The Archive · 1916

THE INTERPRETATION OF GERMANY'S NOTE

Washington, Feb. 8, The announcement that the Lusitania incident has been prac ically settled is based on authoritative statements that President Wilson finds in Count Bernstorfi's tentative document an admission of Germany's liability for the deaths of the Americans drowned in the destruction of the Lusitania, which is equivalent to ing illegality and therefore he is sed to accept Germany's analysis without quibbling.

London, Feb. 8.

"The Times," in its leader today, refuses to believe that President Wilson oan have accepted the empty formula put forward by Germany. It recites the American despatches in succession, from the first Declaration holding Germany to 8 strict accountability to the ity and the imperious neces upholding the principles of humanity.

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