"It results from this that without a doubt that attack on the steamer Nebraskan was not meant for the American flag, nor is it traceable to any fault on the part of the commander of the German submarine, but is to be considered an unfortunate accident. The German Government expresses its regret at the occurrence to the Government of the United States of America and declares its readiness to make compensation for the damage thereby sustained by American citizens." Results of Submarine Warfare LIVERPOOL'S EXPERIENCE _A London cable dispatch to_ THE NEW YORK TIMES, _dated London, July 8, said:_ Nearly 20,000 vessels have entered or left the port of Liverpool since the German submarine blockade began. This, said Sir A. Norman Hill, Secretary of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association, speaking at Liverpool yesterday, showed that the Germans had failed in their attempt to blockade British ports. On these 20,000 voyages the Germans had captured or destroyed only twenty-nine ships, he continued. What did that represent? Ships which had sailed in and out of Liverpool had completed in safety 998 out of every 1,000 voyages upon which they started. That was a magnificent record, he held, of perils faced and overcome. FIRST WEEK WITH NO LOSS _An Associated Press dispatch of July 22 from London remarked:_ So far as British vessels were concerned, the German submarines drew a blank during the week ended yesterday. Not a single British merchant ship or fishing craft was sunk. It was the first week since the war began that some loss to British shipping had not been occasioned by German cruisers, mines, or submarines. During the week 1,326 vessels of more than 300 tons each arrived at or departed from ports of the United Kingdom. The German war-zone decree went into effect on February 18. Since then the weekly losses of ships and lives from torpedoes have been as follows: _Week Ending_ _Vessels._ _Lives._ February 25 11 9 March 4 1 0 March 11 7 38 March 18 6 13 March 25 7 2 April 1 13 165 April 8 8 13 April 15 4 0 April 22 3 10 April 29 3 0 May 6 24 5 May 13 2 1,260 May 20 7 13 May 27 7 7 June 3 19 32 June 10 36 21 June 17 19 19 June 24 3 1 July 1 9 29 July 8 15 2 July 15 12 13 July 22 2 0 --- ----- Total 218 1,652