Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-26

i'm use in the British navy NO other
ship i'm the German service had thcln'
And about the time that the acuon
reached the stage / have described,
with the British ships just passing lhe
EuchCr four German seaplaues from
'Hclgoland, appriscd 10y wireless Of the
battle. appeared on the scene. They
headed for the British ships, ANXIOUS
TO drop bombs
The British official report OF the
battle tells how the German airmcn
hurled bombs on the crews of de-
stroycrs trying to rescue men from
the BmCheT struggling in the water
iust after the Inflated German cruiser
sank This furnished texts fOr count
less editorials in England about the
barbarity Of the Huns, who tried 10
slaughter sailors picking mp their own
comrades The German official re-
ports, and supplementary reports IS
sued when British dcnials were made,
give the positive testimony of the
German aviators that they saw q BRIT
ish huttlc-cruiser sink. II is the tes-
umonv that has convinced the Teujon
naval experts, who later found OUT
that the Lion was still atloat, thaI
the Tiger must have gone down.
Consider the two official reports
and then picture what the German
aviators saw when they reached the
scene Of battle. They saw the Ger
, man fleet. ten miles away, tearing
along at top speed. Directly under
meath the seaplanes was the British
fleet, Fastening after the flying foe.
And, amid the battle smoke, there was
a British cruiser sinking OF course
she was British, for she was i'm the
very midst of the British ships, miles
from the German fleet and her masls
were Of the British type. Even as
the airmen watched, she turned on
her side and went down. What more
natural than a -woop down and drop
bombs on the crews Of the clustered
dostroyers?
Refuse TO Believe.
It is very simple TO the neutral
mind. The German aviators, of
course saw the Blucher sink and,
equally Of course. they assumed, as
anyone would have assumed under the
circumstances. that il was a British
cruiser. But neither Briton nor Ger
man tries to REASON the matter out.
Blinded with hate, each is sure the
other admiralty is deliberately lying,
and that tnat is all there is to il.
This article would not be complete
without q mention OF the famous Rus
sian army myth in England last fall
This is thoroughly discredited even in
England now, for the very good rca-
son that no Russian troops ever ap-
peared on the west front But for
weeks nine Englishmen out Of ten be
iieyed that they had seen Russian
troop trains passing through the Coun-
try or if they had not seen them
themselves their friends had seen
them, and seen Russian soldiers TO
boot. This myth was started by the
appearance, in Scottish port, Of
Russian military mission from Arch
angel. a number Of officers with an
escort Of soldiers. As they passed
through the country, hundreds Of peo-
pie saw them Add to this the fact
that during the early weeks Of the
war the British government ran all
its troop trains with the blinds pulled
down. preferably at night. and IL is
easily seen how the forty or fifty Rus
slams grew in a few days TO forty or
fifty thousand. and in two weeks into
two hundred thousand So widesurcad
was this myth that despite official
denials. il even gained wide Crcdcnco
in the United States