| Show Agia lITS SINKING mm nr or OF SUSSEX CONFESSES responsibility FOR ATTACK EXPRESSES REGRET AND OFFERS INDEMNITY f submarine commander thought he was dealing with enemy warship but did not act in accordance with instructions washinton germany in a note received by the state department on wednesday by cable from ambassador gerard admits that a german submarine torpedoed the channel steamer sussex in violation of assurance given the united states expresses regret for the incident announces that the submarine commander has been appropriately punished and declares readiness to pay an adequate indemnity to americans injured on the vessel it was indicated at the state department that the german statement that the offending commander had bad been punished would be accepted and the sussex case considered closed except for arranging tor for the payment of in of the several citizens ot of the united states who were hurt there probably will be no attempt to negotiate for these indemnities or tor for final settlement ot of the lusitania and other cases pep pending ding however until sufficient time has elapsed to indicate how th he last american note was received in berlin and whether the new submarine policy Is being lived up to results ot of an investigation based on facts supplied by the american government ern ment the german communication says have shown that the contention originally set up that the explosion on the sussex was to be traced to a cause other than a german submarine attack cannot be maintained while asserting that the submarine commander thought he was dealing with an enemy warship foreign minister von jagow admits that he formed his judgment too hurriedly and therefore did not act fully in accordance with the strict instruction which called ailed upon him to exercise particular care are |
