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Show GERMANY WILL BE " ASKED TO EXPLAIN PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH SECRETARY SEC-RETARY LANSING REGARDING THE SINKING OF THE ARABIC. Government Will Proceed With Deliberation Delib-eration in Fixing Responsibility for the Loss of Two American Lives and Jeopardizing of Others. Washington. Reasonable doubt as to conditions surrounding the sinking sink-ing of the White star liner Arabic has determined the Washington government gov-ernment to proceed with deliberation in us purpose to fix responsibility for Hie loss ol at least two American lives and the Jeopardizing of a score of others. Therefore, (lerniany will be given 11 n opportunity to explain this last tea tragedy and, if possible, to show whether the conditions justiMed the tlennan submarine commander in Kinking the liner in apparent disre-gai'd disre-gai'd of the Bolemu protest of tha 1'nlted States government against the destruction of merchant vessels bearlnig Americian passengers without proper warning and opportunity for tuccor. 'resident Wilson and Secretary Lansing conferred Saturday on the Arabic situation with the text of tha two messages from Ambassador Paga at London before them, giving details of the destruction of the ship as far as they have been gathered from American survivors. The ambassador and consul official! in England have been instucted to Hupplement their reports with all available avail-able information refering to the phys. ical results of the tragedy. The reports re-ports will be studied carefully, but in (he meantime the German statement will be sought. |