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Show oo ARABIC WAS NOT OVEN A WARNING T.rmrlnn Ann- oi .- American embassy has transmitted by cable to Washington the gist of wVGm T2P03itions, taken bY Consul Washington at Liverpool, six of which were from Americans on board the Arabic and the seventh tfrom Captain Cap-tain Finch of that steamer. Tho last is regarded ns particularly noteworthy, note-worthy, as it is unusual for the skipper skip-per of a ship to furnish an affidavit to a government other than his own tw h(dei??sItions state under oath that the Arabic was pursuing a peace-fill peace-fill course and that sho was not warned. All of them declare either Ihn w aw tho torPedo or heard shouts that a torpedo was coming- also that the Arabic made no attempt to escape or ram the submarine. Captain Finch In his affidavit especially es-pecially emphasized the last point, saying that it would, In tho first place have been suicidal and, in the second sec-ond place as he did not sco the submarine sub-marine ho could not have attempted to ram her Tho depositions in full will be mailed mail-ed tomorrow |