Show LINER UNER NOT UNDER CONVOY 7 L IS OFFICIAL STATEMENT B By United Press Iress LONDON Aug 21 That That the Liner Arabic Arable neither attempted to ram the German submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine that sunk her nor sought Bought to escape was the conviction on expressed tonight b by admiralty admiralty ad ad- ad- ad ml officials The admiralty has haa received recel no iio official report eith either r from Captain of the Arabic Arable or from the White star officials commander la is s expected to to arrive here Monday to make mako a com corn complete complete state statement But officials pointed out to tonight tonight tonight to- to night survivors apparently were unanimous instating in instating stating th the submarine submarino that sank the Arabic was not sighted either before or after atter the attack and that consequently It would have ha been Impossible for tor the Arabic Arable to have attempted to destroy her heror heror or to have ha sought safety In flight The Tho announcement that the Arabic Arable was Vas not under convoy when she was sunk closes one loophole through which the Germans may mayI have planned to Justify their act aCl said an admiralty admiralty ad ad- ad- ad official tonight I The Th official report from Captain Finch weare we wc weare are confident will close the tho others others' It will be Interesting to O see what hat B Berlin will ha have 0 t to say What will probably probably will b be the final statement re regarding rc- rc garding the number of ot of survivors and of ot those who perished h d was was given ghen out by th the White Star line ino lucre hero This showed that 39 33 39 persons persona two wo 0 of them Americans lost Jost their lives through the sinking of or the Arabic The Survivors hor number 3 0 These Then a are divided dl are r L ij T T J Continued o on pace 2 25 I LINER NOT lOT Continued from page pace 1 1 as follows Cr Crew w saved missing 21 Cabin passengers saved 11 missing 1 12 Ste Steerage saved 42 mi missing 6 G 6 Trawlers and patrol whips ships continued to search the sea off oCt all nil da day for bodies of orthe tho submarines submarine's victims but early earls this evening evening- the thc Queenstown Queenstown Queens Queens- town uc morg-uc held only two victims a 8 a man and a woman woman and and f neither had been positively identified A report that the bodies of at Mrs Irs Josephine Josephine Josephine Jose Jose- phine of New York and her maid had been recovered and identified tied fled has not been ben confirmed in dispatcheR dispatches dis- dis patches to the White Stars Star's offices |