Show German Germany y Sends I Sympathy for or Loss Losso LossI I o of American Lives Declares Responsibility for Lusitania J Tragedy Rests With lith British Government B BERLIN May Ia 10 The 10 The follow following fig dispatch has been sent by the German foreign office to the German German German Ger Ger- man embassy at Washington a Please communicate the followIng following follow follow- ing lag to the department The German government go desires to express ex express ex- ex pr press ss Its deepest sympathy at the loss of oC lives on board the LUBI- LUBI L tania The responsibility rests however the tile British with situ government government govern s ment which h. h through Its plan of oC starving the civilian population of Germany German has forced arced Germany German tore to re resort to retaliatory retaliator mea measures ures In rn spite of the German offer to stop the submarine submarino war In case the starvation plan was given up British merchant vessels arc are being generally generall armed with guns suns and have ha repeatedly tried to ram sub sub- submarines marines so that a previous lous search was Impossible The They cannot therefore he treated treated treated treat treat- I ed as ordinary ordinal merchant vessels A recent declaration made to the British parliament b by the parliamentary parliamentary parlia parlia- secretary In answer to a question by Lord Charles Beres- Beres forth ford said that at the tire present practically practically all British merchant es vessels were anne armed and provided with hand grenades Besides It has been openly admitted ad admitted ad- ad b by the English press that the on previous lous voyages repeatedly carried Jarge quantities of oC war material On the present prest-nt voyage oage tho the Lusitania carried cases of ammunition while the rest of oC the cargo also consisted chien chiefly of contraband If England after aCter repeated of official official official of- of and unofficial warnings considered considered considered con con- herself able oble to declare that that boat bont ran no risk and thus light heartedly assumed responsibility responsibility for Cor the human life lire on board a steamer which owing to Its armament armament arma arma- ment and cargo aro was liable to destruction de destruction de- de e- e the German government o in spite of oC It Its heartfelt sympathy for the loss 1089 of ot American lives hives cannot cannot cannot can can- not but regret that Americans felt more mOIe Inclined to trust the English lIsh promises rather than to pa pay at attention attention attention at- at to the tho warnings from the tine German side Signed ned FOREIGN OFFICE OI |