Telegrams received from Washington this week show that the American Government is still endeavouring to extract from Germany & disavowal of the crime of sinking the Lusitania, Although it is denied that any time limit has been fixed for compliance with ien's latest Note, President Wilson is evidently pressing Germany hard. But s disavowal is the last thing Germany is willing "to part with. In the hope of somehow foisting the blame upon other shoulders, she assiduously canvassed the victims' relatives in America to make a statement blame ing the British Government for permitting munitions of war to be carried on board the vessel. This failed, while the allegations as to the carriage of troops and munitions were effectually disproved. Then Count Bernstorff offered £1,000 a head for the 125 American citizens who lost their lives in the ship, but the cynicism of this tender was not lost upon Dr. Wilson. It was as much as to say, "Burn your evidence and name your price." Very naturally, the American Government declined to consider the offer, but Germany, in spite of severe Notes, has declined to disavow the perpetrators of the outrage. A day must surely arrive when President Wilson's patience will be exhausted. Meanwhile he has given us—and Germany—a peep into the recesses of his mind by saying that "if people could see the despatches I read hour by hour they would appreciate the difficulty of maintaining peace."
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