Arizona republican., 1915-07-19
What Will Germany Say?

How Germany is going to explain the sub marine attack upon the liner Orduna is hard to say. In the of the Lusitania the commander of he submarine held by the German note to be Justified mIny Americans. recognizing that the rules of war had superseded took the same view. There was d vessel belonging to the British royal naval reserve laden with enough ammunition destroy German army corls. Naturally. Germany preferred that it should be sent the bottom the That fifteen hum aired women and children should go down with it vas a regrettabe, though a supremely in: lortant incident It tie course of war and is reckless of human life on land or sea
 But the attack upon the Orduna. of the smaller of the Cunarders different mat- ter Here "Ngenoy of war. The vessel munitions 1t carrS ing no supplies tO submarine -beIeaguered England. It had small . company passengers who had recently gathered son,e assurance from the German replies to the American notes that vessel of that character would not be attacked.
 Since the Lusitania affair and especially while the negotiations between this country and Germany have been progress tiermans nave refrained from all such acts have been piained of in the American notes. O warning had issued in the of the Ot'iuna as had been given just be- fore the Lusitana sailed to her grd,e.
 The Germans of course. had right which We have admitted the course of our negotiations. [" capture and even sink the OriuEa. tut not without irst giving warning and allowing her passengers leave the shp. There was warning.
 Germany may offer one of two explanations. none at all In the latter event in the event of an attempt to defend the ot the submarine com Inanier the ground would be under the I, n1ing negotiations There would be nothing mor' To discuss ,iermany may, however dsaNow tine act of ;he submarine commander it may repeat report from the cCHnmanJcr that he had n" m trntion of sinking the Orduna; that he was only wanting that vessel throw her heart into her heels and depart dangerous spot on the ocean That would be plausible from the orduna'~ lassenEers' report of the direction of the torped" and the subsequent she-tire behind, before and on ooth the flying liner But in such performance there would be more humor than seri- ous or profitable purpose. German humor not apt to manifest itself in the wasting of ammuni- ton. The only numorist developed by the war has been Von Mueller. the young and gallant captain of the commerce destroyer Einden and hc was wort to combine business with fun, the forne: the greater glory and advantage of Germany and latter his entertainment
 Such an explanation however would not be satisfactory to our government which taking this submarine warfare rather seriously. The at tack without warning. whatever its purpose. Is q disregard of main contention. Beside the scare thrown into our twelve American citizens aboard, painful than sudden death which in the dying words Charles Frohman. of the victims the Lusitania is the most beautiful adventure of life.
 or a question voracitX may be raised be the commander of the submarine and the captain passengers of the Orduna. It may be claimed by Germany that warning gwen the liner and that the attack result of disregard the warning. In such case the door would be left open for further exchanges between the two countries. But the greatest apprehension at Wash ington must now be torpedo which barely Or1una will find odsment in the pend ing negotiations and scatter them the winds of hcaN
 Mir. Carothers Many Offices