New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
new YORK, ACHAST,
LOOKS TO WILSON
Germany Mad and Must
Be Subdued," Is Heard
on All Sides.
BUSINESS MEN GRAVE;
YOUNG FOR WAR
Flags Lowered to Half-Statf
When Extent of Disaster
Becomes Known.

Rage and horror were the two feel
iugs uppcrmost IN the minds Of most
Of the citizens Of New York yesterday.
Tho latter was frankly admitted; the
former lIl-conccalcd or not At all. with
flags at half-staF overhead, tho city lay
stunned az the extent and nature OF the
catastrophe Of tho Lus.tania.
II had been bad enough on the pre-
codirc night. when the passengers OF
the sunkcn liner were supposed to have
been saved. but the consolation derived
from that faded when the morning
papers told the true and CHASTITY story.
"My head is whirlirg so that ! don't
know what / am doing sand a bar
tender 20 a friend, on his way 10 WORK.
Early this morning when the news
came of the deaths. my place was bed
lam The Germans who were tnere
duckcd out for some place that WASH :
run by "a Casey or AN O'Brlcn, and
those that were left acted as # they
only wanted 20 smash something.
Eager TO Grab Gun.
Ever, American seemed TO feel as II
he had been personally outraged
hate 10 think Of war, declared one,
"but this morning | feel like grabbing
a gun and going after those VINO are
responsible for this thing.
ON all sides was heard Germany
has gone mad" usually supplemented
hv tie CONNECTION that a mad nation
should be subducd as if II were mad
dog "A mad dog may bite lot OF
people. but they get him in the end"
was one remark.
ON trains and fcrryboats the disas-
ter seemed 20 be the only subject dis
cussed. Substantial business men
talked IL over Cravcly; younger and
less cautious folk detained forcefully
on their readiness for war. but the
conclusion reached On all cases was
that the murder of Americans by Ger
many must come to an immediate end,
Whatever methods were employed.
If ] had enough money 20 buy the
things | need | would 20 away off into
the wilderness, hundreds of miles from
q railroad. and stay there until the
world has got itself out of this horrible
mess" was one young Woman's solu-
tion Of what she felt were her personal
difficulties.
81 cant think and I cant work. she
continued. The sense Of awful and
intending disaster overwhclms me and
feel as if a heavy weight were press
ing down on my head.
Girl Would Fight, Too.
Germany is crazy and is trying 20
make US so. ! am mad TO think | am
not man. Why should miserable
person like the Kaiser, delirious with
bloodShed, be allowed to drag peace
full nation such as the United States
into trouble ?"
An emphatic German tried TO justify
his countrymen in their act by saying
that If Germany had violated interna-
tonal law in sinking the LuSltanla II
should be overlooked because England
had refused 20 permit fOOdstuifs to
enter Germany.
lie was at once surrounded by vlo-
lent group, one Of whom demanded;
If ] should warn you that / would
murder you if you didn't keep away
from Madison Square, would that make
IL right for me 10 do it,"
The general decision apparently
reached by the sobermindcd public
was that President Wilson and his ad-
visors would appreciate that the Lust
tauia episode could not be included
with that Of other vessels and made
the subject Of prolonged haggling by
diplomats.
l. was felt that the outraged feel
iugs Of the people would make them
selves felt i'm Washington to such an
extent that definite and prompt action
would be taken.