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Show PLEAOFNOTGUILTY MADE BYGERIWANY eSPONSIBILITY FOK TORPEDO- ING BRITISH STEAMER SUSSEX DENIED AT BERLIN. Same Claim Also Made In Regard to Other Cases, It Being Asserted That All Crafts T4hat Might Have Been Involved Have Been Heard From. Rerlln. Tho Gorman government Is able to announce that no German submarine' sub-marine' or warship was l ('sponsible for tho explosion which dnmaged tho Urltlsh steamer Subscx. AVhon Germnny, on April 7, hnnded Ambassador Gerard an Interim note replying to tho Inquiries of the United States government regarding tho Sussex Sus-sex and four other steamers, tho matter mat-ter of responsibility wns still In doubt and tho investigation was still pro ceedlng. The German forolgn office, appreciating the agitation In the Unit ed States over these casos, transmitted trans-mitted an Interim response, declaring tho readiness of tho government, should tho Subbox prove to havo been destroyed by a German torpedo contrary con-trary to tho understanding with the United States, to make all reparation, Including tho payment of compensation. compensa-tion. it Is nuthorttatively announced that .no invetsigatlon hus now been completed; com-pleted; that all tho craft which might possibly havo been involved in an attack at-tack on tho Sussex havo reported and that from tho reports of their commanders, com-manders, It Is absolutely certain that tho Sussex was not destroyed by a German torpedo and that Germany Is in no wiso responsible for the disaster. disas-ter. From tho matorlal at lititul It will also bo possible to reply to tho Amor-lean Amor-lean inquiries regarding tho steamers Englishman, Manchester, Engineer, Eagle Point and UorwhuLvalo, and establish, es-tablish, according to tho German contention, con-tention, that no blame attaches to Germany. |