UNITED STATES NOTE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1915, Page 8

UNITED STATES NOTE

EMPHATIC IN TONE PREPARED TO MEET ANY EVENTUALITY. (Received May 13, 3.30 p.m.) LONDON, 12th May. The Washington Note is emphatic in tone. It asks Germany to account for the loss of American* lives on the Lusitania and the violating of American rights in the war zone. The Note also asks for guarantees against a repetition, and contains a plain intimation that the United States is prepared to meet any eventuality arising out of non-compliance. BOMBARDMENT OF THE DARDANELLES UNPRECEDENTED IN VIOLENCE. ALL LARGE BATTLESHIPS PARTICIPATE. (Received May 13, 3.30 p.m.) ATHENS, 12th May. Monday's bombardment of ,the Dardanelles was unprecedented in' violence. It lasted thirteen hours. All the largest battleships participated. MORE RIOTING IN ENGLAND GERMANS SEVERELY TREATED MANY ARRESTS MADE. (Received May 13, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, 12th May. Many shops were wrecked and looted in the East End, where the crowd became incensed at a German shouting: "To hell with England!" Germans were severely treated, their clothes being torn off. A number were injured by stones and other missiles. There were several arrests. Germans in the East End are organising for self-defence. The disorders at Poplar spread alarmingly. There was a disgraceful orgie of shop-smashing. The occupants were kicked out and struck and beaten. The crowd overwhelmed the police. Women and children carried off loaves and flour. A German woman, endeavouring to get her children to safety, was struck down. A neighbouring tradesman eventually sheltered the children. The mob at Kentishtown smashed the bakers' carts. A number of police were injured, and there were many arrests. x Six shops were wrecked at Camdentown. A force of Territorials restored order. Several rioters were arrested.