South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-30
TEDDY THE TIRESONIE AND DIR
FILM EIAM

TEDDY IItE IIhEa-&BhE< ANlD III
FILM FIAM.
Whether IL is because he is now sat
isfied that he is down and OFT with
the German-American vote doesn't
matter-America is not counting votes
just al the present time-but it is
practically certain that one T. Roose-
vetl. sometime president, is the great
distinguished member of the WHO'S
Who" aggregation which would plunge
the country into war on grounds re-
ported by the British censorship. in
the Arabic case.
Most folks wouldn't 90 10 fighting
fleas on anything furnished by that
censorship. Woodrow Wilson. know
Ing that Great Britain would like 20
settle her own disputes with us by
sticking us upon Germany, will wait
for substantiated facts.
Teddy has got into the habit Of shut
ting both eyes pulling both triggers
and letting both barrels go into the
wide. wide world, and it is a habit
that's making his best friends tired
and sick. And he has his counterpart
who is making some Of us sick also
this from the angle OF the Germans.
Reference IS made 20 DR.. Oswald
F'lam's explanation of the Lusitania
disaster. To people outside Of Ger.
many it seems 10 carry about as much
weight az does Col. Roosevelt's rant
ings. His censorship on the Lusitania
is just about as sane as Britain's pro-
badly is with with regard TO the sink
ing OF the Arabic. DR.. Flamm (whOse
middle name. however. is not Flimm)
has absolutely proved in a Berlin
newspaper that it was the British who
sank the Lusitania, and anybody who
rejects mis- reasoning is incapable Of
logic. or is unneutral at heart.
First. he proves IL by abstract rea-
sOning England caused the sinking
Of the Lusitania because that would
have been a natural thing for her TO
DO. "She had the very greatest inter-
est in causing the loss Of a really i'm
portant ship. with simultaneous de-
struction OF numerous American lives.
by a German submarine" England
knew. OF course. that in case of such a
loss there would be an ultimatum from
Washington and England would gain
American moral support OF even
American participation in the war.
So England plotted deliberately TO
bring the Lusitania within range of
a German submarine. and made it as
easy as possible for the submarine to
torpedo her.
Or. Flamm reinforces this cOnclu-
sion with an argument based on cir
cumstantial evidence. The "abject un-
scrupulousness of the English govern
ment" is shown by the fact that the
we'll built Lusitania sank within the
incredible space of twenty minutes"
After a careful analysis of the ship
structure and the whole situation. he
concludes that the disaster was caused
not by the German torpedo that hit
the Lusitania, but by a second explo-
sion. "artifcally and Intentionally
caused by some paid individual on
board for the purpose of insuring the
certain destruction of the vessel"
What condemnation can be strong
enough for the utter criminality and
cOld-blooded cruelty of a nation that
will thus aid and abet the German
navy in Strengthening 1,40O noncom-
batants. for the sake of military ad-
vantage2
And isn't it possible. too. that Eng
land is deliberately plotting against
Germany by always having women and
children where they viii be killed by
the bombs dropped by the Zeppelin
airships2
We're it not for the average common
sense OF the American people. il seems
that between such men as DR. Flamm
and Col. Roosevelt. they might be led
10 believing most anything.