Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

agreed on the statement that no warn
ing was given.
Mr.. Frosts message also said that
forty-five unorganized Canadian troops
were on board, most of them invaded
and that the Hesperian had At inch
gun mounted astern.
| The consul has been unable to learn
of more than two Americans who were
on the Hesperfan, both members of the
crew and both reported to have been
saved.
| A Chronicle dispatch from Queens
town says Miss Carberry, an elderly
passenger on the Hesperian. died from
shock after being rescued and that an
other woman succumbed short time
after being taken aboard the rescue
ship.
Tales Told by Passengers.
Ronald whiteway Of London. who. with
his wife. was a passenger on the Hes-
perian. said:
I'VE were sitting on the upper deck,
the weather being delightful. when
about $3.50 o'clock Saturday evening we
felt a violent impact which almost
knocked US out of our chairs.
| 'In less time than can tell Of II a
hugh volume of water rose almost as
high as the masts, and, breaking,
drenched us to the skin. We had
thought we were out of the danger
| zone, ana were discussing the POSI-.
| bility OF pleasant voyage.
| THE lifeboats were quickly lowered
| and rowed away from the steamer on
which the captain and officers and some
| of the crew remained. The steamer ap-
| parently was struck on the starboard
side, but as it was nearly dark the
torpedo could not be seen. After the
explosion the Hesperian settled down
by the head. Rescue steamers were
soon on the scene and took the passen-
gers on board.
Women Behave Admirably.
Mr.. Hamilton. saloon passenger, de-
scribing his experiences, said:
| mo warning whatever was given be-
fore the torpedo was fired. Suddenly a
| boatswain cried, Submarine on the star
board bow Almost simultaneously the
torpedo struck.
II entered a boat with fifty others.
The boat took the water safely. but
seemed to leak badly. Why 1t was I
| cannot say. but 1t was necessary to de-
| tail two members of the crew to bail
| constantly. The women behaved very
well and there was no appreciable panic
aboard the steamer. We were in the
| boat about two hours before we were
rescued"
No Warning Given.
y. ..
who was returning home to recuperate
from wounds. said:
''The Hesperian was torpedoed with
out warning. That there was not an
| appalling loss Of life was no fault of
the commander of the German subma-
rine. The torpedo struck in a vital
part of the engine room"
According to statements made by
| some of those who were landed here,
| the captain of the Fesperian and about
| twenty of his crew never left the
steamer, and although the captain ap-
pealed to many of his men who had
| taken to the boats to return they did
not respond. So far as has been as
| certained by the American consul,
Both were saved. They were ships
stewards. One of them, named Dolan
| of Pittsburgh, said that no submarine
was sighted. Another American on
board was steward named McAllister
| whose home is in Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Hesperian had on board 300
sacks of mail for the United States.
Among the soldiers returning to
Canada was one named Chambers, be-
| longing to Truro, Nova Scotia. Through
gas fumes at the front he had lost the
sight of both eyes. but after the ex-
plosion he discovered to his astonish-
ment and delight that he had regained
the sight of one eye.
Wireless Damaged.
Another Canadian officer. who re-
manned on board the Hesperian until
the rescue steamers. arrived, said that
the wireless was put out of action, but
| a ships officer climbed the mast and
soon repaired 1t.
The first rescue steamer arrived at
$50 o'clock and took survivors out Of
10 w of m q
up an hour later and one OF them re-
| manned with the Hesperian until mid
night, when Capt. Main reported that
he hoped that he would be able to keep
the water down until the vessel
| reached Queenstown.
Bugler A Royle, a Canadian. said that
one nfeboat was hanging In midair
with It's bow up and stern down. He
said that evidently all those who had
been in that boat were thrown into the
sea. The boat in which Royle put
away from the Hesperian picked up
two women who had been thrown into
the water and later two men.
London Newspaper Comment.
LONDON, September e.-The London
| morning paper comment on the attack
| On the Hesperian editorially and at the
same time refer to A. ]. Balfour's let
| ter, which they consider affords COM
plete proof that Germany's recent at
titude toward the United States is gov
| erned by 1.-The consciousness of the fall
lure Of her submarine policy"
The Daily Telegraph says:
1.-THE world will hear with astonish-
ment and horror of the new outrage, as
! the vessel was outward bound. she
| therefore, could not be carrying NUM-
tons We do not know whether more
| to reprobate German barbarity or to
| wonder at it's appalling stupidity"
What are we to make of criminal
folly like this?" asks the Telegraph,
| land what sort of commentary does the
! sinking Of the Hesperian suggest to
the specious communication of Ambas-
sador Bernstorn to Secretary Of State
Lansing? In view of the fact that
Hesperian is clearly liner in the
strictest Interpretation OF the phrase
the outrage affords a salient and damn
ing illustration of the German method
of conducting negotiations with neu-
trail powers"
Disillusion for Washington.
| The Times argues that the comman-
der of the German submarine was quite
ignorant of whether any Americans
| oHo ri