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AMERICA AND GERMANY.

THE GERMAN OFFER TO NEGOTIATE.

LONDON, Fab. 13.

The mystery of Germany's offer to negotiate with the United States to prevent war, mentioned ia cables dated the 10th and 12th inst, is heightened

In the House of Lords, Loud Lytton-by a German semi-offical telegram (representing the Admiralty) stated characterising the report as "a complete that although the new phase of invention." submarinison was not a fortnight old the counter-measures provided bad considerable already achieved very

success.

Lord Curzon re-iterated that Sir John Jellicos was not dissatisfied with the this past fortnight's operations in connection.

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The matter, however; is cleared op by a Washington message giving « State Department announcement which shows that Berlin is again lying.

The announcement anys The Swis Minister on Saturday afternoon orally suggested that Germany is willing to pegotiate, provided that the commercial LATER.. blockade of England was not interfered Admiral Lord Beresford declared him, with Mr. Lansing requested that the self ecofident that we should have sub suggestion should be made in writing, marinism really in band in six weeks or so. The Swiss Minister on Sunday night Lord Beresford stated that we had last accordingly presented a communication over 4,000,000 tons of shipping in the which states, "The Swiss Government' war, but 3,000,000 tons bad been more has been requested by the German or less adequately replaced. There was Government to say that the latter dow not the slightest cause for panic. We as before, is willing to negotiate formally had done remarkably well and would er informally with the United Statem do much botter. Though we had a bad provided that the commercial blockmia time to face, submarinism was nearer of England is not broken therebṛ." being well in hand than ever, owing to men fresh from sea experience of submariniam bringing new ideas to the Admiralty

Mr. Lansing replied on Morday in the following terms; "1 am requested by the President to say that the Governe ment of the United States will gladly Lord Lytton, for the Admiralty, said discuss with the Gerranti Goverment every device of human ingenuity was any questions it might propose for dis being employed most energeticallycussion if it withdraws its proclamation against the enemy submarines and the of January 31st in which suddenly, Admiralty was confident that we could and without previous intimation of any continae not merely to furnish ourarmies kind, it cancelled its assurances of May with munitions and supplies and carry 4th last, but it does not feel that it cam car enter into muy discusion with the

but also to keep free certain putea for German Government concerning the 2 neutral commerce and obtain the acces policy of submarine warfare against sary supplies for our own people. neutrals which it is now pursuing

Lord Curzon said the gross tonnage unless and until the German Govern before the war of vessels exceeding ment renews its assurances of May 4th 1,600 tons was 16,850,000. By January last and acts upon that asurance.”; 31st the reduction was between 5 and 6 per cent of thia Admiral Jellicce was

not dissatisfied with the number of Ger- man submarines in the post fortnight|||||

REVELATIONS BY AMERICAN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS

which would never return 'to their own FREED FROM THE TRAMMELS shorea. Now devices were being in- vented and applied

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LONDON, Feb. 13.

WHITE STAR LINER TORFEDJED. A combination of trickery, smDZ -

gance and panic characterising LONDON, Feb. 18."

Germany's attitude to the United The White Star liner Afric (12,000 States is revealed in the despatches tors) has been torpedoed. Sevp of American Press correspondents teen of the crew are missing. Five freed from the trammele of the were killed.

German censorship of their arrival. in. Denmark' and Switzerland from Berlin,

It appears that extraordinary pres IMPORTANT BILL INTRODUCED 'IN cautions were taken to conceal the

U.S. SENATE."

decision as to unrestricted submarins ing, which was taken at the grand WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The Acting President of the Senate Austro-German Conference at the has introduced a Bill whiah, Gennan Headquarters on the Ko enacted, will open the ports of the ser's birthday. Even Herr Zimmer. United States to Allied warships mam (Foreign Secretary) gave ju. hint of it when he saw Mr. Gezind: Convoying merchantmen against Submarines and enable such war on the eve of the Chancellor's an- ships to patrol American) watersnouncement on January Bist The KING EDWARD HOTEL against German raiders.

Burprise was effectual, but to none more than the Germans who were The introducer of the Bill is absolutely dismayed by the prompt t Central Location

unwilling to say if he has the sup-

new of President Wilson's rupture Elastris Lite, Face in Lighting,

of relations. Then followed an European Beths and Sanitary Filings understood that the Bill might be Hot and Cold Water System throughout acceptable to the Government.

amazing attempt to browbeat Mr. Best of Food and service

Gerard into signing a revised version of the Pruseo Américan Trecty of 1799 with a view to securing the inviolability of German property in the United States in the event. war.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The Swiss Minister, acting o Germany, has informed the State Department that Germany will hold the Americans from the Yarrowdale (taken from ships sunk in the Atlan-Lieut. O. Douglas, of the loyal Fly ing Corpe, stated at a meeting of the tio)--a prisquere

until

they are Scottish Meteorological Society that the- feld of view from an seropland was so asaured tänt German crows in the extensive, that distant thunderstiems United States will not be made were easily discernible. He himself had

seen clouds a hundred miles off from the

prísunara

height of 8,000 feet.