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Show ACCEPTS AMERICAN PLAN. Germany is Willing to Modify Submarine Sub-marine Operations. Berlin. In its reply to the American Ameri-can note concerning the German naval na-val war Tone, the German government govern-ment agrees that under certain conditions con-ditions its submarines will halt and investigate merchantmen and will proceed against only such vessels a; are found to be carrying contraband or to be owned in nations hostile tc Germany. The reply declares Germany's readiness to accept virtually all of the American proposals except the on which would restrict the use of an chored mines to purely defensive purposes. pur-poses. The German government expresses ex-presses the belief that belligerents cannot afford to abandon entirely the use of anchored mines for offensive operations. It is willing to consider the abandonment of floating mines. |