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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
2
German quarters in Cedarhurst see potential compromise on Lusitania status and immunity for unarmed passenger ships as key to broader settlement. Berlin would accept US proof of unarmed ship status, enabling protection for Americans and paving wider talks toward peace among warring nations.
Reports from Washington indicate officials expect to forward a formal note to Germany by Tuesday evening. Counselor Lansing and Secretary Bryan declined to comment while the White House reviews the draft amid ongoing discussions with Cabinet members.
The note to Germany will focus on points in dispute between the two nations and avoid broader issues. A suggested affidavit from Lusitania survivor J F Leach about the ship being armed has no foundation. US information supports that the Lusitania was not armed.
The Recknagel family, including Karl Recknagel’s father John H. Recknagel, denies backing his son’s anti-government views after Karl’s U.S. passports were canceled by the American Embassy in Berlin. John H. Recknagel, an importer with Wall Street offices, recalls American roots and pro U.S. sentiment after Germany’s actions.
The Frankfurter Zeitung on May 18 quotes a European commen tary urging a forceful response to torpedoing English ships. It recalls Blucher's 1815 threat to blow up the bridge at Jena in a self defense context, with a Prussian ambassador interceding through Talleyrand. The note mocks Blucher’s sentiment and spelling.
The German secret service employee Stahl who swore he saw guns on the Lusitania before departure has not yet been found by U S agents. Investigators seek to learn who induced him to sign the affidavit and to uncover other affidavits tied to his claim including those by Josephine Weir and Anton Grebe. Authorities expect forthcoming disclosures as the case develops.
Ambassador Gerard reported that the German Admiralty had no new information on the torpedoing of the American steamer Nebraskan and no report from submarines involved. Berlin notes no submarine has claimed the attack, while American Naval Attachés prepare a full inquiry report from Liverpool.
Dr. Bernhard Dernburg and his wife returned to the Ritz-Carlton. They prepare to sail at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon for Bergen aboard the Norwegian ship Norgensfjord, now loading at Forty-fifth Street South Brooklyn.
Dr. Willard Hutchins of Detroit reports rising German hostility to Americans, rivaling anti British sentiment. Americans are fleeing to Italy and Genoa port departures as Berlin decries U.S. munition shipments. Many report insults in public, with only one Berlin hotel deemed safe for Americans and journalists amid tense wartime attitudes.
Otto Humbert and F W Kingsley two hotel men flee England and arrive in America. Humbert former proprietor of the Queen's hotel Queenstown Ireland arrived from Liverpool yesterday.
The article notes German born naturalized Britons fleeing prejudice after the Lusitania sinking. It mentions Mr. Hubert staying with a Staten Island relative while seeking hotel work in New York, and F W Kingsley of London leaving England with three months leave for a Miller's Place cottage. Kingsley, 42, long resident in England, married to an Englishwoman, once ran the Hotel Russell and Hotel Great Central, educated in Freiburg, now studying American hotels.
Mrs. Edward H. Lander of New York recounts her husband a Lusitania passenger sending a letter he held as the torpedo struck. He saved the life of one of Mrs. Fish’s daughters by giving her his life belt and clung to an upturned boat until rescue at Queenstown.
The Hermann von Wissmann, a German armed steamer, was destroyed by shell fire from a British naval force near Sphinxhaven on Lake Nyassa. The vessel had been disabled last August by the Nyassaland steamer Gwendolyn and lay at Sphinxhaven before being bombarded and captured on May 20 with German defenders repulsed by bayonet charge.
Seven Lusitania survivors return from Liverpool and Glasgow aboard the American and Cameronia to attend a wreath laying in New York. Mrs. J Harvey Page, widow of a victim, casts lilies and roses at the site of the sinking as others recount near fatal rescues and the chaos aboard.
German editorial defends submarine warfare policy while questioning US interpretation of the Lusitania disaster. It argues Washington misunderstood orders, notes Lusitania as an English war asset, and stresses German restraint yet firmness in maritime policy amid American outrage.
The text argues the Lusitania sinking was caused by a single German torpedo and condemns American accusations of neutrality violations. It critiques the US note as adopting popular phrases, defends German warnings, and claims Berlin acted in earnest, urging accountability for the United States.
Russian lines near Mitau hold with difficulty as German forces push toward Libau and along the Niemen, while German War Office reports offensive gains across Windau Kurtowlang Randynik and along the San and Dniester fronts with prisoners and machine guns captured. The Libau area sees factory reopenings and population return to work as renewed activity continues north of Kurschang and in the Vistula region.
Special dispatch notes German efforts to outflank in Galicia are failing as Allied forces press along the river line. The battle concentrates on the flanks with the lower banks nearing Allied control while the Fourteenth Austrian Corps succumbs to advancing lines and retreats to fortified positions. Prisoners are reported taken in the fighting between the San and Lem rivers.
Berlin dispatches report Austro German troops captured Prezemyal and seized 31 cannons 30 machine guns and 7 000 prisoners as they entered the town. The information comes from Austrian Army Headquarters and was transmitted via London.
The Russian garrison received orders to stand to the last man but was overwhelmed by a ferocious barrage from German and Austrian artillery.
The Baltic frontier clash sees the Dubysa River change hands five times in one day. Russians and Germans clash midstream with bridges of bodies forming after heavy losses. Troops press advances over corpses as artillery crosses the river.
London dispatch reports Russia organizing continuous ammunition output with three shifts, mobilizing technical students and experts. A consulting board led by Minister of War Soukhomlinoff aims to coordinate industry for war supplies, with calls to place army contracts under a dedicated ministry.
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