New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-21
Will. AMERICA
STAND FOR THIS:
ALL LONDON ASKS
Question Is Hurled at
Every American Seen
in Public.
FATE OF ARABIC
FRIGHTENS MANY
Passage from White
Star Line-Comments by
English Editors.

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Try Cable 10 The Tribune
London, Aug. 90 The people Of Lon
don to-day discussed the sinking of the
Arabic from one viewpoint only viii
America stand for this?" This was the
question asked on every side, and it was
absolutely thrown at every American
seen.
IN the Savoy. Carlton and Cecil ho-
tells to-day groups or Americans con-
eregated to discuss the affair. A ma
jority of them characterized the affair
as the most deliberate afront ever Oh
fered to the United States.
Undoubtedly many Americans mere
have been so badly scared that the
will postpone their departure for home
to TIE latest possible moment while
there is rush Of Americans to trans
fer passages booked on the White Star
Line to the American lines.
Two circumstances somewhat mitl-
gated the blow of the disaster to-day
One was definite information that there
had been only two American victims
Mrs. Josephine l. Bruguiere and I'd
mund f. Woods The other is the uni
versal admiration felt for the conduct
Of both passengers and crew.
London was thrilled to-day by the
story Of the engine room STAFF who
stuck below. facing certain DEATH
while by their efforts making 1t pos
sible for the passengers to escape.
THROUGHOUT the city there is a general
feeling tat there ought TO be puoilc
recognition Of The work Of these he
roes.
Tells Of Mrs. Bruguiere's Death.
The news of Mrs Bruguiere's death
caused especial grief mere, where she
was well known. Her son told Inc
Tribune's Queenstown correspondent
TODAY that he and his mother were the
last persons to leave the promenade
deck. which they reached after the last
boat had left
"Not a single person. he said was
in sight except those in one Of the
boats which was TOO far away for
mother 10 jump into. managed, how
ever. 20 throw my two bulldogs, which
were whining at my feet, into TINS
boat Mother and then jumped into
,he water. swan with ser for twenty
minutes and then q piece OF wreckage
hit me on the head. ] lost conscious
ness. and when / came TO my senses
mother had disappeared Brugulere
has returned to stay at Warwick Cas-
tie. the residence Of H. W. March.
Every account Of the disaster reach
ing London tends to intensity the pub
lies horror at Germany's latest crime
while there is a savage desire for re-
taliation everywhere felt. American
feeling here was summed up by Am
bassador Page in an interview to-day
when he said:
81 don't suppose tor moment that
the small loss Of American lives would
have any influence in making public
opinion in America Tess concerned
about the loss Of the vessel"
Comment of Lonovn Editors.
The London newspapers to-day com
mented exhaustivelv on the sinking Of
tbs Arabic. The Pail Mall Gazette"
says:
Arabic TO a large extent was Amerl-
can owned, ard as American citizens
were aboard there can be no question
that the deliberately unfriendly' act
described in President WILSON'S last
note has been committed
"What the consequences Will be we
shall not attempt to prophecy.
"The Standard" says: The Ger
mans have not only committed an act
the type of which President Wilson
has announced he will regard as de-
liberately unfriendly, but have lntcn-
sifcd its unfriendhness by sinking
ship bound fol and not from an Amer
.can port"
THE Globe" says: IF President
Wilson remains quiescent under this
latest outrage We shall despair of the
United States as we should despair Of
the future Of a man who saw his chill
dren mauled by mad dog and only
wagged his finger at the infuriated
beast"
"The Manchester Guardian" makes
this comment: THAT the Germans in
the m.adle of controversy with the
United States should have repeated the
offences which are the subject of Presi-
dent Wilson's protest shows how little
they are abashcd by Americas moral
censures, or how little Germany is in
awe Of any possible action America may
take, This is not strength. but inso-
lence, which has always by the just law
of nature brought down its retribution."