine situation will be discussed at tomorrow's cab | met meeting. Evidence Is Damaging
 While Germany denies the Sussex was attacked by one of her subma- r1nes and explains that a sketch made oy submarine commander of 8 ship ne torpedoed did not tally with the uescrlptlon Of the Sussex, officials say that Germanys admission that a. sub marine was in the vicinity counIed with the array of evidence at hand points to the conclusion that the Sus- sex was torpedoed
 Likewise officials say there is a con H1ct between the evidence in the Cor man version that the steamers Emo hshman and Eagle Point were sunk hfter they attem pted to escape and evidence received here from other sources.
 Germany's contentious in the cases of the steamers Berwindvale and the Manchester Engineer are not consid- cred here as conclusive
 Berlin Note Arrives.
 The German note on the Sussex and other submarine cases has been re- celVed at the state department and was being decoded today. It probably Will be laid before President Wilson and Secretary Lansing before night.
 The affidavits from Paris and Lon- don, expected on the liner St. Paul. Will be considered in connection with the German note, and the "inforna ton" regarding attacks on merchant vessels since the Lusitania disaster is to be completed in time to go to Berlin within the next week.
 Germany Must Furnish Proof.
 While the entire plans of the ad mlnlstratlon are not being disclosed. 1 It IS understood that nothing less than some positive evidence of Germanv's good faith to fulfill the assurances she has gwen the United States. such as possibly, substantial punishment of : the submarine commander who tor | pedoed the Sussex, can prevent the sit uatlon between the two countries from coming to the pass which diplomats have struggled for the last year to avoid. 1
 The use of the word ultimatum in eonhectlon with the documen to be forwarded to Berlin is discouraged by still it was said the effect of Lhe communication would be to call for prompt action.
 The suggestion of arbitration in the German note was met with a question American lives The same statement was made during the Lusi- .ania negotiations
 .. $. Case Strengthened. | Careful examination of the German 1ote led officials to conclude that the :, ;ase of the United States had been n materially strengthened The simiI- f trlty between the circumstances sur q the attack on a steamer in \ he British channel admitted in the o German note and those surrounding he sussex case caused officials to feel \. here Is no longer any doubt that the c 'essel was the Sussex. i, senators and representatives who alled at the White House went away p 7ith the impression that action was u but that another communi- V ation would be sent to Berlin before al lore drastic steps were taken. Ii PFesloent Wilson had been planning M } go to New York tomorrow to speak sl p1
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