Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
ATTACK ON LUS|TAN|A
PIRACY AND MURDER

ne American press in New York, Phil
adelphia and Boston denoIinces in Wig
orous terms The torped"ing of the I.usi-
tania
ne New York Times describes the at
tack as War by Ssassination'' and SAYS
tlia' FROM our Department of ,Stat
mere must &" to the imperial government
AZ Berlin demand that the Germans
silal no longer make war like SaNaseS
drunk with blood. and That they shall
cease I" seek the attainment of their ends
by The asSa sSinat ion of non-ronbatants
and neutrais"
me New York Tribune SAYS that the
'ofpedons Of the slip was in defiance
not alone of every dictate of common hu-
mainly that american men women
ana children. citizens of this neutral M
hoh nave been exposed to dea h. have
perhaps been actually murdered. by Ger
Hian war craft. and that For this rn,Ir-
der there Is no justification outside of
that Jaw OF necessity paraded by the Ger
maj chancellor in the opening hours
The New York World saws that The
. circumstances and the consequences of
the destruction of the Iustania bv a
r ,.aa,n submarine rall for all the self
restraint and self-puSSeSSion that the
American people can command
The New York Herald says The
ciViii%ed world stands appalled, at the tor
pedoihs OF the Lusitani;t" that If ever
Wholesale murder was premeditatad this
slaughter on the high seas was" and that
Americans had the right to go by any
| steamship they chose: they had the right
70 protection by this government. and
no government can long last that does
hot protect its own citizens
The New York Journal saws: THE sink
ing OF the l4usitania, with her hes w
fre1shtage of peaceful Travellers including
| hundreds Of women and children. was
i'o' an act OF war: it was deed of whole
sale murder
me Philadelphia Press says: IF it
prove that American citizens haze lost
'heir lives by this form of ASA ssination
"h't VIII our government do about it o.
/ Fiendish and Premeditated.
| me Philadelphia Inquirer says: The
warning was not given much attention
J ny these passengers, for no person bless
/ ed win even a semblance of humane
: instincts could ina CINE that even a
! mend IN the lowest depth of the most
| orthodox hell could possibly conceive
OF "A crime 50 diabolical. damna BILE
! SO VillaiuouS as y ould be the torpedo
! ing OF Il passenger. ship with only ueu-
trails and uon-c ombatantS aboard And
Vet this tiendish crime was not onl,
conceived of and plotted. but it has
been actually carried out. and il was
unuueStlonablN prepared for when the
German embassy ordered from
Berlin to print the warning notice
The Philadelphia Ledger says: The
campaign of frightfulness has reaped
savage result and the cnormIty of
the offense cannot be overlooked. And
Yet il viii be we'll for the country to
reserve its Judgment. keep cool and
raise no Sudden cry for revenge until
/ al the facts are known.
The Boston Herald says: Nov. how =
ever is the time for the United stat ::
to speak for itself and for humanity
The Boston Post says. 1T is the
worst crime against civilization and
humanity th;.i the modern world has
ever known. 1t is Il reNcI sion to bar
harism that will set the whole world.
save perhaps the little world of its per-
petrators, atiame With horror and in
dignation.