The Chitina leader., 1915-08-31

Arabic situation unchanged No steps had taken
this except to get accurate information concerning
the disaster and all possible private and American
being consulted for this purpose The State Department
will let the German government initiate any examination into
the circumstances of the killing of the killing of the two Amer
lost the Arabic
WASHINGTON, Aug 24-President Wilson, through his
secretary Mr. Tumulty authorized the press representative
the people the United States in regard the Arabic
that of action will determined all the
facts and the true story of the disaster officially
Known Wilson intending to return to his home
at Cornsh N H. today but all his arrangements to that effect
have been cancelled cabinet meeting which for
morrow has also been postponed
E BERLIN, Aug 24-The newspapers of this city are
strangely silent about the sinking of the Arabic The govern
men has evidently forbidden all reports of the matter
and there appears editorial mention of the
No details of the attack by the submarine the White Star
liner have appeared any papers throughout the empire
WASHINGTON Aug. 24-Ambassador Won Bemstorff
has asked the United States to withhold its judgment the
sinking the Arabic until he has been appraised the German
version of the matter from headquarters, at Berlin.
WASHINGTON, Aug A-Secretary of the Treasury
has offered financial aid to the southern cotton planters
tide them the period of depression that to follow
the allies have declared cotton to be absolute conraband
of The secretary proposes to deposit thirty mil
lions of dollars in southern banks the institutions of the
federal system This money be used for reds
counting cotton loans The secretary says that this is not
satisfactory to the planters he will make deposits of gold with
the national banks which be borrowed by the producers
six per cent or less and at no rates exceeding that
MILAN Aug 24-The negotiations going between the
entente powers and the Balkan nations regarding the parcpa
ton of the latter the the side of the allies had
another difficult obstacle removed today when Serbia yielded
Itays contentious in regard to Albania Under the
reached today Serbia recognizes the predomnace of
Italian interests in Albania and will not dispute the reaza
ton of Romes ambitions that territory after the While
the compensation to be to Italy for her renuncaton of
her dream in Albania has not been made public it is felt that
she has been promised Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other
Slovonic provinces of the Dual Monarchy.
COLOGNE, Aug 24-The Gazette, one of the leading
papers of this city printed dispatch from Bucharest today
stating that the Roumanan government had ordered all the
railways within the empire have their rolling stock at the
disposal of the September A. The order
signed by Roumania minister of and is construed
that Roumana has made her mind to enter the conflict
LONDON, Aug 25-The Balkan States unquestionably
nearer determination of their future relations with warning
than they have been but official step has
been taken toward revival of the Balkan league and its ad
heson to the Allies
BERLIN Aug 25-The Socialist leaders have held several
conferences at which they decided that there must be
sion of Turkish territory annexation
foreign territory result of the The party demands
the establishment of court for the adjustment of all future
conflicts between nations.
LONDON, Aug 25-The furious efforts of the Teutonic
armies during the last twenty hours have not been fruit
full of results They have reached the dreaded swamp
and the German the TeuOns face serious
obstacle the immense roadless and prpt The
Hungarian papers declare that the tactical positions of the
Russians this region extremely favorable the rain and
mist hamper reconnaissance and artillery fire.
WASHINGTON, Aug 25-President Wilson has been in
formed unoaly from close to Bernstor that the
the steamer Arabic will be satisfactory to the United States
is expected that Germany make proposals to salts
the American people respecting submarine attacks purely
passenger ships There will also be from Germany
that it desires avoid break with the United States This
received with much satisfaction by the administration
and relieves the situation greatly. -"
BERLIN, Aug. 25-The only information the government
has reference the sinking of the liner Arabic has been
ceived from Queenstown The newspapers dispatches have
thrown but little light the destruction of the steamer and
until official advces received from the foreign office the
will not discuss the declare its policy The
officials the foreign Office there intention of Outng
United States sinking any vessels that will bring about
situation like that dealt with alphabetically the last Amer
note.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 25-The Russians still in posses
sion of Bayso but it reported that large part of the
railway from the north and the west in the hands of the
Germans is now expected that the German army will en-