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Show SUBMARINE WAR MAY BESERIOUS U. S. Government Is Waiting Further Information From German Sources. ; Washington, Nov. 10. A complete ; summary of the situation growing out : of recent activities of German subma rines is being prepared at the state department for submission to President Presi-dent Wilson on his return to Washington Wash-ington Sunday. While officials are not inclined to discuss "the subject in its present stage, they admit informally that the outlook is more disturbing ' than it has been at any time since ; the sinking of the channel steamer Sussex. Official information is still incom-I incom-I plete in all the cases being investigat ed by the department, including those of the British passenger liner Arabia and the British freighter Marina, on which six Americans lost their lives. ' Reports from British sources have said that both ships were torpedoed v.'ithout warning. ! The American embassy at Berlin - was instructed last week to ask the German foreign office for Its version of the sinking of the Marina. The. s embassy has not been heard from, but confidential advices received here today to-day from Berlin said the embassy had been informed that the incident would : be thoroughly investigated as soon as j : reports from submarines now cruising i had been received, but that the Ger- '. man government had not changed its submarine policy and did not believe the ship had been attacked without warning. Aside from the specific cases about which Inquiry is being made, disquiet has been caused here by the general i sweep submarine warfare has taken recently. Officials fear that the submarines sub-marines are operating on such a scale and under such conditions that it may be impossible for them to avoid endangering Americans illegally. 1 |