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Show VON BERNSTORFF SATISFIED WITH PROGRESS MADE NEW YORK, Sept. 15. That the differences dif-ferences between the United States and Germany will be settled within a fortnight fort-night was the opinion voiced by Count von Bernstorff. the German embassador, at his hotel here shortly after his return from Washington. Approached by a newspaper news-paper man, Count von Bernstorff said: Ordinarily, I give only prepared interviews in-terviews over my signature. Today I shall make an exception. You may-say may-say for me that I am sure that within with-in a fortnight all supposed differences between the United States and Germany Ger-many will have been settled, and permanently per-manently settled, and the nations will be more friendly than they ever have been. Count von Bernstorff added that he felU gratified over the outcome of his conference con-ference with Secretary Lansing. Later the embassador amplified the statement, saying: In my opinion everything as regards re-gards the situation between the United Unit-ed States and Germany will be settled set-tled within a fortnight, l do not expect ex-pect to have anything more to say with reference to this matter in the next two weeks. Count von Bernstorff discussed the sinking of the British steamer Hesperian, Hes-perian, insisting in an informal way that his first claim as to what caused the ship to go down had- now been verified, despite de-spite what he called "the suspicions of the American people about that ship." The embassador emphasized the fact that under present conditions exchanges of communication with his government were necessarily a tedious proceeding and he added that it was due to this fact that he fixed the time for a settlement at two weeks. In conclusion the embassador said that lie would probably spend the week-end at Cedarhurst, Long Island, his summer home |