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Show THIRTY-THREE ON HESPERIAN LOST London, Sept. 7, 3 14 p m The American consul at Queenstown, according ac-cording to tho Dally Mall, has received re-ceived information that a man named Wolff, aged 21, and born in New Jersey, Jer-sey, was lost in the sinking of the Hesperian. Liverpool, Sept. 7. The passengers from the torpedoed Hesperian arrived in Liverpool at 10 o'clock tonight. It is officially announced that eleven passengers and twenty-two members of the crew are missing, making the total death list thirty-three. thirty-three. Washington, Sept. 7. Officials of tho state department admitted today that the element of doubt in the circumstances cir-cumstances of the sinking of the Allan liner Hesperian removes It from the category of acute or dangerous diplomatic diplo-matic Incidents. The state department indicated that it is not yet convinced that the Hesperian Hes-perian was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine or by a mine. Accordingly Ac-cordingly it has ordered a thorough Investigation. Furthermore, the department made ' It plain that It Is not so positive now i as before regarding the right of mer- 1 chantmen to carrv mins for dpfpnciv. i purposes. The inference was plain that this government realizes the difficulty dif-ficulty of a submarine giving warning warn-ing when dealing with an armed vessel, ves-sel, and that It would be almost Impossible Im-possible to give time for all on board to get away. On tho Arabic case the officials say they have not yet received either a complete report or the note from tho German government presenting its side of the controversy. A complete disavowal dis-avowal of this incident is expected with the formal suggestion that tho question of compensation be referred to The Hague or some other arbitral form of settlement. May Modify Position. Tho stato department made It known that the opinions expressed regarding re-garding guns on merchantmen at the beginning of tho war, when submarine subma-rine war methods and possibilities had not been developed as today, might not hold now, and that It has taken tho subject under advisement with a view to modifying Its position. It was admitted by diplomatic officials offi-cials that If tho United States should hold that so-called defensive armament arma-ment should bo excluded from commercial com-mercial vessels. It would relievo Itself It-self absolutely of cause for possible future controversy. It is "likely that the positions of the government on tho matter will be announced when It decides the case of the British ship Waimana, which has been held up by the customs officials at Norfolk because it entered port with guns mounted. |