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FRIDAY. AUGUST SO, 1915.
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1 ?IvO u*'" **- IJ^ *~ I.I.M.I1HKKK TWO < KNT*?.
Germans Torpedo Arabic Without Warning;
32 Sink with Liner; 28 Americans Aboard;
Washington Foresees Break with Kaiser
WASHINGTON
SES BREA?
WITH K?ISI
Sinking of .Arabic ??<
carded as an "Un
friendly Act."
EXPECT RECALL
OF AMBASSADC
Many Officials Belie
Diplomatic Restions
Must Be Severed.
WILSON ASKS DETAII
Will Await lull Reports Bef<
Deciding <m Course of Amci
ican Government.
v re?a j
' . ? The tor
of '.he White Star liner Ara
warning by ? German s
ne is a "deliberately unfrien
??Mit Wilson bas
alterna ? nil Ambassa.
Berlin and to hi
mot von B
ling to the opinion expr?s.
. irclea here to-night.
That no American live? are kno
lost does not mitigate the
it is declared. American rigi
fire held to have heen violated wl
lives of the Americans w?
. in jeopardy by the commam
> German submarine. It was 1
,'hts that President Wila
ed ever since the sinkii
ai m. H:.- recent nc
? i on the sinking of t
left no doubt as
arhat tin of thia ?-over
* would l>e should .\merican cii
the ?.',.- exercise of the
havi their lives placed
by a German rabmarii
. der.
ton official.- refrain?
ment 01 '.'ne situation whi
the ere in doubt, but opii
ion crystallized following the offici
Yire-l onsul Thompson ?
mi that survivor.'-, statt
that no warning had been given 1
ind that no attempt wj
vessel in accori
nternational law, b?
man Bubmarine fired ii
State Lansing d<
cpresa an opinion tc
President Wilson ar
of the sinking of th
\mbassador Page an
the American Consul at Queens
ador Gerard hars als
ted to get what infor
can from the Germai
Pending this informa
etary Lansing would no
'alk. Both he and the President ar
Crave-,- concerned over the incident
Washington Kxcited.
1 ir*. ?-ports of the sinking of th?
; a great sensatioi
ition of the report:
ved late in the afternooi
dispatch from the Ameri
Vk? I ?nsul at Queenstown say
? sunk 0:30 to-day. Sank
minutes. Eleven boats
survivon being brought here."
t Wilson was prepartti}- tc
his usual Rolf game this aftcr
'"?'ii when the news came. He forgot
foi the time being and called up
!.?rising and asked for all
1 information he had received. For
.fterward President Wilsoa
I hi? study awaiting further
It was nearly 5
tk before he left the White House
Bort automobile ride.
ul Thompson*? second dis
riceived soon after 10 o'clock
'! ?im sent at once to the President,
I i*. carefully. Mr. Wilson
his study at a late hour to
B-aitiag further reports.
Means ?.erman Hostility.
lie?*", of the President's last note
?a Germany, officials place only one
letioa on the act of the (.erman
fasastinn.rt ?jaj ....... a ?.-, ?a '?^
AMERICAS WARNINGS TO GERMANY
ON RUTHLESS SUBMARINE WARFARE
ll'ri.m The Trllmrm Biiroau]
Washington, Aug. 19. The attitude of the American government in
regard to German submarine warfare, as declared in its notes to Ger?
many both l.ef'irc and after the sinking of th?' Lusitania, is summed up
in ihc following paragraphs:
The government of the United States would be constrained to hold
the Imperial German Government to a strict accountability for such acts
Of their naval authorities, and to take any steps it might be necessary
to take to safeguard American lives and property and to secure to
American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowledged rights on
the high seas, ?.merican nute of February M "ti the (.crin.m war /?me
i!r? ne.
American citizens act within their indisputable rights in taking their
ships and in travelling wherever their legitimate business calls them on
the higli seas, and exercise those rights in what should be the well justi?
fied conridence that their lives will net be endangered by acts done in
clear violation of universally acknowledged international obligations,
and certainly in the confidence that their own government will sustain
them in the exercise of their rights.
The Imperial German Government will not expect the government
of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the per?
formance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United
States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and en?
joyment. \merican note of May 13 on the sinking of the Lnsitania
Only her actual resistance to capture or refusal to stop when cr?
dered to do so for the purpose of visit could have afforded the com?
mander of the submarine any justification for so much as putting the
lives of those on board the ship in jeopardy.
The lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in
jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman.
\.,m in itc "i lune 9.
The very value which this government sets upon the long and un?
broken friendship between the people and government of the United
States and the people and government of the German nation impels it to
press very solemnly upon the Imperial German Government the neces?
sity for a scrupulous observance of neutral rights in this critical matter.
Friendship itself prompts it to say to the Imperial Government that
repetition by the commanders of German naval vessels of acts in con?
travention of these rights must be regarded by the government of the
United State*.?, when they affect American citizens, as deliberately un?
friendly.- -.m-erican note "? .Inly 21.
AMERICAN PRES
SEES IN ARABI
A GRAVE CRU
-
Believes Kaiser Has Tal
Long Step Towan
Break with U. S.
Editorial expressions t?l?graphe
The Tribune last night, show that
nrcs of the United States, look:
the torpedoing of the stcamahiu Ar
i.4- eansing a tats grave crisis in
reh.tioi.s between the I'nited St
;?*nl Germany. It is felt that a bi
in diplomatic relations with Germ
? is very near, and that it must c
unless later details of the attack
j the lir.er show much more mitiga!
j circumstances than last night's rep?
I indicated. What the newspapers sa
_iven herewith:
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
If American lives were lost then
i situation i- as grave ai that when
Maine was sunk in the harbor of 1
! vana. Within a few days all the fu
1 will be known. Until then let us ?
pend judgment.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
It has been a lone time since
Lnaitania was torpedoed. Many di
have gone by since the I'nited Sta
i sent an ultimatum to (iermany on t
| subject of murder. Surely every si
i marine commaniicr has had his ordt
I since then. Are we to ussume fr?
this Arabie inciden that there is
intertion on the part of Germany
the ultimatum? If so, th
the davs of friendly relations betwe
! the I'nited States and Germ-iny a
limited.
The murder of one American mu
call for positive measures on our pa
| ?f-itlier that, or the confession that \
I are only blufling.
Washington Herald.
The gravity of the situation that h
been forced upon us cannot be magi
lied. We are surely near the breakii
1 point with Germany. There is i
virtue in further forbearance. Win
ever its results, the quarrel is of G?
many's seeking. The President ami h
advised must now determine upon
.ourse of action for act they must
and the American people are mot
nearly prepared for a severance of di|
lomatic and commercial relations wit
(iermany than they are for the aj>ar
donment of what we have been cor
i tending for in the name of humanit;
! civilization and justice.
Baltimore American.
As far as the Germans were con
1 cerned the Lusitaflia trHgedy coul
have been repeated and they woub
ha\e been well satisfied. If the sink
? ing of the .?".rabie does not again raisi
? the issue with Germany over the im
perilmcnt of the lives of non-combat
' ants and neutrals, that issue is prctt.
sure to arise sooner or later in it?
j most acute form, (iermany has agaii
i proved that her submarines will sin.
j an enemy's ship, no matter who i<
! aboard. It is up to President Wilson
? and his advisers to decide what they
will do about it.
Boston i,lube
It will he a question of doing. ROt
talking. President Wilson has ex?
hausted all peaceful Mntl usual means
! -
< ni im . ,1 on |. mi- '-'. . "I h ii.n 3
I GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER -i>0c.
I Hi?' ?atie of six slabs si"ii?.n.?i toiUaa.?
i aXjAmA.
ITALY PREPARES
TO FIGHT T?RKEY;
WARSHIPS READY
Cruisers Held at Taranto
?Five Army Corps
Leave Apulia.
Taranto, Italy, Aug. 19. A strong
squadron of fast cruisers is being held
! in readiness to sail from here at a mo?
ment's notice. It is expected that the
warships will be sent against Turkey
I if that country declines to satisfy
Italy's demands for the release of Ital?
ian subjects held in the Ottoman Km
pire.
Brindisi, Italy, Aug. 19.?Five army
; corps concentrated at Apulia have been
; ordered to be prepared to leave for an
unknown destination.
By (.ORDON (?ORDON-SMITH.
Milan, Aug. 19. -The tension be?
tween Turkey and Italy increases hour?
ly and a rupture may come at any mo?
ment. The refusal of Turkey to al
' low -?.Olio Italians inhabiting the Smyr?
na district to leave has caused bound
1 less indignation throughout Italy.
, Despite the strict press censorship '
' it is known that the situation in Tripoli (
. is critica, and that the revolt of the
Arabs is undoubtedly the work of the
! Turkish government. After the Cabi- !
net council to-morrow it is expected
I that the Turkish Ambassador will be
? given his passports and that war will
be declared.
The Italian government, angered by
] the disregard by the Porte of protests
a,,ain.-'. the treatment of Italian sub
? jecta ?a Turkey, is reported to have is?
su,>d an ultimatum demanding that Ital?
ians be allowed to leave the country
when they desire.
Ro***e, Aug. 19. Dispatehsj fror. Sa- '
I?nica to the "Giornale d'ltalia" and
the "Tribuna" declare that the Turkish
I authorities have levied a heavy war.
tax, which for.'i,rners never before
have been r qu'red t. pay, and which
many Italia s in Smyr ar unable to
I'a\. I
1
Greek King and Venizelos
Talk with Allies' Envoys
London, Aug. 19. King Constantine i
yesterday received Sir F. E H. Elliot, I
i British Minister to t'.reece, according j
to a dispatch from Athens to the Kx
?change Telegraph Company, and ex-j
? ..inimical on |Mgr 3, i-iiliinin ?
THE ARABIC LEAVING NEW YOKK FOB THE LAST TIME.
White Star liner being swung out of her dock in the North River on her last eastward trip. She carried a
large cargo of war supplies. Ipset is Captain W. Finch, of the Royal Naval Reserve, commander
of the Arabic.
BREST DOOMED
AS 1??ACKENSEN
STORMS fort:
Germans Reach Railroa
North of Bielsk,
Berlin Says.
London, Aug. 19.?The German a
mies are closing in on Brcst-Litovs
and N'ovo Georgievsk. With the fo:
tress of Kovno fallen, the Russian
are falling back in the Kalwarya an
Sawalkl districts on the East Prussia
frontier, and the second line of defenc
is seriously menaced. Only in the Bal
tic provinces have the Czar's troop
been able to check the German advanc?
Brest-Litovsk, the great fortres
which is the mainstay of the secon,
line of defence, seems doomed. Berlii
says that the outer positions of th
fortress near Uokitno have been pene
trated. And north of Uielsk, the Ger
mans report, General von Gallwiti
has reached the railway from Bielostol
to Brest-Litovsk. ' With this road ir
their hands, the Kaiser's forces would
control the supply line of the second
defence front.
Novo Georgievsk Forts Fall.
Two forts north of Novo Georgievsk
have been stormed, Berlin reports
This fortress on the Vistula, the last
of the Russian quadrangle, has been
invested for several days. To-day's
announcement claims the capture of
1,000 prisoners and 125 cannon. The
fortress is completely surrounded and
its surrender is only a matter of days'.
There is no evidence yet of Grand
Duke Nicholas ?. intentions, but mili?
tary writers believe that the swiftness
of the German advance has rendered
it impossible for him to make a stand
on the Brest-Litovsk line, which already
virtually has been turned by Field
Marshal von Mackensen in the south
and by his colleagues in the north.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The text of the German official state?
ment follows:
Armv group of Field Marshal von
Continued on p?s? 3. column 4
Mary Isabel Brush
whose articles in "The Saturday Evening Post" about
Russia going on the water wagon attracted so much
notice, has written an amusing article on "Why Fa9n'
ionable .American Women Dreas So Unfashionably
for next Sunday's issue of
ihr inttiDaij ?rttomp
First to Last?the Truth: Ncwi?Eotton?t/s?Advertisements
LIST OF TWENTY-EIGHT AMERICANS
ON ARABIC; TWO REPORTED LOST
Of these A meneaux who were eahin passengers on the Arabie, two
?Mrs. .Jourfil,?ve /,. Ilruguirrc and Edmund Woods?were reported
early to-day to he ?liasing :
Miss Josephine I.. Bruguiere.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burgess.
I oui? Bruguiere.
Mr. and Mrs. Jame? (almon.
Mr. and Mr?. I*. (oilier.
John F. A. Day.
Jame? Houlihan.
The Rev. Dr. G. A. McAllister
Christopher McTamney.
(laude McRoodie.
Th*
Frederick Martin.
Leopold P. Moore.
A. Ileilinc Nebeker.
John Nolan.
John Olschewski.
W. E. Ramsdel!.
Jame? F. Rowley.
Mi-is Sadie Shrimpton.
Edmund Wood?.
Mr. and Mrs. Zellah Covington.
Americans were in the steerage:
Thomas Elmore. J. Kellelt.
William Hughes. John Olson.
Thin lint of first eahin survivors was made publie last night by~tl?c
White Star Line here:
Mrs. Florence C. Allison.
Jame? Barnes.
Hohert Bond.
Fred Burgess.
Mr. and Mr?. Jame? (almon.
Mi-? Ethel M. < hadwick.
Miss Catherine ? h ri?t it
Mr. and Mr?. Phillip W. A. Collins.
Isaac Corrae, jr.
Mi?s Bridget CuiTe.
William Cummins.
Mrs. Marie Dalton.
John Deightoii.
Miss Roy Dunnan.
Mia? Evalyn Eaton.
Mrs. Rulh Goddard.
Auhre? Gualtar.
A. P. H i 11er.
Albert Ingam.
Mrs. John B. Kelk.
Ma?ter John W. Kelk.
Misses Violet. Dorothy and Osstl'A Kelk.
< harles h? -???r.
Miss Isabella G. l.-'b;.
Frederick Martian.
Miss Bridget Mills.
Major 6. L Money.
Cyril Money.
Misses Mabel and Edith Money.
John II. Heave.
Miss Teresa O'Farrell.
Mi*.? Bessie Porter.
C. W. Pringle
W. J. Randall.
Mis? E. M. Bandai!
Joe Kobinaoi.
(laude ?Coode
Miss S. V. ??.???all
Miss S. K. Shrimpton.
Mr?. E. Smith. ?
John Stewart
Alfred Still
Miss Gladys Tattersall.
Frank Tattersall.
Miss Bertha Tattersall.
The Re?. Augustine Waldner.
A. E. Philip.
F. Pryce.
o. E. Ros?.
Miss M. Roas.
Mr?, and Miss Tewkaburr.
J. I ?her.
Mr?. A. M. F. Van Schelle.
Mr?. B. White.
N. L. Adam?.
Miaa V. II. Alderson.
W. Bat hurst.
J. ( . Roland.
Miss M. E. Roland.
Miaa M. M. Boudet.
M. Bradlcs.
Miss \. Hvde.
K. V. Judd.
Miss lv> Judd.
A. I.as.ad-ks .
!.. W. I.son?.
Denis M'Cull.
*?. M. Morton.
Mrs. J. I. 'Usinier
Master W. N. (.illander.
Mrs. and Miss M. Grease.
Mi?? M. Harrison.
Mrs. S. Hill and infant.
Misa M. G. Preseott Hiller.
Joseph De l.orimer.
Mrs. Gabriel Cantor.
W. Mason.
, < onnell.
Kate Connors.
\nne Mooney.
Sarah E. Salt.
Florence Salt.
Mona Salt.
Frank Salt.
Mary Alice Salt.
Lizzie Mahonev.
May Haves.
Kose Weber,
hale Falvey.
Delia Quinn.
John Morrisses.
John Kennedy.
Martin Flanagan.
James Mannon.
Mr?. Frances Rea.
i . .-.ib. ih Wtllou-rhbs.
John Sullivan.
John K?7-ogen.
Francia (?rragher.
Hugh Hanley.
Martin Logan.
Martin I.oftus.
Ruben l.iss.
William D?ckers.
Eng Kilduff.
Denis Faliey.
Tom Hayes.
I.eorge Lyons.
Joseph Waldron.
Matt Moore.
Mr?. Louisa Farmer.
Mis? Valieraon.
Miss Ami Jones.
Mr?. Kellen.
John Tumulty,
(harles Howe.
I'eter Ducal.
Jennie Mangan.
Miaa Margaret Mulqueen.
Dorn Morale.
James YValdron.
Amona the survivors of the erew, according to the White Star
??ne'* information, were Captain Finch, all the deck officers, the as?
sistant purser, second steward, chief third class strward, chief store?
keeper and all the engineers, except London. L. R. ('. P. Others among
the crew survivors were:
Dr. D. W. S. Muir, M. R. C. S. H. Lee. chief steward.
H. L. Templet.?n. purser.
BIG PASSENGER SHIP
SINKS IN 11 MINUTES
OFF IRISH COAST
Six Passengers Believed Lost with
26 of Crew?Two Americans
Among the Missing.
BRITISH VESSELS TAKE
SURVIVORS TO QUEENSTOWN
Those on Board Watch Another Ship Beinj?
Torpedoed When Order Comes To
Take to the Boats Themsel ves.
?By Cable to The Tribune.)
London, Aug. 19.?A German submarine torpedoed without
warning to-day the White Star liner Arabic, bound from Liver?
pool for New York*. Thirty-two persons are missing, and several
of these were probably killed. There were twenty-eight Ameri
; cans on board, two of whom have not yet been accounted for.
' They are Mrs. Bruguiere, of New York, and Edmund Woods.
Details of the sinking are lacking, but that the loss of life was
? not greater doubtless was due to the fact that the weather was fine
1 and that steamers passing through the German submarine zone
now keep their boats swung out and otherwise are prepared for
emergencies.
The attack was made about eighty miles due south of the Old
Head of Kinsale, Ireland, and the vessel sank in eleven minutes,
' or, according to another account, in six minutes. She had 423 pas?
sengers and crew, and these put off in twenty-one boats, most of
which were picked up about four hours afterward by two British
vessels. About 370 survivors were landed at Queenstown at 6 p.
1 m., a large number of them being badly injured.
Several of those injured were engaged in watching another
ship being torpedoed when their own vessel was struck. This
was the British steamship Dunsley, which, though injured, was
able to keep afloat and even to afford some assistance to the pas?
sengers and crew of the Arabic after the latter's boats had been
lowered.
RUSH FOR LIFE PRESERVERS.
In their fright the passengers had rushed for life preservers
and had barely adjusted them when the German submarine turned
1 its torpedo against the Arabic's side.
The ship's boats and a number of life rafts were quickly got
over the side of the steamer, and into these passengers and crew
scrambled. Many of the passengers, however, fell into the water,
but they got hold of the rafts and clung to them and later were
rescued. One woman who fell into the sea screamed pitifully for
help. The weather and tidal conditions being* favorable, two sail?
ors swam to her assistance and succeeded in lifting her upon a raft.
The vessel had left Liverpool on Wednesday and had taken
a southerly course, well off the Irish coast, doubtless with a view
to avoiding the submarines which frequent the waters nearer
the shore.
When some fifty miles west of where the Lusitania was sunk
in May the German underwater* boat rose to the surface and
launched a torpedo. The marksmanship of the Germans, as in the
case of the Lusitania, was deadly accurate, and, like the Lusitania,
the big liner quickly settled and shortly disappeared from view.
EIGHTY MILES FROM LAND.
The 423 persons on board consisted of 133 second cabin passen?
gers, including twelve Americans, forty-eight steerage passengers
and 243 officers and crew, including sixteen Americans. The vessel
carried no first class passengers. All the passengers, except six,
have been accounted for.
The White Star Line issued the following statement to-night:
"The Arabic left Liverpool at 2 p. m. yesterday. She was tor?
pedoed to-day at 9:15 a. m, in latitude 50:50 north, longitude 8:32
west. (This point is about eighty miles due south of the Old Head
of Kinsale. and about 100 miles northwest o: the Scilly Islands.)
"She had aboard 423 passengers and crew. As far as can bo
ascertained, there are 375 survivors. It is understood that only
six passengers are unaccounted for."
The passengers arrived at Queenstown in a practically ex?
hausted conditon, due to fright and exposure. None was able to
save any belongings, the order to take to the boats being issued
some time before the torpedo actually hit the vessel. The sur?
vivors are being cared for to-night at Queenstown. and will be
brought to London in the morning. Besides the twenty-six Ameri?
cans already referred to, those brought to Queenstown include one
Spaniard, one Belgian, three French and three Russians.
Captain Finch, commander of the Arabic, who is suffering
from injuries to his leg. said last night that he did not see the sub?
marine, but distinctly observed the torpedo approaching the ship.
"It was then impossible to escape it," the, captain said. "Wo