 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 25 kana kuti 30 July 1914, pakati peJuly CrisismuEurope, Arcadia yakasiya Hamburg ichienda kuBaltimore. Muvhiki rokutanga raAugust, Germany yakanga yazivisa hondo kuFrance uye UK yakanga yazivisa hondo kuGermany. Arcadia haina kusvika kumvura dzeUS dzisina kwayakarerekera kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 18, uye yaive yekupedzisira HAPAG liner kusvika pakachengeteka. Musi waAugust 19 yakanzi yakanga ichienda kuNewport News, Virginia. 