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which indicate? that the Mihmnrine
tire 1 it at right unirles from the vessel.
(.ravitv of Crisis Realised.
The faint hop.? that the affidavits of
American passengers and the official
report of ihc captain of the steamer
may rrreal extenuating circumstances
is the onlv considera!ion tlint restrain?
immed-ate action bv ihe President
Both the President and Secretary I.hh
sing are determined to go slowly, as
it i- realised that the altuatlon is the
most rnticiil the) bar? \<- bud to con
tend with. The"* ara determined to
wait until o\ci> bit of >-\ i.l? nc?- has
h?en careful?"* aeauaad and the views
.f the German government received
before taking any drastic action.
That the action must be a drastic on?
no oficial here whose opinion is of
\nlue ?rill di-nv. It i? pointed out that
the time for further note-? or protests
i sssed snd thai President ***? ilson
must now act bv recalling Ambassador
Gerard unless some mem evidence re?
vealing extenuating circumstances on
the part of th* German suhmaiine com?
mander is produced.
There was ne mlatsaislng of tue
rra\it\ of the aitnation amont: o?
cials here to-dav. '*n every side was
; the opinion thai the parting o.
reached. Germany.
rding to the information now at
hand, bad proved conehisivelv that it
. ,. longer desired the friendshil
United states, and only one cours? was
i pen to the President.
Whether or not the German govern
rnent vsill volunt??r an explanation nf
the disaster remains to be seen. It la
believed hero thst the German Foreign
Office mav offer some extenuating cir
cumstrr.ces as a reason for the IjUb
raman?er's action, but lost
? ?rill be no one here can guess.
li mav be that Germany will wsil
mad?- bv Ambassadoi
? rd.
?lue?.tion of \erarils.
In the event of sueh an explanation.
? rj , 11'. an interesting situa?
tion would an ?a. Against the testi?
mony of the passengers ami officers of
the Arabic would b. placed the cord of
the submarine commander, with the
possibility that both might be right.
eoaceival ? oficiala Bay,
that the Arabic suddenly ehant*ed her
course, .-ither to i7?' to the rescue of
the Dunsley's crew or for some other
reas->n, and caused the submarine to
believe itself threatened.
High officials of the Suite Depart?
ment, commenting on this possibility,
said to-day that all the testimony thus
far adduced refutes such a contention
Ofici?is at the state Department are
at a loss to understand the delay in
receiving complete information on the
sinking of the Arabic. Ambassador
Pace has been instructed to forward
any trustworthy information that he
es as (juickly as possible, hut
hsH.e from the statement of /? II lb
Covington, which was "received yester?
day, nothing of a concrete nature has
come. While the British censorship
may delay the sending of details to the
newspapers, it is pointed out here to?
day that diplomatic correspondence is
immune from any such restrictions.
The only dispatches received from
Ambassador Page to-day refer to the
list of survivors and established that
only two Americans remained unac?
counted for.
U-Boats Sink Five More
Ships, Two from U. S.
Paris, Aug. 21.? A Havas dispatch
from Brest reports the sinking of two
steamships from American ports. The
British steamer Carterswell, of about
4.000 tons gross, which sailed on Ju'.y
25 from Galvcston for Havre with a
car-*<*< of grain, was sent to the bottom
yesterday by a German submarine. Her
crew of twent>-four was taken aboard
a fUhine boat.
The Belgian oil steamer Daghestan,
tJ919 tons "frose, from Philadelphia
August <\ for Kouen, and three
vessela also have been sunk.
TUMULTY LAUDS
WILSON'S ACTS
Calls President Defender of U.
S. Honor in Interna
tional Crisis.
Sprmg Lake, N. .T., Aug. 21. Joseph
P. Tumulty, secretary to President W "il
son, made a speech on the i
t.onal crisis at a shore (Inner given by
the Democratic Counts- Committee of
Monmouth here to-day. There were
?bout L'?O Democrats from vario
tions, including Governor Pielder, Sec?
retary of Statt Thomas F. Martin, State
Treasurer Grosscup and State Control?
ler Edwards. Secretary Tumult-.
"In this solemn hour our President
da as the defender, conservator and
spokesman of the inalienable rights ()f
Americans on land and sea. To all the
world be represents the majesty, the
integrity and the sovereignty of a
great people a people bent upan do
i*ing and maintaining nt every cost
those rights of international lau- ai,I
humanity so vital to th,- life of the na?
tion itself; rights which were pro?
cured for as m an ancient day in
America at a cost of blood and great
? lice
"In this hour of B great interna?
tional en- . . . ,.;, hearts, our
prayers, are with our beloved Previ
dent. If the necessity shall arise, our
lives and uir honor shall follow him."
GERMAN LEADERS
SILENT ON ARABIC
Count von Bernstorff Refuses to
Talk?Others Elude At?
tempts at Interviews.
Count von Bernstorf", the German
Ambassacor, who is living at the Kitz
Carlton, refused to comment yesterday
on any phaae ai th. recent develop?
ments in the American-German situ?
ai ion. He would not see any one.
(Her the hotel telephone he said any
remarks credited to him at this time
wars without bis authorisation.
Other prominent Germana n this
who figure largely in the move?
ment to influence comment here favor?
able to Germany also eluded interview.
ers yesterday.
An interesting fact in connection
with the German propaganda in this
country wa? lighted on yesterday. In
a motion picture ma] -ue of
June '-'?? last, ?he following advertise?
ment was pi Inted:
ashing the armies of the Czar!
official moving picture account of the
German-Au.vtrian drive through G
terminating in the battle of Pnemys'.
Four re? Is of genuine nioving pictures
all real stuff, no fai ?aken
by our ?awn corresponden! officially at-'
tached t?> the Austro-Hungarian armies,
svith a descriptive complete report for
lecturing purposes, by Edward Ly? II
F,>\, author of 'Behind the Seems in I
Warring Germany.' American ?'orres
pondent Film Companv, Inc., SO (Saat
42d St."
That addre-is is the head?iuarur.- o?
. B. Claussen, the German, pre??, agent, '
ho has taken a leading part in th?.
ovement to influence American opm
on. No one was in the office yester-1
whaa a reporter called. J
'URGES WILSON
TO STRIKE FIRST
_
Lawyer Wants U. S. Forces to
Aid Allies Against Germany.
A li'Mii to President Wilson urging .
him lo i nil the iiHtwin to arm?
i against Germany, which was sent on !
Friday to the ' hi?-I" Excriit ive In Al
bert ll. Walker, ? lawyer, of 2t Par:,
Low. ?as imiile public yesterday. It
rends:
"Germany is the only nat ion ag.iinst
which there is, any ?lunger that th?
United States will ever have to defend
itaclf. That defence rannet bs made
I affect IT? <ti our DWt land. It mu ! be
1 mail?' in Europe, Th? tune to ninkcu!
: ?s now The way to make it is to Join
; the allied nations of Great Britain, ,
? France, Ku-*->ia anil Italy in the present i
war The method is to send our navv ?
j to help to open the way to the Black \
Sea und to send an army to help to
?Irive Germany out of Finne?- and Bel
gium. Incidentally. W? ouirht to con- '
nil the Germon ship: in im
harbors and ?11 the stocks and bonds
I of American corporations owned bj
subjects of th? Emp?trer of Germany.
"Civilization must put down the Ger?
man Empire or th? Gormen Empire
will eonquer civilization. If w? stand |
still and watch Germany and her allies I
1 conquer Great Britain and her -illie? j
1 Germany will soon violate the Monroe )
Doctrina fer th? purpose of picking a
quarrel with u? and then make war on ',
us and levy tribute on all our seacoast
: cities and take away our gold to Gt-r
mnny and afterward enrich her.-? If by
an enormous ?ndemnitj taken out of,
1 the Treasury of the United states.
"We cannot defend ourselves alone.
We must have help. And how enn we
expict help from Gnat Britain. France,
Russia <>r Itnly then, if we do not help
'them now? Sooner or later w? must
1 make war against the German Empire.
Let us do BO now, when the war is be
! ing waged in Europe and when we can
! win.'
ARABIC CONVOY
CALLED A MYTH
( untiniieil from pane I
fice that the Arabic was not under con- !
voy nt any time. It was point??! out
I that even had she taken a zigzag
'? course she had a perfect right to do SO, i
! as no attack could be made until the
submarine gave th? order: "Stop, or
j we'll torpedo you!" It is also definite?
, iy learnea that th? ship was unarmed. ?
It ha? been th? custom of Hi itish i
i ships to take a zigzag course all ?
through the ??anger zone, and the :
1 Arabic was no exception.
Passengers interrogated on the sub?
ject are unanimous in their belief that
th? Arabic was not convoyed.
When President Wilson gets the r.fF>- j
, davits of the American survivors he
i will find the whole testimony a d?-nial
1 of the German defence that the Arabic i
I we- warned. Here are a few state
j ments he must consider:
Zellah (ovington, the Americenadra- i
! matist :
"I cunnot find words condemnatory
' enough or villanous enough to describe
? the cowardly conduct of the Germans. .
| There could have been no excuse for|
their act even if we Americans had
been warned to get (iff by their saying:
i 'You are in an enemy ship; leave her, i
j as we are going to sink her.' But no
such warning was given. Our ship
| was disembowiled even while w? were
? wondering what the cause was."
Lunatic or Liar.
Dr. James Rowley:
"N'obody aboard saw the submarine, i
Some saw the wake of the torpedo
! through the wnter and just t* few sew
j it hit the vessel. The latter Wai the
only warning we received. Any one who
Uggests that a warning was given |
or that the Arabic tried to ram the
submarine is either an infernal liar or
a lunatic."
Mrs. A. If, Van Schell:
"I was in my stateroom when t-he '
torpedo struck us. The shock was con- ?
siderabljf less than I would have an- ,
j ticipated. 1 found there was no panic '
and th>- prop!'' on deck were told im?
' mediately which boat to take. My only
I criticism is that there <l dii't seem to
1 be any officers around to give orders
; for lowering the boats. 1 gave the
Order to lower our boat."
James Calmon:
"Mrs. Calmon and I have lived abroad
'many years. We were returning to
I America on the Arabic to start B neu
there. We hail just finished
, breakfast and had gone on the prom?
enade deck for a constitutional. We
had walked up and down probably two
or three times. I mustn't forget to I
> mention that near each of our life
I hunts stood a coup!?- of sailors, indi
1 rating that the captain thoroughly up
predated the situation and wasn't tnk '
; ing any cha?nes. All the passengers
, lined the starboard rail, when
i one shouted: 'Look out! Here it
eemes! '
Sa** Two Bodies.
"Almost instantly there was a terriflt
explosion rii-ht under the spot where
we were standing aft on the prom
i enade deck. W? were thrown bark ami
n column of water shot up sixty fe?t.
' I saw what I supposed was the shell
I of a torpedo fly up, also the bodies ol
two steerage passengers who had been
standing on *he rail below us. Even
where we were every on* was cool, got
lifebelts and put them on. The stew
' an! directed u^ to get into the I.oat.
. As we were lowered th? boat caught
i the ?ide of the Arabic We pushed out,
: hit the water safely and pulled away.
"For a few moments all wanted to b?
skippers, but order soon obtained.
When we were .bout two hundred
yards ntT I turned and watched the ,
| Arabic, now well down by the stern
i and sinking fast. When more than
I half under there was another big ex
1 plusioii as the boilers burst. It was a
terrible, aweaom? sight as the wreck?
age shot up like a lug mushroom and
; then settled down, spreading the s,.a
with many things Hi stayed about '
.until perfectl** sur? rio living persons
were unri -cued. Two people On a life- ;
I raft were picked up by our boat. There
*... plenty of room for all in the
eleven lifeDOlts. We had a sail hoisted,
and when another boat came over we
took them in tow. There was little '
( wind, so we beroly drifted along.
About two hours later a British ship
picked us up, with others, and took us
I to Queenstown. Every one was very I
kind.
"If Captain Finch had had another :
. half minute ne would have been able
to swing the Arabic round so that the
torpedo would have gone by. It was an
? experience w? shall never forgot. It
t: iika s u> rather nervous about starting
IV? rnu-t leave by the
boat. Lise evil vont- else, we've lost
tl ing except cur clothea and the I
1 things m our pocket?.
Will Intnrm AmbsNsador.
"I'm going to tell the American Am?
bassador my Btory, and my only hope
is that our -.rover nrnent Will !
take action, for there is no excuse t
whatever for a muideiout. attack like,
th -. as ws had no warning, earned no
munitions, naturally, and weren't ?
armed ourselves, u is positively cer?
tain that no warning was given, or we
should have known about it. Germany \
will have to make a better defence,
though, as a matter of fact, tin
none ihe ? an make."
To add to these American statements
are the stories of the following two
( tnari
Joseph De Lorimer, of Montreal:
"I had just come on deck after break
ONE AMERICAN !
DEAD. 3 AMONG
ARABIC MISSING
Mrs. Brugu.ere's Body Is
Found?Maid and Chauf?
feur's Fate Unknown.
NO TRACE YET
OF DR. WOODS
White Star Office Here Told of
Finding of Two More
Bodies from l.iner.
One dead, one missing and two mor?'
Who?? fate is uncertain represent the
American toll taken hy the sinking
Of the Whi'e Star Line steamer
Arabic on Thursday, according to
Statements made at the Companys
offices last night. Mrs. Josephine L. '
Bruguiere, of New York, is the dead i
woman, a CBblc message to her daugh- ]
ter-mlaw, Mrs. .Marion Hruguiere. of
this city, bringing the news that her
body had been found. The body will be
brought to this country for burial in
San Francisco.
The American known to he missing is
Dr. Kdmond F. Woods, of Janesville,
Wh.
The other two Americans whose fate
is not known are Frederick Burgess,
chauffeur to Mrs. liruguii-rc, and his
wife, one of Mrs. Hruguiere's two
maids. Farlv yesterday the White Star
Line offices here conceded their deaths,
basing this information upon reports
from their Liverpool office, which was
communicated with to verify a report
by I'nited State? Consul Thompson, at
Queenstown, that the two were not on
Ins list of saved.
Later in the ?lay, however, the com?
pany said it had heard from other
sources that Burgess and his wife hud
1 reported by tne consul to the
State Department a? Washington as,
among the survivors.
Maid Died with Mistress.
The same cable which told Mrs.
Marion Hruguiere that her mo:her-iii
law's body had been found bore the
news that Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere's
French maid, Mile, Houdet, who has
been listed as a survivor, also was
dead, and that her body had been re?
cover? ?1 with that of her mistre--.
Another cable message received at
the White Star Line offices here yes- ,
terday afternoon said two unidentified
bodies had been washed ashore near
Queenstown. One was the body of a ;
woman, apparently a cabin passenger,
an?! the other that of a man who may ;
have been a steward.
The revised lists issued yesterday by
the compan.- show the following:
Passengers on board Cabin, 188;
third class, 40. Total, 182.
Fassengers missing Cabin, 18; third1
class, 7. Total, -'*.
Americans on board -Cabin, 21; third
elasa, 5, Total, 28,
Survivors of all nationalities Cabin,
120; third cla.-s. 42. Total. 142.
Survivors of American nationality
Cabin, 17 or It; third class, 5. Total,
22 or 24.
American Woman Safe.
In addition to the foregoing, the
company gave out a list of lour persons
one of them, Mrs, Kellett, who is an j
American as not on the regular pas- ?
singer list, but as reported safe.
I be crew numbered 262 and 21 were '
missing last night, according to the
White Star Line.
The total on board the Arabic, in
claid ng passengers and crew, was
therefore 45.? and the total number of
m i ?sine: 89.
The White Star Line yesterday,
mil the following revised li-t of
cabin and third das? pnss'
aboard th? Arabic who have been un-,
accounted for.
Cabin Passengers.
Bruguiere, Urs. JoMphin? L.;*'
Delghtsa (or Dighton), Jo
Knglish. Miss Mary; Katon, I
Mary K.; Fitzgerald, Patrick; I,**
?! w. lor George); Nssvsj, ?
lohn II . Negus, Mrs . Randall, W.
Randall. Mr? \V O.j Tattersall. I
Frank: Tatttraall, Miss Irene; Wo,
Fdmond."
Third (lass Pasitengers.
Dnvey ?or Da rey), Mr?. Floren
Harrington, Miss Mary; Hermi
Mrs. I. ; MrM.ihon. Thomsi; Raibli
ion. Miss Mary; Sullivan, Cornell
Thomas, Floi ei ce
Total third class passengers missi
seven, all alien,.
The line issued the following
of surviving cabin passengers:
Cabin Passenger-?.
Adams, W. I,.; Alderson, Miss
II.; Allison. Mrs. I'. ('.; Barnes, Jam
Bathurst, w.i Bolaad, J. <'.; Bols
\l. E.? Bond. Robert; Hoik
Miss Margaret i fate uncertaii
Bradley, Michael; Burns, Reginald .
Bullfrvant, Machael; Burgui?re, Lsssii
Burge?s, Fred' i fate uncertair
Burgess, Mr* ' ?fate uncertain I.
large ?or Carne). Miss Gladys i
Carol. Stella; Chadwick. Miss KM
M.; Christie. Misa Catherine* Chi
topherson, Misa M.; Critehley, Job
Corns, Isaac A., jr.; Coc, S.; Cu
Miss Bridget; Cummins, W.J ?'ulnu
James*; Calmon. Mrs.*; (dllin. P.
A.', Collia, Mrs.*; Covington, Zellilh
Covingtoa, Mrs.'
Dalton, Mr?. Mary; Day. John P. f
Day. Mis? L G. M.? He I.onmi
Jo epl ; D.nnchy. C J.; Douglas, Ke
neth; Duncan, Miss Roy; Dunlop, Mi
Elisabeth.
Katon. Miss Evelyn.
l-'ei-nev. Mis. Mary.
Goddard, Mr.. Rath; ?".reaves. Mi
||.? Creases, M?BS Margaret; Gille
?1er lor Gillander I, Mr.-. .!.; Gillend
lor Gillander), Master W. N.
Hill. Mrs. Sarah: Hill, infant; Mil
er, A. PrSBCOtt; Ilillcr. Miss M.
Presente, Hanison. Misa M.; Il.nl
i Mi-s A.; Houlihan, Jame-'.
Digram. Albert.
.Ilid.l, R. V.; ludO, Miss Tvy.
Kantor ?or Cantor?, Gabriel; Kel
Mrs. Jane I..; Kelk, Miss Dorothj
Kelk. Misa Olive M.; Kelk, Miai VI?
let; Kelk. John W-, Kresscr, Charles ]
I.iiwadskv, Anthony; I-e Meilleu
I..; I.ohb, Slis, tabella.
Martin lar Martain), Pra-tariek
McCull, Dem o; Mella, M?BS Filen
Money, Major C. I-.; Money. Cyril
?Money, Mi?,. Edith; Money, Miss Ml
I bel; Mason, William: Meadowcrof
Sam; McAllister, the Rev. Hi- G. A.'
McTamney, ?Chrlatopher* ; Moore. Let
pold P."; Mills, Miss Marie; Mill
Bridget; Morton, Alexn.
Neave, John II.; Negus. Kdwar
?Charlea; Kebeker, A. Hulme"; Nolai
1 John'.
OTarrell, Miss Tcresn; Oechlewsk*
John.
Pearson, James; Phillips, Mrs. An
ni"; Phillips, Master William D.
Phillips. Master M.; Phillips, Mis
(?wen; Phillips, Mi s A?'iic.-; Phillips
Miss Kathleen; Philp (or Philip). A
E.; Porter, Miss Bessie; Prinj-le, E. C
W.? Pryce i or Brycei, P.
Randall. Miss F. M.J Robinson. Joe
Ross, Miss Margaret; Rossai!. Miss S
D.'; Rood". Claude"; Rowley, Jame
F.*; Ramsdall, W. K.*
Smith. Mrs. F.; Stewart, John; Still
Alfred; Shrimptoh, Miss S. F.*
Tattersall, Miss Gladys; Tnttersall
Frank; Tattersall, Miss Bertha; Tewks?
bury, Mrs.; Tewkesbury, Miss.
1'sher, J. Kdington.
Van Scholle. Mrs. A. M. F.
Waldner. the Rev. Augustine; White.
Mrs. Beatrice.
Third Class Passengers.
Caraher i or Carragher), Francis;
< arlson lor ('orison i, Johan A.; Cnn
nell (or Conners ), Mis? Katie; Doherty,
John; Duckers, William-, Dogal, Peter;
'Elmore, Thomas; Flanagan, Martin;
Palvey, Miss Katie; l-'alvcy. I?enis;
Hayes, Timothy; Hayes, Miss Mary;
Howe, Charles; Hanley, Hugh;
'Hughes, William; Jones, Miss Amy;
Keogan, Thomas lor John); K( ni
John; Kilduff, Owen 'or Eugene);
'Kellett, J.; Lisa, Reuben: Loftos, Mar?
tin; Logan, Martin; Mooney, Miss
Annie; Mon-sey, John; Maniiion i or
Mangan), James; Mores! (or Morsie),
Domenieo; Moore, Nathaniel Frank;
Mahoney, Miss Lixsie; Mulqueney (or
Mulqueen), Misa Margare; 'Olson,
John; Qu? unan ? or Qiunn I, Miss Delia;
Salt, Frank; Salt. Miss Sarah Elisa?
beth; Salt, Misa Mary Alice; Salt, Miss
Mona; Salt, Miss Florence; Sullivan,
Jeremiah ; or Johnc Tulmelty, John;
Waldron, James (or Joseph); ?Vill
oughhy, Klijnh.
The survivors whose names did not
appear on the passenger list are:
Farmer, Mr-, Louisa; 'Kellett, Mrs.;
R?-a, Mrs. Frail--'-; \\',-i.? r, !..
'Indicates American citizen.
fast. I went below and called mv
friend, Mr. I'ringle. We stood side by
side on the promenade deck. We sud?
denly noticed a white line in the
water, which proved to be the torpedo.
Tnat was the only warning ihe (??.r
mans gave us."
('. H. Tringle, of Toronto*.
"I went on d?ck in my pajamas. We
were watching from the starboard side
when we saw a white streak whisting
through the water coming to us from
about 121 feet away. Absolutely no
warning was given to us. There were
no British warships ir. sight nor di?l
we see any. 1 didn't see the submarine.
It must have disappeared after tiring
I h torpedo."
Purser Teinpleton said:
"The Arabic wasn't warned nor did
ativ one aboard see the submarine. I
believe one of the rescuing ships after-'
ward Miw the submarine"
Stokers Stuck to Ship.
Kenneth Iiouglas, the English actor,
aid: "Here's b fine contrast: The Gei
mans sink a harmless passenger ship
without the slightest warning a mur?
derous act. British stokers stick to
their ship in her final plunge. British
seamanship has never been maintained
at a higher level iha.i on this oc?
casion.'"
One passenger, who did not want his
name used, said: "It Gorman** should
the point that w? were going to
helo the Dunsley and the commander
of the submarine thought that perhaps ,
W? would try to ram Mm, there is
plenty Of evidence to show that our j
captain had no such intentions, for ?
some of US saw small boats making off
from the Dunsley, with the crew
aboard."
Aubrey Cunltier, of New Zealand:
"I emphatically declare that no warn?
ing of any kind was given by the sub?
marine. 1 believe I saw its periscope
showing near one of the boats ufter
th?' explosion, but it disappeared be?
fore the patrol boats appeared."
Frederick Martin, an Englishman,
who has l.ved most of his life in Anu? -
lca:
"There was no sign of panic. Kvery- ,
thing went off in tine style. From cap?
tain to bellboy the crew were grand.
And th? bellboy also did a great deal
0? work, bailing water out of our
boat.*
John Olsen:
"Warnini;1 Why. ?11 of u?. even those
on deck, and most of us were, got the
surprise of our lives when the torpedo ,
You can't imagine how quickly !
it was all over and we were drifting ?
aroiir.d with a lot of wreckage whicn
i nee was part of the Arabic. No, 1 i
didn't see the submarine then or any
other tin-t."
A. H Lebond. husband of Stelli '
Car"' the Vaudevtll? singer:
"We were both on deck looking at
the Dunsley. Neither of us saw the
torpedo or heard any warning. I'm
*n.k'-ii with many of the crew and pas?
senger?, but have not found one who
saw the submarine"
l<\ '1 tie .v?coci?t(-(l Treat 1
London, Aug. 21. The British gov?
ernment to-day authorised the state
ment that the steamship Arabic was
not being convoyed when she was tor?
pedoed by i German submarine.
It is learned on inquiry in official cir?
cles that the British government is
satisfied tnat the Arabic did not at?
tempt to escapa or to ram the sub?
marine which sank her.
This conclu ion is the result of
tatements mirle by Captain Finch and
other survivors. All agree that the
submarine was not sighted before the
torpedo was tired. The Arabic, instead
of attempting t?> escape, had boon
slowed down for the purposs of ascer?
taining whether assistance could be
given to the stean er Dun ley, previous?
ly torpedoed.
British official- SCOUt the idea that
the Arabic was attempting to ram the
submarine. They say that by doing so
Captain Finch would have been almost
certain to stiike the Dunsley and wreck
his own ship.
American Dead, 2;
Total Fatalities, 37
Queenstown, Aug. 21. After check?
ing up all list x of Americans who sailed
from Liverpool last Wednesday on the
White Star steamship Arabic, the
American Consulate report' that the
only Americans missing arc Mrs. Jo
stphine L. Bruguiere and Edmund T.
Wood?.
Dr. Kdmund T. Wood?, of .lanesville,
Wis., was returning to his home from
three months' service with the Ameri?
can Ambulance at Neinllv, France.
In accordance with instructions from
the State Department in Washington
the American Consulate is procuring
affidavits from American survivors,
bearing particularly upon the assertion
that no Warning was given by the Ger?
man submarine which torpedoed the
Arabic. Statements of this nature al?
ready have been taken from Mr. and
Mrs. I?. \v. A. Collins /.'Hah Coring?
ton and Miss S. F. Shrimpton.
An amended list of Arabic pal
per? lost -?{re? i total of sixteen which,
witn the twenty-one members of the
ci? v.- who wire lost, places the num?
ber of dead at thirty-seven.
The other passengers whose name*
do not appear in the list of survivors
and who are believed to hme perished
were all British subjects. The cabin
pu...'i r< weie:
Hiss Marv English, Mr?. Mary Eaton,
M.-. Negus, W. G. Randall, Mrs. \\ <;
ill, Miss Irene Tattersall. Mr?.
John II. .Ncave and Mrs. Frank Tatter?
sall.
The steerage passengers were:
Mi- Hermana, Miss FlmenceTh ma.?,
Thomas MacMahon, Misa Mary Hur
rington, Miss Mary Raddington and
Cornelina Sullivan.
Thi management of the White Star
Line telegraphed to-du*. to Captain
Finch ar expresi?n of its "profound
admiration of the ?scellent discipline
and exemplary conduct of all con?
cerned, which resulte.! ::i minimizing
?hat under o'.her circunutancos migh*.
have proved to be an innnitcly greater
calami:>."
PROF.LADDURGES
WILSON TO ACT
AGAINST KAISER
Yale Authority Demands
United States Break with
Germany at Once.
WARNS SEDITIOUS
ALIENS TO DESIST
Patient Fndurance of American
People Way Soon Rcarh
?End, He Tells Them.
|H) T.-I.frai'h la Tin Tri'?'?',? 1
.v. a- Haven, Cana., Ang. 21.?
Professor George Ten m h nil Ladd
of Yule, always widely anotad as
nu authority <m intsmatioual re?
lotions, in nn interview t O-day,
said that unieas Germany tpeedily
disavowed the netian of officers fU
the Arabic und Lnsitanin ? ?
diplomatic relations should be
heulen off.
He also -nid it is high tints for
nil American citizens of foreign
extraction to support the rjovern
wi n> unreservedly and far for?
rii/ners here wht sites remain
nli<n? in understand thai "the
patient enduranet of seditious as
well as treasonable words snd
deeds may soon reach Us 'imit
with the urent body of th< Amer?
ican people."
By GEORGE TRI MBIT.I. I.ADD.
The present relations of the Fnited
States and Germany are the logical out?
come and almost inevitable result of
the policies followed by ?he two coun?
tries since the beginning of the war.
The policy of Germany has been the
ruthless pursuit of iti own ends by all
possible means of diplomacy and srmed
force without regard to Hague conven
tions, international law, tne usages of
civili/.ed nations or considerations of
I, u inanity.
This policy follows from its theory of
government, and it has been carried
out in practice with astonishing ef?
ficiency.
The policy of the United State? gov?
ernment and its people may be de?
scribed as that of a waiting, but wiiteh
tul, neutrality.
When the more active campaign of
mining and torpedoing began the Pres?
ident entered upon a series of polite
and diplomatically '.v.r.led protest.?,
lie Axed the goal or" those prote ta
quite cleariy in the first one. This he
did by saying that the continuation of
such means ??;' warfare might involve
serious consequences affecting the
friendly relations of the United States
Snd Germany, and he called upon lli-r
many in the Interesta of those relations
to modify its course and to conform
mon closely to the usages of war as
hitherto adopted by civilized nations
and ?as dictated by consideration! of
humanit].
He followed this first protect by two
protests of a milder and more flatter?
ing character until finally, after the
horror of the sinking of the Lusitania,
he sent the note of protest which could
not have been regarded by any of the
. " I,, ??.??i neutral or belligerent,
Bs otherwise than a sort of ultimatum.
At thi' the Secretary of State himself
lumped out ol' the bout and did his
best to overturn it. but the people up?
held the President.
With the procedure of Germany ever
since this last note, and especially as
n has culminated m Its linking of the
Arabic, WS have our answer, and there
ean be little doubt in the mind of
those who understand Germany that
the answer is its final answer an?! that
it intends by torpedoing ships right
and left, whether of belligerent or
neutral naiion?. that are carrying cm
trubar.il of wat or ii"t, to fulfil the re?
?ante?! prom < of the Emperor that
Germany -hall enjoy s conquered feast
befoi ? the end of the year.
What, then, should be the course of
conduct to be followed bv the govern?
ment and people of the United States"
It would scm that 00 less than this
eould be considered either dignified or
sale in the eye of our people and of
the civilized world: If Germany does
not In the briefest reasonable time dis?
avow the action of its own officials in
the linking ot the Lusitania and Arabic,
promise reparation 10 far as this is
pa lible and abandon this feature of
[ta policy all diplomatic intercourse
should cea ie a? one?,
In this way we should say to Ger?
ma' ->? snd the world. "We ran no
longer be on terms of even apparent
friendliness with a nation which in its
- well as of
belligerents is ?,, (??-regard?
ful of international law and to incon?
siderate of the dictates of humanity
in a word so barbarous."
It might then remain for Germany to '
say how she would choose to resent
this breaking otf of diplomatic rela?
tions. But even if it were followed by
the result which we should all ?greatly
deplore and earnestly desire to ..void,
it seems to me shameful that we should
confesa beforehand to ourselves as a
nation that WS are incapable of the
-trenrth and self-sscrlfice whic'ii the !
i isue would require.
Send Benistorff Home,
Says Mr. VVhitridge
[B] ( ?:?:? I Y'.,- I
London, Aug. 21. Frederick W.
Whitridge made this statement to The
Tribune corre pondent to-day: "The
torpedoing of the Arabic without
warning was lawless, shameless and
utterly heartless, and shows the futil?
ity of the debate inaugurated by Mr.
Wilson after the murder of Lusitania
passengers, but it may possibly sa?
pai i -, the 'drastic .ictioii' promised by i
the Pr?s.dent last winter, soon after '
von Tirpitz's original proclamation of
frightfulness.
"Bernstortf shnubl he sent home on |
the ground that hi? country is not lit
? at the same table with other na
; las - ' I
50.000 SEE LONDON MEET
FOR WAR CRIPPLES" FUND
More than 1.300 Star Athletes
Compete at Carnival.
London, Aug. 21. The raonst? r sports
meeting In aid of the fund tor per-'
manently disabled soldier? .-.
". h ich ?ras 1
' ab oi iugust Bank
holiday, proud a tremendo .
50.000 people paying foi ..,::-.
,."ia, '?-?I the !..! gast num
Aari
since the Olympic (-ames of IfrOfl. Star?
In every branch of .-port entered for'
the various -ver.'?, -'?<? boxer?, 1.1001
athletes and nearly all th* leading,
jockey? comprising the competitors. I
CYMRIC OFFICERS
DENY WARSHIPS
CONVOYED LINER
Passeng?rs Mistook Patrol
Fleet for Protective
Squadron, They Say.
ENGLISH ACTOR
STARTED STORY
_____ *
Ptihbcr Merchant Brings Tale of
German Plot to Poison the
Respirators for British.
According to a few paisengers who
arrive?! here yesterday on the White
Star liner Cymric, the vessel was con
voyed through the war /one from Liv
?rpool to the open sea by relays of
<>r eight small British war /???
sels.
The ship's officers denied the ship
was convoyed or ?SCOrted, ami the ma?
jority of the 106 saleen passengers
backed them up.
The first officer of the Cjmric be
, came indignant over the assertion, and
|declared that the Cymric made her way
i,!.,ne from Liverpool through the war
7.011?'.
"It is absurd to ?ay we were con?
voyed or accompanied by war M
he sairl. "I and my brother officers
I were on the bridge throughout th ?
greater part of the trip from Liver?
pool tO the extreme southwest end of
the Irish coast, and not one of us saw
a destroyer or any other vessel of war
There are patrol boats plenty ot them
- in the Irish Sea, but they arc not
i ; of convoy. They are simply
patrolling, on the watch for sub
' marines, but are of no service in the
, way of protection for an unarmed raer
cii.uitman.
"They are made up of trawlers, con?
verted yachts nnd old torpedo boats,
and I heir duty is to patrol, destroy
submarines if possible, and m any
event report their presence. They are
'primarily a defensiv? fleet. These and
1 only these vessels, if any, were seen
, by the i ? * go" "bo n-ported that
we were convoyed."
Frank Jackson, an Fnglish actor, was
??ne of the travellers who saw warships
guarding the Cymric. He ?aid h<* snW
no fewer than live torpedo boat de?
stroyers in relays accompanying the
?liner at different times for thirty -ix
lours alter she cleared the Mersey*.
Captain Beadnell, master of the Cym?
ric, refused to comment on Jackson's
story.
Th? ch'cf officer of rhe Cunarder Or
duna, which left port soon after the
Cymric arrived, also said the Irish Sea
? d with patrol boats. Their pres
: ence there, he said, could not be con
si rued that they were acting as con?
voys, lor unarmed British merchant?
men. If such construction could be put
upon the patrol, then every vessel that
? left or enterer* Liverpool was taken
1 out and in with convoy, he asserted.
With the Cymric came a report that
I German conspirators had entered the
English factories which made gas res
? pira tors and poisoned the output pre
i pared for the trenches u: France, t.
!>. Springer, a rubber merchant, of this
city, said the rubber sponges in the res?
pirators were found to contain an
asphyxiating poison, and contracts for
many thousands of dollars' worth were
! Cancelled. Mr. Springer said he had
recently been in Italy and that Italy
I had a splendid army of 1,300,000 men
at the front, which before winter will
be increased to 4,000,000.
More Americans Dare
Dangers of War Zone
The Cunard liner ilrduna sailed
yesterday for Liverpool with 270
passengers, seven being Americans.
She had 11 in the -aloon. fiS second
cabin and 210 steerage. The Orduna
'was tilled to capacity with !>,000 ton,
of cargo, but according to her owners,
. carried neither munitions of war nor
explosives.
The American liner New York, in
command of Cap'ain Roberts, left port
on time for Liverpool with her
eustomary cargo of non-contraband
i article?.
Among her 109 saloon passengers
were thirty-three Americans. She
carried 101 in th?; second cabin and
245 in the steerage.
Ileports were current there had been
1 scventy-'he cancellation?, hut the
hooking lists showed thnt there had
been only two travellers who had
changed their minds about sailing.
Several passenger? anxious to book at
; the last minute arived at the pier as
the gangplank was hauled ashore.
Germany Wants U. S.
to Fight, Italians Think
B) GORDON COIinoN-SMITH.
Milan. Aug. 21. Th? open detiene? of
th' Cnited States implied in the tor?
pedoing of the White Star liner Arabic
i< widely discussed to-day in Italian
political circles. The fact that it took
place on the same day that the Imperial
Chancellor, Dr. von Bcthmann-Hollweg,
mad? his bellicose speech is not re?
garded by any means as a mere coinci?
dence. The two developments, it is
thought, are intended to emphasize his
? declaration? as to ('ermany's
power to impose her will on other na?
tions.
The utmost anxiety is shown to
I know what steps America will take to
vindicate the principles so vigorously
o solemnly stated in President
Wilson's notes. People are not want?
i: g in Italy who believe that the Ger?
man government is deliberately trying
to force America to declare war. The
lieads of the Berlin government, they
nay, foresee the formation of a Balkan
league and th<- fall of Constantinople,
with the resulting reprovisioning of
Russia, allowing a resumption of the
offensive all along the line, coupled
with a simultaneous invasion of II un -
i'.'iry bv .Rumanian, Serbian, Monte?
negrin and Russian armies. American
participation would save thuir face and
provid? an excuse for surrender.
SCHEME TO FLOAT
U. S. SUBMARINES
Naval Officer's Device Tested
and Said to Have Raised
Sunken D-l.
I Tir TYIrgtapl, lo Tli? Tr Inn? J
Newport, K. I, .?Vug. 21. It was
d to-ila*- that there have been in
progress i B Nu ragatisett Ba> certain
which may serve to .-ave the
crews of ?ubmai'ine? caught under the
sea with craft disabled.
Tests hav? been made with the sub
mar, ne D-l, commanded by Ensign Furl
C Metz. They are said to hav? boon
Miccessful. It is understood that Lieu?
tenant Robert T. Merit!, of the Tono-1
pah, a sunmarine tender, is the in?
ventor of 'he f'evice tried out.
It i< seid that the lieutenant can i
bring a s-illid submarine ?o the sui
face if her hull has not been punc?
tured. If the boat is whole and fiee
from water it will come up. During |
the last week the D-l is said to have |
bobbed up from 50 and <>0 foot depths ,
The testa have been private and se- !
crecy ia mai tamed by all naval men. I
*!_/ M* 566 ~B Mi fifth Ave nur. *-*** 46* ... ?y*. s*
CHARGE PATRONS ?MA! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE>E SALES, HAVING WU.S RENDERED OCT. 1st.
An Absolute "Close-out"
Of Summer Apparel, now on hand??
DreSSeS?Heretofore $35 to $75 $ 1 C
O? net, crepe, organdie, batiste and silk? ** *w
Street and Afternoon Dresses $/-?>. q
Heretofore $65 to $95 /H
Of taffeta, chiffon, net, satin, etc.? ***?<VJ
Reception and Dinner Gowns $qq
Heretofore $75 to $ 135 J ?\
Of silk and satin combined with tulle, lace and net? ^
Handsome Lingerie Gowns $ Q r $ r #?
Heretofore $65 to $125 J J & J^
O? net, lace and hand-embroidered batiste? " ?***?
Evening Gowns '
Heretofore $95 to $250
Very hsndvirne models in dancing pwiu and full fve_nj? -or..:,?
55**85
Silk Qiats and Wraps $
Heretofore $45 to $95
Af emiwn and rvening tlyles, of ulk Sod ?a?n ?
18 - *32
SllitS?Heretofore $45 to $95 ^O T
Tailleur *n<? demi-tsilleux e?ect?, *?""?* --/
CoatS?Heretofore $45 to $65 | ft
Motor, travel and .emi-dr'-? rflecta -in new a_trn_s I Vy
Blouses?Heretofore $10 to $15 $ 0 $ C
Th? remainder of the Summer stylo? In batiste, 'm.
-.out-, li. t, ? t' .
COTTON PUT ON
CONTRABAND LIST
' (.ntinneri from \,aa? 1
authorities suspect have an ultimate
German destination, will be take to a
prize court, where the owners must
prove that the ultimate de tination
was not Germany or the c.srgoe? will be
confiscated. This was made clear h.-re
? to-night by students of the situation.
The formal declaration that cotton is
contraband relieves unpleasant ten?
sion between thi? country and Great
Britain over the cases of the cotton
laden ships vhich have been held up.
England has been outside inlernational
law in hoblii'g these cargoes up. it was
pointed out.
While no definite advices have been
received by the Hritish Fmhas.sy on
any plan tot holding up the price of
cotton in this country, it was said that
exports from this country to neutral
( countries .or consumption in those
countries wculd probably be facili?
tated rather than hampered. It was
oointed out that some arrangement
' might I" made by which the British
iment could be assured that the
cotton was for neutral consumption
i and would permit the shipments to go
through with little difficulty.
Washington believes that some plan
is b??ing cor. idered by President Wil?
son for the relief of the cotton aitua
, tion, the details of which will be an?
nounced soon. Thi.? imoression was
given to Representative Lever, of
; South Carolina, in a recent conference
i with the Provident on the cotton situa?
: tion.
While no details of the plan have
( been learned and while it is not known
whether the President has been in
I touch with ?he British authorities, it is
believed that he will propose the ap?
pointment of .1 joint American and
British commission to devise means
for protecting the American cotton
farmer.
The nrono.al made in Great Britain '
- that the British government maintain
a certain price for cotton is believed
: to he the most reasonable. That would
I mean that Fngland would virtually
I "peg" cotton at a price to be fixed by
1 the ioint con,mission. Brokers repre?
senting the British government would
buy cotton whenever it went below the
I price at wnith it was "pegged." thus
i keeping up me figure.
! - i
Lord Milner Justifies
Britain's Cotton Policy
,r> i i ,o -oik* rm,.-..- )
London, Aug. 21. Lord Milner gave
,an interview to-day which may be re-I
, garded as t,n authoritative exposition
of the British at itude on the question
? of cotton as contraband.
"Lists of contraband articles," said
?Lord Milner, "vary necessrrily with
; every war. but the broad principle is
: clear enough. Anything may be de?
clared contrahaiul which is essential to
', a natp.n for carrying on war. The
present war has shown that the suc?
cessful conduct of military operations
requires an enormous consumption of
munitions of all kinds, and since cot- j
ton is the basis of almost all the pro?
pulsive exploaivea in actual use, va?t
quantities of cotton have been em?
ployed and . re in fact indispensable to
a belligerent." I
"Why, then, "At cotton not declared
contraband Ion* ago?" Lord '.Milner;
was asked.
"That question is one which only a
member of tht government can fully
1 answer," he replied. "I do not .suppose!
it was realiz.'d by the government or]
their advisers in the early months of i
. the war that . vast demand for cotton 1
i for military purposes would arise, and,
it is obvious that no government would i
wish to take ( step so restrictive of.
neutral ritrht , .is a declaration that i
cotton was contraband unless it was I
-atisfied that .mlitary necemiti?- com
palled it to do so The British govern- '
ment have all along been most anxious ?
not ',,. -'lain their belligerent rights.
In particular they have been anxious
to avoid fretion with the United
State?, la thi respect I think they ?
have truly '\terp ed the feelings of!
the nation.
' St ii'iment and policy alike cause us'
to de-ire most earnestly that the rela
tions between this country a*. ???
I United States should remain sal
correct, but cordial. I hav a?
that all fumbling '*M 1.J?5
t'on is due at bottom to consideraron
for the United Si
"Indeed, I ?louh' whether any ?'roi-j
measures at all woul.i ha? been taken
in the matter but for the length t?
which the German.? hu? t*one in their
submarine ?rarfar In the fac* of an
enemy who ituc ? ? -, y?
come necessary for Great Britnin to
use lu und
with less reserve. If fl'??sadly n<
?re incommoded thereby we are sin?
cerely sorry, but ?vos from a neutral
point of view a certain amount of in?
convenience and t_H an
indefinite prolongation of war, ??ne
daily ?rar as the Germana are now con?
ducting it."
"But if th?- new development of sub
manne waifare had anv in'luenee or.
the question, v> hy has the action no*
tiiki-n by the Bi ? iment been
delayed for so many month*.?"
"Because we tried In the ftfst in?
stance to ach???? u? object by
' other means. Thsl object ?rat ts pre
? vent cotton from lotting in*o ?.iern. ir.v
I dare ??ay it would have been bsttSI
since it was clearly intended to StOI
cotton from read ing (??rrasajr, to ?tat?
clearly and deftnitclj from the out?'.
that it v topped became I
was contraband
, "The position in international la*
seems c'uite deal : V j hav? no right to
I stop even contraband when it is clear.**
intended tor a neutral; vou ha-, i
right to stop it whei
nation is the enemy, even if it i? eon
sijrned to the neutral. It has now be*i
established fji Lalf a ce:
tury, veiy Inr? ly by Americas pre?
? dents, that where the ultimate deitin?
, tion of continua ; "***>
try, it can be stopped at any point o.
, its journey.
"What is kuite Ind ip it.bli
we have a riirht to declare cotton r??
traban?!. My doing 0 *<? r< p?lante
iur rm-ition, and r -'..rwsM
perfectly desr snd ansmbii
. is true we are not Rmnir to do an*
I thinir more than w? ?to already tryir.f
I to do namely, to restriet th? i-nport*
tion of eotton into neutral eountriei t?
[what i* required for the consumption
I of 'hese eountr. olutely
I rrevent cotton from passinjr thrown
| them into Germany but in puriui?"
' this course m future w? shall be for?
tified by having take: up a posit'?*.
| which I believe to be quit? unassaik
Lie from a Juridical print ol vio?.
ATTACK ON E-13
STIRS DENMARK
l ..munir.I from |n?s* 1
i mnrine until two more Dani-h torpea
boats came up. when -he withdrew
"At 'J o'clock, while the three J?
I ish torpedo boats were anchored e?'**
1 to the submarine, two German *
? boats approached from the so?",
' When about half a mile a*a, on* ??
' these hoisted n commercial flag- util?
! but before the commandme omccr
the B?ll had time to read it the I"-*"*
' man destrover (.rod a torpedo at ?
I trom a distance of abof v*'r
? The torpedo exrlodetl on hittmC ***
i bottom close to her.
"At the same mom-nt 'he t.erou ?
! destroyer tired with ail h?r ?."ins,
*"?
Lieutenant Commander LaytOB. "*?,n*
that his submarine was on fir* ?
and ?ft and unable to itefend "tT**l't
owing to her beini; ?ground, .
lor the crew to a ?**'"'
the nien were in the water tbey *(
fired upon by machine ({Uns and aw
ahrapnel ..._
"One of the Danish torpedo oo?
immoiliatelv Inveted her boat OB'
steamed betw-en the submarine a???
the German destroyer*, ?**?*
had to etas? ne aft?! withdraw.
Spain Protests Against
Sinking of Two Ships
Madrid, Aug. II ?via Par:- ?T,,?
Spanish f-overnment has pro-*-'"'
(?ermany against the torpedoin?* of ***?*??
-r-paniah steamers, the Parta C?iU'!tf
and the Isidoro, in the Korth ??*_ ?
The German Ambassador at >??{??
has written a private letter to the t?
eign .Minister expressing r?.'*"?-? __