The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-15
NEWSPAPER COMMENT ON
 THE LUSITANIA DISASTER

! by the German submarine calls for al
 the self-restraint and self possession
 that the American people can com
 mand." The World then goes on tc
 assert "tho whole German submarine policy in its campangn not against
 ships of war, but against merchant men on the high seas. is a revival of pracy-piracy organized, systematic ed and nationalized" The World de- clares that modern history affords no other such example of a great nation running amuck and calling 1t mill tary necessity"
 "ereat Nation No Outlaw"
 'We recall" says the World fur ther. mo other instance in which a great nation has deliberately elected to become an outlaw" 4 cartoon showing civilization receding in terror from the kaiser is printed on the same page under the heading: The Lusi- tania's Lesson; Let Our People Heed It."
 The New York American makes a pleas for military preparedness in this country The American says in part:
 "The fact is only emphasized today the fact has long been apparent that neither the allies nor the Ger mans give to international custom any more adherence than may suit their immediate end. They are both estop. ped from discussing this frightful cat astrophe in che light of any interna. uonal law or usage As to its cruel. and in the end futile. and useless yio- lation of every principle of ordinary humanity there can be no two opin- ions It must, however, teach the people of the United States, who will today read with horror the list of their fellow countrymen sacrificed to the red rage of Europe, that nation can rely upon nothing for its own protection and for the safeguarding of it's own citizens except its own physi- cal power to protect them against all menace"
 Other Comment.
 Other comment follows:
 Chicago Herald-lnternatonal law the capture of merchant vessels. It contemplates their destruc- lion under certain conditions. But it ! ioes not contemplate. provide for or justify the destruction of crews and of such ships without glv- ng them a chance for safety
 Baltimore Sun: One thing should lot be forgotten in considering this atest German triumph" It strikes far more dangerous blow at Germany han at England
 St. Louis Republic: The edilce of international law, that fabric reared y the efforts of statesmen through he centuries of war and peace. lies in uins. For the moment there is no nv of nations Brute force rules. The more inexcusable the outrages of he present hour. the surer the re. ction and the securer the fate of nose who will follow the ways of eace in centuries yet unborn Richmond (va) Times-Dispatch: ermany surely must have gone mad. he torpedoing and sinking of the Lu. .tania, although it was well known to erman authorities that there were iany Americans aboard the ill-lated ( unard liner. evince a disregard of the pinions of the world in general and [ { this country in particular-a deter iination to win by any methods and c any cost-only compatible with the ' sumption that blood lust has toppled t ,ason from its throne t Philadelphia Public Ledger: The n tier recldessness of the German sub. a arine campaign against merchant b zen. belligerent or neutral, reaches its T ,palling climax in the sinking of Che !. usitania Only one word character D