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Show stacle in the way of a settlement, ao cording to the Uerm&n embassador, is the alleged policy of Great Britain with respect to ramming submarines. Large rewards. Embassador von Bernstorff claims, have been oflfered for the ramming ram-ming of submarines by merchantmen, and there are intimations that before modifying completelv her submarine policy. pol-icy. Germany will seek through the I'nited States some assurance that Brit r ish merchantmen will submit to visit j and search. SAYS GOPJTROVERSY I WILL E!iD VERY SOON Count Von Bernstorff Will Discuss Arabic Case With Lansing This Week. I By International Newa Sen-ice. j NEW YOBK, Sept. 25. "I can as i Bare the American people that an entirely en-tirely satisfactory ending will be I reached in the submarine controvcrB.v Iwith Germany very soon," Count von 'Bernstorff declared today at the Ritz. j "Within a few days I will return to I Washington for a conference on the subject sub-ject with Secretary Lansing," be added. !"I have been in constant commnnia-Ition commnnia-Ition with Berlin regarding the matter. I and it is only a matter of hours when I the misunderstandings will be ended ; forever. ' ' "Does this mean that all the de-mands de-mands of the United States will be I metC he was asked. : "I have said that an entirely satis-I satis-I factorv agreement will be reached. This I will put an end to the daily 'crisis' of ; whi'-b the newspapers have been spflK-1 spflK-1 ing.7' This is the 6rtt time for a .-onsider I able period that the German envoy has spoken for publication. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 Negotiations Negotia-tions between Count von Bernstorff. the German embassador, and the stnte department de-partment over the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic probably will be re suined next week. The German embassador em-bassador is understood to have received several messages from his foreign office, of-fice, giving its opinion of the evidence submitted bv the United States to show .the ship was torpedoed without warning warn-ing and did not move to attack the undersea boat. Kmhassador von Bernstorff's latei advices, jt said, were in accord with intimations in press dispatches from .Berlin of a desire to settle amicably' jthe entire dispute between the United 'States and Germany, but the chief oh- |