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The '''Arabic attack''' was the sinking during [[World War I]] by a [[German]] [[submarine]] of the [[British]] passenger liner ''Arabic.'' It heightened diplomatic tensions and public outrage that led to American entry into the war.
The '''Arabic attack''' was the sinking during [[World War I]] by a [[German]] [[submarine]] of the [[British]] passenger liner ''Arabic.'' It heightened diplomatic tensions and public outrage that led to American entry into the war.
On Aug. 19, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed without warning the British White Star passenger liner ''Arabic,'' with the deaths of two U.S. citizens.<ref>See [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZDEDAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1000&lpg=RA1-PA1000&dq=arabic+1915+submarine&source=web&ots=7ZMZtISyPk&sig=GspCqoGW72KqLbjT5lXzWXnAPIk&hl=en ''The New York Times Current History'' (April 1915) v 2#1] </ref> This attack occurred soon after the exchange of notes that followed the similar torpedoing of the ''[[Lusitania]]'', in which President [[Woodrow Wilson]] had insisted that the lives of noncombatants could not lawfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of unresisting merchantmen. The ''Arabic'' attack showed that Germany had not accepted the American position. After seeking to justify the attack on the ground that the ''Arabic'' was attempting to ram the submarine, the German government disavowed the act and offered indemnity.
On Aug. 19, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed without warning the British White Star passenger liner ''Arabic,'' with the deaths of two U.S. citizens.<ref>See [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZDEDAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1000&lpg=RA1-PA1000&dq=arabic+1915+submarine&source=web&ots=7ZMZtISyPk&sig=GspCqoGW72KqLbjT5lXzWXnAPIk&hl=en ''The New York Times Current History'' (April 1915) v 2#1]</ref> This attack occurred soon after the exchange of notes that followed the similar torpedoing of the ''[[Lusitania]]'', in which President [[Woodrow Wilson]] had insisted that the lives of noncombatants could not lawfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of unresisting merchantmen. The ''Arabic'' attack showed that Germany had not accepted the American position. After seeking to justify the attack on the ground that the ''Arabic'' was attempting to ram the submarine, the German government disavowed the act and offered indemnity.
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