Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1915 — GERMANY GRANTS U. S. DEMANDS [ARTICLE]

GERMANY GRANTS U. S. DEMANDS

German Ambassador Notifies Lansing No More Liners Will Be Sunk Without Warning. Strained relations between the United States and Germany over submarine warfare apparently passed into history Wednesday after Count von BemStorff, the German ambassador, informed Secretary Lansing in writing that prior to the sinking of the Arabic his government had decided that its submarines should Sink no more liners without warning. Oral assurances to this effect had Veen given by the ambassador last week, but it was not until the call at the State house Wednesday, returned to the embassy and sent a letter to Mr. Lansing quoting instructions from .Berlin concerning an answer to be made to the last American note on the sinking of the Lusitania that officials frankly admitted their gratification over the changed position of the imperial government. The next step, it is stated, authoritatively, will be a formal communication from the German government disavowing the destruction of the Arabic and tendering regret and reparation for American lives lost in the disaster if the attack was made by a German submarine. Even if the submarine which torpedoed the liner subsequently was sunk by a British man of war, as has been suggested both from Berlin and London, the Berlin foreign office is expected to send its disavowal as soon as a reasonable time has passed without a report from its commander.