The Archive · 1916

America and the Lusitania Crime

LATEST GERMAN PROPOSAL REJECTED..

Washington, Jan. 25.

The German Ambassador, Count Bernstorff, conferred with Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, to-day on the subject of the sinking of the Lusitania. Tt is understood that the German Ambassador made further concessions but has not yet disavowed the crime.

Jan. 26, Mr. Lansing, with the approval of President Wilson, has rejected Germany's Intest proposal for the settlement of the Lusitania affair, but the negotiations are continuing as the proposal was partially satisfactory.

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