Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1915 — GERMANY ASKS U. S. TO WAIT FOR FACTS [ARTICLE]

GERMANY ASKS U. S. TO WAIT FOR FACTS

First Word From Germany Since the Sinking of Arabic—Asks That Judgment Be Withheld.

Germany, through her ambassador, Count Von Bemsdorff, Tuesday asked the United States not to take a final stand on the sinking of the liner Arabic until all the facts were known. It was the first word from Germany since the disaster. Count Bemsdorff, telegraphing from the summer embassy at Cedarhurst, L. 1., asked that no step be takeri until all the facts have been ascertained, and the German government has had opportunity to give its version of the sinking of the ship which cost the lives of two Americans, apparently in defiance of President Wilson's warning that such an act would be deliberately unfriendly. The ambassador’s telegram was not made public as officials were in some doubt whether to give it out here or wait for Count Bemsdorff to do so in New York.- Meanwhile they declined to discuss it. The state department can do nothing but wait for a reasonable time for word from Berlin. Ambassador Gerard has been instructed to watch for a report, but has not been told to ask for one.