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WAIT FOOESUL1S WASHINGTON ANXIOUS OYER NEW SUB CAMPAIGN I r GERMANS DOUBT A CLA^SH Teuton« Determined to Go Ahead Hoping That Care M ill Prevent At- toak of Ships Unless Armed for Of fense—U. S. PosiUon is That "Pas- sengers Can Use Armed Sliips. Itesnlts of the new Austro-Gcr- man submarine campaign against armed merchantmen of the Entente allies, beginning at midnight Tues day are awaited by the United States with grave concern. Although under the new instruc tions Teutonic naval commanders are authorized to sink without warning all armed enemy merchant ships they encounter, it is understood they have been told to make sure, if possible, that no American citizens are aboard any ship attacked. Furthermore, in the latest com munication regarding submarine war fare Germany has assured the United States that the new orders are so for mulated as to prevent the destruction of enemy liners “on account of their armament unless such armament is proved.” The attitude of the United States government toward the new policy of Germany and Austria has not been definitely determined because the alii Important appendices to the German memorandum had been delayed in transit, the state department thus far was unable to determine whether the claims set forward by Germany and Austria in justification of their course were sustained. An effort probably wiM be made to trace the delayed appendices. Moreover, it has pot yet been de cided whether Germany's reiterated aasurances regarding the futflre con duct of submarine warfare are of a character broad enough to warrant acceptance of the German proposal to settle the iasues growing out of the alnking of the Lusitania. A decision In that connection mag be made with in a few days Meanwhile, If any American citizen Is Injured in an attack by a sub- tnarlae on a merchantman which does not and has no Intention of using Its armament otherwise than defensively, a grave situation will arise. The United States stands at this time, as It has always done, for the right of American citizens to travel with safety on defensively armed ship* If the German contentions are sustained, however, and It la proved ronrtuelvely that a ship upon which an American may be injured used de fensive armament for purposes of of fences It Is considered unlikely that this government will take any action. It never has contended that ships committing attacks or tther of fensive acts, or under orders to so rondset themselves aretmmuiie from summary destruction. The Associated Press Is Informed In Berlin by Germany's leading statesmen that the new rule of sab- marine warfare which was announced In the German memorandum regard ing the future treatment of armed merchantmen will positively be put In effect. At that time the period of warning for neutral*, giving them opportunity to advise their nations not to travel on armed merchantntei* will expire. For several days there has been more than a possibility that Germany at the last moment might make a pro posal that she would discontinue practices of reprisal and sink no mer chant ships—freighters or passenger liners—without first halting the ves sel for examination and putting the crew In a place of safety, as In the old style of naval warfare, if the Allies would remove armament from merchantmen. It was thought England might ac cept this proposnl or that the United States and other neutrals would be convinced if England refused, that she had no intention of discontinu ing the use of armament for offen sive purposes. This might possibly have given President Wilson proof that armament ort merchantmen was not used purely for defense and thus enable the president to reconcile the two conflicting viewpoints regarding the impropriety of merehantmen carrying armament and the impossi bility of the United States altering the established law of nattons. Publication 'of President Wilson’s letter to Senator Stope, however, ap parently convinced Germahy’s lead ing statesmen that no assistance was to be expected from Washington in ending the present anomalous situa tion regarding rules, of submarine warfare and that it was useless to make proposals the only result of which would be to give England more time to replenish her stores" while a discussion w’as in progress at Washington and London, At least two of the highest officials directly concerned appear to be now convinced that Washington has no desire to embarrass Great Britain in the conduct of the war or to do any thing-which <?7li permit Germany to use the submarine in warfare against co'mmerce. Newspapers and the German pub lic generally are primed for a spec tacular opening of the new submarine campaign. The reader of the aver age newspaper article or contribution to the papers by a naval expert might expect to find the columns of his newspaper on Thursday too small to contain full account, of the merchaot- |men sunk by Germany’s big fleet of '•ubma^inea on the first day of the campaign. # ~ It may be doubted, however, whether the campaign. will set In with aoeh vigor, and it would be no surprise Jf some time pastes without an tadeeat of sorb a character aa to foref *the United State* to act oa President Wilton's declarations Sack at Isaat appears to -ha the Moao of the Mad tag Gscasaa atataa- PARTY LEADERS CONFER with wilson Wednesday President M’ants Prompt Action— Clark Says He Doesn't Know How the House Stands Now. President Wilson conferred Wed nesday with administration leaders in congress on the question of armed merchantmen. He urged prompt ac tion dh one side of the various pend ing resolutions proposed to warn Americans off armed merchant ships of the European belligerents. , After the president, Senators Kern and Stone and Representative Flood had been in conference for an hour Speaker Clark and Majority Leader KitChin, of the House, were summon ed to join the conference. An effort was being made at that time to de cide on the form of action congress should take. Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Kitchin, upon returning from the White House conference Wednesday, say no action could be taken in the House and that the conference had been devoted chiefly to discussing procedure. “The habit of obedience has been developed to a high degree In con gress.” was Mr. Kltchin s answer to a question about prospects of a vote. He is one of those who have favored the resolntions. One plan discussed was for the House foreign affairs committee to report adversely one of the pending resolutions and at the same time have the rules committee bring in a rule limiting debate. By that plan a vote could be reached in the House Thurs day or Friday and the question would he taken up in the Senate im mediately afterward. The president told the leaders the foreign situation was no more seri ous to-day than It has been for sev eral weeks, but he believed action should be taken quickly to show the world that the American government was not divided. Some of the conferees thought the best procedure was for the Senate and House to adopt a resolution sup? porting the pfesldent'a position but Mr. Wilson vetoed the plan, and ex pressed a desire to have the vote on a resolution Warning Americans off armed ships, because he was confi dent that It would be defeated. Chairman Flood said that It was his opinion that none of the resolu tions now in this committee would be chosen for the test. It was understood that some of the leaders still differed with the presi dent’s position. Speaker Clark, who predicted last week that a warning resolution would pass two to one at that time, said he did not know the sentiment of the House now and re fused to say how he himself would vote. VERDIN FIGHT SLACKENS (Germans UejH.rt Additional Town* Which Have Keen Taken. M'ith the lessening of tho activity of the contending lone# to the north of Verdun, the French In the Wocvre region, east of Verdun, are using their artillery to break up German preparations for further advances to wards the fortress. At various points fire of the French guns has pre vented the Germans from launching offensives. In the Vosges mountains there also has been great artillery activity by the Flinch near Senones and Ban de Sapt. while near Seppoia the Germans have been driven out of trenches they had previouslx taken. In the Champagne the German fortified works in the region of hill 193 have been Mattered by the French guns and" (he crater of a" nHneTkpTbdhd by the Germans was decupled by the French. The Germans have add'Hl several more points to their terrain in the flgbting about Verdun, having been enabled to construct trenches on the slopes north of the Cote du Poivre and to capture an armored work northwest of Dou Aumont and have taken the towns of Manheulles and Champion, southeast of Verdun. In this drive to the east of Verdun, the advance of the Germans has ex tended over a front of nearly twelve miles—from Dieppe to 1 Champion. Berlin reports that thus far they have taken prisoner 228, officers. 16,575 men and a large .number of guns, machine guns and much war material. ' • • There have been considerable ar tillery activity and fights in the air betweenvGerman and British aviators along the British front in France and Belgium. \ More Gold Comes In. Gold imported into tho United States from January 1 to February 18 to taled twenty-two milltbYi six hundred and eighty-two thousand dol, while during the same period exports of gold amounted to fourteen mi^ygjnrrrioe hundred and ^Fhirty- nmo thousand, according to ^figures made pubi c by the federal reserve board. men. They -have little expectation that President -Wilson will.change his attitude even after the receipt of the justificatory evidence attached to the German memorandum In the form of appendices which apparently were not contained lii the American em bassy's cablegram giving the text of the memorandum Ittfelf and is being forwarded by mall. • It is not believed that Americans' will be warned from traveling on armed merchantmen or that adequate meafures will be taken to see that armament Is used only for the defen sive purposes. German statesmen ap parently hope that by the exercise of a certain amount of circumsp* mltters may drift along for a time wit hoot conflict, that Americana of their own accord will avoid steam ships belonging to belligerents, sad that la such Incidents as do occar |t may be possible for Germany to prove that ships Ip qoesttea »to laird miss of warfare sad art*4 offensively r*e*k«r than this thstr hopes do PLEDOES REPEATED • i GERMANY SAYS NEW WARFARE ALTERS NO AGREEMENT SUBS ATTACKED BY SHIPS Berlin Says Enemy Merchantmen Use Their Arms Offensively—Orders Mill Avoid Another Lusitania—II. S. M ill Not I*roteet Passengers on Offensively Armed Ships. Germany, in a formal note present ed by Count von Bernstorff to Secre tary Lansing Monday, jhiterates as surances regarding the future con duct of submarine warfare given in tlie Lusitania case, declaring those assurances have not been modified by tiie memorandum setting forth its in tention to treat armed merchantmen of the Entente allies as auxiliary cruisers, and attempts to justify the issuance of the memorandum by pre senting evidence and assertions de signed to prove that the British gov ernment has instructed merchantmen to use their armament' for'Punjpgeq. of attack in violation of assurances given to the United States. Later, it was said at the state de partment that while the United States stood unalterably for the right of a merchant ship to carry guns for defense, it was not now and never had been contending that Americans could travel with immunity on ships having orders to act offensively. It whm indimtecl that should the allegations of Germany in regard to the confidential instructions claimed to have been given to British sea cap tains he sustained, the fact would have an important bearing upon this government’s future attitude. it is felt in high official quarters that the question of motive Is the cardinal consideration in determining the dif ference between defensive and offetr- give armament. Copies of the so-called British in struction*. which were handed to Am bassador Gtward In Berlin and which are ronaldefed by Secretary l-anslng to be the all important element in the aituatlon an it stands at present, have not yet arrived. Pending their receipt and a subsequent decision re garding the attitude of the United Rtatee, the state department Is pre pared to consider any overt art com mitted by the mmmandera of Ger man and Austrian submarines in the light of tb farts. It was authorita tively slated that the tleparlmcnl probably would sot act upoa five case of an American who sustaiaed in juries aboard a vessel which It could hr drttnttrly established waa to be offensively used. The state department makes a broad distinction between resistance and offense. Itdhold* that a merchant ship has a right to reslat rapture, but not to art offensively. Of course. It Is admitted, a vessel loses all the im munity while In the act of resisting. Authoritative Information indicat ed that the Britiah-govemment prob ably would rombat allegations of Germany that British ships armed ostensibly for defense are.In reality armed for offensive purposes. It was said that British masters had not been told to do everything possible to avoid the craft, and that only in the event of a hostile submarine ap proaching without warning near enough to use bombs or torpedoes were the skippers authorized to use their guns: All things considered, the state ile- partment is understood to feel that the possibility Is more or less remote of difficulties arising in the near fu ture as a result of tlie new German and Austrian |Mdicy. In the first place officials believe that command ers of German and Austrian subma rines will take particular care not to attack without warning armed mer chant vessels upon which there may be Americans. This belief is strengthened by the declaration in the German note re ceived which was acquiesced in by Baron Zwiedinek, charge'bY^Ihp Aus trian embassy here, that the orders issued to the naval commanders were so formulated as to prevent the de- strucTtTTb of enemy liners “on ac count of their armament unless such armament is proved.” In the note presented by Count von Bernsto.r-{f several references are made to declarations.pf the United States in previous corfespondence in the Lusitania case. There were strdnlr 1 intimations that administra tion officials are inclined to resent the repetition of certain expressions and references without the text in which the^ "appeared, holding that in doing so the German government has given a false impression of the atti tude of this government. It was even suggested that should the United States reply to the'emrimunjcation presented it may take occasion to point out tlie erroneous construction upon several of these expressions. ■> The communication from Germany at the outset reiterates the previous pledges, which were given on Sep tember 1 and October 5 of last year, for the safety of unresisting liners and then goes on to say the German govern Jient does not believe those assurances have been modified b^ the new memorandum. During the negotiations over the I.Ufcitapia, it says, no mention was made of arijied paerehantmen and that the United States in one of its notes on the Lusitania mentioned unarmed merchantmen.” Attention then is called to the as surances .previously given in which it ;was stated that liners will not be sunk without warning, providing they do not offer resistance Atten- tioh also Is called to the statement 6f the American government in Its "no tice to port autkorlttee that the pres ence ot armament on board a mer chant vessel creates tho presumption that the vessel is armed for off ease It ts stated that« eahmartM rom- szaader ran sot ha expected in ware •* ****** ws*e»ootw»ao which has a rich! la tro a* the warns It, and the German govern ment aets up the contention that equipment and attempt lo. resist a warning given by a submarine do not come within the definition of defen sive armament. ' „ Germany contends that a similar viewpoint was taken by tho United States and that it obtained assur ances from the Italian government that its armed merchant ships leaving American ports would not fire on sub marines which warned them. Tlie note then seta forth that tho. Gerjpan government did not issue its news instructions to submarine com manders until after it had come Into possession of confidential instsmetions by the British government to the commanders of British merchantmen. It is denied that armed British mer-‘ chant ships of any description are peaceful traders and it is declared that the armament on board all of them is to be used especially for pur poses of attack. The charge is made that Austrian submarines also havo been attacked by armed British merchantmen, which the note declares are not con forming and have no intention of con forming to the assurances given to the United States' by the-IYritlsh gov ernment. The German government says it can not, see how tlie American government, in consideration of these facts, can regarq armed British mer- -chantmeh as peaceful trading ships. • The note makes it clear that Ger many believes its new instructions to submarine commanders are in accord with the viewpoint expressed by the United States in its memorandum proposing a modus vivendl to the En tente allies for the disarmament of merchant ships. It deTjlarcs German submarine roiniiiaiMlers have been so in itructed that they will not destroy a mcrcliant ship on a question of unless it is known positively tltat Kuril armament exists. The declara tion that previous pledges will not be revoked is also formally given. The efforts of the United States to have belligerents agree to a modus vivendl, w' *rh would cause all mer chant ships to be disarmed, it Is de clared. are welcomed hy Germany. Then follows a declaration that Ger many will no longer allow Its sub marines to be made the object of at tacks in violation of the principles of international law afld therefore the new Instructions will not be post poned or modified. Appended to the communication, which was signed by Count von Bernstorff. was a list of about twenty incidents, where It Is charged German and Austrian submarines have been attacked by merchantmen armed ostensibly for defensive purposes. At no place in the communication is It suggested that American citizens be warned to remain off armed mer chant ships and the question of what constitutes defensive armament la not brought up. although It la admitted in \arious quarters that such a ques tion probably will be raised. Baron Zwledinek. charge of the Austrian embassy, called upon Secre tary Lansing after Count von Bern storff had left and informed him that Germany's views were Identical with those of his government. In regard to the reference made in the note to permitting armed Italian shipn-to depart from American ports, it was said at the state department that It should be clearly understood that- pledges were required to meet .special cases as they arose, and that It was not intended to establish a precedent or lay down a rule. Offi cials also declared emphatically that Germany had not been asked to post pone or change the new orders of her naval commanders. They expressed wonder that such k statement had been included in the German note. It was explained in Teutonic quar ters that the information contained In the note, other than that applying directly to the reiteration of assur ances given in the Lusitania race, was given for the information of the state department, it being known that there was some delay in receiving from Berlin the complete appendices to the German memorandum. SENATE BACKS 11S0N, VOTE tl-14; - POSITION ON SUt WAR IS CLEARER TABLES ALL. INTERFERENCES WITH FOREIGN POLICY GERMANS WERE WARNED Bernstorff Knew Failure to Comply M'ouid M< an Diplomatic Rupture— Bryan's Resignation Convinced Germany II S. M'as Not Determin ed—M'ilson Satisfied M’ith Action. By a vote of sixty-eight to four teen, a greater majority than they expected, administration forces in the Henato Friday tabled Senator Gore’s resolution to warn Anieri- ^ cuna_.o« f the, armed ships of the EurbjM-an l>elligercnts ami there by finally'quelled in tlie Senate an agitation which lias embarrassed President M’ilson itr the submarine negotiations witfi Germany. Senator Gore's resolution, a sub stitute by Senator Mct'uinher, a Republican, and an attempt by Senator G«*re to strengthen his original pro|>osal, all jyFre tlefeat-- ed at one time on a roll call on a motion by Senator Janies, one of the administration whips, to table them. The text of the Gore correction wldch wan tabled with the warning resolution. Vas as follows: “Resolv- a no ament, (red. by the Senate (the House of Rep resentative* concurring), that the sinking by a German submarine with out notice or' warning of an armed merchant vessel of her publtr enemy, resulting in the death of a’citizen of the United States, would constitute a Just and sufficient cause of war be tween the United States and the Ger man empire ’’ — Senators Chamberlain and O’Oor- man were-the only iiemocrata to vote against the administration, which was supported by every aouthern sen ator Tlie other twelve antl-admlA- latratlon votes were all Republican. Forty-seven Democrats and twenty- one Republicans voted to table the resolution. These senators voted against the tabling of the resolu tions: Borah. Chamberlain. Clapp. Cummlna. Fall, Ballinger. Gronna. Jones. I^FoMette. McCumber. Norris. O'Gorman. Sherman. Works. It Is said at the While Howee that the reealt la the Senate was sall«fac tory a ad met the wtsbea of President Wilson. It waa added that attention would now be concentrated on the situation in the House. President Wilson's position on the International aituatlon aa revealed further Friday waa that he had told congressional leaders It waa months after the res I gnat ton of former Her- retary Bryan before the I ailed HtaZes government could convince tiermany that this nation was In earnest in Its post Don on submarine warfare. The preetdent la underatood to have mentioned this fart to show his belief that action by congress would further weaken the poeltlon of the United States abroad. He is understood to have told the leaders that charges that he wanted to get tht United States Into war were entirely disproved by his atti tude during the last two years. He endured jeers and tfalcule, he said, because of his effort to maintain peace. He understood to have de clared that he baa always been will ing to do anything except sacrifice honor to maintain the United States at peace. At the same time the president declared he did not see how the United Steles could do anything but sever diplomatic relations with J any nation which killed Americans , In violation of International law. VERDIN ATTACK STOPS Lull on Battle—No Mention of Ver dun Sector Wednesday. The German offensive against Ver dun, which had brought the crown prince's armies up to the inner line of French defenses, has halted there, according to Wednesday's official statement from Paris.' s The lull which Tuesday gave signs of setting in, extends along virtually the entire front where the desperate struggles of the past few days have beeff Ifoing .on. There were no im portant developments at apv point during the night, the French war of fice reports. Unofficial 'commentato.rs in En tente capitals admit themselves at a loss to determine^ whether the Ger man drive has spent "it* force or whether the pause is Simply the pre lude to its renewal before the hard- won positions at Verdun or elsewhere* on the front. , Berlin reports: No mention of the fighting at Verdun is made in the of ficial statement of Wednesday. Paris reports: -There is nothing of importance to report in the region to the north of Verdun or in the- Woevre distrief, according to the an nouncement of the French war office Wednesday afternoon. BRITISH CAPTIRE TRENCHES Betake BOO lards M'liich They Loet on February 14. fc The. British along the Y pres-Co rn incs canal hate reversed the Ger- trenchee wh rh the Teutons captured at that time The German mine gal leries in th- trenches were-destroyed and four officers and oa* hundred aad seventy m men were .'raptsred la sddlt'ea Preach ,g«ae have de- v*roved a Germaa work ta'the regies of Beevralaa**- which Hea heeweaa understood that the ambassador waa only expressing bis own personal oplnlonr, and that the converoatlow with Secretary Lansing was absolute ly informal, and not to be regarded as significant of anything. When the Senate assembled promptly at eleven o’clock praefleaVjr all the administration senators v x in their seats, waiting for the I round • t morning business to ? passed over so Senator Stone cou.d make the agreed motion to tabM the Gore resolution. To hurry the procedure it waa agreed to dispense with the readlag of the Journal. The floor, crowded with senators and representatives, and the galleries packed by a throng which included the president’s wife, fairly hummed with expectation. When the morning business finally was closed Senator Stone asked th&l the Core resolution be laid before the Senate. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota offered a substitute which would express the sense of the Senate that the rules of international law should he revised to meet new con ditions of war and that pending nego tiations with foreign powers, Ameri cans be requested to retrain from travelinf on armed vessels. When the McCumber substitute had been read. Senator Stone again called for the Gore resolution. It was lain before the Senate. Senator James moved that the resolution aad all subst tutes be laid on the table. Senator Gore then offered a correc tion on his resolution to make it de clare the sense of the Senate that tbe death of an American citizen on an armed merchant ship would be a Just cause for war After a brief parliamentary hraab. Senator (H>ve was permitted Te tnb- mlt the correction of his resolution, but when he sought to discuss it hn was shut off on objection by Senator James. The correction waa then rwad and Senator James moved that It ho included in the motion to table the original resolution aad aH «ah sift w- tiona. Senator Ballinger asked that the original Gore resolution he lead. That wv* done and the vice preetdent ordered a roll call oa a aaottea to table Senator Gore’s rorreettazx. which It waa decided had to ho ooo- sldered separately. The Senate voted lo tabM the Gore correct.on Minting to Making of «w- warned American merchant abtpo aa a caaso for war by a veto of Msty- elght to fourteen .. The vote on the mottoa to tabM th* Goro correction waa so framed that It also tabled thv Gore resolution aad and alt substitute# The veto waa sixty eight to fourteen This served to kill also th* MrCumbor s abet Koto and the Gore correction Senator Goro voted to tabM bo ra use he did not favor hte owa sub stitute and Introdurod It asoeoty to get an expression of th* Seoat* oa that Issue. Sen.xto leaders who stand wMh President M'ilson la bis assort tea •• th* right of American cltlsoao lo travel on armed merchant shtpo weak Into Friday's session determined thak all douet aa to th* He Bale's sepport of the president in tb* eeatrevarsjr with Germany should be swept away at once Confident they had a ma jority of more than two to eao. they prepared to bring immediately lo a vote a motion to tahl# aad thereby forever kill the resolution of donator Gore warning Americans aot to kako passage on vessela carrying arm*. A tal is motion waa decided *a aa the best means for final disposal of the Gore resolution when It eaaae ap. Such a motion abate off debate, which ’f-.der* of both parties regard ed as u i(testr*We and likely to ag gravate the embarrassment whMh tho president baa complained *f as re sulting from congressional agitation. Although both Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff have flatly declined to comment upon tbe state ments regarding the possibility of war attributed to President M'ilson, It was learned that mention of the re sult of a break of diplomatic rela tions had heen dlsrusHcd quite cas ually and informally by tlie secretary and ambassador late in January. According to authoritative infor mation the discussion came at a time when secretary I-ansing informed the ambassador exactly what kind of a communication from Germany would settle the Lusitania case in a manner satisfactory to the United States. The ambassador is said to have informed Mr. Lansing ihat he believed his gov ernment might change some of the expressions ured in tho document which the sfcretkry had indicated would be acceptable. They agreed that the ambassador should submit the document to his government and see what changes it would suggest, which the ambassador did. At the same time, quite infor mally, ho is understood to have ask ed the sec-etary what he thought \yoUld be the ultimate result should Germany fail to meet the require ments of the United States. Secretary Lansing, it is said, told the ambassador that in event of a complete disagreement on the sub ject, tlie United States might bd obliged to break off diplomatic rela tions. The ambassador is reliably represented as having replied that he fully understood the view of the sec retary and to have expressed the hope that nothing of the kind ever would occur The ambasskdor pointed out that YYlth diplomatic relations severed there would be no agency by which the enthusiasm of naval .commanders CLAIMS MUCH RAMAHt Berlin Says Air Bald Honk 3 and Destroyed 4 Fnckorto Berlin by wireless: On the sion of the last Zeppelin raid *ye England two government factorto and two ammunition factories at Bh mingham and one ammnx.ition Ins tory near Bradford were destroy* by bombs, says the Overseas N*w agency. Tbe agency's statement which sop plements the account given of th damage done by the airship attack ei England on the night of January 31 February 1, follows: "$t Birmingham two governmeo factories and two ammunition tea lories were destroyed. One brewer; was damaged at Eccles bill. Non: Bradford one ammunition factor; and three spinning mills were wreak ed. At Partington one bomb destroy ed twenty-two houses. “On the Humber a battery wsi silenced, the cannon and searehllglh being destroyed. At Grimsby and !i the vicinity of Hull coSsiaerabh damage was done as was also tbe #as< at Sheffield. ' “The cruiser .Caroline and the de stroyers Eden and Nith were sank The Coroline sank in six minutes tjiirty-one members of the crow belaf killed, fifty-eight wounded aid forty- seven drowned.” could b« held in check and that some Pan tlctory RtJpebruaci 1* fey retak- cirf mnitancea were k'most. cerUlh JP inn the eight hindr^d yards of occur to lead to bostfUtle* Th* ambersador also U represent ed as raving pointed oat that the modifications la the conduct of tib- marlne warfare, nude since th* glariag cf ta* war had keen aaMl; accoaat of regard for th* Catted Btatse. The aatbortty from whom tht* t»- ARE NOT SUFFICIENT Lansing Says U. S. is Not SakUAetl .* M'ith German Assurances. Germany's latest assurances on thw conduct of submarine warfare, pro- senated Monday by Count von Bern storff. to -Secretary Lansing are not as broad ak tbe United States d»- j tires, but it is Indicated, no farther steps will be taken by thia govarn- . ment until the edminiatratloa ta aar- I tala its action will aot ho emt ed ta congress. Th# aaaaraaces reiterated latest communication are i on. glv tenia