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Show GERMANY GIVEN EVERY CHANCE. American Officials Aroused by Effort to Place Responsibility on United States. Washington. Secretary Zimmer-mna's Zimmer-mna's speech to the reichstag charging charg-ing the United States with responsibility responsibil-ity for war if it comes, brought forth for the first time official admission that the United States government knew in the middle of January that the ruthless submarine decree was to be issued and that three days were allowed to elapse to give Germany opportunity op-portunity to modify or repeal it before the severance of diplomatic relations was announced. Count von Bernstorff, it was stated by department officials, knew of the impending decree two weeks before it was issued and made-every effort with his government to have it repealed. |