Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-08
olsroRTINa WAR NEWS.

A4O-AOAuAh- ACC- Cr-LS4C.
Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Sir: The Advertiser of November
Is published the following alleged des,
patch from London, also dated the
18th, under the credit line of The As.
sociated Press: H.:
The British hospital ship Anglia,
sailing under the Red Cross flag with
wounded, was attacked and sunk by a
German submarine in the channel yes
terday, So out of her complement of
3S5-erew, wounded passengers, sur.
geons and nurses-being either killed
by the force of the explosion or drown
ed. The 800 survivors, who managed
To reach the small boats, have been
picked up and brought to port.
The tIrst news of the sinking Of
the Anglia credited the disaster to a
floating mine, inasmuch as il was not
would be made upon Red Cross ship
in broad daylight, when a mistake in
the character OF The ship would be inn
possible.
"Thst the attack was made by a
submarine, deliberately, Was shown
when the British collier Lusitania,
which went to the aid OF the Anglia
and which was standing by to assist
IN the rescue of the wounded passen-
gers, was likewise attacked by the
submarine and sunk with torpedo.
Her crew was picked up without loss. +"
The dispatches actually sent out by
The Associated Press on the night o;
November II, reporting the truth of
this double disaster and published in
full in mainland papers of the follow.
ing morning, are these, taken from
the New York Times Of November IS:
DOVER. Nov. 1S-The British
hospital ship Anglia, with about
4 300 wounded men aboard, in ad
dition to the crew, nurses and at
tendants, bound from France for
Dover, struck a mine in mid
channel today and sank in very
short time
/ Nearly 100 men, most of them
i seriously wounded and therefore
In their cots, lost their lives.
i 1.-The collier Lusitania, which
was near at the time of the acct
dent, Immediately went to the as
sistance of the Anglia, and her
boats had just been lowered when
she also struck mime and foun-
dered. All her creW-were saved.
"A patrol vessel succeeded in
rescuing 300 of the Anglia's pas
sengers and crew, including some
nurses. A number of Bodies were
recovered.
aLONDON, Nov 1.-THE fol-
lowing official communication
concerning the sinking of the hos
pital ship Anglia wasa made pub
/ lie tonight:
The War Office reports that
the hospital ship Anglia struck a
mine in the channel today and
sank. The, total number on board
was IL officers and 272 men of
other ranks, of whom sabout s360 =
were saved by arpatsei vessel.
I Another ship proceeding to
the rescue was also Sunk by an
other mine.
Another official communication
says: .
liking George was shocked to
hear that the Anglia, which so
recently conveyed him across the
Channel, had been sunk His Maj
esty is grieved at. the loss incur
red, but trusts that the survivors
have not unduly suffered from
their terrible exposure.
"The loss of the two ships is
thought in some quarters to have
been due to mines which broke
from their moorings in the recent
storm"
/ ain aware of the professional
in respect of their own foibles and er-
rors This case falls 4 outside the
class of personalities.
A gross injustice, wearing the ap.
pearanee of deliberate malignity, has
been done by the publication of
false statement, which never has been
lcorrected, though the arrival of San
Francisco and other mainland papers,
also served by The Associated Press,
long ago supplied the opportunity. j
presume it would be shumiliating for
an editor to urge in matter OF such
capital Importance that he did not
read the metropolitan papers, but even
that extenuation does not exist, for
the Advertiser this morning quotes at
length from the New York Times,
showing that the editor keeps in
touch with such portions of the war
news published elsewhere as supports
his policy and serves his convenience.
Discredit has been thrown by the
fabrication of this purported telegram
not only on the newspaper which dis
played it on its front page, but also
or the source of your own news, which
likewise derives from The Associated
Press. That organization is extreme.
ly jealous of the integrity of its des.
patches. 1t prides itself on the ae-
curacy and impartiality of its news
and does not permit its subscribers to
write in their individual bias or edi-
torial partisanship. In this connection
/ call your attention ITO the studiously