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ATTACK STYLED PIRACY.
philadelphia Papers Advise
Against "Nob Politics."

PIIILApFLrHIA. May s-"riracy" Is
the general characterization hy rhila-
delphians OF Germanys attack on the
l.uSitania The loss falls especially
heavy Oh this city. as only eight OF ;ae
forty.four who had homes or connections
In this city are so TAT known TO have
been saved
Without exception the eight phla-
delphia newspapers, five morning and
three afternoon, have heaped editorial
criticisms and censurc upoS such meth
DDS OF civilized" warfare but one and
all have counselled calm. deliberate &C.
ton. We want no mob politics and
we must keep our heads" they say
Business men. bankers, politicians.
city officials and hundreds OF others arc
unreserved In their comment John
Wanamaker. usually reserved on ques-
tons Of great moment. deplored the
wanton waste OF life and urged all 20
restrain themselves and act cautiously.
This city has very 'arge German
American population, hut there was
nothing said. one way or the other. by
representatives of this great class. The
German Consul locked himself up in his
headquarters and refused all requests
for interviews
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FRANCE LOOKS TO U. S.
"Natin" Hopes Washington May
Take strong Action.


PARIS. MAY >.---Tne press and the
public are unanimous In denunciation
OF tho sinking II the Lusitania.
The Temps prints the following edl-
torial
Let us have courage and admit that
from the supcImau point Of view OF the
Germans such criminality as ~ shown IN
the torpedoing OF the l.usitanla Is not
useless II holds back certain tlmd
ucutrals, strikes the feeble imaeinHtinus.
troubles the shortsightei persons who
are hypnotlzcd by the big events of the
moment not realizing the greater men
ace OF Tomorrow. II holsters w pessl-
nism criticism and nervousness, and
above all IL Keeps up the flow OF splendid
images before the eyes Of the German
population, who spring forward AT the
vivid evidence OF their Empcror's sue
cesses successes in curryiug favor with
the grandiose and NEUROLOGICAL gods Of
the air and giants OF the earth, to make
them the allies and the scrvltors OF the
greatest Germany"
The naval critic Of the Temps sees in
the tragedy of the Lus'tanit "a lesson to
ship owners TO modify the routes Of
travel and to change the ports of call.
IL is the disposition of private ship
rers to criticise the failure TO convoy the
l.usitania with destroyers and TO ind II
altogether iucumprehensihlc They point
out the fact that hundreds of transports
have made VOYAGES without miShdp, thus
proving beyond doubt that the protection
of de,troyers against submarines Is prac-
tiCabe
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NEED SUBMARINE Law.
Prof. Usher Predicts New Intcrna-
tiOnal Agreement


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because OF the slhhihg OF the Lusiiania,
ProI ,sher SAID There Is no interna-
uohai law covering such an attack as that
maze on the I'usItanla, ne declared H."
saiH that international law must be divided
INTO Two KINGS tine Va" OF pooh Writer'S ana
the law OF pfhtiloe, OF cases ueductu from
actual happenings
BOOK writers law Is law made NJ in
the MINDS oil writer's ana Il Their idea OF
"hat Ia" "ugh' 10 De- ne Sald' ana 1t Is
nihe-tehths OF the international law OF
to-daS' although the DUN Oh IL mas never
been observed.
by an principles oI doom law the SINK
mr. OF the LuSilahlh Is lhHe'"hslhle, nut
IN practical law there have not been enough
,sse. from which ia form , ruI. of actinu
49,, 10y.
MS latt'I law - pdHou oI' the HihNIhE
Of vessels usually by accident or Oy de-
,tro,.inp NJ commercial v,ssnls such ns
80 " 'i,..,
'ile desro}lhg curing IN" 'iN'l war ny the
Alabama In these cases the crews w"r"
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Y. s. IN TIGHT PLACE.
London .Obscrvcr" would Not Ad-
wise against Neutrality.

LONDON. May s.-The first feelings
aroused In Er Gland by the Lustania
disaster were those of angry resentment
and wonder as to what America would
do.
with the lapse Of a day one feels that
British opinion already has consolidated
into something like this:
''rhe loss of the Lusitania ~ the loss
of the I.usitania we have lost much
more day after day. 1t is merely an
other item in the hill Of costs and so.
from this point OF view IL is dismissed"
And with respect to america and the
Lusitania," as the Observer captions its
editorial. there is similar settling
down of opinion. This is well expressed
by the Obsorrcr. which says:
mo one who thinks calmly and
clearly will feel anything hut sympathy
with the Government and people of the
United states in the situation produced
by the sinking of the Lusitania. Amer
lean citizens have been killed wantonly
and deliberately. and In defiance of all
international law Whine In the exercise
Of their undoubted right to travel across
the ocean as they please.
but the course which the American
people can follow is by no means clear
and the obstacles I'm President Wilson's
path are so many and so dangerous that
no one can fairly accuse him of pusil-
lanimity II he declines to take forcible
action We shall certainly not rank
ourselves among those who urge the
! United states to abandon their neu-
trality Great and grievous as is the
wrong done them. we hold very decidedly
| tina, they have every reason for pru-
| dence and restraint
| At the same time the editorial adj
| 'uIts that had a similar outrage been
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gotten. and such OF you as feel as |
do. until the last CLEAN of conscious
ness. can never forget how we felt when
We heard the news Of the Lusitania
massacre
III the vessel was torpedoed," said
Prof Albert Bushnell Hart. and the
German Government refuses the respon-
sibill,y. II is for the United states Ia
decide when and how Il will enforce
that responsibility"
Samue, J. Elder. who attended The
Hague peace conference. said:
Heretofore the merchant and pas
sengc. vessels belonging to a belligeren,
We're subject to capture and under Stern
necessity to destruction, providing the
lives of those on board were secured
Merchant ships and private property and
the lives " non-comhdtan's and neutrals
ought TO be just as secure on sea as on
land
pr. Rudolph Hutz, president o' the
Boston German society, said.
Il am exceedingly sorry that Ger
many has been forced by English prov
ocation TO set this example
rrof. Leo Wiener, also a Harvard
teacher, called the destruction OF the
Lusitan.a expensive devastation
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LOUISVILLE. Ky. May s.-Under the
caption THE Heart OF Christine
Sword Of the Lord and Gideon" Mr..
Watterson will say in the Courier
journal tomorrow:
THAT which the CouScr-Journol has
feared.-which 1t has been for weeks
forecasting as likely to happen--has
come to pass. A great ocean liner,
passing peacefully to and from an
American port. carrying harmless
ships company of non-combatant men,
women and children. many of them
American citizens. has without chance
OF escape or time for prayer ruthlessly
been sent to the bottom of the deep and
some thousand or more gone to their
death. drowned and mangled by the
murderous onset Of a German subma-
rine
Truly the nation OF the black hand
and the bloody heart has got in its
work II has got in its work not
upon armed antagonists in fair fight
on the battle front but on the un-
offending and the helpless. sailing what
has always been and should ever re-
main to the peaceful and the peace low
ing, Gods free and open sea. Nothing
in the annals Of piracy can in wanton
and cruel ferocity equal the destruction
Of the Lusitania.
But comes the query. What are We
going to do about il? Are we at the
mercy of the insane Hohenzollern. not
only through his emissaries. his odous
system of government and debasing the
cries Of Castsm affecting superiority TO
our doors, and proclaiming them. hut
bringing his war of conquest and muir
der across the line of our transit and
travel over the high seas which are
ours to sail as we list without let or
hndrance from man. or monarch. from
him or from any one on land or water?
Must we as people sit down like
dogs and see our laws defied. our flag
fiouted and our protests whistled down
the wind of this lordlings majestic dis
dain? Must we az nation emulate at
once the impotence and the docility OF
China. and before such proof OF the con-
tempt In which we are held 10y him and
his throw up our hands in entreaty and
despair. saying to the insistence of su-
toCracy. TO the insolence of vanity. Thy
/ will is law?
Please God, as all men on earth shall
/ behold we are "A nation. Please God. as
Europe and all the world shall know.
/ We are Americans. Too long alreadv
! have we submitted to the free hand OF
| he foreigner AT home and baroad
months ago should the pan-GermaH
propaga nda. issuing from the German
| Embassy, led by the German Ambassa'
! dor--erecting in the heart OF our coun-
! try a reasonable organization to sup
port the German fOray upon Belgium
| and France and contro, our own domes-
. tic poli'ics-have been ended. Bernstorft
! should have been severely rebuked and
| warned to proceed at his peril
For less Genet. the Frenchman. art
| Champion, the Enrlishman. had beer
ordered away. nernhurg should never
! have got beyond Ellis Island Harvard
/ should have sent Nuns; erburg packing
I Ridder should have been put undei
bond. The followers OF these among
the Germau-American should have beer
given the option Of repeating the!r oath,
If allegiance with fgesh guarantees o.
| good behavior or returned 20 the father
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the mower OF England which for many
decades has played the blum OF being
the master OF the seas. they relied upon
the Union Jack which is ftr every
Germany submarine the signal FOR a
bold attack. All men are equal before
the law of self-defence.
The tragedy may be great and
impressive lesson for the American peo-
pie. In the grief. In the tears that
are shed to-day in thousands Of Amer
lean families, this nation may he able
to get "A slight idea of the catastrophe
which the nation under whose flag the
LUST mia sailed pr poses 10 visit upon
the German Empire.
TO aver; such a catastrophe a Lusi-
tania may we'll be sacrificed
German IcrOld.
Hostile and malicious prejudice
worked up to a national malice AMI
hate. Will no; fail to exploit this terri
bile event. Much as We regret the loss
in precious human life. II seems 10 US
4 m :, urgent duty TO warn those en-
trusted with the responsibility for this
nations welfare to remain calm, eau
tious. moderate and ii-m.
"Onicial England has repeatedly an
nouuced that this war is war of de
struciion against Germany: that the
fatherland mus he crushed; that
Britain would make no peace until the
German Empire lies crushed and until
ont Of its fragments can be formed an!
old helpless federation II States.
For this war Of destruction England
gathered together the nations OF the
earth The yellow peril OF the Fan
East. Australians and Canadians. the
negroes Of Senegambia, Turcos, IouaNes
Russians. Frenchmen and Belsians-and
until the last hour they are un,iringly
at work to stir against their enemy
Italy. Rumania. and II possible. even
Bulgaria,
Germany is forced to carry on des
perate war OF defence, in which nc
pardon is asked or granted. The sub
marine war begun by Germany on
February Is excludes in itself all chi
Various considerations, especially viii
such a no.uriously perfidious and un
scrupulous nation as England prove
itself
such considerations are particularly
out of place inaSmuch as the British
authorities are very fond of using tn
ocean giants OF the great British fteam
ship lines for the fast transport o
large quantities of arms and ammuni
tiou and other clntraband of war $
generously furnished by America, will
its peculiar neutrality
Nov the disaster has come. Ger
many very likely will have lost the tin.
BIT of sympathy that it enjoyed here
II probably was resigned t. that fat
! previously"
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BARTHOLDT FOR u. S.
Representative says Germany
ShOuld he Asked to Explain.

ST. Louis. May S--Women and chill
dren who were passengers on the Lusi-
soldiers in the trenches. in the opinion
Of former Representative Richard Bar
tholdt who returned to-day from the
annual meeting Of the American Peace
Society at Washington.
Although he felt that the sinking OF
the ship was justified because of the
warning Issued bN Germany and the fact
that IL carried contrahand of war. he
declared that the United States should
demand an explanation. He did not
feel that America should take any war
like stand
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FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
NishOp Fellows Of Chicago De-
nOunccs German Action.

CHICAGO. May S.-Mxcd expressions
Of indignation and satisfaction came
from prominent Chicagoans tonight on
the sinking OF the Lusitania.
Murder In the first degree" piracy"
without the pale OF civilized nations
these were some OF the expressions used
by Americans Germans generally tried
TO justify tho sinking OF the liner
"Germanys crime Is murder IN the
first degree, premeditated, with malice
aforethought, and 1t should be en-
hlazoued across the sky that all the
world may know that Germany, as a
nation, commits murder-murder Of the
innoCeuts." said Bishop Samuel Eel
lows Never since the civil war has
such a wave OF Indignation swept over
this country as is sweeping from coast
to coast to-day The sinking OF the
Maine was only feat bite in compari-
son"
William J Calhoun, former United
States Ambassador 20 China, said Il
do not believe any principle Of in'crna-
tional law viii justify the destruction OF
a lot OF innocent lives"
Americans that took passage on this
boa, after the warning aud knowledge
~ conditions took the risk or their own
responsibility" said Max Pam. inter
national lawyer and phtian,hropist
Horace L. Brand, publisher ~ the
Illinois stats /'tJnlr, sad "Regre' ?.
table as the sinking ~ the rusi'aula IT,
We Americans must remember that
Germany Is Mt war with Great Britain
Consequently individual Instances at
tending warfare must be viewed with
caImncss and treated IN n spin; OF truth
and strict impart'ality."
president Wilson and Secretary
BRYAN could have prevented his ny
stopping the shipment OF munitions o'
war to the Allies" said Il. j. Abe. 4
manufacturer
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"LUSITANIA MASSACRE"
Prof. wendell Of Harvard SO Terms
sinking Of Liner.

RosroN, May s.-Th"re Is a general
feeling H. this part OF the country tina,
the sinking OF the Lusltan!a by the Ger
mans was an outrage and on every
hand one hears words Of condemnation
for the Kaiser Little ialk IL heard Of
the United States declaring war on Ger
many because of the affair. AS the peo-
pie seem to feel there are no military
measures which this country can adop,
to make the Germans suffer
Prof Barrett Wendell Of Harvard
University. said this morning
This is day that can never he for
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GOD HELP Mr.. WILSON"
President Is Only one to speak
says John Wnnamakcr.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May S.--"Thc only
one to speak now Is the President OF the
United States, God help him"
with these words Jonn Wlnamaker
concluded a statement to-day expressive
uf horror and sorrow at the destruction
of the I.usitania by German torpedoes.
Two buyers for the Wanamaker store in
New York. +. u. lesson. head of ills
shoe section. and r.. II. posen. a leather
goods expert. We're aboard the vessel
when she was struck. Mrs. lessen also
was aboard. Mr.. Wanamaker's state
ment was As follows:
1T is partly my funeral because three
of my business family were on board
the ship
II had the privilege OF a quiet hour
once with the Emperor Of Germany and
| do not believe that lac is responsible
for this catastrophe that Involves the
United States. Whoever are responsible
for the conduct Of the war must have
lost their heads.
please spare me from talking fur
tier. The only one to speak now IS the
Pres dent OF the United states God
helm him
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"ATTACk UNAVOIDABLE.
Drtroit German Editor Doesn't En-
poet serious Results.

DETROIT, May S.-A subduel defence
of Germany marked the express ions
to-day of Detroit Commandments re-
gird.ng the sinking of the Lustauia
MdNim.liHu Markus, editor OF the
4 bCnd- Post. offered an apology for Cor
many I've must not forget that Ger
many gave ample warning" he snl.
"Th, Germans trr not used To- biutiirg,
you know don't look for any serious
diplomatic result Tho situation is SIM
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WHAT AMERICAN PEOPLE
SAY OF GERMAN ATTACK

10 cross the Atlantic in "A passenger ship
flying the British flag? Does he stll
think the mad dog Of Europe can be
trusted at large? Is 1t not almost time
to Join in hunting down the brute
Toronto Mail and Empire.
Had the enemy not been already
suffered too long by the Washington
Government this fideous deed the like
of which never stained the darkest ages.
would hardly have been attempted Ger
many not unnaturally concluded that
there was no end t. the tameness of the
great republic. II we mistake not she
will hnd that this wholesale murder of
the citizens of the neutral United States
ON the high seas goes beyond our neigh
boris forbearance"
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RESS AND PUBLIC IN u. S. CONDEMN SINKING OF LUSTAI

lar to that caused by the sinking OF the
Falaba. There will be an investigation.
and 1t will be seen that the Germans
could not have avoided sinking the ship.
Awful" is Mayor Marks character
izaton of the destruction of ship and
lives.
G. Leidich of the steamship booking
agency said Can we have more SYM
patty for an E.ngishman blown up on
the Lusitania than for a German grand
mother so years old, dying OF starva-
ton because OF the British blockade?
But any means that leads to the end
OF this war is good thing. And the
sinking of the Lusitania is good thing
If IL can have such "A result
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BREAK WITH KAISER
IF MURDERS GO ON
Prof. Ladd of Yale Says I. &
Must Address Firm Demand
to Germany.
RULER MAY SHARE GUILT

NEW HAVEN. Conn. May s-Tofal,y An.
ferent opinions as to the position tho,
the United States should assume In %.
lation to the sinking of the l.usi,s,,.
were expressed here tonight hy y,,.
authorities on international law.
Ex-Gov. Simeon T.. Baldwin. ma.
fessor in the Yale Law school and a,
eminent authority on the matter, can.
toned Americans that this is An a..
tremely critical time in American HE.
tory. Prof. George Trumbu L,aa
Yale's expert on japanese affairs wno
has also been an ADVISER to the Iapare..
Government on matters of intcruation,l
importance, said that IL was time 70,
the United states to order Germany IA
quit her policy of wholesale murder ana
If she refused to break of all dlploma,c
relations with that Government
Ex-Gov. Baldwin said: This i,
one of the most critical moments N
modern history. The United States /,
called upon to declare its policy v..b
respect to the attempt of great na,ion
to isolate another great nation by sur.
rounding its territory with an impa,.
sable gulf. | think President Wilson
may be trusted to determine that policy
Justly and wisely.
Meanwhile ! am inclined to thint
that the less advice he gets from IN.
! newspapers the better"
Prof Ladd said There can be no
doubt in the mind OF any one who looks
at this affair not simply from the moral
point of view but also from that agreed
upon by civilized nations for the con.
| duct of modern warfare. II is no az.
| ferent from or better than a deliberate
! act OF wholesale murder. and every per.
/ son who knowingly aided or abetted IL
| from the Emperor downward IL from
| both of these points of view guilty -
participants in the crime OF wnolesa.
| murder.
! AS to the action which ii hehoov.s
! the Government at Washington to take
the question is exceedingly delicate and
difficult, but while that act ought 10,
| to ne hasty or controllei by the very
! natural and commendable passion q,
: resen, ment on the part of the pauple 4,
should he prompt and decisive. In every
similar action, whether between nation,
or individuals. II there is excessive DE-
lay or vaCillation, the moral value ard
! effectiveness OF the act is largely dir,-.
ished or wholly lost
- think that a demand should ~
made upon the German Government 70
| cease from this time onward. and
wholly, from the policy which resulted
in the disaster and crime ~ siuk!ns
| the Lusitanla and causing the death
f scores of innocent persons that 4
should be given definite time % ansps'
this demand that If its auswer Is no'
In the form OF definite and guarantee
| promise AL diplomatic relations he eer
lie two counties. the United Sta,ei
and Germany. should cease at once 4
would then become the duty II tie Gov
| eminent to consider what fo.m - 70
prisals should be taken"
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SEES Y. S. IN WAR.
President strykcr Of Hamilton Pre-
diets Conflict In n Year.

UTICA. y. Y, May s.--Presldent NJ
W. Stryker of Hamilton College pre-
dlcted to-day that the United states
would he at war within a year. Speak
ing to Hamilton undergraduates he said
81 am not n prophet, and | pray to God
that IL does not happen. but ! expect I"
see the United states engaged IN TINS
war within twelve months.
1.-THE American people should be IN
mourning to-day for those lost on the
I.usitania. 1t Is assassination. the
eth of May should he day or mourn
ing for the nations of the world. the
men who are guilty of this outrage
should be hung at the yardarm
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ottawa Evening journal.

president Wilson's warning was a
mere scrap Of paper to Berlin. The
American nation has been insulted and
outraged. The eyes of the world are
fixed upon America If We know any
thing of the character Of her people, they
Will not fail in this crisis in their his
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Prof Roland q. Usher. author OF
pan-Germanism, points out that
there is roih.ng in international law
to cover an attack such as was made
on the Lusitania. He believes that
one effcc; OF the disaster will be the
adoption of international rules cover
ing the new developments III sub
marine warfare
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mad DOG or EUROPE"
Canadians Say 4. =. should Help
"Hunt Down the Brute"

OTTAWA. ont, May S,-Canadian pa
peis are united IN the view that the
less Of 50 many American lives on the
Lusltania will make the continued neu-
'rtiity Of the United States extremely
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The only one to speak now is the
President OF the United States" said
John WanaJnaker. God help him"
1T Is partly my funeral" MIR
Wanamaker continued, because
three of my business family were
aboard"
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Montreal star,

"How Tho Americans will regard this
murder of a great number of their c!t-
zens We will learn as the facts develop.
They have warned tho Kaiser that he
would bc held to strict accountability
for every American life lost IN this sub
marine piracy Truly sore test is here
FOR IN. academic pacificism OF Pres.den.
Wilson and his humanitarian Secretary
OF state
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Dr. =. =. Pearson. Capitalist, Lost

FL PAso, May S.--Dr. +. :. Person
Of New York. III Faso. Montreal and
London, capitalist and promoter, was a
victim of the l.usitania disaster, accord
ing TO messages received At the Pearson
plant in this city. \ cable from London
says the body has been Identified
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Dr. Bernhard Dernburg said that
the Lustania was a British auxiliary
cruiser, a man-of-war. and that she
carried American passengers as
shields to protect her cargo Of arms
and munitions.