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Show Commander Decorated. I PARTS, April 19, 2:19 p. m. In-! formation was received from reliable' sources today that Emperor William1 has decorated the commander of the, submarine which is said to have torpe- doed the Sussex. It is understood Washington has been informed of this: development. j The award of a decoration to this commander, it is believed here, would make it difficult and perhaps iinpos- ; sible for Germany to punish him, in case such a demand were made .by the j American government. The name of the commander and the number of the submarine, which, according accord-ing to the recent semi-official statement, state-ment, are in the possession of the ; French government, have not been made public. It is now learned, however, j that it was the German submarine j U-28, which was sunk subsequently by French and British warships at a point j near the scene of the Sussex explo- i sion. Previous advices received by way of Switzerland said two submarine offi- j cera had received the order of crossed swords. Their names were not given,, nor were they identified as having: been connected with the Sussex affair.' The information now received specific- , allv identifies the commander men- tioned as responsible for the torpedoing of the Sussex as one of those deco- 1 rated with the order of crossed swords, i |