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Show REPLY I FRYE CM REFERRED! WILSON Belief Grows That U S Will Agree to a Settlement By Internal onal "Vews Ser ce W"$.SHINdTON Aug 9 The rep y of the Un ted S ates to the German no e which offe ed to refer the ndemn ty for the destruct on of the An e can vessel Wil am P Frje to an Amer can German comrn ss o and reasse ed Germany s justlf ca on fo the des rue on of the vesse has been eferred o Pres dent W son at Corn sh The rep sepa a es the ques on of. n deran ty from the t eaty ssues In o ed It is believed that the Un ted s a es has agreed to the se lement of he amount due for he hu 1 of the vessel b5 a rep esen at e of the Un ted a es and a representa ive of Ge n any T e agree ment cm ever wou d 1 ave to be ac cep ab e to the owner The purely d p oma c pa t of the rep j dea s w th Ge many s cont nued attitude that the des rue on of the vessel was jus fabe nde he eaty of 18 8 Tie broad pr nc e an ounced by Ge many was that a though he treaty does not spec ally pro de for the des ruction of prizes Inferen a y such 1 berty was given to the capta n of t e Pr nz E el Ft edr cl w Ich sank the W am P Frye. Al t e s ggest ons In the? Ge man note for arb at o it is ea d are deel ned so that the ma n quest on rema ns n d p omat c c anne s The rep y of the United S ates to G eat Brita n a se es of no es recently pub shed is not n aking rap d p ogress Of f c a s sa t has been necessary to re vise in deta 1 much of what has been wr ten and th s go ernment des es to treat a of the Brltls content ons on all subjects In one conso dated note The Arae can reply v. be largely an attack on he Br sh en ba go and Us effect as a sub erfuge, on American commerce Off c a s say they are n no hurry to suggest a rep y from Ge many on the las Lus tan a no e They th nk that an answer from Germany was not rea y de manded by the terms of the Ame lean no e Germany they say was expected to act in the way of a rep y and her actions have apparently been satisfactory since she rece ved the last no e It Is ne erthe ess probabfe the say that Ge many wll send ano her note wh ch w 1 deal specif ally wi he American sug gestion that she d savow the action of her commander in s nk ng he Lus tan a |