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Show Senator Stone to Explain Administration's Adminis-tration's Attitude Has Conference With President 01 Status of Submarine Warfare Negotiations Washington, Teh. 21. President Wilson held n long conference on foreign for-eign affairs nt the White House 'to niRht with Senator Stone nnd Hepr-sentntlvo Hepr-sentntlvo Floor, chalrmnn of tho con grcsslunni lorelgn affairs committees, nnd Senator Kern, majority leader In tho Senato. When the callers left, after n stny of moro than nn hour, they decline J to tnlk nnd Whlto House olllclals were equally reticent. Unusual Interest nttnehed to tho conference becnuso of tho admitted gravity of tho situation between th-i United States nnd Gcrmnny nnd Austria Aus-tria resulting from tho recent notice of the Teutonic nllles that after tho first of March all armed enemy ni-r-chnntmon would bo nttucked without warning. Senator Stono requested tho mooting. moot-ing. Whllo ho was nt tho White llouso Secretary Lansing's secretary delivered to him a letter understood to contain Information to be embodied embod-ied in a speech on foreign relations Senator Stono plans to deliver In tho Senato Inter this week. After leaving tho President, Senator Stono was the guest at a reception given by VIco President Marshall ami thero bad n long tnlk with Secretary Lansing. Administration leaders resent what they bellevo to bo erroneous Impressions Impres-sions regarding recent negotiations ovor submarine warfare which have gained circulation recently and It Is understood Senator Stone will bo en trusted with tho tnsk of mnklng the administration position clear. Thero Is particular! objection to reports that the United States changed ltd position toward the arming of merch antmen for defenslvo purp-mea when tho Lusltanta case apparently waa vlr-lually vlr-lually settled. Ono member of tho Senato foreign relations commltteo V.atn.i tonight that many senators favored tho passage pas-sage of a resolution warning Americans Ameri-cans to keep off armed ships, tu.t Senator Stono denied llntly that such a step had been mentioned at tho con ferenco. Representations against the presence pres-ence of United States deputy marshals marsh-als on tho captured British liner Ap-pam, Ap-pam, a German prlzo in Hampton Hoads, wero mado today to tho stato department by German embassy. |