Show Marina Sunk As Transport Says Berlin Germany Willing illing to Make l Reparation If Supposition Was as Erroneous Washington Dec 1 Following time the receipt toda today of ot a communication from the tho German government admitting that thata a n German submarine torpedoed the British h hor hot horie e ship Marina with the loss of ot six Americans Secretary Lansing Lansing Lansing Lan Lan- sing conferred with President Wilson and It was decided that no action would be taken b by the American government gov so until untO it could be definitely es established established es- es whether the Marina was a private vessel or a belligerent transport trans trans- port In the tho note Germany German stated that time the commander er of ot the thc submarine which sank s. the tho Marina had hind reported that ho took the tho vessel for or a transport and asked tho the United States for information Information information tion on on this point Count von Bernt Bern- Bern t stort the tho German ambassador called at tho the state department during the day and al also o s sought u ht this Information He lie was told by Secretary tar Lansing that the Iho United States was not yet in a position position position po po- po- po to answer the tIme inquiry but would do so as quickly as possible As s a result of the tho developments of r the tho day I a it was Indicated b by officials that no action could be expected in the immediate future on the Marina case admittedly one ono of tho time two most serious pending between the United States and German Germany Tho other is that of or tho time British liner Arabic sunk in the time Med Mcd- I can Germany It Is understood is rad ready t t. t r. nn o iu ti i p Uru U VI UI-VI- Uj turn JIU in a ico ci I lens ers of ot settlement it if It Is established that tho the Marina was not in the time British transport service When the time vessel essel was sunk It was stated in dispatches dispatch os from London that she sho previously had been connected with the time transport service and amid also that when she sailed on her last Jast voyage voas she alma was wan armed aimed with witha a gun sun astern manned by two British naval gunners It If the tho ship hip was In public 8 service serice nice prior to lo being torpedoed some gome state slate I department officials take the tho position the Iho presumption was In l favor lor or of the po position that an enemy might have believed her still HUH to bo ho a transport traIl atthe atthe at the tho time of ot tho time attack In order to clear up til this point tho the nature or of her herI pr pro previous charter the tho orders under which she was sailing and aUd tho the character charac charac- I t ter r of oC her officers and crow crew will be Investigated |