THE PIRATES' PRICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16012, 2 September 1915, Page 7

THE PIRATES' PRICE.

REQUEST TO AMERICA.

MEDIATION WITH BRITAIN.

TO LIFT THE BLOCKADE.

(Received September 1. 11 p.m.)

London, September 1.

The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Washington learns from a high source that Germany has expressed willingness to pay compensation for the lives lost in the sinking of the Lusitania and the Arabic. She does not disavow the destruction of the Lusitania. In regard to the Arabic she explains that the submarine commander has not yet reported. In asking Washington to mediate with London to secure for neutrals the freedom of the seas, Germany maintains that the declaration of cotton as contraband by the allies is a deliberate violation of international law. She requests that Mr. Wilson should insist that Britain permit American ships to go wherever they please, even to Germany, provided they are not carrying contraband. Germanv expects the United States to enforce this upon Britain. American traders would be gratified and surprised if Britain permitted this, because Germany is prepared to send £-20.000.000 worth of products to the 1. nited States, thus enabling her to purchase raw materials without exporting gold.