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Show GERMANY ADMITS SINKING OF SUSSEX CONFESSES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK, EXPRESSES REGRET AND OFFERS INDEMNITY. Submarine Commander Thought He Was Dealing With Enemy Warship, But Did Not Act in Accordance With Instructions. Washinton. Germany, in a note received re-ceived by the state department on Wednesday by cable from Ambassador Gerard, admits that a German submarine subma-rine torpedoed the channel steamer Sussex in violation of assurance given the United States, expresses rt?gret for the incident, announces that the submarine commander has been "appropriately "ap-propriately punished," and declares readiness to pay an adequate indemnity indem-nity to Americans injured on the vessel. ves-sel. It was indicated at the state department depart-ment that the German statement that the offending commander had been punished would be accepted and the Sussex case considered closed except for arranging for the payment of indemnities in-demnities of the several citizens of the United States who were hurt. There probably will be no attempt to negotiate for these indemnities or for final settlement of the Lusitania and other cases pending, however, until un-til sufficient time has elapsed to indicate indi-cate how the last American note was received in Berlin and whether the new submarine policy is being lived up to. Results of an investigation based on facts supplied by the American government, gov-ernment, the German communication says, have shown that the contention originally set up that the explosion on the Sussex was to be traced to a cause other than a German submarine attack cannot be maintained. J While asserting that the submarine commander thought he was dealing with an enemy warship, Foreign Minister Min-ister von Jagow admits that he formed form-ed his judgment too hurriedly and therefore did not act fully in accordance accord-ance with the strict instruction which ; called upon him to exercise particular care. |
