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Show MARINA STATUS IS SETTLED BY IMPORT State Department Declares Ship Was Not in the Service of English Government, WASHINGTON", Doc. 19. Announce- 1 xnent was made at the state department today that Great Britain had furnished complete Information showing that the British horse ship Marina, sunk without wanilnp by a German submarine, with the loss of six Americans, was not at the time and had not been before In British i public aervice, cither by charter or requl-eltton. requl-eltton. The el-ate department about ten days ago sent to Germany a statement of Its hellcf that thLs was the pa.se, but has been awaiting the full data, promised in a preliminary British statement, before making a final statement to that effect. Negotiations Delayed. Germany recently Informed the United .States that one of her submarine commanders com-manders sank the Marina, believing her to bo a transport not entitled to the privileges of a private merchantman, and Ji-sked whether the American government hud information to the contrary. Although Al-though t lie evidence assembled has been I'orwarded, there has been no formal reply re-ply to the German note and probably will bo none for the present. Intimations have been given in official quarters that any further step by the United States would be postponed, pending pend-ing the assembling of complete information informa-tion concerning several cases of torpedoed ships. Moreover, it is generally believed that except in most urgent Instances all questions at issue with the belligerent nations virtually will remain in abeyance while talk of peace Is in progress. Reports Lacking. . The state department today had no detailed reports on the sinking of the British horse transport Russian, and had not heard officially of affidavits made by survivors of the Spanish steamer Palermo, Pa-lermo, savin? that vessel was sunk, without with-out warning. Press dispatches today from Berlin, giving the text of the German reply to the American inquiry as to the sinking of the American steamer Columbian, show a conflict of fact between this government govern-ment and Germany which it is believed can be cleared up without, at most, more serious consequences than a possible suit for damages for an unjustified destruction destruc-tion of property. Germany claims the ship was loaded with' contraband instead of being in ballast, and adds the new statement that the Columbian became hostile by sending out wireless calls after being allowed to proceed on her voyage. |