The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-04
Some New Thought on
LuSitania Horror.

We have read the German side Of the sinking in The
Fatherand" and also both the English and the American
in the big magazines but we believe that R Hobson has
given the best light on this great horror of the SEAS WEI
have never admired Hobsons views the Jap question
but his argument the Lusitania is the best have
found Thinking that many Of The Hummer readers would
never see this in print give it verbatim it comes
from the New York Herald:
The Presidents note to Germany is firm and master
full but its central demand Of immunity Of American lives
merchant vessels assumed that these vessels will be
unamed and unresstng toward vessels andin virtue
of which nOn-resstance international law gives them the
right of immunity of life
The order of the British admiralty instructng British
merchantmen attack with the ram German submarines
sight makes all merchant vessels armed and ready to-
ward German submarines and mullifes their claims inl
international law warning and immunity Of life from
these submarines
Maintaining our position toward Germany as Defined
by the Presidents note without insisting revocation of the
British admiraltys instruction is equivalent to demanding
that German submarines shall not attack British vessels
with American lives board while the British vessels are
free to aachd under orders to attack German sub
marines So Great Britain could maintain feet of r
chanvessels hunting and destroying German submarines
with full immunity The submarine is the weapon Of the
gallant and weak against the strong andcanno and should
not be thus abolished.
"A widowed,cOusn of mine applied at the New York
tana. The booking agent old friend took her aside
and told her that the vessel acting under admiralty
orders and that she simply must not take passage it.
He pledged her secrecy until after the trip This fact
brings up pertinent questors-Why did not the Cunard
company give to all persons applying for passage the same
humane advice its agent did for old friendship sake gave
my cousin instead of loading the vessel down with
full passenger list including many distinguished Amer
cans whose loss would necessarily strike the American
Imagination?
Knowing that German submarines were operating inI
the south of the Irish coast why did the British adj
miralty which controlled the Lusitanias movements
order her the unnfested around the north Of
Ireland?
why the ship having speed of IS knots, very
substantial aid to security ordered by the admiralty o
slow down to II knots in the danger zone?
How could a torpedo sink such ship in 20 minutes?
An elementary knowledge of naval architecture would
convince anyone that such thing is impossible unless
there contributing inside the vessel such as
open water tight doors or inside explosion
why was there NO protecting convoy in the danger
zone?
why there cOnsOrt for the great ships pas
sengers lives ready for rescue work?
why was there no preparations along the shore I?
Why was rescue work slow in reaching the scene?
why it possible, in smooth sea- within sight of
land in the middle of the day to lose many lives
why was the censorship thrown open to all the har-
rowing details turnout the slow and nexplicabe work of
recovery Of the bodies while secrecy was ordered for the
admiralty instructions under which the ship proceeded to
its doom?
There could be possible motive for Germany wish
ing destroy American lives in fact Germany sought by
extraordinary warning not to destroy American lives
And her commanders OrpedOed the vessel APPOINT near
est the Shore where it presumabe there would be
annie time for the rescue of life:
ION the other hand there full motive for England
wishing such tragedythe motive for thrustng America
into war with Germany. Our own self respect and our
positions in history demand least that we should find
out the facts by regular impartial investigation of the
naval court We cannot pass judgment fellow Christ