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had only eight minutes to get the boats away and save all on'
board."
TWENTY-SIX OF CREW MISSING.
The detail of missing and rescued, as far as could be ?-.athcied
to-night, is as follows :
Missing. Rescued. To-al.
Second cabin. I ,, |75 j !_J
Steerage. ' ' 4?
Crew . * 217 243
Total . " 391 423
As far as could be learned, the Arabic carried no securities.
One account from Queenstown says that the torpedo struck
the Arabic 100 feet from the stern, on the starboard side.
The captain and all the deck officers got off safely. The wire
ess operator kept sending out calls to the last and brought ships to
the rescue from distant points.
This is the first big victim of German submarine warfare since
the Lusitania was sent to the bottom. The fact that the loss of
iife is not great is due to the-wonderful training and disciline of the
crew under Captain Finch.
Among her passengers were a number oi theatrical people
going over to fill American engagements, including Kenneth
Douglas and Stella Carol.
Pitiful scenes continued throughout the evening at the White
Star Line's London offices. Although the news was published
carlv that only six passengers were unaccounted for, yet with no
names available hundreds of relatives and friends besieged the
building, hoping for a definite assurance that their connections
were among the saved.
Friends of Kenneth Douglas, the actor, were relieved to find
that Mrs. Douglas had received a telegram stating that her hus
band w?s safe.
Anothe** person of interest was Stella Carol, commonly known
as Stella the Lark. Originally a street singer, she was discovered
bv Mme. Amy Sherwin. who has her under contract until she is
twenty-one. Several times the girl has attempted to defeat this
airantiement. but a recent court decison binds her to Mme. Sherwin
until she is twenty-one for $35 a week, plus half the net profits.
With her husband. Albert Leblond. she was sailing for New York
to fulfil a contract arranged by M. Gorlwitch. who is Mme. Sher-1
win's husband. _
Survivors, Scantily
Clad, Reach Queenstown
QgoenatOWn, Auf. -0. The lan?ling
hot*- yesterday evening of tbe ?or*
vivora of the ill '??'??I white Star Lin?
steamer Arabic was ? pitiful seme.
All wore ?cantil} clothed and none hatl
head coveringf of <iny k'nd.
Many ski vi. ors wot? ?differing from
iniurie? to their heads and other
woundi or from shock and the effect?
of being totted to take to open boat?
?.cantil*/ attired.
Manv women wete in their berth?
v bon the liner wmt torpedoed and
ran to the deck in their night clothing.
These were provtdod with blanket*.
when thev were taken from boat? and
raftl by the crews of the rescue ships.
Some fi-a'-sentrers were picked out of
the water and arrived in sea soaked
clothing. The people of Queenstown
pavo them every possible attenlion and
provided fresh outfits for many of
them.
The vessel was torpedoed without the
slightest warning and sank w.thin |
eleven minutes. It seems an act of |
providence that in so short a time there
was opportunity to launch any boats.
The lifehoHts drifted around for some!
time, bul eleven wen- soon picked up. j
On receipt of the news the Admiralty
?nd military authorities at Queens.-,
town made 'arrangements for the ar?
rival of the ?urvivora. Doctors were
notified to be ready and drapery shops ?
?rere asked to provide clothing:.
Ftretchers and ambulances were also !
prepared.
George I.. Money, of Stratford. On- I
tario, who with his daughter and j
brother were returning home by the
Arabic, ?aid that the passengers were j
enjoying the beautiful weather about
dock? after breakfast. Their atten- .
tion had jus? been attracted to the
?teamer Dunslcy. the boats of which ?
were beinsr launched.
The Arabic, Mr. Money added, was j
making toward the Dunsley when the1
streak of a torpedo iired from a nub
marine lying in the wake of the Huns
ley was Men making for the Arabic.
i There were cries of alarm and all
' hands made tor life belts and the
lifeboB'?
?'Fortunately," continued Mr. Money,
'all precautions h-ad been taken, the
life belt-- being in readiness on dec*,
and the boat? in position for launen
Ing. The torpedo struck the ship, and
there waa ? terrible explosion. The
ship began to ?ettla immediately and
rank in a tea minutca.
"It was marvellous how so many
boats were got afloat. It spoke well
for the discipline of the crew. 1 was
r.n hour and a half swimming."
A member of the crew of the Arahic
said that when the steamer was'struck
she was going at 16 knot?, making tot,
the l'u'ir-ley. When the torpedo struck
a portion of the ship was borne away.
Me -.aw the bodies of coal trimmers
and of five engineers whose watch was
below blow-, to piece;; Cnd into the
? ? r a a?? torpedoed
in the forenoon it was 3 o'clock in the
? loon before ti!'- last of ?he sur
rivon were picked up by the Primrose
a>ni Mongolian. Oi hoard these boats
all the re en? I received the best of
tare and attention.
Charles 1'ringle, o? the .Motor Com?
pany, Limitad, of Toronto, declared
that raoal oi the passengers on boaia
the Arabic were Canadians. Discuss?
ing the work of rescue, he ?aid:
"It was really marvellous that s<?
many persons were saved. All the
lifeboats wen- crowded when they
wen- launched and .?ome persons were
thrown into the ?rater. There were
vary panicky ?eenea, but the
i rew kept cool Ix-atls and rescued most
of those struggling in the water. The
Coating rafts did good service, several
passengers clinging to them for a ctfii
siderable time.
"One woman, the mother of three
children, hud an arm broken, and be?
came separated from her children
y hen the boats were lowered. Bb?
did tiot know of their fate until ?he
net them at the landing place. It was
an affecting scene as she clasped th> in
ti her bit .
No Warning Given.
U. S. Consul Reports
i ri h 11:? Tribun? Bureau J
Washington, Aug. 19. The following
dispatch was received to-night from
lew:, C. Thompson, vice-consul at
Queenstown:
"Survivors state that ship was tor?
pedoed without warning, and sank in
eleven minutes. Excellent discipline
prevailed. In all twenty-one boats
were lowered, but all were picked up
by rescue boats. Other boats were
empty. No authentic information as
yet as to whether any or how many
weae lost."
ARABIC UNARMED,
WHITE STAR MEN SAY
It was said at the While Star
office here las! night that the Arabic I
when she left this port for Liver- I
p??ol ?as unarmed, and it Ig the be?
lief of the local agenta that ?he
?*as sent out of Liverpool without
guns.
The 4.000 tona of freight which
?he had on board consisted largely
of r'rench and English goods and
waa Insured by the shippers.
EDITORSCONDEMN
ARABIC SINKING
"Torpedoed Without Warn?
ing, Situation Grave," Is
View of "The Times."
New York morning newspapers to?
day comment as follows upon tlie sink?
ing of the Arabic:
The World.
Whether the sinking of ?he Arabic
by a Germim submarine ni.i?- the cud
of diplomatic relation! between ?he
United States nnr! Germany, ?r i't be?
ginning of better relations, dependa
upon certain facts:
1. Were there American citizens on
board the Arabic ?
2. If so, did the commander of the
submarine give the captain of the
Arabic time to provide for the safety
of passengers and crew nefore destroy?
ing the ship ?
These facts cannot be assumed. They
must be established officially. . .
If the common rules of civilized sea
warfare were observed, then by that
act Germany has accepted the Ameri?
can contention and shown h desire to
comply with the President's demands.
If, on the other hanrt, the Arabic was
torpedoed in the same murderous
fashion as the Lusitania, and Ameri?.
can lives have been lost, the .situation
is serious indeed. . . .
No honest judgment can be arrived at
until all the essential facts in the case
are known.
The Times.
The British steamship Arabic, bound
from Liverpool for New York with
American passengers on board, was
torpedoed without warning by a Ger?
man submarine. It wai the purpose of
i the German commander to destroy the
| ship and the lives of all her company.
, It was an act, as we have repeatedlv
j protested to Germany, in violation of
the laws of nations and of civilized
, warfare. . . .
We cannot concel from ourselves the
; gravity of the situation to which this
, fresh attack gives rise.
The Sun.
Our information at this writing is
that the blow was without warning.
? The stated time of sinking, alunit ten
i minutes after the delivery of the blow,
I indicates that the Herman commander
I was reckless of the consequence? of
! his act to the lives of neutral non
combatants. There wer" more than a
dosen American passengers en the
Arabic, according to last night's dis?
patches. What was the toll of neutral
death, of American lires, of lives sac
riflced by von' Tirpits'i order, cannot
now Tic said. If there was wann
there was an observance <?i an atti mpl
1 to observe the rule? of naval warfare
'. and the dictates of common humanity,
the affair pr?sents a different aspect.
; Supposing the worst and heaven gran.
: that the worst be not true! we have
? Germany's answer, not in words, but
; in a frightful deed, to the no'e of
warning signed by Secretary Lansing
just thirty days ago this day.
The Herald.
Exactly thirty days ago the govern?
ment of the I'nited States sent to the
government of Germnny a friendly but
forceful note setting forth for the
'third time its unalterable attitude
toward acts of German submarines
which it had previously characterized
as "so absolutely contrary to the rules,
I the practice? and the spirit of modern
THEATRICAL MEN ON TORPEDOED ARABIC
!
ZELLA COVINGTON.
MANY ACTORS
WERE ABOARD
THE ARABIC
- i
Co-Author of 'Some Baby,'
Just Staged Here, and
Wife, Passengers.
Men and women whose names are
well known in society and theatrical
eirelea of the Lnited States were |
among the passengers on the Arabic
when she was torpedoed.
Mrs. Emile Brugiiii-re, for year? a
figure in Newport and Parisian society, i
was returning to America, with her |
son Louis, Harvard, 'O.'l. They had ;
been for some time at their home in
the Avenue d'lena, Paris. Mrs. Bru
gui?re was a Miss Josephine Sather, of
San Francisco. For many years she
whs the owner of a large home at New?
port, which was sold last year. At
Sherry's last night it was learned that
she and her son bad engaged apart- .
ments there. Late last night the name !
al Louis Rrugui?re appeared among
the survivors.
William Riding, of East Hartford,
Conn., yesterday received a letter from
England, which informed him that his |
fianc?e. Miss Violet H. Anderson, of '
Blackpool. Lancashire, had taken pas
sage aboard the Arabic, and was com-'
mg here to be married to him.
The Riding family came from Black?
pool two years ago. Miss Anderson Hiid
the young man were engaged b1 the
time, and it whs arranged that ?he
should come to America in August. Mi. ,
Riding said last night that he and his
parents were to have met the ship at
the pier. He had hoped to marry his
sweetheart as soon SI she had landed
and begin their wedding ?our in New
York.
C. H. T. Phillips, of 110 Ardmore
Avenue, Trenton, N. .!., announced last
night that his. wife and five children
had been on their way to join him here
aboard the torpedoed liner. Mr. Phil
: lips came to the I'nited States a year
, ago. Only lately he sen: word to his
wife and children that he was now ;
. ready te give them a home in the new ,
' world.
One of the authors of "Some Baby."
now running on Broadway, was on the
; Arabic. He is Zellnh Covington, an
' actor, who, with his wife, had gone to
; England to superintend the staging of
his I'iay there. Mrs. Covington, whose
KENNETH DOUGLAS.
stag? name la Kose Wilbur, was return
in1' with hi-n.
Kenneth Douglas, an Knglish actor
who appea ad here Inal season in a
leading role m "A l'air of Silk Stock?
ings." is alto on the passenger list. He
was returning to America under a con?
tract with Miss (?race ('eorge for the
coming season.
In !,r- ocean voyages Mr. Douglas is
pursued by ''I luck He was an the
Luaitania when iiie big Cunarder went
down. Vi ; althougl I l. il er appears
in have ?i grudge against him, the Kng?
lish actor ha? now survived two tor?
pedo attacka, and will shortly risk an?
other "i I ; attempt to g?'t to America.
"The Hying Mortons," a trio of acro?
bats living in TreViton. N. J., were re?
turning. They are Christopher Mc
Tainney, John Nolan and John 01
schewski.
Mrs. John B. Kail and her children,
the Uiaaca I orothy, Olive M. and Vio?
let and John \V. Kelk, the wile and
children of a former captain in the
White S'nr Line service, were among
the pas. engers rescutd. Captain Kelk,
who ;.: one time commanded the Cretic,
is now in the British army in France.
warfare." To this note the govern?
ment of Germany has sent no reply
through the channels of diplomacy.
Is tlie torpedoing of the A'rabie Ger
! manv's reply ?
AMERICAN PRESS
SEES GRAVE CRISIS
I opt ?nurd from p?|e 1
to protect American lives upon the
seas. He cannot now repeat what he
has ?ilread; asserted three times.
Should Investigation prove that it was
the German? who have again jetti?
soned international lass- then they hsv.?
torpedoed the good will of the t'nited
; States.
Chicago Herald.
Friendship itself prompts it ?the
United States) to say to the imperial
government that repetition by the com
i ..indi-i.- of German nevaj vessel? .>f
, acts in contravention of those ii^l,:
must he regarded by the government of
the United State, when they affect
, American citizen?, as deliberately un
I friendly. President Wilson to Ger?
many, July 21, 1918,
WHERE THE ARABIC AND THE I.I'Sl
TANIA SANK.
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I?TJT^STO-rVN I
?50
O 50 100 laa?. *em
SC/LLr- AS?
TH?.
WHE?tZ LU 51 TANJA WAS SOA/K
? A&AB/C "
London, Aug. 19. The steamship
Arabic was torpedoed by a German sub?
marine this morning. There were a
number of Americans ?board.
\V. 11 ?
Boston Herald.
I || this the answer?
When President Wilson dispatched to
; Berlin his last note on the Liisitania
case h <>!'- commonly observed that lie
1 would look t<? the Atlantic rather than
to Merlin for his snswei ?
Now thai answer ma;, have come. No
submarine captain, in these ticklish
time . would be likely to remain una
ware of the purpose of his government
in lUCh I situation. And it will make
I little difference whether American lives
were lo.-.t or not, lO long as they might
so easily have been.
It is K.u early to discuss what the
| Cnited States should do nhout it. We
1 must have the facts. If they are ?s
the) now teem the "strict accountabil?
ity" message with which our President
opened t?..- discussion will stare him
and his fellow countrymen ?n the face.
I'hiladelnhia Pre?*.
Nothing can excuse the "deliberate?
ly unfriendly" act of imperilling the
live of peaci al American easaeageri
travelling to their own country on le
i gitimate buaine -. The Arabic on her
i westward trip could not be suspected
1 of carrying munitions or troops. It
1 look.? a-i if a submarine commander
1 simp!1 saw a fair target for a torpedo
and, with brutal lark of humanity, took
the risk of repeating the Lusitania hor?
ror near the,-am.' plut-e. In that case
! his act was a crime of such cynical
audacit) ai to arouse the belief that
the submarine commander was fully
aware that his act was "deliberately
unfriendly" to this natioi-, which he
intended tu flout ami outrage.
SI. Paul Pioneer Press.
Whether this is an act which the
United State? must regard as "deliber?
ately unfriendly," and resert aecoio
ingly, or whether it comes as an ut*.
which are can only deplore as barba?
rous ai??i unworthy a great nation la>
ing claim to the highest civilisation,
thi- more complete details will de?
velop.
No on? bel evea Germany meant
intentionally to affront the Cnited
Mates, but pursuance of her nv.. '.
join- , eager ?hips, regard?
less oi :i fac? that Americans mav be
among th.- sufferers, indicates to many
that she cares little whether we ar?
affronted or not.
Springfield Republican.
If the act was technically somewhat
removed from the category described
as "deliberately unfriendly," it was not
because the German submarine com?
mander so willed it, but because of the
benign interposition of God Almighty.
It cam.?it be protended, in the face of
th? event, thai Germany has actually
restrained her submarine commandera
from deed? which ?n principle if not in
i raetice rival the Lualtania massacre.
Because of its obvious intent and
underlying -pint, this latest subma?
rine attack on a passenger shiF
widens the gaping breach in the rela
lions between the warring Germai
Empire and this ptaceiul Western Re?
public.
?. S. AND BERLIN
YET WIDE APART
ON SEA RIGHTS
Negotiations with Ger?
many Have Failed to
Bring Agreement.
KAISER HEEDLESS
OF ALL WARNINGS
Scries of Notes Since February
Results Only in Unaccept?
able Proposals.
I Kr.sm Th? Tril'un? Hurtan J
Wsshington. Aug. 19. The contro-1
; versy with Germany over submarine (
I warfare began on February I, when
the (?erman Foreign Office handed to
I Ambassador Gerard in Berlin its proc
Ismatlon declaring the water? adjacent
'to the British Isles a war zone, and:
giving notice that all enemy ships
would be destroyed. Owing to the si
leged misuse of neutral fing? it was
announced that it could "not always
[ be avoided to strike even neutral ?hip?
I in attacks that ar? directed at enemy
?hip?." This order was stated to be j
I in reprisal against Great Britain's re
: ?traint of commerce.
Preaident Wilson replied on Feb
! ruary 10, reminding Germany that neu
? tral rights were seriously threatened
, by the order, and warning the Ger- ,
man government that it would be held
te a "strict accountability" for any
I violations of American rights that;
might occur in following out the I
threat?.
Sinking of the l.usitania.
?>n May 7 the (unr.rd lmtr l.usitania
was torpedoed without warning by a
German -ubmarine. and ;ank in thirty
min?tes, with a los? of more than a
, thousand person;, of whom over a hun?
dred were American?. President Wil?
son immediately began the prepara?
tion of a note to Germany, while the
American public and pre?., almost
unanimously expressed their abhor I
? rence of the act and their indignation !
at the German government.
President Wilson's note was sent on
May U. In it he held that "American
ritizens act within th?-ir indisputable
right*" in travelling where their law?
ful buiiness called them on the seas.
'. and that this government would not
i "omit any word or any act" to protect:
their free enjoyment of those rights.
The note was universally proclaimed as i
, voicing the protest of the whole Ameri
can nation.
An attempt to defend the torpedoing
j Of the vessel and to absolve the Ger
, man government from blome because
' rf this svarnipg WSsl MS* bv President
Wilson with the declaration that "no j
' warning that an unlawful an?l inhu
> man?- art will be committed can pos
1 'inly oe accepted as an excuse or pal?
liation for that act. or as an abatement
o?' (he responsibility for its commis?
sion."
The ??erman government was called
on to disavow the act of her naval com?
mander, to make such reparation an was
possible "for injuries which are with- ;
out measure," and to take immediate
measure- for the prevention of a re
i currence of the offence.
Germany's reply, dated May Sa, failed
1 to satisfy the American government on
an;, one of the-? three points. The]
German government asserted that the
Luaitania ?.ailed from New York in vio- !
lation of the statutes of the Cnited
States, in that she had guns mounted
on her decks, carried Canadian troops
and was transporting a cargo of ex?
plosives expressly forbidden to pas?
senger ships by the laws of the Cnited .
States.
Facts in the possession of the Cnited
Rtatea government, communicated by
Dudley Pield Malone. ?'ollector of the
Port of New York, were sufficient to
refute all the contentions of the Ger?
man j;o\ei nment. The l.usitania, it
, ivas established, carried neither guns
nor explosives prohibited by law, and
had no 'anadian or other troops on ,
board. These facts were stated in the
American reply which President Wilson
? drafted.
Bryan (Jults Cabinet.
On June 8, after a Cabinet meeting
at which the President's note was ap?
proved for transmission to Berlin,
William J. Bryan resigned as Secietary
of State, assigning a? his reason tin.t
he feared the strong terms of tip; note
would inevitably lead to a rupture
' with Germany and, possibly, to war.
He then began giving to the *ir.-j- a
series of statements, in which h's dif?
ferences with the President on matter?,
of foreign policy were detailed.
The American note was sent tee 'ol
lewing day, and while it reasserted the
position taken in the first commuiuca
, tion and refuted the (?erman conten?
tions, it was much milder in tone than
the first, and offered no indication of
the course this government woul?l pur
nue if its claims were rejected by
Germany.
In her answer to this note, Germany
again declined to join issue on the
??round proposed by the United State?,
bu? this time she offered compromise
nieasui"? which were regarded here as
impossible. It was proposed to grant
to American travellers the right to
travel en certain designated ships,
which were to carry no war munitions
and weald be immune from attack- in
the apt phrase coined at the time, "a
sacred fleet."
Publication of the German note wa?
, greeted with a storm of indignation
.it the idea that Germany was to "per
; mit to American? the enjoyment of a
i" r non of their right?."
President Wilson instructed Seere
ti.iy Lansing to prepare a reply, and
at the same time set himself to the
t-.sk of marshalling his facts and argu?
ments for a final and conclusive move.
In the interim since the sending of his
last note, the German submarines had
attacked the Armenian, a British ship
carrying a cargo of mules for the army
in Flanders, and had demonstrated that
b> the use of deck guns a submarine
could give the warning required by
international law and exercise the right
of visit.
The note of July 21 the last sent
to Germany on the s.nking of the
Luaitania abandoned the idea of argu
.1,7 the Gorman government into an
acceptance of the principles enunci
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HARD COAL NO SMOKE COMFORT
?ted by the United State?, and stated
thai ? repetition of the I.usitania af?
fair would be regarded by this govern?
ment as "deliberately unfriendly." In
making this stat'-mcnt the American
government virtually notified Germany
that further attacks on American
rights would cause a rupture of dinlo
matie relations.
WASHINGTO?SEES i
BREAK WITH KAISER
< nntln.ir.l from pate I ?
commander. It is plain, they say, that
Oermany no longer desiras the friend
ship of the Uaitod State?, as Bcrlrn
had every opportunit?/ to know that
American passengers were aboard the '
Arabic and no reason to believe that
?II would he saved.
If no American lives were lost on the
Arabic it will be regarded as extremely
fortunate, hut in no wiy ns a palliating
rircumstunce. The saving of the Amer?
icans, while thought by certain officials
to temper the situation to some de- '.
gree, will not he rtgarded generally MI
r.ffecting the illegal and inhuman nat
Ufa of the act itself, in which the
safety of the passengers was not con- |
sidered.
The only loophole hy which the Ger- i
man government may escape the conse- '
quences of the deed, officials say, is a
complete dlra--ov.nl of the submarine's
attack. This would predicate a dis?
avowal also of the sinking of the I.usi?
tania. It is not thought that the (?er- I
man government will take this step, in '
view of the certain hostility of the Ger?
man people to such a course.
In some ways the Arabic case is re- ;
garded as even more urave than that
of the Lusitama, as in the latter the
German government was at least able
to offer the argument that the ship was
bearing ammunition to be used against
her armies. Furthermore, the Arabic
was on its way to thi? country with a ?
cargo which, it is believed, in large
part belonged to American merchants
and was of such character that the plea
that it was contrahand cannot be raised.
New? of the attack on the Arabic
came as a docided surprise, as Ger?
many's conduct of the submarine cam- '
paign during the last three months had
led officials here t > believe that her
policy M to passenger ships had been
altered since the Lu-ttania affair.
Ambassador von HemstorrT's assur?
ances to Secretary Lansing, made over I
a month ago, are recalled. The am- '.
bassndor told the Secretary that the ;
German government had decided not
to attack passenger ship-? without ?
warning and that no recurrence of the i
I.usitania catastrophe was to be ex- |
pected.
Destroys German Plea.
Official dispatches stating on the an
thority of survivors thai 'he Arabic
sank in eleven minuto? after being hit
by the torpedo recalled the German
ploa that the rapid sinking of the Ltisi
tania was due to munitions in the hold;
which exploded and caused her to sink
much more rapidly than was expee'ed. !
The Arabic earned no munitions, and '
yet sank in one-third the time taken j
by the Lusitania.
That Germany's explanation will try j
to justify the torpedoing of the Arabic I
ran be foreeiste?] from th?*- German I
immatbm & ora.
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$12 & $15 OUTING SKIRTS. $7
$18 & $25 SILK SWEATER COATS. ... $10
$15 TO $35 SUMMER HATS. $5 ? $8
$7 TO $1 5 SUMMER BLOUSES. ... $3 t\ $8
$22 LINEN MOTOR COATS. $10
$45 & $55 SHANTUNG COATS. $18
$35 & $45 SILK & SATIN DRESS SKIRTS $10
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note of July 14, apologizing for at
tempting to ?ink the American steume
N'ebraskan. The German governmen
declared that the Nebraskan was tor
pedoed without warning in the belie
that it was a British vessel.
In that note Germany mnde it plair
that it considered it proper to torpedf
enemy merchant, ships witnout notifica
tion and without providing for th?
safety of those on board. The nott
ranaed irritation here, but was disre
garded, as it was felt that the situa
tion had been dealt with adequately ir
the note on the I.usitania.
The N'ebraskan, like the Arabic, wa?
westward bound, and therefore could
not be suspected of carrying contraband
or of offering any opportunity for a plea
of "military necessity." That Germany is
thus willing to jeopardize the friend?
ship of the American na'ion in a cause
in which no military advantage it, in?
voked is regarded by many olhcials as
the most certain indication of the
slight value she set.- on friendly rela?
tions with the Inited States.
What Will U. S. Do?
London Now Asks
| f'.v ? ?i,]e to Tli? Trltiun? ]
London, Aut?. -JO. The .-inking o^the
Arabic and its possible effect1, on the
relations between Germany and th
I'nited States overshadow all other
war news in the morning paners. Tne
editorial comment fncusses largely on
the attitude that President Wilson will
take, but does not overlook the gen?
eral ohallepge to neutral rights.
"The fiaily Chronicle" say?:
"We await with interest ".he action
which the American government will
taka in face of thir new challenge to
peacful --ea-horne traffic."
"It is a definite challer.g? to nea
trals," say- "The Laily News," "an-i
it does not ?tand alone The leiusf
of Norwegian mails, which arouual
great and natural indignation in N'or
way, is merely another illustration en
a smaller scale of ihe entirely unlim?
ited rights which Germany is arrogit
ing to herself over i" n?utr?l com?
merce.
"President W,il<nn's warning st th?
1 end ol" last month is quite explicit. H*
, told the German govtrnaent that're-*?),
tuions by commander? of Cerman navsl
-m la of acts m eontraventiaa of neu
tral right5' would be regarded II
\\ -i-hington when thty affected Am-r ?
-uhjects a- 'deliberately unfriend?
ly.' The ciin ,s overtl ? il m."
"It remains to be seen," aays "The
Morning Telegraph." "what the c *
lizcd world will do. The Amirieia
government already has ?tated its
standpoint in the plainest lengu****.
Gorman** has treated the Amenes?
? tomenta with contempt. If the pel
n-i, ?vhirh is being followe i by the Ger?
man * is permitted to crystallise iaU
precedents then Ultra ?I ro sea-born?
? interest of the I- tad States which will
not be imperilled if at ?"?n? future tim?
the American people become involved
in a war at soa "
"The fact that the Arabic wss out
ward bound wipes away the whole web
of falsehood and soph s'ry with which
Germany sought to darken the ease in
its impudent and mendacious reply to
the American note on the I.usitania."
"The Times" says. "Thero can be so
' pretence that the Arabic was esrryint
ammunition."
"It Is for the American? to deeide
i how far. if at all. the ?-rabie incident
affects their rights and interest?. an4
what action, if' ? 14 f'?r." says
"The Mail."
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