Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-30

I12,35O for the British. Officially the
Germans have admitted the loss of
only one capital ship, the Lutzow,
26 5000 tons, a vessel SURPRISING in
tonnage and armament many battle
ships. The British claim to have
sunk in addition two dreadnaughts
and probably third. The principal
losses admitted by them for their side
are the three battle cruisers, the In
yincible, the Indefatigable and the
Queen Mary. :,
One other event on the sea aroused
intense interest. On June Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener, Great Brit
aims famous minister for war, was
drowned with his staff off the DIRK
news when the cruiser Hampshire
went down. 1t was at first thought
the cruiser had been the victim OF
submarine but this theory was gen
erally discarded when it was learned
that the warship had struck mine
and had gone down in the midst OF
a terrific storm.
Memorable Year for L. 5.
The second year of the war was
| memorable one as far as the UnitHd
States was concerned. 1t marked
the apparent final passing of the cri-
/, sis between this country and Ger
many over the submarine warfare
which threatened more than once a
runture of relations and even war.
The sinking by submarine without
warning of the White Star liner Ara
bic. with the loss of two American
lives. created a profound impression
in the United States. Germany sent
a note to Washington in September
pleading self-defense and offering to
refer the question OF compensation 70
The Hague but this was regarded
with Disappointment by the Washing
ton government and the situation be-
J., came very tense. In OCTOBER Ger
many disavowed and regretted the
, sinking of the Arabic.
"Five months later the French
steamship Sussex was torpedoed WITH
mt warming while carrying more
than 5000 passengers, including
number of Americans, across the
| English Channel. About fifty per
J sons were killed and this incident
brought the submarine situation tf
an acute stage. Germany at hrs
: disclaimed responsibility for the at
: tack on the Sussex but the evidence
= accumulated by the United States ap
neared so overwhelming that Presl
| dent wilson on April 1S dispatched Il
: Germany a note which was virtual!
: an ultimatum. and on the following
day personally appeared before con
: gress and laid the entire problem be
a fore that body. On May 10 German.
t admitted the submarine attack OF
s the Sussex and promised that n
r more liners would be sunk withou
g warning and without ample oppor
t tunity for the escape of crews an
: passengers. These promises Wer
:, considered satisfactory by the presl
t dent and the war cloud lifted. Sine
that time a large number of ship
d have been sunk by German and Aus
l. TRAN submarines but the rules OF in
9 ternational law have been generali
= observed.
Illegal Activities Pro.Germans Ceas'
8 Another cause of friction betwee
the United States and the Centrs
n Powers was also removed during tn
e wear. Since the outbreak OF the wa
it certain propagandists had been bus
lie instigating strikes in munitlon 1a'
n, tories which had contracts with tn
le allies and in endeavoring in otne
ways to interfere with this trade. re
st his activity in this respect the reca
ts of DR.. Constantin Dumba. Austria
e ambassador, was requested by Pres
y dent Wilson in September. the 10
n lowing December, for similar reason
le the president requested the recall
III CAPTAIN Boyd and Capt. Won Pape
rs naval and military attaches respec
y. lively to the German embassy.
g, number of convictions were obtaint
n in the criminal courts In other cas-
ir and the propaganda ceased.
IN Apart from events in the actu
90 war theatres the most striking eve
Up of the year in connection with u
lg conflict was an uprising in 1relai
ke in April. The outbreak was organi
IT. ed by society known as the Sill
Fein, committed to the principle
he an independent Ireland. Bloc
es fighting took place in Dublin in viii
20 hundreds of lives were lost and t
it. heart of the business section destro
to ed, at a cost of many millions of d.
n lars. The fighting was sporadic els
he where in the islands and of min
lst importance. The revolt was ma