The Washington herald., 1915-05-13

mes. the German nation, urged on b
inc ihurderous head OF a murderous fam
NY. mas shamelessly proclaimed itself a
the pirate OF the seas the bandit of tn
air, the outlaw Of the nations. and tn
living. breathing. intellectual and physi
cal monster of the ages
Her conduct has been such in this wa
as would have made an Attila blush.
Nero hang his head in shame, a barpar,
pirate apologize and even a Jack tn,
| Ripper" go of and hang himself
| Her exhibition of iiendIsh brutality
| her reckless violation OF every principI,
OF international law. as we'll as he
shameless defiance of every principle o.
the moral code. have kept step with. he,
rise TO undeniable mental strength anc
| brutal power.
And this. mark you. does not begin &c
| express my utter horror and bitter in.
! dignation over the actions of this muir.
derous nation. and the paucity OF human
| language makes 1t utterly impossible Ia
express them. TRI-TH
An Important Point.
Editor of Washington Herald: The
only excuse which German sympathizers
have been giving for the murderous out
rage on the Lusitania is that our people
were warned and took the chances. This
10 not true. mere was no cred
ibie warning. The alleged warning was
by paid advertisement purporting to be
signed by the Imperial German En-
bassy and anonymous kilograms circu-
lated on the docks. This was not warn
ing That could be credited between ma
tiohs. NO warning was signed by
"Bernstorff'' as diplomatic representative
OF the German government. but only the
Imperial German Embassy" which any
org lyaI h..,,
junta in this country might have paid
Tor and put in the newspapers without
responsibility. 1t was inconceivable that
any diplomatic representative of the Ger
man government could go over the heads
of this government 1.-THE President and
the State DEPARTMENT. and attempt to
communicate directly with the people of
the country by cheap irregular and ir-
responsible advertisements. Az to the
anonymous kilograms circulated on the
dock prior to the sailing of the Lusita-
mia. nobody takes such things seriously,
except when they emanate from black
handlers Even Bernstorff himself does
not take such things seriously. because
when he was advised. anonymously. that
he would be blown up at l:32 a. m. a
few days ago. he ignored il with amuse.
ment, and stated that he would go to
bed as usual.
Bernstorff's signature. as the responsible
representative of the German govern
ment. addressed to our State Depart
ment in regular authoritative way. our
President and the State Department
would have at once given this TO the
public and every newspaper in the
nited States would have heralded it to
the American public in big head lines. |
every sailing of American citizens would |
have been Cancelled. and this country !
would have been spared the greatest !,
horror in civilization. 1t was not done |
Is il possible that our State Department |
Dr. our President had such authoritative
warning? If so, the public wants to
know II. but it is inconceivable.
The people OF this country will be
behind the President in this grave is
sue. regardless of party. but It seems
10 me that this point should be brought
out. explained and emphasized before
iehnite action. In any case. the useful
hess of the German Ambassador is end
ID. EDWARD W. BYRN.