Middletown transcript., 1915-05-15
MIDDLETOwN, DEL. NAY Is, 1915
A GERMAN MASSACRE
WASHINGTON, May

embassy here with evident salts
faction. Officials there. remarked
that this incident should convince
the travelling public it is unsafe to
attempt to reach Great Britain dur
ing this war on British vessels.
1t was admitted the advertise
ment published in the American
press Just before the Lusitania
sailed warning Americans to keep
off British vessels was published at
the suggestion of the imperial Ger
man government.
''It has been unsafe for people to
sail for England on British vessels
ever since February 18th," SAID
one of the embassy attaches. 1.-The
public evidently did not believe
this, but we hope now the fact will
be accepted"
News of the destruction of the
Lusitania by a German submarine
was received with exclamations of
joy by DIR. Georg Stobbe. acting
German consul here, and other at
taehes of the consulate.
Their only fear, at first, was
that the reports might not be true.
-'Is it really true ? Is it really
true ?" inquired Consul Stobbe, ex-
citedly. There was a shout of
approval when they were assured
the reports of the tragedy had been
verified.
Then consul and attaches gath
cred in the center of the room, dis
cussing eagerly the sinking of the
liner. NORTH american.
Quite in keeping with the malicious
impudence that moved those German
fiends to give notice of their intended
assassinations, is this hellish jubilation
by the German Embassy and the Ger
man Consul Stobbe over the success of
their eowardly slaughter of 115O inno-
cent men, women and children.
Piracy and murder are at high pre-
MUM in the land of the new "Kultur, 4"
the Kaiser himself offering reward to
the submarine assassin that should ac-
cOmplish the foul deed. Berlin rejoices
and the school children are given holi-
day in honor of the "great victory!
This black deed of infamy, which
stains with ineffaceable dishonor the
German name forever, so far surpasses
in its cold-blooded brutality any MUIR
derOus act of Germany's ally the bar
barous Turk, that that monster of cruelty
seems almost gentle by contrast! 1t is
a deed of horror without any parallel
in the annals of civilized warfare, and
to find anything approaching it in dia-
bOlical cruelty one must needs compare
it with the practices of Indian savages
who scalped their victims alive and then
roasted them over slow fires
The killing of these 115 Americans
on the Lusitania makes the third time oul
citizens have been deliberately mur.
dered upon the high seas by these Ger.
man pirates. Germany on February 4th
threatened these assassinations, and or
February 10th President Wilson, after
protesting against Germany's carrying
out its illegal campaign against the pro.
perty and lives of neutral American
citizens, concluded with this warning
''If such a eplorable situation
should arise the Imperial German
Government can readily appreciate
that the Government of the United
States would be constrained to hold
the Imperial German Government
to strict accountability for such
acts of their naval authorities and
take any steps it might be neces-
sary to take to safeguard American
lives and property, and to secure to
American citizens the full enjoy
ment of their acknowledged rights
on the high seas.
Since the making of this declaration
20 days ago, which closed with some
thing like proper display of nationa
spirit, Germany has sunk the American
ship Frye; the unarmed English passen
gership Falaba, killing an American. Mr.
Thrasher; the American ship Gulflight
killing three Americans; and finally
the Lusitania killing lis Americans III
all, two American ships sunk and lis
Americans murdered in three successiv,
attacks
Now what has the president done tc
make his vaunting good p? In these Y
days gone nothing! Germany, fully
aware of the spineless character of tn,
present occupant of the White House
and of his Chautauqua chattering Sec
retary of State who has said tha
under no conditions will we fight, +" hat
followed one outrage by another Mr.
Wilson in a speech on last Monday
night to a large number of foreigner
just naturalised, said, There is sucl