Evening journal., 1912-04-20
SATURDAY. APRIL 20. 1912
TIM TITANIC AND rHE FUTURE.

~ HE Carpathia has landed the survivors OF inc
i Titanic wreck They have told their heart-raek-
ing stories and civilization has Joined with them in
mourning for their dead Never has there been in the
history OF the world steamship disaster that has made
such strong appeal to human sympathy. Nor has
there ever been that has met with such generous
response Everything that be done is being done
for those survive the tragedy Many are saddened
SO by the Of loved that they wish they had
remained on board she sinking ship and shared their
fate Nothing can be done for those heroes Who that
others might live. down with the giant steamship
when she made her 1000 fahom plunge to the bed of
the Atlantic.
Much can be done. however, to prevent recurrence
Of such the high Initial steps look
ing to that end already have taken by the
mcnts Of the United States and Great Britain The ef
feet their remedial action will be felt in all other
maritime nations.
Many conflicting stories have been told by the sur
relative the incidents preceding and attending
inc tragedy That is not surprising There no
person that giant ship who a 1.-THE of what
Cured Each individual only what transpirod his
immediate vicinity. What he and what he heard
were distorted in many instances by a mind that
excited frenzied by fear Only by careful inyestga
ton aud winnowing of the probable from the improb-
able the relevant from the irrelevant the truth
ascertaned and applied the protection
this and future generations. committee representing
the the United States already work The
House of Commons and the Board of Trade of Great
Britain preparing for searching investigation. Il
is from those that the great benefits that
win from the Titanic disaster will be obtained.
No denies that the White Star line officials who
so much stake success of the venture OF
putting upon tho high the largest steamship
built dcplore the tragedy. the lives of many
persons who had placed themselves in keeping OF
the company led the destruction OF property valued
millions and will lead to the payment other mill
lions in settlement OF claims for loss OF life prop
srty. Nor docs anyone deny that gorifying heroIsm
marked the conduct of the captain and most Of the
crew Of the il-starred steamship
Bruce Ismay. managing director OF the Whto
Star Line. may be pillored as a coward and sug-
gcstion may be made that the emblem of the limo
be changed from a whito star to a white liver.
Such things affect the sentimental and not the
practical side the question. SO docs the further
that the list of survivors shows that there
members Of ths erea. Qgeg apd ahaye tae aarsraea
who saved themselves at the expense Of passengers
who left the wreck But the admission that
20 save time the Titanic plunged over a dangerous
course at speed of twcnty-onc miles an hour. and
that the speed maintained. notwithstanding am
pie warning by wireless had been received that
bergs ahead, opens wide field for remedial
action.
There are other facts, however, that stand out so
prominently that they cannot be ignored One is that
steamship that had been declared TO be unsinkabe
under any and iu conditions, sank That declara-
to1 either idle boast, or, the great deep-sea
Tragedy SHOWS II was proof mat the designers or tno
Titanic did know What they doing when they
built her uDsinkable ship. Another prominent
fAet that looms the public mind is that the Titanic
had feboat accommodations for only about onehird OF
her passengers and and that her fesaving equip
woefully inadequate effective use in time
Of emergency That is proved by the that there
fesayng appliances for the use 1896 the
2S40 persons the liner
0ffcial statement made in the House Of Commons
Yesterday by Sidney Buxton president OF the British
Board of Trade, which All British sea going
vessels, that the regulations under which the Titanic
carried her lifesayng accommodations had not been
revised by the board 1894 Then the regulations
we're made for ships of 10000 tons OF more" The
Iitanics tonnage $4,000 added that the com
mittee of the board in charge lifosayne provisions
recently had recommended increased life-boats RATS
and lnepreserVers all big ships but that the re-
quirements had been found unsatisfactory and had not
been put in force" President Buxton also admitted
frankly the imperative for increased equipment
such liners.
me question naturally presents itself why the resu.
iatons had not been revised since 1894 That wa,
eighteen Since then the Cedric the Instapa
the Maureana, the Olympic other ships greatly il