The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

suDmafine means a master stro &c OF the
first order. What we're the much ad-
v~ertised measures of protection said to
have been arranged by the British Ad-
miralty? The passengers had been told
they need not worry. Why were these
measures so ineffective? II they really
had been taken then that fact only
adds to the merit of the German SUBJ
marine commander.
ocean Goliath Destroyed"
AN ocean Goliath destroyed by a 1T
hundred feet! A torpedo shot, costing
between $4,000 and $4,000. destroys
numberless lives and a ship that cost
about $4,000. 900 and goods of inesti-
mable value!
"Lusitania, the reme NJ this shin, at
one time rang brilliantly from the lips
Of many million British. Eight years
ago when the Lusitania broke all rec
ords, every British chest rose higher, for
Albion had won the blue ribbon
One Of the two ships that kept the
blue ribbon now lies on the bottom Of
the Irish Sea. The name Of the Lusi-
tania now will be remembered only will
deep regret. Germany too Joins the CIV
iIfzed world In the sorrow for the lives
Of many hundreds of innocent human
beings"
The statement Of the British Ad-
miralty that the Lusitania was not
armed was met by all German papers
with more or less indignant contradic-
tons. on May 10 Capt. Persius said in
the Tuocbidtt.
at is inexplicable how the British
Admiralty arrived at this naive state
ment. In the official monthly naval list
there are to be found under Royal
Naval Reserve Merchant Vessels the
names OF the Lusitania and the Maure-
tania. II is further stated In that list
that these two ships are held at dis
position for the British Admiralty by
the Cunard Line for an annual subven-
ton. and that they are therefor entitled
to fly the blue flag. The Lu%sitania's flag
was handed out under the number si3
on August 90. 1907.
Furthermore. a commander in the
royal navy was appointed captain OF the
Lusitania. How car one conciliate all
these facts with the statement of the
British Admiralty
Neutral Con ments Reproduced.
The German press paid considerable
attention to journalistic expressions re-
garding the sinking OF the Lusitania in
the neutral European countries and COM
ments defending the German submarines
act and assailing Great Britain were
featured" and printed in heavy type.
The following are excerpts from tele-
grams sent to the Berliner Tdgebldtt by
its correspondents
STOCKHOLM. May l0.-Aftonbiddef says
"All Americans who are interested in the
manufacture OF arms and the shipment
OF ammunition are reminded by the
sinking OF the Lusitania of the short
life OF all war speculations. This trade
will receive a serious blow. In the
meantime the British domination Of
the sea has received the hardest blow.
Copenhagen. May lo-Polttiker In
a widely discussed article says: Every
calm thinking American must realize
that wal with Germany is nonsense.
on the other hand. Germany need not
fear America. The United States have
already dom their worst by supplying
the Allies with arms n ammunition.
The landing Of American troops In
France Is an impossibility and the Amer
lean fleet can be OF no good to Great
Britain. The Washington Government
would do well In realizing this view
point. the more so inasmuch as IL Is the
viewpoint OF a great part of the Amer
lean nation. namely of all German
Americans"
Basic. May 1o.-The Paris papers
publish many columns about the sinking
OF the Lusitania. Since the war began
no event has made such a deep impress
sion in France. Tn Paris and London
stock markets show clearly the gloom
aroused by this incident"
GENEVA, May lO-Words such as
pirates and 'harharians' are among the
tamest applied 10 the Germans In the
Paris papers However. they are forced
to admit that shipping Is nc longer safe
from German submarine attacks and
they urge that the route fer large pas
senger steamers and their places of
landing be changed"
Prof. Paul Harms. writing In the
Taoebidtt on May .. says
"In the last analysis the blood OF the
hundreds OF innocent persons who per-
ished with the Lusitania is to be credited
To the account OF British INSCRIPTIONS
ness. which ruthleSsl, risks hundreds
and thousands Of human lives In order
TO play before the world a comedy of
British sea monopoly-while the British
feet remains securely in a safe port"
1T is entirely irrelevant" said the
TdDebldft on May 10, whether or not
the Lusitania at the time she vas sun
was equipped with runs. She was a
British auxiliary cruiser, therefore n
warship. The owners pocket a neat
sum from the British Government on
the strength OF her being that. And
that alone completely tustifes an attack
by "A German submarine"
on May IL all Of the German pa
'ers published conspicuously, but with
out comment, a Reuter- CABLE despatch
from Philadelphia, reporting President
Wilson'S "a man may be too proud q
fight" speech. DR.. Bernhard D%ernburg's
statement on the day after the sinking
of the Lusitania In which he said tina.
no American ship carrying war ma
terial will be safe from submarine at
tack was widely quoted also by the
German press.
The opinion OF Herman Ridder. pub
lished in the Stddts-/eitunD. hat eft
is not up to the American Government
"a protect British shipping in British
waters was given equal prominence
by the German editors.