Show Evasive Easie Diver Note Roils U U. s. s l GERMANY DRA BREAKING I g gIS IS s 8 BELIEF Submarine Activity Is Becoming Too General General Gen- Gen eral r l Washington NoL Agre Agreeable ble to Amends Amends' Br By Im I'm I to Tb The Telegram WASHINGTON Dec 8 S.-A S. A Anew new note to Germany on the general submarine situation appears appears appears ap ap- pears to be among the possibilities ties tics which may come out of the latest activities of or tho Wo undersea boats If decided upon such a note would be bo for fOI the purpose of or clearing up lp what appear to be differences of or Interpretation later Inter in Washington and Berlin as asto to what Germanys Germany's pledges In the tho Sus Sus' Sussex Sussex I sex caso covered especially as to armed ships lope Secretary Lansing said today that no final course of action had been agreed upon by President Wilson and him Although Allbough the slate state department has bas been going on the tho principle of or deciding deciding deciding ing each case separately on Its merits merite It was said today that the number oft or cases bad reached such proportions that some general action would be Jus jue- Justified although it was vas made clear that nothing had been determined upon BACK TO SUSSEX ASE The days day's developments in tho the situation situation sit sit- were The United States asked Great Britain Britain Brit Brit- ain aln for information to determine the status of the P P. P O. O liner Arabia which a a. German submarine submarino commander command I Ier er took for an armed transport Official information coming to the I state department establishes that the British steamship Marina torpedoed with a a. loss of f six Americans was in inno inno inno no sense a a. transport and was entitled to the immunities of or a peaceful mer- mer Continued on pa page e 2 t. a a GERMANY BREAKING ING Continued from Prom page 1 In both cases Germany has has' expressed a willingness to offer amends if her list pledges were b ken en It was reiterated today that the United States stands squarely on the position it took took in the Sussex case This combined with Germanys Germany's statement that she too holds to the pledges she gave in that case leads officials to declare there seems to be some difference iu in interpretation PARALLEL CASES A new note if it should be decided to send one would be to clear this up tip and make plain beyond question that the United States expects all aU merchant ships under international law shall not be destroyed without warning or having crews and passengers nassen Dassen gers gets removed to places of safety Affidavits on the sinking with without ut warning of the Italian liner Palermo on which state department records show there were twenty-three twenty Americans Americans Americans Amer Amer- are being collected as rapidly as possible As yet there ar are no indications indications indications in in- that any American lives were lost but lint from Information at hand and the case seems to parallel closey closely close ly Iy y the cases of the Arabia and Ma bid rina ring |