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Show oo BERLIN NO LONGER CAN OFFER EXCUSES Paris, Aug. 2S, 520 a. m The Figaro, Fi-garo, in an editorial today on the situation sit-uation growing out of the sinking of the Arabic, says: "Germany Is an universal distributor distribu-tor of excuses. She handed one to Denmark and Poland and would be likely to hand one to the United States The point is whether the American government will be satisfied satis-fied with such base representations. For German excuses imply no repentance repent-ance for the United States. WI1-helmstrasse WI1-helmstrasse expects much for platitude. plati-tude. It Is too badly cracked for further fur-ther use; a now one is wanted. President Presi-dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing will no longer be satisfied with empty words. Berlin is well aware of it and is doing everything it can in these last few days." nn |