The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-11
LuSitQniQ Hit By
 Only One Torpedo
Internal Explosion Was Cause of the Vessa1 Sinking So Quickly Captain
 Warned of Submarines Presence.

London, May 10-The Cunard line steamship I.usitania, which was sunk last week off Old Head of kinsale by a submarine, was struck by only one torpedo, according to the testimony of Captain Turner or the steamer, given today at the coroner's inquest at Kin sale But this deadly missile found a vital spot and sent the liner to the l bottom in less than 20 minutes carry ing with her over @ thousand souls. | The evidence of Captain Turner, which | cleared up many other points concern 1 ing the disaster and that of other members of the crew of the vessel with a general knowledge of the situ- ation, led the jury to bring in a yer | diet of wholesale murder" against the German emperor and his govern ment and the officers of the subma- rine directly responsible for the sink ing of the ship.
 It was also disclosed today by Cap- tain Turner and by Spencer Churchill, | first lord of the admiralty, in a state- | ment in the house of commons, that l the captain had received wireless ad- | vices from the admiralty in regard to the presence of submarines ill the liners course. Captain Turner in his testimony said he had followed this advice to the best of my ability"
 The character of the advice ten dered by the admiralty was not di- vulged and will not be until Lord Mer- sey opens his inquiry into the loss of the ship
 Meanwhile the cause of the heavy loss of life. the absence of any naval escort for the threatened vessel. and the suddenness with which she sank, 1 afford room for much speculation. Captain Turner in declaring that one torpedo did all the damage, said the second explosion which the passen- gers heard was an internal one and that the engines having been put out of commission. it was impossible to stop the Lusitania and permit her boats to be lowered properly.
 This idea of an internal explosion | is supported by naval experts who point out that if the torpedo had ex | lloded on contact the steamer would have only been disabled or had one l or two of her compartments flooded 1t is evident. however, they say, that if the tonqedo penetrated the hull and tae charge Of 420 pounds of eXplo | sive was detonated it would have ere ated an affect similar to the eXplo sion of a magazine within a ship There is little wonder therefore, they say, that the Lusitania sank so ra lid ly or that so many persons were kill ed by the fumes of the explosive.
 On the question as why no naval es cort accompanied the Lusitania, Mr Churchill explained in the house o1 commons that the policy of the ad | miralty is that merchantmen must look after themselves This policy was due to the fact that the admiralty had not sufficient destroyers to escort all merchant ships, they being re 1 quired to guard the continuous stream of transports from England to France and to protect the English coast from German raids.
 Naval observers are of the opinion that the use of destroyers for the protection of shipping is probably whai the Germans are trying to force Eng land to give but they say that the ad miralty, with its eye first on the navs, and military needs of the country vii not divert its ships for other pur poses. Some of the members of the house of commons, however, express the belief that steamer that is par ticularly threatened with destruction should be especially protected and the matter of conveys doubtless will be further discussed in parliament Al this discussion however, has no lessened the anger of the people a the action of Germany which resulted in the loss of so many lives of non combatants Throughout the countr! this .anger has found expression 1T many ways. In some towns where the German population is large, riot ing has occurred while more staiC business men have decided to exelud, all men of enemy countries and natu ralized Britishers of Germanic descen from Ehe exchanges of the country AnbtheY effect of the sinking of tn, Lusiiania has been to boom recruit
 ing. 7 Every recruiting office reporte
 today that more men had presente, themselves for service than for week past. This boom also was helpe D. ' a German air raid on South End am vicinity early today. Altogether th
 aitmen dropped 20 bombs but strang r ly only two deaths resulted An ol
 woman was killed in her he'd and he