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Show GERMANY TO PAY INDEMNITY. Offers to Pay Small Sum for Loss of Americans on Lusitania. Washington. Through Count von Bernstorff Germany has notified the United States of its willingness to pay Indemnity for the 115 Americans who lost their lives when the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine. Although no amount has as yet been proposed, it is stated the German government gov-ernment stands ready to pay $5,000 for each American who died on the great liner, or a total of $575,000. It is doubted if this offer will be acceptable accept-able to the United States. Germany has not yet shown any inclination in-clination to disavow the act of the submarine commander who destroyed the Lusitania. |