Show ASKS AMERICANS TO DEFER JUD U MENT GERMANY SENDS NOTE ON SINK ING OF 1 AND LOSS OF AMERICAN LIVES expresses regret and sympathy declaring there wa was no desire on an germany germanys part to commit an act deliberately unfriendly washington count von bernstorff Dern the german ambassador on tuesday communicated to the sate state department instructions from his government expressing regret and sympathy jym pathy it if amera leans lost their lives in the sinking kinking of the liner arabic and asking that the united states delay taking a definite stand tn in regard to the affair until germany could be heard from this waa was the first word from an official german source concerning the arabic on w which 1 two americana americans perished its receipt was wim followed by an evident relaxation of the uie tension which had beu bien 1 dipre as daya days passed makh no indication of a desire ys part to disclaim an intention of committing an act de deliberately lil unfriendly toward the united St irtes iio ito attempt was made either at the elate state department or the white house to interpret the ambassadors comma ni cation lon officials ciati merely said that of course the american government await the german explanation of the action of the submarine corn com in sinking the liner secretary lansing indicated he did not intend to reply to the ambassadors dore message at this time lie ile agreed to its publication with a statement that ho be had no comment to make particular attention was attracted hero here by the assertion tn in the german communication that in the opinion of the imperial government the accounts of the inking sinking of the arabic amble which have come from england could not correspond jre spond with fact these accounts in affidavits by the captain of the hip ship and american survivors have agreed V that the arabic an unarmed passenger vessel bound for the untied united stance stales wilk no tonti contraband ion in her cargo we ta without waning by a submarine it may be a week or more nore before germany is heard from further |