The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-26

of the committee examining his quota
Of these men. This is done to expe-
dite the hearing"
It was the purpose to talk to each
man, each senator taking as many as
he could.
I'VE will endeavor to find out ev-
erything that each sailor knows about
the wreck instead of putting each
man on the stand to go over the
whole ground" said Senator New
lands" If we find any men who have
knowledge Of Importance concerning
veloped In the public hearings they
will be brought before the committee
for detailed examination.'
p. A. s. Franklin, vice president OF
the White Star line, and J. Bruce Is
may, managing director of the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine company,
were pleased over this move.
House of Lords Busy.
London. April 26.-The house Of
lords took it's turn this evening in
questioning the government on the
subject of the senatorial inquiry at
Washington into the Titanic disaster.
Earl stanhope remarked that tho
grounds of justification. The first was
afe the steamship company con-
Ills, as not altogether British but
wnnia rds,t II that we, were SO it
ordinary Sit. Ci;oecause It struck
at the root of the osition of the Mer-
camille Marine in time of war as to
whether the vessel belonged to neu-
trail or a. belligerent power. The only
other ground was based on the terri
BILE loss. If that were given as a rea-
son for the inquiry at Washington OBJ
viously other nations whose citizens
were passengers on board the Titanic
would be justified in holding similar
inquiries.
Earl Stanhope said that he could
imagine nothir" more terrible to the
survivors than attendance at series
of inquiries in different countries.
He was anxious to know whether
the evidence before the senatorial
committee would be admissa bile at the
inquiry here and expressed the opin-
that evidence given at the first inves-
tigation was of course far more valu-
able and more dependable than evi-
dence given on a later occasion. He
considered that unless the evidence
given in the United States were ad-
mitted at the inquiry in this country
Great Britain would obviously be
penalized.
Earl stanhope agreed that the
American inquiry could be left to the
The international relations between
this country and the United States
he said. We're SO friendly that no in
ternational question could possibly
arise. There existed. however. he said,
certain amount of feeling in this
country on the subject of the Ameri-
can inquiry. although 1t was not so
strong or so forcibly worded as would
nave heen the feeling in America if
the Titanic had been an American
ship and Great Britain were holding
an inquiry concerning American citi-
zens.
Earl stanhope feared that there
was danger of a precedent being set
up and should some other power, with
which Great Britain's relations were
not So friendly attempt to detain
British citizens under similar circum-
stances 1t might become serious.
Vfscount Morley of Blackburn. lord
president Of the council on behalf Of
the government, said:
There is no doubt that any state
may institute an inquiry about the
wreck of a foreign vessel in which
the lives of its own people had been
ternational law. although we are not
aware of any such case having arisen
heretofore. Communications have not
been addressed on the subject to the
government of the United States nor
have any been receivd from any other
power by u.s."
Lord Morley pointed out that all
the evidence given in tho United
States would be available at Lord
Mersey's inquiry and contiMed:
LAS to the detention Of witnesses,
powers Of that kind exist in most
countries but 1t is obvious that where
such powers exist they should be ex-
ercised with full consideration for the
witnesses themselves and fhe necessi-
ties Of any inquiry at home. We can
not and do not suppose that the COM
mittee of the senate will overlook
that necessity.
Lord Morley deprecated discussion
saying that 1t would be immature and
would do no good whereas it might
be prejudicial.
The marquis of LanSlowne, leader
of the opposition says he quite ap-
proved Of the American inquiry al
though he admitted that it was un-
usual. The circumstances he pointed
out, were wholly unparalleled ana
continued:
America has the right of insisting
on a prompt inquiry into the loss Of
the Titanic as it Ia clear there are
better chances of obtaining trustwor-
thy accounts whilefthe events still are
recent"