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Show CASE OF THE ARABIA. Liko tin; poor, tho submarine insue is ttlwiiys with us. No sooner ilo vu one case far rnouflh alnn tho road hO that iutcrcrit upon the part of the public lupins to wjiiio, thau the Germans sink another vessel with Americans on hoard. It miht also lo remarked that it' the yiibinarine lonuiuimloi b are not under orders to send all ships to the bottom of the ttea that eome their way, reavd-i reavd-i less of tho consequences, then the sub- t urn warriors arc growing mighty care I less. j Tho latest, ease in which tho United States is involved is tho sinking of tho Jlril ish 1iiur Arabia without warning, (lermany lias accepted responsibility for the net, with Hie explanation that the submarine commander took the liner for an auxiliary warship. Tho note from Rei-I'm in reply to an inquiry from this country says if official data is furnished fur-nished showing that tho vessel was an ordinary passenger steamer, ' this, then, would bo a ease of regrettable mistake from which' tho German government would promptly draw the appropriate consequences. ' ' The Washington view of the above ! admission is that the 4 consequences " would be an expression of regret and an offer of reparation for any injury or danger suffered by the lono American Ameri-can on board the British liner. This would not amount to very much, for the ; American citizen escaped with his life. .j H should be added that state depart- i ineiit officials regard tho German an swer as weak and unsatisfactory, "no weight being attached to the statement that the Arabia was painted like a transport, and was following a route usually taken by transports, and that the submarine commander saw many ( hinee Hftt no women and children aboard her. ' ' There is said to be anxiety in Washington Wash-ington over tho possible outcome, since tier many 's admissions in the Arabia case are substantially the same as those made concerning t he sinking of the -Marina, when six Americans were drowned. It has become apparent, too, that the pledges made following the Making of the Sussex have been broken, a I'd the announcement made at that time has been recalled. The United States government took the stand that ''submarine, warfare is utterly incompatible incom-patible with tho principles of humanity, human-ity, the long-established ami incontrovertible incontro-vertible rights of neutrals and the sacred sa-cred immunities of non-combatants.'' If the administration holds to that iew something more than an expression expres-sion of regret and an offer of reparation repara-tion will be required from Germany. Jf the government recedes, then it will nor be very long before another passenger passen-ger vessel is sent down and the same situation will arise. The ''incontrovertible ''incontrovert-ible rights of neutrals and the sacred immunities of non-combatants ' ' are not highly regarded by cither the German government or the submarine commanders, command-ers, as Norway. Sweden, Denmark, Holland Hol-land and ether neutral countries can eloquently testify, for scarcely a dav goes by without news coming over the wires of the sinking of numerous neutral neu-tral vessels with or without warning. The truth is that, notwithstanding at that has been said about the intention of the impel ial government to keep faith with the United States, submarine warfare has been resumed with all iN attendant horrors. There is some curiosity curi-osity as to what moe the administration administra-tion will make in vuw of the latest outrages. |