Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-20
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The Sinking Of the Arabic.

Is the destruction of the Arabic Ger
many's official reply to the American
note? Every German submarine COM
mander knows that a passenger ship
nag she flies, presumably carries Amer
lean citizens. If the commander of the
submarine which sank the Arabic de-
liberately destroyed an unconvoyed
and unwarned passenger ship without
taking the precautions prescribed by
international law, it is to be assumed
that he inteded deliberately to murder
Americans. Their escape from death, if
all of them escaped, in no way modi-
fies his intention.
The Baltimore American:
Sinking Of the Arabic.
BY sending to the bottom. off the
south coast of Ireland, the White Star
liner Arabic. Germany has served notice
on this country and on the rest of the
world that it will continue to use it's
submarines for the destruction of enc
my shipping. AS in the case of the
Lusitania, the Arabic was sunk with
out warning, and the lives of the hun
dreds on board were placed in danger
1t was not through the efforts Of Ger
man sailors that the majority were
saved from death. AS far as the Ger
tragedy could have been repeated and
they would have been we'll satisfied.
The Boston Globe:
No More Talking; Action Now.
If we assume that the Arabic was
torpedoed without warning and
American lives have been lost, then the
country must decide the grave question
of what must be done. 1t will be a
question Of doing, not talking.
President Wilson has exhausted all
peaceful and usual means to protect
American lives upon the seas. He can
not now repeat what he has already
asserted three times.
Should investigation prove that it was
the Germans who have again jettisoned
interna tional law, then they have tor
pedoed the good will Of the United
States.
The India napolis Star:
Will It Be Accountability
President Wilson has never retracted
his original contention in the first note
to Germany that the seas are free, and
that American lives must be respected.
Will it be "strict accountab ility'' or
another note of protest from the hu-
manitarlan standpoint.
| The Chattanooga Times:
Remains for Wilson to Act.
| Unless later details shall place the
d oiHcfeIt llSnt, the relations
between our government and that of
Germany have reached a climax from
the consequences of which there is no
possibility of retreat.
1t remains for President Wilson TO
act in accordance with the policies he
has laid down as covering any such
incident as is now reported.
The st. Paul Pioneer-Press:
Shows Willingness to Affront.
No one believes Germany means in.
tentionally to affront the United States
but pursuance of her naval policy to-
ward passenger ships, regardless Of the
fact that Americans may be among the
sufferers, indicates to many that she
or not
The Salt Lake Tribune:
Further Discussion Useless.
1t may turn out that no American
lives were lost on the Arabic, but even
if all were saved the act must be con-
sidered as deliberately unfriendly' :"
and it cannot be explained away We
do not know what action will be taken
but We hold to the belief that it is
worse than useless to continue discus
sion of submarine warfare with Berlin.
The ST. Louis Globe Democrat:
As Grave as When Maine Was Sunk.
If any Americans were lost then the
situation is far graver than immedi-
ately after the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania, when SO many lives were lost.
II American lives were lost. then the