THE SINKING OF THE ARABIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2935, 22 November 1916, Page 7

THE SINKING OF THE ARABIA

FRESH ALLEGATIONS BY THE GERMANS

TWO VESSELS WERE, SUNK Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, November 20. A' Central Ngws message from Amsterdam states that the German Admiralty reaffirms its statement that the submarines sank a transport of 12,000 tons on November 5 (?) in the Mediterranean. Referring to the British Admiralty's statement that the Arabia was the only vessel sunk in the Mediterranean on November 6, the German report declares that two separate cases concerned. It asserts that the Arabia was armed with fifteen-centime-tre (6-inch) guns, and was conveying hundreds of war labourers to France. The report states that wlien the British permitted passengers to travel in the Arabia they were Imperilling the lives of non-combatants. \ The Secretary to the British Admiralty to-day comments: "No ship was sunk in the Mediterranean as alleged." Passengers by the Arabia assert that when the submarine discharged a torpedo the gunners on the Arabia hit the periscope of the submarine, which dived, and rose again and fired the sec- 1 ond torpedo.

THE ENEMY'S WAR ON FOOD SHIPS PRESIDENT WILSON GREATLY PERTURBED. London. November 20. The Washington correspondent of the "Morning Post" describes President Wilson as being greatly perturbed by the fact that. Germany is feverishly building super-submarines to destroy all food ships, without immunity to American vessels.