The Republican journal., 1915-05-13
Latest German Atrocity.
,.kino of the Lusitania has Aroused
alienation of all Christendom.

!. IrdiqnatiOn OF all ChrIStendOm.
.,x Nav 7. The big Cunarder Lusi-
g.s torpedoed at 1,50 this afternoon off
..t NJ Ireland and sank an hour later,
~ s,s, loss Of life. Passengers landed at
.g'vD tonight say two torpedoes were
"A against the vessels side without
T6e Lusitania, bound from New York
,,ool. carried 1851 passengers, including
ss,iears. and a crew of BIG. total of
s. One of the ships officers stated
I'd that all but 500 or 600 were lost. A
soid the loss of life does not exceed
The substance of the news in the Sat
naming papers. Other reports had the
mixing IL Is minutes and the loss of life
,r6U.Iy estimated at 500 to 1900. WASH
VAS startled by the news and the belief
c,rss,sd that if Americans lives were
l.. f-l,ed States will face the necessity
In. s.eps to safeguard its citizens on the
.... There was something of q panic in
| ,r, market and prices crumoled. When
r5 Friday night of the sinking of the
|a,s goi. Theodore Roosevelt declared in
|ersr. to the Associated Press that the
| s6a t,srmans have committed with mines
|ntrarjnes could by no rule of inter-
Il. su be regarded otherwise than as
Hac, Yet DR.. George Stobbe, the
IN consul at Philadelphia, and his corps
H. clerks, cheered heartily when the
/ d The sinking of the Lusitania was an
no 70 them by reporter Friday after
oAeh," shouted Stobbe, sis it really
\ Should Philadelphia harbor longer such
!, tends?
h evident that the doom of the ship was
5store she sailed from New York. The
In Enbassy at Washington had published
Fasenents in the newspapers warning
ssrs against sailing in the war zone"-
gets adjacent to the British 1sles-in
1 fying the flag of Great Britain. or any
Es.es as they were liable to destruction
Ea waters. Anonymous warnings were
|eGeived through the mails; but the supe-
Heed Of the Lusitania was relied upon to
/ her to escape the submarines as ships
5 speed had done, and if torpedoed it was
.ll that her watertight compartments and
L bottom would keep her af1oat until help
L was this confidence in the ship that
d such disl roportionate loss of first
passengers. They were at lunch when
lock came and did not rush for the boats
[ belts, believing assistance would be at
The officers. crew and passengers are
ID to have hehaved admirably.
NON May Z. At SIS o'clock this after
LOyds issued statement saying that the
2hla was believed to have been blown up
internal machine on board the vessel, but
mat it was impossible TO secure details.
early reports mention many of the
ed as hospital cases and spoke of the
ded and the dead. This could hardly have
I'D from torpedoing the underbody of the |
sld may have been caused by internal
1es or explosion of the munitions of war
{ cargo, Many details are yet wanting,
VII 10 doubt be received later.
1ng The bodies taken ashore at Queens
Sunday was that of Charles Frohman,
it5e foremost theatrical managers in the
as Alfred Gwyne Vanderbilt, Charles
, The liaywright, Justus Miles Forman,
attor, Ebert Hubbard Fra Elbertus) and |
'ie rave not been reported among the |
'oFs and as it is officially stated that all
'0s have been found, there is but one
Sioo and that is they are among the dead.
5aisu admiralty denies that the Lusi-
Vas armed, as alleged by the Germans.
erected list gives the number of dead as
ano the saved 7O3.
espatch from Munich, Bavaria, received |
'el says that the German submarine U-39
Zoe Lusitania.
We were great rejoicings May 9Th in
F'n Germany according to advices from
's Via Paris. Towns were decorated with |
specially along the Rhine, and the chill
-a0 half holiday in honor of the event.
Y"clngs are said to have spread even to
ID and Budapest. 1t is said that the gen.
'elng In Germany and Austria is that the
td0s on board the steamer had been |
u previously of their danger and that,
'''t' Undertook the voyage at their own
UlA the Lusitania has been torpedoed |
'''siy for the purpose of making the
- ''ateS declare war;" said Lord Charles
-0fd Nv 9Th in tho Ao,aa of Cornnons