Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - August 22, 1915, Washington, District Of Columbia WANT AD DIRECTORY THIRD SECTION Paces 8, 9, 10. and 11. probably showers In morrow NO. SUNDAY AUGUST 22, HIVE ITALY DECLARES WAR ON WILL ATTACK U. S. TO HEAR GERMAN SIDE OF ARABIC AFFAIR BEFORE RUSSIAN FLEET BEATEN IN BRITISH TORPEDO CRUISER s Sultan Fails to Yield to the Italian Ambassador at Italy Has Swift Fleet and Army Ready to Strike Clash Results From Ottoman Refusal to Allow Subjects of King Victor to Depart From Official Word Sent From Rome Asserts That Promises Made by the Turkish Authorities Have Been Deliberately Between Nations Has Long lems Being Accused of Fomenting Revolt in Tripoli and Urging the Native Tribesmen to Attack Italian Outposts Aug 21 declaration of war against Turkey was announced here The declaration came at the end of a short cabinet session which was convened immediately upon receipt of the Turkish reply to the Italian The Italian demands were that all including reservists of the king's be permitted to leave Turkey without Populace Welcomes The reply of the was as had been and it was only left for the cabinet to proceed formally to the declaration The meeting was held amid scenes of great the populace apparently being lor strife with the Italian Ambassador Demands Aug di Italian Ambassador to today handed to the porte a note declaring Italy ered herself in a state of war with Turkey and demanded his according to an official telegram from Constantinople re- at Amsterdam and transmitted to the Central Ambassador Leaves The Italian Ambassador demanded his passports and has left The reasons given in the note for Italy's declaration of war were the support given by Turkey to the revolt in Libya and the prevention of the departure of Italian residents from Italy Ready to Strike ITALY'S WAR DECREE COMPLETES LINE AGAINST GERMANY'S ALLIES The having tailed to answer Italy's ultimatum to Italian subjects to leave the Italian Ambassador to Con- announced that state of war existed between the two He demanded his passports at receiving left In Borne the declaration of war was It Is the Turkish Ambassador was given his but no official ment regarding this has been Italy follow out announced two days sending a swift cruiser fleet and 15O.OOO troops to the Italy's action completes the line-up of the entente powers against the central although no declaration was Italy and Germany have been virtually at The nations are thus tf ENTENTE t News dispatches recently stated that a squadron of the fast Italian cruisers ai being held in readiness to sail from Taranto Italy at a momenta notice and it was expected these warships would be lent against ably to the Dardanelles if hostilities were declared It also was said that simultaneously with the declaration of war by Italy about men would be sent to aid the Franco-British forces In the fighting on the SUld Italy's Official Declaration The Italian a dispatch from Rome has sent to all its representatives abroad a circular dls patch setting forth the questions at issue between Italy and The dispatch closes with these words In view of these obvious infractions of categorical promises made by the man government and following upon our ultimatum of August 3 provoked by sions of the Ottoman government par with regard to the free de- parture of Italian subjects from Asia Minor the Italian government has sent Instructions to its Ambassador at Con- to declare upon Long in Although declared war on tria on May 24 and hostilities between the two powers began there has never been any declaration of war between Italy and the ally of while until now Italy and the ally of the tral powers nominally have been at peace Friction between Turkey and however has been in evidence since after the latter s entry Into the war in June there were re- ports that Italian consuls were leaving Turkey and that ican officials were taking over the looking out for Italian interests charges were made that the ROOSEVELT FOR Severing Relations With many Not He Former in Statement Issued at Oyster Expresses Hope That Ad- ministration Will Hot Take View That Dismissal of Bernstorff Will Be All That Is Oyster N Aug 21 President Theodore Roosevelt issued the following statement here tonight see this suggested in the papers that the German answer to our last that the sinking of the Arabic by a and the con- sequent murder of certain American will be adequately met by the administration dismissing Bernstorff and severing diplomatic relations with Germany I earnestly hope the ad- ministration wilt not take this for to do so would be a fresh sacrifice of American honor and interest First Note Excellent The President s note to Germany in February last was an excellent if only It had been lived up to But every subsequent note has represented nothing but weakness and timidity on our side and the of the tania and of the the attacks on the and Falaba and all the similar incidents that have occurred represent the arrogant answers which this weakness has Inspired Germany will care nothing for the mere ance of diplomatic Time for Words Long time for words on part of this nation has long and it is Inconceivable American Ottoman government was preventing who to be Inheritors of the these consuls from leaving and that 1 tions of and Lincoln that similar coercion was being exerted our governmental representatives shall over Italian civilians who wished to not see that tile time for- deeds has quit Turkish soil On July 20 advices came from Rome the Italian government had ad- dressed a note to the United States CONTINUED ON SIXTH come What has just occurred is a fresh and lamentable proof of the wisdom of people In not having beginning of active military preparedness thirteen Riga Reported Bombarded as a Result oi ONE GERMAN SHIP IS Aug German fleet has penetrated the Gulf of Riga after an engagement between advance squadrons of small vessels of both Beets In this battle two Russian one Russian torpedoboat and one German torpedoboat were de- the last named by a a second German torpedoboat was run ashore after a and a also damaged by a was towed back to a German port. A Stockholm dispatch reports that the German Baltic fleet has defeated the Russian fleet and is now barding Riga German Russian vessels which were sunk were the gunboats and and a torpedoboat A statement from the German ad- concerning the reads as follows Baltic naval forces penetrated the Gulf of Riga after mine sweepers had swept the mine field and net ob- In the outpost engagements developed a Russian torpedoboat of the Emir was de- and other among them the and one large vessel were while Ing 4 On the evening of the 19th, In Moon the Russian gunboats and were sunk by artillery fire and after brave re- sistance Forty members of the including two v some severely were rescued by our of our were damaged by One one was run aground and one was escorted to port. o loss of life waa Larger Russian Fleet newspaper Russky Invalid that the chief units of the Russian Baltic fleet are not in the Gulf of which a German fleet has entered and engaged the sian naval The Gulf of the newspaper Is defended by mines and small The and were sister ships of. 857 tons They were- 218 feet long. feet feet MASK U Body of Mrs. Dr. Woods Still NO IS NECESSARY Liner Not Under Nor Did She Try to American Consulate Is. Procuring From Hit by Torpedo While Going to Aid Of the Steamer Which Had Pre- Been Finch Leaves for Persons Missing Were Not Aboard Say Line Staple Is Placed in Class by FRANCE TO FOLLOW SUIT Aug. 21 has been declared absolute contraband by Great according to a ment issued by the foreign office this The statement declares that the government proposes to initiate measures to relieve depression which might temporarily disturb the cotton market because of the contraband It was learned upon at the foreign office that the French ment will issue a similar notice early Will Help Out Market The announcement of the foreign of- decision was made In the ing majesty's government have de- clared cotton absolute contraband While the circumstances have justified such action at an earlier his majesty's government are glad to think that local conditions ot American Interests likely to be affected are more favorable for such a step than they were a year and his majesty's government contemplate In- of to relieve as far possible any abnormal depression might temporarily disturb ket The declaration making cotton con- traband Is effective from A royal proclamation concerning the sub- ject was published In a supplement of the London Gazette Issued Decree Signed by It is very After a preamble citing previous proclamations ing It we dp hereby de- by and with the advice of our privy that during the uance of the or until we do give further public the following articles will be as absolute contraband in addition to those out In our royal proclamations cotton cotton waste and cotton France to Issue Aug 21 announces that the Journale tomorrow will contain an an- by the French and governments declaring cotton absolute contraband of Aug. 22 Thirty-nine persons lost their lives In the sinking of the steamer the White Star Line announced late last night after completing an regarding the total number of persons It is stated that 12 6 steerage sengers and 21 members of the crew cannot be accounted for and be put as TBe coroner Inquest Drill be over bodies and consequently who was waiting to give left for Did Not Try to Aug 21 no official report on the sinking of the Arabic has been it is learned on inquiry in official circles here that the British government Is satisfied that the Arabic did not attempt to escape or to ram the submarine which sank This conclusion is the result of ments made by Capt and other survivors All agree that the sub- marine was not sighted before the pedo was The instead of attempting to had been slowed down for the purpose of ascertaining whether assistance could be given to the steamer previously Was Not The British government today the statement that the ship Arabic was not being convoyed when she was In accordance with instructions from the State Department at Washington the American consulate is procuring affidavits from American bearing particularly the assertion that no warning was given by the sub- torpedoed the Statements of this nature already have been taken from Mr and Mrs. P W A. Zellah and Miss B. 3S Dr. Edmund F Woods and Mrs. phine L. are the only cans who were 0 Over the AMPLE WARNING WAS GIVEN Presence of Americans Aboard Cannot Save British Advices Front Berlin Show That Loss of Liner With American Eives Is Not Looked Upon as Grave many Does Not dize but Declines to Modify Its Mode of Warfare Because Citizens of United States Are Aboard Vessels in War TORPEDO A GERMAN CRUISER Submarine Mark in bat No Aug. Brit- ish submarine has torpedoed a German cruiser in the Baltic This announcement is made in an official The statement the fighting in the Guff of day and the enemy's losses were not less than two British submarine fully torpedoed a German croiser in the Baltic The Russians apparently mit no losses in the Golf of Riga A German statement sued yesterday declared that the gunboats and and a torpedoboat were while several others y ere KARL H. VON sees no more reason why America should break her because of the Arabic than she saw in the ala. According to my advices from the German attitude That Americans have had ample storff cans beyond a doubt the gers of crossing the ocean in a British That it is well known many has not and has no intention of the U- boat war on British ships Great Britain brings her own attitude within International which was first violated on the That it Is unnecessary for Americans to take such risks and incur such dangers when they can travel under their own flag in perfect That Germany will not de- viate from nor modify her sub- marine campaign against Brit- ain unless Great Britain takes the first step in that That Germany will not nor ly jeopardize the lives of cans whenever or wherever but that the presence of an American on board not and will not be recognized and regarded as constituting a living human passport rendering such enemy ships Go at Their Own Not In so many but in the attitude Is that under existing con- ditions a British ship is little more or less than besieged and going aboard do so in full ot the danger at their own risk It is not denied that Americans have such rights under old international but that Americans also have the right to trade with Germany in non- which the British refuse to recognize My numerous based on my knowledge of the tion in Germany and the character mood and temper of the men who run have shown that Germany would not give up or relax her U-boat even at the risk of a break with Events have confirmed this American Colony There Is considerable relief and Berlin that so few lives were The news of the sinking caused considerable nervousness among some of the American and there were the usual all off But the Impression now appears to be that not even the sinking of the Arabic would result in a break between the two By a singular the official announcement was published that the kaiser hatl conferred the order Four le upon Admiral von with the news of the ing of the I understand the order was conferred two or three days but some Germans remark that the foreign press will probably make it appear that it was conferred for the Arabia bj the Eten Doubt as to Conditions Deter mines President to Delay Making Decision Officials Here Realize That It May Be Two Weeks Before Berlin Is Able to Get Report From Submarine Com- but Declares Justice Makes Conflicting Statements of Survivors and the Action of British Censor in Certain News Features Place tion in Which Consuls Were Ordered to Get Fail to sages From Ambassador Page Fail to Throw Real Light on the Reasonable doubt as to conditions surrounding the slating of the Star liner Arabic has determined the Washington government to proceed with deliberation in Its purpose to flx responsibility for the loss of at least two American lives and the jeopardizing of a score of Full y an Mfe SAIL DESPITE Passengers Express No Fear on Leaving New MOST i man in sinking the liner IB apparent disregard the solemn protest of the United States government against the tion of merchant vessels bearing American passengers without proper ing and opportunity President and Secretary Lansing conferred yesterday on Arabic situation with the text of the two messages from Ambassador Page at London before giving the details of the destruction of the ship far as they have been gathered from More Data Are Sought The Ambassador and consular officials in England have been Instructed to supplement their reports with all available information bearing upon the physical facts of the The additional affidavits will be studied but in the meantime the German explanation will be 1 Gerard to Ask Ambassador Gerard at Berlin will instructed to look to the German gov. for an explanation of sinking of the or at least for a statement of the so far as they have been reported to the admiralty by the commander of the That this might take a fortnight It realized from the fact that the German admiralty has heretofore declared that it could communicate with sub- marines on the lanes only witb and that often it was sary to await their return to It Is recalled that so far the State Department has unable to secure reports from the German foreign omes In the case of the shelled more than a fortnight and the same de- lay experienced in the and Nebraskan Sense of the possibility of delay H has been decided that In a mat. ter of such gravity and importance the amities of diplomatic as well as a sense of exact quire that the German government given full to present side of the case before the action to taken by the United States Is mined upon Some officials thought there were in- consistencies la the statements of some of the survivors as to what actually took place They also noted the action of British news censors In suppressing press dispatches dealing with details of the tragedy as an indication that there might be some condition surrounding the Ing of the Arabic which materially qualify first judgment upon tha act of the German submarine Affidavits At official dispatches day referred only to casualty list and threw no on the very of the tragedy on which seeks Considering the department's tlon to the vice si to secure affidavits from all the can passengers and If possible from officers of the some OK Activity of German Submarines Fails to Have Any Material Effect on European the New York 33 cana Take Paul Detained at Liverpool for 4. limit IS Southern Liverpool for New Aug 21 activities of German submarines had no apparent effect on sailings of transatlantic ships from this port today Four ing French and ian with over passengers on in addition to full cargoes of ex- sailed or prepared to sail before night The Cunard liner with 275 passengers whom seven are left port at 10 20 a. m. for Liverpool Among the cabin passengers on the New York 33 Americans of the line said that two lations were made just prior to the ship leaving port. Suffrage Leader on Harriet Stanton the frage was one of the passengers on the liner The American Line steamship New York was to sail at with 470 the French line steamship La with 220 is to leave at 3 p m. for Bordeaux and the Italian liner with will let go her line at 4 p. m. The Cunarder carried tons of officials of the Ime but they added that there were no explosives or war munitions Repairs Detain the St j Repairs to the American liner St. now at Liverpool were said to have re- in the cancellation of the uled sailing to dtr Return America's Greatest Aug. Baltimore Ohio from r this port. I
