Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-03
MUNITIONS AND FACTS.
By W. H. Album.

By w. H. Album.
 "We estimate" says a member of the German general stan, in recent interview with an American cores pondent, that approximately 100000 German soldiers have been killed by American shells shrapnel and cart ridges and another 100000 wounded many of them main ed for life Place against l14 American lives to our sorrow lost the Lusania through German torpedo directed against ship carrying millions Of cartridges intended to find the bodies defenders Fatherland and you will understand the army in the Lusitania case and why that sentiment is against any compromise in the submarine war"
 If this appeal were as truthful and logical as it is strong in emotional appeal, it would be worthy the most consideration IL requires little investigation and reflection, that the figures given are absurd
 Figures just made public by the German Red Cross give the total German casualties as 1572OoO Deducng the 233OOO prisoners by the enemy we have left 389OOo of whom about onethrd are killed and the rest wounded. If, then SOO0OO Germans have been struck down by American cartridges shells it evident that nearly oneourth of all the suffered by the Ger army since the beginning of the war are due o American ammunition-if the figures are correct But the casualty st it be remembered includes those ked-or wounded by the bayone very large proportion Eliminating them should have al least 25 per cent of
 
 mean that the bullets and shells we have sent abroad to the enemies of Germany since last July have been 20 pc, cen of all that have been fired at Germans on all the battle fronts.
 Now it is fact easily verified that the actual ship of ammunition from the United States until very recently have been ridicuously small in compars ,n with the publicity they have had Recent government reports showed that very little our increase of exports consisted munitions The total shipments up June could have little figure in military ope rations involving such a vast expenditure of ammun ton has become the rule. Even if all ship had reached the front it is doubtful whether they would exceed or per of the fighting material ufed up by the Allies. doubtful whether American ammunition yet responsible for turning single battle It will assume for importance hereafter to be sure but that is a different story.
 Moreover as the New World points out it might be asked with proprey, How many Engishmen French men and Belgians, mention Russians, have beel killed by shells made American copper?" It may even be that the torpedo that the Lusitania was in part of material imported from the United States Large quantities of copper have reached German, since the war began. by way Of Italy Norway, sweder and Denmark In the early months of the war, thcg, were even shipments of manufactured ammunition (, Germany by way of Italy and other countries.
 such considerations really ddeleyant to the dis cussion The truest German word about the matter i that spoken by the Berlin LokalAnzeiger, which con fesses that reproach eveled against American supplying war material to belligerents unjust" ant admits that Germany herself at the Hague Conference caused the rejection of the proposal to prohibit the 5ur ply of war material begerents by neutral countries. In the face of that fact the Berlin Gazette isn't con yncng when argues that the policy thus sanctioned Germany contemplated the selling of only small Quar tties of munitions begerents, and that the changed when the quantity of and ammunition sol to any begerent become important factor in the wal Having ndorsed the principle without qualification, ho and where the powers going draw the line? Man fesuy no single nation admitting the principle has right prescribe its application any other nation
 The limitation discontinuance of the sale Of arm is a question for each nation decide itself accor ing to its own conscience and consideration s welfare and safety. led to stop the practice will not be as a result Of sbsurdy eggeraed statement from the German war office but because have mad up our minds that wrong in principle, and that W can afford to give up without prejudicng the best tsrests of the civilized world