The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-10
Don't Forget Germany
Gave Warming Says
Editor Markus
OTHER GERMANS
MORE SUBDUED
Express Horror at the
Terrible Loss of
Life

81 Hupuueu uetcuSe OF Germany, run
through the expressions OF Detroit
German-Amerlcans regarding the
sinking OF the LusitanIa.
Awful * Mayor MARKS charac-
terization OF the destruction or
England's finest merchant vessel ana
the loss OF over 500 lives. Il don
want 10 discuss the matter until /
know more about H." he added
Macmillan Markus. editor of the
Abend Post, offered an apology for
Germany.
We must not forget that Germany
gave warning he said The Ger
mans are not used 10 blufing. you
know II Was hard necessity tor
Germany. II Is true that most Amer
leans did not take the warning SCI
riously. but after the warning was
given. expected the ship would be-
blown up. don't look for any So.
rious diplomatic result The sltua-
ton is similar 10 that caused by the
sinking OF the Falaba There viii
~ III 90 ~ =. re- AANlAs anu - " IA W.
seen that the Germans could not
have avoided sinking the ship. FUR
Their than this. can't say until
know more about wha, happened
c Leidich said.
Il think that the United States
should never allow passenger ship
10 leave port carrying ammunition.
either In time OF war or peace ~
has been known right along that
many passenger ships have boon
carrying ammunition, and especially
the Lusitanla or course We all re
grot the sinking OF the ship I have
! always pui - Hp TO those Who want
cd 20 gu 20 Europe that war sttua-
iiou exists. and that no lines were
! really sste except those which go
ia -. audlnarla. taking refHa ga
uilos north OF scotland. People ara
DISH 40 take their lives tn their
ld IN their desire 10 get 10
rope
TH" sinking or the Lusuana
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have moro symp3.
Thy for an Eue,samaa. blown up on
tre .uI than lor "a German
.H.rH mother. 50 year, old. dying o.
starvation because OF the British
blockade
But Germany claims that She has
plenty Of food Mr.. Leldich was re
minded
THAT is due merely to the fact
that Germany has been careful with
her food supplies. he replied 1T
does not alter the fact thar Eng
land blockade ia aimed al the star
walton of the German people
But any measure that leads 10
the end Of this war Is good thing.
and the sinking OF the Lusitanla is
a good thing Il II can have such
result We In America have TO
sympathize with the poor people or
all the powers-Germany England.
France. Russia. all OF thcm--for the
suffering which they are going
through II is on the poor people
that the burden of the war Is fall
ing. The millionaires can stand n.
but the poor must suffer That Is
the horrible part OF It. hope it
will soon be over.
"But 1t puzzles me 20 know what
England's navy is doing Why were
there no warships protecting the
trade lanes? How was II possible
for a German submarine To get so
far from its base to accomplish the
sinking OF the Lusitania? II seems
too wonderful TO believe"
Philip Breitmeyer said that he
9ud not talk about the torpedoing
The Lusitania.
II want 10 be absolutely neutral"
he said 81 don't think anything
about A. II Is too much. too much.
/ 30. don't think any more"
The Rev Albert Homrighaus, pas.
tor OF the Messiah Lutheran church
said:
81 deplore greatly that such a
thing could happen. As 10 the right
or wrong OF tho matter, I don't care
| TO enter on that
but since England claims all the
land and all the main. It Is really
owing TO her that Germany has TAX
en- the course which she has. I am
an American and ! stand by Amer
ca II anything should happen; but
we stu love the fatherland. and
hink that the world cannot AFFORD
10 destroy It."
do you think that the torpedoine
OF the Lusltania without giving the