Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — SITUATION SERIOUS WITH GERMAN NOW [ARTICLE]

SITUATION SERIOUS WITH GERMAN NOW

Sinking of Arabic May Bring About Severing of All Connections With German Government. Tension has increased in official quarters in Washington with the receipt of messages forwarding affidavits of American survivors of the British liner Arabic stating that the vessel was torpedoed without warning and at least some Americans had been lost. It seemed that but one point remained to be cleared—whether the Arabic attempted to ram the submarine or whether a change in the liner’s course to assist the already sinking ship, Dunsley, near by, was misinterpfeted by the German submarine commander as a hostile approach.* The attitude of the American government for the moment is receptive, anxiously awaiting accurate details and reserving judgment as to whether the act was deliberately unfriendly. The final decision rests with President Wilson. The total loss of life as a result of the sinking is now thought to be 25. Four of these are thought t< be Ameii-ans. A late dispatch from England reports ih-u tney have word of the sinking of another White Line vessel, the Bovic, carrying 318 passengers. The ship saiied from New York Aug. Bth.