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Show NEW OFFER IN LUSITANIA CASE Germany Is Willing ,to Meet the Full Demands of United States. Washington, Jan. 24. Germany has submitted to the United Stales, through Ambassador von Berastorff, another written proposal designed to bring about a settlement of the controversy con-troversy over tho sinking of tho steamship Lusltania, with a loss of more than 100 American lives. There wore indications tonight that the document doc-ument might bring to a satisfactory termination negotiations which have been In progress for eight months. Although tho greatest secrecy surrounds sur-rounds the negotiations, It was stated tonight on excellent authority that Germany finally had agreed to elimi- urice uuui me Lc.vt ui Lilt; iiQiucuicia any mention of the warning Issued by the German embaHsy the day the Lusltania Lu-sltania sailed on her last trip from New York. Mention of this warning Is understood to have beon contained In the last proposal, which was rejected re-jected after President Wilson had considered It. It is understood also that Germany has left out her proposed general reservation of admission of wrongdoing wrongdo-ing on tho part of the submarine commander com-mander to which the United States objected. Mention of tho warning Is believed to have been most objectionable to the administration In effect it was regarded as conveying the idea that no American lives would have beon lost had the warning been heeded It was also stated authoritatively that in its latest communication German' Ger-man' make some reference to a desire de-sire to see the United States take action ac-tion In regard to the questions involving involv-ing the freedom of the seas. i ne wi'inmu ;unu;isbauur anu ooc- rctary Lansing probably will confer regarding the proposal in the immediate immedi-ate future. Germany reiterates clearly, It i3 said, that the torpedoing torpedo-ing of the Lusitanla was an act of reprisal for the British blockade of the German coast Extreme regrpt again Is exprrssfd that Americans lost their lives in the commission of the reprisal and Gprmany freely offers I V JHVl UllUil ill lilt; tUllll UL lllllllililL.V The attention of the United States is called to the fact that such forms of reprisals have been discontinued as the result of negotiations with this government and to the fact that broad assurances for the future havo been given All discussions considered superfluous su-perfluous have been stricken from the proposal. Consideration of public opinion in this country and in Germany were said to have played an Important part in the drafting of the document. It has been pointed out that German public opinion would not look with approval upon a form of settlement which in any way admitted that, regardless re-gardless of the Americans involved, the torpedoing of the Lusitanla was an Improper act and which might reflect re-flect upon the commander of the submarine, sub-marine, and was acting under Instructions Instruc-tions which since have been modified. In view of this, it Is understood, Germany Ger-many may admit In the final settlement settle-ment that It was wrong that Amerl cans should have been lost without conceding it was wrong for the commander com-mander to fire a torpedo at the liner. In this connection attention was called call-ed tonight to the fact that Germany hardly would agree to pay an Indem nity for killing American citizens, should It be considered that the act was within tho law. Tho Germnn government is said to bo most anxious to settle the matter in a manner mutually satisfactory. It Is said, however, that the proposal now before the administration is considered consider-ed to be (final. Germany is said to hold that she has gone as far as she possibly pos-sibly can honorablv to meet the views of the United States. The negotiations are treated as highly confidential In official and diplomatic dip-lomatic circles For that reason it has not been disclosed Just how far the new proposal would go toward finally settling the controversy. An optimistic feeling seems to prevail, however. Authorization for the new proposal is understood to have reached the German embassy late last week. The proposal is understood to have been received by Secretary Lansing late yesterday or early today and to have been submitted to the president. All information regarding the status of the negotiations was refused both at tho state department and at the German Ger-man embassy. The document is said to cover about one and one half sheets of ordinary letter slzo paper. oo |