ng the original war zone
proclamation of Feb. 18, 1915, were published prior to the receipt by
the German Imperial Government of President Wilson's note of May 13.
British official rejoinders and a statement by the Collector of the Port
of New York are included under this head.--Editor.]

GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

_BERLIN, May 8, (via wireless to London Sunday, May 9.)--The following
official communication was issued tonight:_

The Cunard liner Lusitania was yesterday torpedoed by a German submarine
and sank.

The Lusitania was naturally armed with guns, as were recently most of
the English mercantile steamers. Moreover, as is well known here, she
had large quantities of war material in her cargo.

Her owners, therefore, knew to what danger the passengers were exposed.
They alone bear all the responsibility for what has happened.

Germany, on her part, left nothing undone to repeatedly and strongly
warn them. The Imperial Ambassador in Washington even went so far as to
make a public warning, so as to draw attention to this danger. The
English press sneered at the warning and relied on the protection of the
British fleet to safeguard Atlantic traffic.

BRITAIN'S DENIAL.

_LONDON, May 8.--The British Government today made the following
announcement:_

The statement appearing in some newspapers that the Lusitania was armed
is wholly false.

COLLECTOR MALONE'S DENIAL.

_In_ THE NEW YORK TIMES _of May 9, 1915, the following report appeared:_

Dudley Field Malone, Collector of the Port, gave an official denial
yesterday to the German charge that the Lusitania had guns mounted when
the left this port on Saturday, May 1. He said:

"This report is not correct. The Lusitania was inspected before sailing,
as is customary.

"No guns were found, mounted or unmounted, and the vessel sailed without
any armament. No merchant ship would be allowed to arm in this port and
leave the harbor."

This statement was given out by the Collector yesterday morning at his
home, 270 Riverside Drive.

Herman Winter, Assistant Manager of the Cunard Line, 22 State Street,
who was on the Lusitania for three hours before she sailed for
Liverpool, denied the report that she ever carried any guns.

"It is true," Mr. Winter said, "that she had aboard 4,200 cases of
cartridges, but they were cartridges for small arms, packed in separate
cases, and could not have injured the vessel by exploding. They
certainly do not come under the