Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09


investigating committee There was complaint that
our senator's investigating ackd technical knowledge of the
sea-
That sounded highly appropriate coming spokesman of
steamship company that had just drowned sixteen hundred
persons and brought shverng paefaced smay safe
ashore
It would seem that Engishmen might be modest in their
tone within few DAYS of numbering sixteen hundred
women children accident that certainly emphasized
the stupidity of some English sailors and the cowardce of
ONE English manager
Certain Engshmen-a minority forunately-have choice
capacity sappova and they have reached state of
in which it them shameful to crtcse the blum
Sedng reckless incompents to whom lives of thousands
are entrusted at
Some of the degraded among the English newspapers
find of mrh in the Titanic disaster and IN the in
vesgaon Of that crime They rehearng choice funny
bits in the evidence given before the commission
Americans fellow citizens murdered in hundreds
hv stupidity incompetence cowardice do the humor
the Titanic achievement And Americans hope before they
make the whole affair less humorous to the
Engshmen who joke about it.
collecting of few millions Of dollars damages from
the White would do good and make unpopular the
kind of seamanshp that kills passengers and runs
We believe that United States will find
way responsibility with due regard for international
law damages that will make the killing of many
Americans quite serious when the day pay the
money
Unlike Ismay-saved with women and chidren-the White
Star Company 1t must face and meet court
decisions here for it has property here Its big ships MUST
hereand they be held make good American court
decisions, sad that may to English
The will have abundant facts provedthanks to
American investigation which did not whitewash
Knowing that they icebergs the captain of the
ship the managers of the line going speed and
oying elaborate banquet the night of the disaster
The captain the bridge The in the lookout
had glass
No general alarm sent by wireless until too lateal-
though of the ships builders board declared that the boat
would sink within hour.
bukheads closed and COULD NOT be closed
and the ship not fit to be sent to
Passengers told the truth intelligent effort
made them
steerage passengers locked be
low ship known to be sinking and THEY murdered
There not life boats enough for the
Such there had lights compass
ter Two had plugs out Of the bottom and sank
While the British charge of many lives
rushing destruction bndly stupidity least other
captain reach AND MIGHT HAVE SAVED
EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE TITANIC HAD HE NOT
BEEN TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO RISK HIS LIFE IN THE
ICE NEAR THE TITANIC
So we have one British seaman killing hundreds of Amer-
citizens because reckssnes orders from Ismay who
ed record induced him his ship full speed ice
bergs-KNOWING that the there And have another
British getting signals sinking Titanic
and refusing go her aid because he
nice choice British seamanshp offered to travellers that
disastrous day.
British captain to the point Of insanity rushing
his passengers o destruction
And another British captain cautious only cowardice
make refusing to help sinking ship lest he might damage
his vessel.
And English newspapers complain because this country
tured to investigate the killing due to these of British
seamanship
When these facts put before suits for dam
ages have doubt that
n the disaster than they a present
And when the public realizes White ships
safea fact that shall be charmed emphasize
and when trade shifts to the German and ships
NOT manned by captains reckless md
managed by smay with the ssavng
falling dividends and fading prosperity English
realize that killing blasted Yankees money and does
pay.