The sun., 1915-03-31


lowing comment upon the sinking of |
the English steamers Falaba ana Aguila !
by German submarines:
Trio appetite for savagery in war
grows with what it feeds on once the ,
wise restrictions which humane sen:i-
lnen;. acting through international com
pactS. has lyi al-miItar.:- h.--lt1-iiy-are-.
thrust aside. the plunge back into bar
barism cannot be long delayed Moral
degeneration in the viewpoint of bel
ligerent Government must have quick
response in eXcesses and atrocities all
along the fighting line.
This is not war as the civilized world
knows il. II is assassination. officers
and crews committing such crimes for
felt their right TO be treated according
to the laws Of war. II captured they
should be tried FOR murder
Tim~s.
The tales OF German atrocities in
Belgium even II assume them all
to he true. are outdone in horror and
sav.gery hy tho act OF the commando
OF ticrmsr submarine In sending q
torpedo against the British merchant
steamer Falaha whilr many of her
officers. crew and passengers remained
on board. While others we're still en-
gagged In lowering the boats.
Again the case Of me hEuila. the
German suhmarine UPS opened fire
before the ships company could lower
the boats. killing woman passenger
the chir' engineer and two OF the crew
and kept up the fire while boats were
being lowered.
This Is not war. it is murder II has
not even the palliat!ons OF piracy. for
ths pirate likc the highwsynan. Kills
for gain. not because he delights in
slaughter.
Evening Post.
There ,an be but one opinion among
right minded men in regard 10 yester-
days sinking of the English steamers
Falaba and Aguila. with their passen-
gers, by German submarines. In the
light of Internal .ondl law the act was
piracy. In the light Of common human
fly il was wlckedneSs such as the his
tory of war will lind II difficult to match.
Hrraid.
GermsnyS submarine warfare IS a
reversion to barbdriSm Piracy IN Is
worst days never INDUCED itself IN sucn
inhuman methods az thos. resorted 70
by Germany's navy acting under the in
s;ruc'iuus Of the Kaiser. Tn sinking OF
the merchant steamship Fa!dDa with lts
load of innocent non-combatants, the de-
lberate effort to sink the lif, boats u
the Aguila after this steamship mad been
sunk. tho cold Indifference of the gal
liant scamen Of the C;"rWan navy to
the fat" OF passengers aHd crew OF these
and other vessels similarly attacked-all
qhese things reveal the bosst-d "kultur"
IN its proper garb II Is barbarian. bar
barism run mad.
German H-roid.
Do uop 90 or on the b0iiehsd uLtd
the bullets are DWHOt
We observe that the English af'e' e
noon papers are much displcas"d with
the Germans because they torpedoed a
passenger vessel II the former rules OF
war held good We too should condemn
such a proceeding. hut as the English
from tn. beginning OF the wa have
thrown all rules of war into ilv dis
card W" feel tndt Germany owes II TO
i,s own interest 10 do Just what has been
done.
The German Admiralty has. on Fen.
yuary 4, du.y announced that all Allies
vessels In the war zone Will be torpe-
doed Anybody using these vessels
takes tho same risk ds n he We're TO -
out on the battlefield where the bullets
are flying
Recau.e Of .,s submarine atrocities II,
the waters Of the European war zone
she Won Tiptz Admiralty IL damned
IN the eyes Of all civilization German
warriors the mrrciful as well as the
perCI,ess. the humane "a. well as the
savage, are aueudted from IT," world.
That j. the terrible th!us which the
Won TrpitZ pirates. slaugNt"rlng a few
helpless civilians on the seas have done
10 all tho German drnr.
But whsle the Won Tirp'Z Admiralty
has thus blackened the German name
We submit for the cons. .d"iation OF en-
l!gntencd humanity that II has uutlawed
the submarine from future use by
peoples enlisted in the ranks Of clvllza-
1iou and Christianity
Used 10 no purpose OF war mat be
comes hrtvc uthters aud hunorabl" men
" uaS he"u made in the uHuds OF co.'s
a. dly ard brutal assassius "A thing OF
.ufamy along with t." tortur!ng bullet
the poisoned arrow and the bravo
daggo" thrust in the back