The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-22
ENGLAND

LONDON, Aug. 21.-That the liner
Arabic neither attempted to ram the
German submarine that sank her, nor
sought to escape, was the conviction
expressed tonight by admiralty Off
cials,
The admiralty has received no Off
clal report either from Captain Finch
of the Arabic, or from the White Star
officials. The liners commander 10
expected to arrive here Monday to
make complete statement. But off-
clals pointed out tonight survivors ap-
parently were unanimous In stating
the submarine that sank the Arabic
was not sighted, either before or aft.
er the attack and that consequently
1t would have been Impossible for the
Arabic to have attempted to destroy
her. or to have sought safety in flight.
"The official announcement that the
Arabic was not under convoy when
she was sunk, closes one loop-hoies
through which the Germans may have
planned to justify their act" said an
admiralty official tonight.
"The OFFICIAL report from Captain
Finch, we are confident will close the
others. II will be interesting to SEQ
what Berlin will have to say"
What probably will be the final
statement regarding the number Of
survivors and Of those who perIshed
was given out by the White Star line
here toniaat.. This showed that 80
persons, two Of them Americans, lost
their lives through the sinking Of the
Arabic. The survivors number 800.
These are divided as follows: Grew
saved, 227; missing, 21; cabin pas
sengers, saved 121; missing II; steer
age passengers, saved AZ; missing s.
TrawIers and patrol ships continued
to search the sea off Eastnet all day
for bodies Of the submarines Victims,
but early this evening the Queens
town morgue held only two victims
a man and = woman--and neither had
been positively identified. A report
that the bodies Of Mrs. Josephine Bru-
guiere Of New York and her maid had
beenTreeovered and identified has not
been confirmed In dispatches to tho
White Stars offices.
COTTON AS coNTRABAND.
LONDON, Aug. 21.-The British
government issued a statement to-
night, announcing that cotton has
been placed on the list Of absolute
contraband. but declaring steps will
be taken to safeguard the interests
Of American cotton growers 80 far
as is possible"
The French government will make
formal announcement Sunday morn
Ing, placing cotton on the French alb
soIute contraband list. Officials here
tonight expressed the hope that
through this action, the principal
source Of controversy between the
allies and the United States would be
removed and satisfactory under
standing finally be reached.
While circumstances might have
justified an earlier announcement,
said the official statement, the gov
ernment is glad to think that tho
local conditions Of American interests
likely to be affected, are more favor
able to such step now than year
ago.
Moreover, the soy,-nment contem-
plates the initiation Of measures TO
relieve, as far as possible. any abnor-
NAL depression which might tempor-
ariIy disturb market conditions"
Officials would not explain what
these measures" contemplated by the
government are. The suggestion has
been made from time to time that the
British government itself buy suffi-
cient portion Of the American crop to
prevent drop In prices and resell Il
to British cotton consumers or to
neutral interests who would give POSI-
tive guarantees that none Of the cot
ton reached Germany TO be used In
the manufacture Of war munitions.
Wheher It was this suggestion the
has in mind, was not In
dicated.
SUBMARINES CAPTURED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-SeveraI Ger
man submarines capture/ by the Brit
isf since the first of June, have been
repaired and are actually In service
with the British fleet.
The United Press learned this to-
night from passenger aboard tho
White Star liner Cymric arriving here
today, whose source Of information