New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11

I IL - C-
/ The focts ara urivorsaI1- known.
and there is no object in ounroaching
neutral governments unless and until
/ the latter are prepared 10 take some
action in the matter. We trust that
neutral nations are crowingly realizing
that the issues involved i'm this war af-
: feet the whole civilized world and the
future Of humanity"
Premier Asouith's statement was
made in response 10 4 question from
William Llewelyn Williams. who said
that the British government should Of
fcially bring to the notice of the ma
tons signatory 20 the Hague Convcn-
ton "the gross and repeated breaches
OF the convention by Germany"
"OUr enemies have reached q degree
Of infamv, eliminating in the destruc-
ton of the Lusitania. which il is SIM
ply hopeless TO attempt 10 describe"
said Andrew Bonar Law. leader of the
Opposition in the House Of Commons.
in speech to-day. Mr. F0nar Laws
remarks were delivered on the occa~ ION
Of the presentation of a medal 20 Cap
tain ia, Bel Of the British steamship
,oa a'Ii't aL q T.h t'," S''
'''"' '''' va "e"'"S ii'"" ''' '0' N~i|
"Foul Murder, Says Bonar Law.
"Tbis j. NOT an so. Of ,,arfaro - Nfr
Bonar Law continued "It is sinnly
murder. most fouI most unro+ural'
In to the present no effective pro-
test" had been made By any neutral
country. he said. and added:
What viii haDpon now The great.
proud nation, the United States. is the
neutral country mos ciosc1y affected
by his latest outrage. Tho oimple fact
is that citizens of that GREAT country
have been barbarouslv murdered l. l.
not for me TO saw what tbeir action
ought TO be. hut feel suro tho United
States will no cuidod NOT morolv nv
the monetary interests Of tbo conn
trv but by feelings as to what is due
to great nation among other nations
of the world"
Mr.. Bonar Law said that If the sink
ing Of the Lusitania had the effect he
believed il would upon the feelings
l9t only OF bri.ish soldiers but OF TIE
EnoIe h"t,pn' 'hTn we can l""lh IN =
Gf ,,a., lor ,hIS 81. laSt instance oil their
'''' ''''' or, '''ouS
"Blnnder, says Rosebery.
Lord Rosebcry writes the Times
as follows:
There are three points 20 be noted
with regard TO this infamy One is
the moral degradation of the nation
that can hail such a crime as a VIC
tory and rejoice over il. Another is
the mental degradation Of the nation
which can offer warning as an ex-
cuse for the massacre. That is con-
stantly proved in humber cases OF
homicide. but il has never saved the
culprit from the gallows.
"The third is the stupidity of il. Il
is worse than crime; is is q blunder.
1t is intended TO dismay our people:
it will only rouse them to more furious
efforts. Ii is intended to alarm neu-
trails; Il will only ALLEVIATE and incense
them. and all this was done TO sc-
~ "io'oT' an! poSSI'Itt 'Jhllpt.,s.o
30 "a tbo 49,. ., l,o o;,,,i;,HJ
world :" Wv
what 'an Americans DO!
The "DailY MALI in an editorial
SAYS:
"People are asking: What will the
Americans do? The real question is:
What can Americans do? When their
dignity has been hOuted they can en-
ter a protest. When Germans houted
the British flag in 1870 we entered
protests. We were not in position
10 60 10 war in 1870 and Americans
are not in position to 90 TO war in
1915, and we venture 70 predict that
the result of the American protest
will be exactly the same as the effect
Of former British protests.
Americans. of course, can seize the
German ships that are imprisoned by
our cruisers in New York Harbor and
hold them for damages. lust as we
can. and should seize German prop
erty in Great Britain and Canada. But
that is about all the hundred million
unarmed United States citizens can
effect"