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Show Sinking ol Arabic Regarded in London As Defiance to U. S. Deed Termed Impudent and Mendacious Menda-cious Reply to Note on Lusltanla London, Aug. 20. Tho newspapers In their editorials dealing with the sinking of tho steamer Arabic comment com-ment nt length on tho effect tho event ' Is likely to havo on the relations be- tween tho United States and Ger- j many. "If tho policy which 13 being followed fol-lowed by tho Germans Is permitted to j crystallzo Into precedents then thero j Is no seaborn Interest of tho United Stntes which will not ho Imperilled) If nt somo future tlmo the peoplo be come Involved In a war nt sea." Tho TlP'es says: "Tho fact that tho Arabic was outward out-ward bound wipes away tho whole web of false! - "ds and sophistry with which German sought to darken tho case in its impudmit and mendacious reply to thq Amort' an nolo on tho Lusltanla. There can bo no pretense that tho Arublc was carrying ammunition." ammuni-tion." Tho Dally Mall says: "Americans havo been wondering why no reply has yet been returned to tho noto they sent Germany on July 23. Tho reply was given yestcr-day yestcr-day nnd deeds speak louder than words. Thero can ho no doubt now ub to Germany's determination to j porsovero In her plrntlcnl courso with complete lndlfferenco ns to whether any American citizen Is aboard ships attacked." It would seem that President Wilson Wil-son can hardly Ignore this ccol defiance defi-ance of his recent noto." 1 |