The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
ENGLAND
[sy Ed. /. Keen, United Press STAR

[ey Ed. /. Keen, United Press Staff
correspondent.]
LONDON, March 3o.- Enoland's
horror over tho torpedoIno Of tho
steamers FaIaba and AguIIa with q
loss Of life now estimated at ~, gave
way today to grave concern for the
safety Of other big passenger-carryIno
liners about TO enter the German "war
zone"
Representatives. Of big shipping
companies besleged the admiralty Of
flcss early today. They were assured
that most extraordinary precautions
have boon taken to protect trans-At-
lantic liners from New York from sub.
marine attacks during their passage
through the Irish sea.
All night crowds thronged about
the ofsSces Of the Elder line hero, In
qulrtng for relatives aboard the liner
Fataba.
Ea1y today officers Of the Elder line
admitted they had practically aban-
doned hope for ITO passengers and
crew Of the FaIaba still mIssIns.
Trawlers rakIng the waters of the
southern coast Of Wales early today
reported sighting a number Of dead
bodies. Reports from FIshguard re-
eardIng the exact loss Of life aboard
the AouIla were still contradictory.
but the admiralty reported twenty
three Of the AsuIa's crew and three
passengers missing The London
press today expressed the horror Of
the nation over the sinking Of the
Falaba and the AguIla with heavy
loss Of life to non-combatants. Par
ticuiariy they dweit on the manning
Of women passengers by gun fire. Be
tween the lines was conveyed the
warning that now that a big passen-
ger-carrylng steamer actually had
been sunk by German torpedo, other
liners may expect to meet the same
fate.
The admiralty, however, insisted
that there was no ground for the be-
lief that any Of the big liners plying
between New York and Liverpool
would be sent to the bottom by sub
marine. Officials pointed out that the
FaIaba could make but fourteen knots
an hour and that she was therefore
easy prey for an eighteen knot SUBJ
marine. Fast liners, the admiralty Of
ffcIals repeated, had nothing to fear
from submarine attacks.
Without exception the London pa
psrs today declared that the torpedo
Inc Of the Faiaba, with its hslplsss
passsngers and the attsek upon the
Aeuila twas 4 savage massacre"
At the same time they united IN
the declaration that Germany 10 now
"at the end Of her string"
"The Germans are evidently des-
perate," said the Times
1.-THE new turn given to their SUBJ
marine campaign indicates the failure
Of It's first objective, which was to
put an end to our foreign trade. That
has failed, and the present move 10
the result. Having declined to be
frightened by sham blockade, we
are to get a taste Of the friqhtfuIness
Germany inflicted on the helpless Bel
CLANS"
ALCOHOL AS ENEMY.
DBy Wilbur S. Forrest. United Press
staff Correspondent
LONDON, March 30.-AII England
may 60 "dry.' ......
Tho cabinet today thoroughly dis
cussed the proposition that Great
Britain be made prohibition territory
during the war. The plan has the
heartiest sanction Of Chancellor Of the
Exchequer David Lloyd George. No
positive decision was reached at to-
days meeting, but 1t was informally
reported that the ministery would
place either severe restriction on
drinking through the empire or else
total prohibition. Authorities consider
the government already possesses
ample power to put such revolution
ary "pubIic safety" measure Into
force, even though unsupported by
specific act Of parliament.
England Is the only nation In the
world war which has SO far not recog-
nIzed that King Alcohol Is It's inter
nal enemy. Russia Is practically pro-
hibition territory now. France has
stringent rules to prevent weakening