Show GERMANY AGAIN IS ASKED TO EXPLAIN questioned AS aa TO WHETHER STEAMERS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN submarines no action has been taken by the president which in any sense may be C considered 0 e re d as a demand or a protest washington secretary lansing with the approval of president allson tWilson has ambassador gerard to inquire of germany whether any of its submarines torpedoed the british channel steamer sussex upon which twenty five american citizens were traveling or the british horse ship englishman which went down fown with a loss of one american life As the situation now stands stand S the united states has no conclusive proof that a submarine atta attacked clied either eitnier ship but all evidence at hand indicates that both were torpedoed without warning upon the ilie response of the berlin foreign office to mr gerards gerarda inquiry may depend the ifie next step of the american government at this thi time it is made clear that no action hasteen has been taken which in any sense may ibe be construed as ae ade a demand marid gr or a protest president wilson laid ml all the state 1 depart departments reports on thes the s before his cabinet it ie was ater after the meeting that secretary lansing aliew allowed it to become known that it had been determined tomazean tom to make akean an inquiry of the german government later it was learned that instructions alread already t had been forwarded forwar ded to ambassador gerard |