The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30
LUSITANIA ARMED
Is GERMAN CHORUS
Berlin Papers United in the
Declaration Sinking Was
Justified.
REJOICE OVER THE FEAT
Declare Advantages Will Far
Outweigh Loss Of Life
and Property.
REJOICE OVER THE FEAT

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obstruction OF the british ocean giant
by n German submarine and are ac-
centua,.d with eoua, emphasis in the
news co,umn. Thsv arc.
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rirst-The Lusitania was a warship.
carrying reservists and wal material.
Che ia omciaIIv listed m an armed
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auA'i"ry cruiser We nau II pe'ie'.
right to sink her. For the loss OF
American lives and the lives OF other
non -comba,ap,.-b,ar ms Ens,andi
reyrstt,n. m. a.
s,ru,,,ion NJ lives q, i@nnocent hundreds
C.rnany may ws,, roioIcs in ,bis mas,e-
coun Of n dar,ry subma rine c-ommander
v,hn M, 70 shamo ,ha hoast In, prI,atr
"ruies tho waves, and that she protects
tho a@.sepger. faring or nor liners
Third-Th advantaees resulting from
49, a..,-u.,ior a, ,ho c,rardar Mil
n ,ws,vb he far IN. d.,,orah,e Ios. NJ
ne ara nronartv In that II uil, go a
long uay toward nreven,inp tho '.un-
neutral ~sh,nments az arms, nv Ameri-
90" ,nd trns,ra,Ing Eryia "a. n,an
10 s,arva ont orr nation
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Cuunrd Line blamed.
Late IN the afternoon OF May . the
semi-onicla DIN reIesraph bureau pu'
a snort statement on tne wire whIvh
was published IN neavy print uhoer me
heading the Blame OF the Cunara
Line IN All fhe Dig oerHiah papers'
IL reao
me ,unaru 'ner Lus'.anla Was sunni
YESTERDAY by a German suomarine, &C
CORNING 10 "a INtulcT utSDdtCUs III lufl-
.ah,a was VI cosIse. aInheu WIN suns
as ave peeh most OF the nr'tlsh iner-
chan,men OF 'a,e. eesides, as was seh.
erahs N"o"n ne,e' IVY . a".one ne'
caLso cois'ueIaoIe puan''''es VI "'"u
ships owners ,neretote' were
posed its passengers. They alone bear
the full Responsibility for what was
bound to happier. Nothing had been
left undone by Germany IN the way OF
warning emphatically and repeatedly.
The imperial Ambassador in Washing
ton in a public announcement on May l
called attention to the danger. The
British press at the time made fun OF
this warning, pointing to the protection
afforded to transatlantic m by
the British fleet
The Berliner Td0ebintf. In connection
with the above statement. refers to an
article in the London Daily Telegraph
OF May ). bearing these headlines:
German Threat for Steame OF the
Atlantic Lines-Berlin's last blum ridi-
culed in America"
The article in the English paper
quoted by the Td0ebldtf, written by a
New York correspondent. told how most
OF the L~usitanias passengers made FUN
OF Amba ssador Bernstorn,s warnins and
how In ofhcial circles In WASHINGTON the
diplomats advertisement was considered
as extremely bad taste The article
ended. The Americans apparestly
treat the whole matter as a joke The
Td0ebldfs on his follows
"Nictims OF bad Taste.'
els +, no, .extremely had taste. ons
ia compelled to ask in the face Of such
a tremendous peril. for such a Iarre
number OF persons thus 10 dIspose in
frivolous tenor OF a duty bound. serious
and we'll meant warning,
The Americans wen, 10 the bottom Of
the sea as victims OF his extremely
had English taste. with which. 10 their
own ruin, they sy%mpathized only too
feryently. Let the mourners address
their accusations 10 London. Ie, ,hem
complain that they were deceived by
Britain. No reproach 4. apnlica HE 10
enl!ghten and to warn.
one regrets more than We Ger
mans that II mad 10 take such a ter
ripie experience 10 pring IL home to those
VINO sneered al US tnat war Ia not a
JOKE
hivaiiihg IN ardor ana denance, Cour
Won feVentIow, the naval expert of tne
Denfsche Td0essetun0, Capt. l.. Per-
siu>' naVai writer Tor the Td0eb'dtt. be-
gan on the day after the Lusitania's
destruction a series or editorial articles
which were "ioeiy quoted Throughout
the iatnerland' chieny because the
papers close connections with Wilhelm
strasse ient 10 mis- utterSnce- the stamp
OF Authenticity ana MS articles were
seheraly Understood as ~foreshadowing
tne STAND berIin was TO a In Its
answer 10 fresideht wilson. On May
. APT Fersius wrote
peepiy moved We received the news
OF the OBSTRUCTION Oh the Lusitania which
COST the lipes OF persons. most OF whom
had apsoiuteiy nothing to do with the
war persons ~ho-as was certainly true
OF 'he s.eerase passensers-hardiy had
the iaintest idea or the danger that
iurKed ABOUT their snip From the bot
tom OF our hearts we regret their cruel
rare
americas flag Cited.
AT the same time we feel ourselves
entirely free OF blame. II was this very
ship, the Lusitania. which, three months
ago under orders OF the British Ad-
miralty, began the flag masquerade.
And this nag swindle Is primarily to he
blamed for the fact that our submarine
commanders were forced to proceed