The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-16

inB tnr war Ionfl induced Dy the recent Sink
ing Of the passenger, ships Falaba and Agpila
appear in very large number Of the mainland
papers received in the last mail from the Coast
Such terms as piracy, murder and .'unciyiz-
e" are used with great frequency and almost
without an exception the recent activities Of the
German submarines arc condemned by the Amer
lean writer's
Quotations are here given from three Of the
leading New York papers, reproduced in order
that an idea may be given Of the general attitude
Of the representative American press,
The New York Herald, under the captain:
Kultur Barbafism Run Mao" says
ps"stions a pase oe. pss not msso
Events have proven their case. There Is place IN
kuitnr for culture, for humanity or for civilization
.-f civilization 4 what the Christian world has be-
Germany aobmarine warfare is reverson 10 bar
barisin. Fifocx IN its worst days INDUCED It.
self in saeh nhuman methods those resOrted 70 BY
the German navy, aeting under the instructions Of
the Kaiser The ruthless sinking Of the merchant
steamship Faaba With is load Of innocent and peace
full Observation-Disclosures, the deliberate effort TO sink the
feboats Of !he Aenia after this steamship had been
Of the German navy to the fate Of passengers and
crew Of these and other vessels similarly attacked
all these things reveal the Boosted snulturH in its
proper earb. Il q barbarism, barbarisn run madi
IL s inconeeivable that the great mass Of tho Ger
i Sst Sss & II ss country
German synlpathi1eS who does not hang bis head in
shame
The Sun, commenting upon the sinking Of the
Falaba and the drowning OF many Of her pas
sengers, asks II not murder, what is ii r and
says:
been marked BY certain events which have counted
incidentally In the formation Of neutral opinion adj
The initial sH nTs. son's 81 Belgian 1 tsso
2 The destruction of Louvain
3 The attack on the cathedral Of Rheims.
= The bombafdment Of unprotected seacoast towns,
s. The murder Of probably more than one hundred
men and women, non-eombatants, passengers and
crews Of the merchant vessels Falaba and Aguila
peacefully and inoensively navigating the high
This .wanton destruction of innocent human life,
undertakes avowedy for the purpose Of terrorng the
British public and parayzing commerce Of all sorts
within the region in which Germany has declared the
may not technically constitute murder; that is in the
view Of municipal law. i may not constitute piracy
for the pirate claims no national flag, while these
y homcidal proceedings near the Welsh coast were con
Quoted under the flag Of the German Empire and BY
naval officers regularly Commissioned by German
Emperor who ackhowIedges his partnership with the
God Of Justice and Mercy in the direction Of military
Yet II IL is piracy In It's elemental relation TO
the civilized code Of Warfare, what is III s
sn I mot dssssts murder s y i, an essentials
human life incidental 70 carrying War IN the res
cognized way, what ist the right Of the cripsi
M ~ e pslln eon.nlns more efact
.erm tnan PIRACY OF 2 less unpleasant synonym lot
.hs moru m asI, win winch 70 describe the
- Nv u lhe men ana Women IN TINS latest victory
to produce the mitigating definition without delay.
The New York Tribune has no question to ask
That paper calls the sinking Of the Falaba "Cold
blooded Murder, and under that head remarks:
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