The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-10

S~~oS ga ooi odtOUS NdIIdIS.
ELLERY c. sTOwELL. professor of
international law, Columbia University:
There Is no principle in international
law better recognized than the right of
neutral to travel in belligerent mer-
chairman On the high seas. If the ship
Is captured it may not be destroyed I'M
TIL the safety Of the neutral is provided
Tor. Any other course is the clearest
possible violation of International law.
TO allow such action to go unresisted is
to throw away our rights in the society
of nations
LORENZO ULLO. expert in internal
tional and admiralty law:
Our State Department should learn
whether officials of the German Embassy
had knowledge of the doom Of tho ship.
II they knew what was to happen. then
their conduct was more than an I'M
friendly act. The daring act of Ger
mans in destroying lives of American
citizens need not be taken as a cause for
war between the United States and Ger
many
PAUL FULLER, authority on interna-
tional law:
Hasn't Germany made it incumbent
upon the United States to openly de-
nounce such methods of warfare and to
openly assist the allies in curbing those
methods? If I followed my personal in
clination I'd go to war tonight"
ROBERT R. REED:
II believe the immediate withdrawal
of our Ambassador and an appeal to neu
trail nations to boycott Germany in the
name Of humanity Is the best IL not the
only course open to u.s.
P. H. ". ROSS. president of the Ma
tional Marine League:
Are We never to have proper American
facilities for the ocean Transportation
lean on such broken reeds as the Titanic
and Lusitania?''
CHARLES STEWART DAWSON:
Failure on the part Of the Chief Ex
ecutive to take actual measures to pre-
vent such acts of war tends to embroil
this country with other nations and to
involve this country in responsibilities
hereafter. 1t would therefore constitute
a high misdemeanor without the purview
Of that section Of the Constitution relat-
ing to the removal of the Chief Execu-
tive"
PROF ROLAND G. USHER, author OF
Pan-Germanism:
There Is nothing in international law
to cover an attack such as was made
on the Lusitania. I believe one effect
of the disaster will be the adoption of
international rules covering the new de-
velopments in submarine warfare"
THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE:
THE blow at humanity and civilization
hits the world, but hits Germany harder
still. The Won Tirpitz regime has drawn
up its own indictment and the finger
prints are in crimson
THE NEW YORK EVENING WORLD:
what has Germany gained? She has
only intensified throughout the world the
indignation and horror which right
thinking men feel for acts Of wantun
massacre. Germany has put herself be-
yong the pale of civilization. It was
deed for which a Hun would blush.
Turk be ashamed and q Barbary pirate
apologize"
THE NEW YORK EVENING NAIL:
This is an offense against interna-
tional law, humanity. the conscience Of
the world, the honor and peace Of this
nation. The offense Is not in the slightest
degree palliated by the warning by the
German Embassy. It does not excuse an
unlawful act to give warning Of it,
THE NEW YORK GLOBE:
THE government should denounce this
greatest international outrage since the
Boxer uprising. call conference of neu-
trails. and formulate just demands to be
upheld Icy force IL necessary. In all this
war of hideous happenings, We have here
the climax in the abominable.''
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE:
Every shred Of international law. prac.
tice and tradition demands that the
German government should disavow the
act. punish the murderers and make such
apology as can be made for what passes
palliation. The practice of murder and
the policy of assassination must be re-
DIR. BERNHARD DERNBURG, un-
official spokesman for Germany:
The Lusitania was British auxiliary
2ruiser. man-of-war. and she carried
American passengers as shields to pro-
tect her cargo Of arms and ammunition"
JOHN WANAMAKER:
The only one to speak now is the Pres
dent Of the United States. God help
him."
SENATOR JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS,
member Of the Senate COMMITTEES on
Foreign Relations:
'If Germany will not promise to quit |
sinking American citizens without notice
in compliance with the law Of nations, |
we ought to show our teeth"
FORMER SENATOR EL1Hu ROOT:
Il feel that should say nothing"
THE NEW YORK srAArs-zE1-
TUNG:
..Washington is-thanks, at least. to |
the fact that no sword RATHER rules in |
the White House-inclined to weigh mat
ters carefully. The relations with the |
German empire may become strained, |
but there will lger be a break"
THE DAIILASy MORNING NEWS:
Three possible courses suggest them
selves: Abandon neutrality for belliger-
ence. suspend diplomatic relations with |
Germany, or league neutral nations in |
protest against the barbarity of Ger
many"
THE MILWAUKEE, SENTINEL:
1T is emphatically time for our peo.
pie to keep their heads
THE DENVER POST:
1T IL infinitely. better for q nation to
perish from the face Of the earth than to |
lose its honor. its manhood and its self |
respect. There are worse things than /
war3. There are worse things than |
SENATOR CHARLES N. THOMAS. Of
Colorado,
.arhe attitude Of the government should