THE GERMAN BACK-DOWN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 5

THE GERMAN BACK-DOWN

" APOLOGY' & COMPENSATION ; INTRIGUE AND OUTRAGE : AMERICAN MUNITIONS FACTORIES BLOWN IF v ' FIRES ON' OCEAN. LINERS : ' RUSSIAN EETREAT :;V----HEAVY REARGUARD FIGHTING , ' \ I' i- ■' ' ; : . . ' According to the news to-day Germany is prepared, to apologise ■ to tlie United States iit regard to the Arabic incident, and pay com- ■ ■ ; : pensatieii, an undertaking interpreted as part of-a general move by ■ -the Huns to rehabilitate themselv'es in, the eyes of noutral nations •/ 'in order to secure soino support in peace negotiations. As a counter }'.. fe'. this come various reports of tlio suspccted work of, German agents. in America—munitions factories carrying contracts for .tlie Allies have '. .. . been blown . :ip, seriously, delaying shipments to Europe: arrests have : ■ ..ibeen made'in connectioit witli the tampering of Cargoes; the evidence . ; is.: placing suspicion on German shoulders in respect to the mysteri- : ous. fires on-.ocean-carriers: guards are patrolling the wheat prairies. : of-. Canada in view of German. threats to set lire to the crops. From ' ;tli® groat war theatres, there-is no reported outstanding military de- ' , '' ,velopment. „ The Russian, retreat continues, witi heavy rearguard the Austrians are reported to be in full points .. before the victorious 'Italians'; the British front in' Flanders is quiet, but ill the; Argonhe thero, has been/sharp'grenade i fighting. From ■ ■Gallipoli tho only, news of the fighting— this-is written before the ar- . . rival of cablegrams—is a-Turkish, communique, which claims J successes. Thero is little news;from the Balkans. The Welsh coal > crisis is still in the hands tlie negotiators, . but a settlement is anticipated to-day. ' . . . » ' '| :