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Show 5i s. Berlin Ready to Grant All Our Demands and 1 Expects President to Make England Concede Freedom of the Seas to All Nations. WILSON ADOPTS BERLIN'S VIEW Thinks Conflict Could Be Terminated if England Eng-land and Germany Would Abandon All Lawlessness in Ocean Warfare. B International Vews Service. WASHIVGTON Aug 28, The gov ernments of the United States and Ger many are now engaged in diplomatio neotiat ons which because of the tre mendous ssues involved may properly be regarded as the most momentous of the r kind n the history of the world. The goal at which they are aiming and towards wh ch they are now pre paring to make the preliminary ad vancea is nothing less than the termi nat on o the greatest war the world has ever seen The steps bv wh ch this a tuat on has developed are as folio vs lThe United States made de mands on Germany for Batifact on for certain a tB reparat on for the loss of Amer can live and assurances that in the future Germany should conduct her submarine warfare so far as it affect ed Amer cans m strict accordance w th the recogn zed rules of intemat onal law Germany Pleased 2 Germany b reply to this was an attempt to lust ty her coure of con 1 t but reser nng her final statement of pos t on n answer to this govern ment s spe lfic demands She took pains however to recall to the atten on of the Un tod States that she had uoted w th satisfaction this country s proposals made early in the war with a new to pa ng the way to a modus ivend between Germany and Great Britain for the conduct of the maritime war 3 The Un ted States then repeated ts or ginal demands for the protection of Amer can 1 ves and apparently taking the h nt contained in the German com oiun cat on suggested in such a form that it m ght reasonably be accepted as an ntended nducement that she would be glad to act as a go between for Ger man and Great Br ta n to obtain an understand ug by wh ch the character and cond t on of the war upon the seas m ght be changed Ready to Accept The form n wh ch th s sugges t on was ma le not be ng suff c ently def n te for the German government, it n a le a reply wh ch was equally ndefi nite and unsat sfactorj and suggested aga n that t would be glad to avail tself of the good offices of the pres lent of the Un ted States in the d rect on of the lofty ideal of the free dom of the seas. 5 Th 3 brought about the result wh ch Gern any des red The Un ted States re terated its orig nal den ands and coupled w th them a defin te offer to act as the common fr end who may be pn Ueged to suggest a wa to the bell ge cnts bv wb ch the freedom of the seas n ght be obta ired Th s ga e le man he opport in t to concede all th po nts nade b the Ln ted States (Continued on Page Three.) WAR'S Ei Hi OF GERMANY ID 0. S. (Oonttnned from Page One.) and in the same breath to accept the kgsstion of nied ation on the freedom of the seas This was of supreme ltn portanee to Germany The form in which the note was phrased was such that Germany could accept the offer of mediation without appearing to at tach conditions to her concessions. iNo Conditions Set It can be stated authoritatively in this connection that when Germany makes her final repl in the pending controversy there will be no suggestion of a condition that the Irate J States shajl, in return for her assurances proceed pro-ceed to mediate between the two bel Ugerenta. Germany will simply accept ail the proposals made bv this govern ment in its last note which nclude of course the suggestion of med at on It is in tho proposed meaiat on over the freedom of the seas that Washing ton sees hope of a termlnat on of the war Germany has made no secret that she considers this war s being fought for the freedom of the seas and Presl dent N llson it is understood s of the same view High German officials have said also that Germany s prinei pal demand, if peace was to be dis cussed at this time would be for the freedom of the seas. The ha e made it plain also that once assurances to this effect could be obtained thecause 'of thf war would disappear and it would end at once 'Mediation Expected It can be said on authority that Ger mas hopes through the good offices of the United States to obtain from Great Britain assurances of the free dom of the aeas for all cargoes in war of course aa well as in peace and fail ing this to obtain them at least for privately owned cargoes as d st n guished from cargoes intended for the government to be used in the prosecu tion of war Under such an arrange ment blockades by either Qermanj or England would be maintained solely for the p rpose of stopping war suppl es and cargoes consigned to the enemy government Foodstuffs and other supplies sup-plies intended for the civilian popula tion would be just as safe from moles tation in t me of war as in time of peace. Each nat on would carry on its foreign trade except n war suppl sup-pl es without interference by the other Germany will accept the offer of me d at on by the I n ted States with the greater nope of success because she believes that England is econom tally beaten and .will prefer to give the as Burances of free seas rather than to be bankrupted for generations to come Germany was prepared several weeks ago to conclude the negot ations On the Lus tama case by d savow ng any in tent on to cause the loss of American lives and offer ng full reparat on tor the 1 ves of those who went down w th the sh p She wae prepared also to in form the Un ted States that she had adopted a new pol cy of submarine warfare bj which Amer cana would be fullv safeguarded Arabic Causes Delay The s nk ng of the Arab c caused a postponement of her announcement be cause mmed ately news of the oc dent had been rece ved the Un ted States ndicated to the German go ernment that the Arab c cae n ust be Bettled before anything more vas done regard ng the Lus tan a Ge many nterpreted th s to mean that the Un te I States was not prepare! to rece e her d aa owal on the Lus tan a or her assurances for the future Th s interest ng feature of the d plo matic activ t es of the two govern ments became known today dur ng a lull in the negot at ons between the state department and the German em bassy Ve elopments now awa t the r-ce pt bv Be 1 n of the off c al report of the commander of the submar ne wh ch sank the Arab c The state de partment expects to receive t from Embassador Ge ard As soon as t s ava lable thp German government s expected to make d savowal of the act and offer full reparat on for the loss of Amer can 1 ves W tl th s out of the waj the to go e nments w 11 take up and settle the I us tan a ase |