Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-29
Great Liner Victim of German
Submarine While Nearing
End of Her Voyage to
Great Britain.
THIS NATION AROUSED
But the President Tells Philadelphia
Audience There Is Such a Thing
As a Man Being Too Proud
to Fight lmpuIsively.

The Lusitan1a was sunk by
German submarine torpedo boat
near Queenstown, Ireland, on Fri
day, May Z, while on her way
from New York to Liverpool. The
great steamer left New York with
1901 persons aboard, and l ,137 of
this number died in the disaster.
In the list of dead are about 100
Americans. Alfred G. Vanderbilt,
Charles Frohman and Mr.. and
Mrs Ebert Hubbard went down
with the ship.
Horror Sweeps World,
A flood of indignation and horror
swept the civilized world, except Ger
many and Austria, when the news of
the disaster became known. 1t is
held by all neutral countries without
exception that Germany violated the
laws of humanity and nations in at
lacking the passenger vessel without
giving any warning. The Lusitania
was unarmed In her hold she carried
about 100000 worth of contraband
goods. including cartridges, copper,
chemicals and wire.
The Presidents Position.
l.
Wilson gave to a gathering of 1000
naturalized Americans last night the
first intimation of what course the
United States government will pursue
in the situation resulting from the
loss of more than hundred American
lives on the British liner Lusitania.
He spoke by implication, but his
hearers interpreted his remarks as
m nj fho Uni
would remain at peace, it would seek
to convince Germany of the injustice
to mankind of the tragedy of last
Friday
America said the President,
must have the consciousness that on
all sides it touches elbows and touches
hearts with all nations of mankind.
The example of America must be
special example and must be an exam
pie not merely of peace, because it
will not fight, but because peace is
healing and elevating influence of the
world and strife is not
"Too Proud to Fight"
There is such a thing as a man
being too proud to fight. There is
such a thing as being so right that
it does not need to convince others
by force that it is right
The sentiment expressed in the
Presidents speech was epitomized
later by one of his closest advisers as
humanity first" While it had not
yet been determined, he said, exactly
what steps would be taken by the
United States in the present crisis,
the idea uppermost in the Presidents
mind was to show that whatever is
adopted-no matter how vigorous-it
will have as its objective the good of
humanity
wholesale Murder" Verdict.
London, May 1.-THE Lusitania
was struck by only one torpedo, &C
cording to the testimony of Captain
Turner. of the steamer, given today in
the coroner's inquest at Kinsale. But
this deadly missile found a vital spot
and sent the liner to the bottom in
less than twenty minutes, carrying
with her over a thousand souls The
evidence of Captain Turner, which
cleared up many other points concern
ing the disaster and that of other
members of the crew of the vessel
with a general knowledge of the situa-
ton, led the jury to bring in verdict
of wholesale murder against the
German Emperor and his government
and the officers of the submarine di-
rectly responsible for the sinking of
the ship.
Can't Protect Passengers.
On the question as to why no naval
escort accompanied the Lusitania it
was explained in the House of Com
mons that the policy of the admiralty
is that merchantmen must look after
themselves. This policy was due to
the fact that the admiralty had not
sufficient destroyers to escort all mer.
chant ships, they being required tc
guard the continuous stream of trans
ports from England to France and tc
protect the English coast from Ger
man raids.