Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-25
BernStorff Submits Another
Proposal to Lansing De-
signed to Settle All QueS-
tons Regarding LuSitanla,
NEGOTIATIONS GUARDED
WITH STRICT SECRECY
Believed in Official Circles
That Satisfactory ConcIu-
sion of Eight Months
Wrangle Is Now in Sight,
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Washington, Jan 2i,--Germany has
submitted to the United states through
Ambassador Won Bcrnstprff another
written proposal designed to bring
about q settlement Of the controversy
over the sinking OF the steamship Lu-
sitania, with a loss of more than 100
American lives. There were lndica-
tions tonight that the document might
bring to a satisfactory termination ne
gotatlons which have been In prog
rcsA for eight months.
Although tho greatest secrecy SUR
rounds the NEGOTIATIONS. Il WIS stated
tonight on excellent authority that
Germany finally has agreed to elimi-
nate from the text of the agreement
any mention Of the morning issued by
the German embassy the day the Lu-
sitania sailed on her last trip from
New York Mention OF this warming
III understood to have been contained
In the last proposal which was re-
Ijcctod after President Wilsoy had con-
sidcred IT,
II is also understood that Germany
has left out her proposed general res-
lervAtion OF admission OF wrong doing
on the part OF the submarine COM
mandcr to which the United States OBJ
iected.
Mention Of the warning IL believed
to have been most Objectionable to
the administration, In effect II was
lreparded aa conveying the idea that
no American lives would have been
lost had the warning been needed.
Wants Freedom OF Sens
II vas t.lso stated authoritativpiy
that In lis latest communication Ger
many makes some reference TO a de-
sire to see the United states take ne
tion in regard TO the questions involv-
ing the freedom Of the seas.
The German ambassador and Sccrc
tary Lansing probably will confer re-%
garding the proposal IN the immediate
future. Germany reitcrates clearly,
II is said that the torpedoinG of the
Lusitanla was an act Of roprisal for
the British blockade of the German
coast Extreme regret again Is ex-
pressed that Americans lost their lives
In the commission Of the rcprisnl and
Germany freely offers reparatlon In
the form of indemnity.
The attention of the United States Is
called to the fact that such forms of
rcprisals have been discontinued ash
the result of negotiations with this
assurances for the future have been
given. All discussions considered SUI
porfluous have bcen stricken from tho
proposal.
Consideration of public opinion In
this country and in Germany were
said to have played an important part
In the drafting Of the document.
The German government Is UNDER
stood to be most anxious to settle tho
matter In a manner mutually satisfnc-
tory. II Is said. however, that the
now before the admlnistra-
ton Is considered to be final. Ger
many is said to hold that sho has gone
as far az she possibly can honorably
to meet the views Of the United
States.
The negotiations are treated as
highly confidential in official and Dip
lomatic circles. For that reason IL
has not been disclosed just how far
Ihc new proposal would so toward
finally settling the controversy. An
optimistic feeling seems to prevail