The midland journal., 1915-08-27
NO WARNING WAS GIVEN
Eight American Citizens Be-
Iieved to Be Lost.
Millions In American Securities Went
Down With The Survivors
All Agree That The German
Submarine Gave No Warning.


en the State Departments list Of
American passengers not found among
survivors Of the lost White Star liner
Arabic. A dispatch from the consul
at Queenstown, relayed by Ambassador
Page, at London, gives the list:
Mrs. F. T. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Burgess, J. Kellett, Mrs. Jo-
sephine l. Bruguiere, DR.. Edward
F. Woods, James Houlihan and
Thomas Fillmore.
No decision has been reached by
President Wilson and his advisers as
TO what the course of the government
should be in connection with the sink
ing of the Arabic, and none will be
until all the facts are at hand and
Z sufficient time has been given for their
thorough consideration. One of the
main points to be determined Is
whether the Arabic was under the
convoy of British warships when she
was torpedoed. If she was being con-
voyed the German submarine was
within its rights in sinking her with
out warning. And this government
would not be entitled to make an issue
Of the case with Germany.
But the State Department does not
believe that the Arabic was under con-
voy. This belief is based on state
ments of survivors that they were In
small boats Of the liner four and a
half hours before they were picked up
by steamers sent to their relief.
According to thesview of officials of
the department. the boats OF the Arabic
would have been picked up by the con-
voying vessels long before the expira-
ton OF that length of time If the
Arabic had been under convoy when
she was torpedoed
Several of the American survivors
were injured.
The White Star Line officials in New
York figured IA passengers in all miss
ing or lost, and according to their
checking Of the list only two of these
are Americans. Mrs Josephine L.
Bruguiere and DIR. Edmund Woods
The American Consul at Queens
town, Lewis C. Thompson, is supply
ing the American survivors with all
necessities. He has provided for them
documents which will enable them to
travel without being inconyenienced
by military regulations.
The attitude Of the American gov
eminent for the moment is receptive.
anxiously awaiting accurate details
and reserving Judgment as to whether
the action was deliberately unfriend-
ly.'' The final decision rests with
President Wilson.
London The White Star liner
Arabic, bound from Liverpool for New
York with $50 passengers, 26 of whom
were American citizens, and a crew
of 24S, was torpedoed without warn
ing by German submarine off Fast
net Light and sank within IL minutes.
Three hundred and ninety-one sur
vivors have been landed at Queens
town and other ports. The remaining
30 are believed to have been lost. Not
more than six of them. it is reported,
were passengers.
1t has not yet been determined
whether any American lives were lost
In the first official lists of survivors
compiled the names of 10 Americans
known to have been aboard as pas
sengers fail to appear.
Great Hole Torn In Ship.
The torpedo struck the liner on the
starboard side, about 100 feet from the
stern. 1t tore great gap in the ships
side. making the water-tight compart-
ments useless. The scene of the tor
pedoing was about 40 miles from Old
Head of Kinsale. the grave of the
Lusitania.
The White Star Line issued an on
cial statement containing the state
ment of Captain Finch of the Arabic,
In which he asserts that the liner was
torpedoed without warning.
In view of the fact that the vessel
was westbound. and that she carried
neither guns nor ammunition, London
received, with stupefaction the news OF
the attack 1t was hardly believed
possible here. considering the tension
between the United States and Ger
many over previous submarine attacks
that Berlin would give deliberate prov
ocation to the United States Govern
ment.
Oficiai London tonight finds it diff
fcult to conceive a motive for the at
tack Although the Arabic has beer
In the arms-carrying trade since the
beginning of the war she had unload
cd the cargo of war supplies and was
bound for New York with genera
cargo of merchandise.
Reports are prevalent that the yes
sci carried large consignment oi
American securities which had beer
sold by English investors against de
livery in New York The amount o.
these securities il not known. but re