The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22
international Questions Are
Looming Large in London
News of the Day Now.
IAl-L EYES ARE ON AMER a
IBut Little News fronthe Figllt:;
inq Areas Beyond That u
thesGuIf OF Riga.
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1nesaulI Oi hlya.
LONDON. August 21InternaSs
ltfona1 questions including those nes.
Tween the United States anqs
1Germany arising from the sin king OF
ithe steamer Arabic with the loss OF
lAmerican lives and between tgss
united States and the allies as 1Ehe'
result or the declaration OF cotton As
absolute contraba loomed Aar Ge n "
news of the day.
! There continued to be. much spec
lulation as to what action, Y any nssS 81
lInited States will take with regaraN
to the Arabic, especially as tne eN1s
ldence of officers and passengers goes
to show that the Arabic was not con-
vowed and received no warning OF an
I imnendfng attack. It ISL asserted
mat inasmuch as no one aboard the
stea mer saw the submarine thexs
could have been no intention ON InsS
part of Capt. Finch to ram the Nz9ss =
derwater graft.
Less objection Expected
In respect to the declar ation Of COT
ton as contrabaud it rs expect ed q &c
that America Will offeT less Aer1o81ss
nbiection to this step than TO the Or
der ia council unier which cargoes
from America now are dealt wit
Denmark Is hSguant.
AIongside these question: in winch
4 America is particularly tnterested sas
4 fhe fndignation aroused in nsDenmaNk
az the result Of the attack ny S5sLzz
man destroyers on the Brattsn SUD
marine Fcz13 after it was stranded On
, : Danfgh island According to the
British ofhcial account and re rqnsk
from Copenhagen the E-lS eaass
Eagroun1 Thursday morning: ne Oh
fieers and crew were busy trying 90
lrefloat it under orders from tne 1@5tas
fsh naval authorities. VINO ha Il setsz
len them "a hours to accomplish LIS
! task when German destroyers aIss
neared nsa. on the scene. One Of then1
after firing a torpedo which mis-
| It's mark, is reported to have openeAs
fire with It's guns even after the crew
| had abandoned the submarine VI men
was afire.
Fres at Men in Water.
THE British OFFICIAL account sayss
lthe German destroyer fired at ts1es
men In the water with machine guns
and shrapne1. Not until after = a. u
lish destroyers got between the g eE1ss
mans and their prey did they cease
thirty members OF the crew OF ths
lsnbrnarfne were killed and their bod
lies will be sent ZONE in BAntsne
warship Those who .escaped VIII pc
inferred in Denmark. The Dan1sn
government has protested to Ger
many while the press OF all hhsss
candinayian countries expresses It's
concern at the violation ot neusxas
territorp.
The activity Of German submax x1nes
also has brought a protest from
spanish government. which has ioage9as
! claim for the sinking OF the stea an1eE
Isidoro. The German amba dor g s
pressed his regrets at the accld
Since then another Spanish steAmeLs
the Terfa Castillo, has been SUNK pysS4
German submarine and 1t Is expecee4.
another claim will be fled.
RmIRarIan Invasion Feared.
,Telaerams from the Balkan CAPITA
state that Turco-BuIgartan relations
have reached the breaking POINT ana
that Turkey Is strengthening ics 10Ls
tff1cations in Thrace because OK fnes
fear of q Bulgarian invasion. No 0PeaS
breach between the Bulgars and luz
is likely, however. until Sulsss4sss
learns whether the Serbian par1t9=s
ment. which has been in secret sesS
sion for three days, is willingto cede
Macedonia to It.
Venixelos is back In power IN
Greece but 1t fs questionable wnefns
ne viii be SO ready to Join the allies
as he was before the political crisis
and the dispute with hlnB S.01l.e.sssf S01n.
tine, which caused his downfall earl
In the year. IS
Beyond reports Of naval engaga
ment IN the gulf of Riga, In WI nickt
according to German reports, the Rus a.
SLAMS lost one destroyer and two gun
beats and the Germans one destroy
while each had other vessels "a Ea n,
aged there has been little news from
the lighting areas This naval act1yttHss
IN tie gulf OF Riga, where the Hus-s
slams apparently have only small era
foreshadows another big German oIzs
fensive against Riga and throughout
the Baltic provinces. With thelSa44 Of
the Polish fortresses. Field MaTsna4
Won Hfndenburg now can comInAnsA
large reenforecments for this ventn res
with Riga, assaIIed from sea ands IAN
In German hands there may even 1ss
an attempt to advance towards sPetSos
To Divide Russians.
Meantime however, the Germ
and Austr: ans. following up theIE
vantage, are endeavorin4 to make
BrestI I.ftoVek line untenable for 3
Russians One ofs their armies