The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
KAISER WILHELM
 CHARGED OF MURDER
EMPEROR AND SUBMARINE oFFl. GERS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE
 BY coRoNER'S JURY.
ONLY ONE TORPEDO HIT MARK
Captain Turner Declared the Second Explosion Was An Internal
 One.

Lendon.-The Lusitania was struck by only one torpedo, according to the testimony of Captain Turner of tho steamer at the coroner's inquest at Kinsale. But this deadly missile found a vital spot and sent the liner with more than q thousand souls to the bottom in less than 20 minutes. The evidence of Captain Turner and that of other members of the crew led the jury to bring a verdict of wholesale murder" against the Ger man emperor and his government and the officers of the submarine that sunk the Lusitania-
 It was disclosed by Captain Turner and by Winston Spencer Churchill. first lord of the Admiralty, in q state ment in the House of Commons, that the captain had received wireless ae- vices from the Admiralty warning Of submarines In the liners course. Cap tain Turner testified he had followed this advice to the best of my ability"
 Captain Turner Tn declaring that one torpedo did all the damage. said the second explosion the passengers heard was an internal one and that the engines having been put out of commission it was impossible to stop the Lusitania and permit her boats being lowered properly.
 This idea Of an internal explosion Is supported by naval experts who say if the torpedo had exploded on con tact the steamer would have been on- ly disabled or had one or two of her compartments flooded. However. they say. that if the torpedo penetrated the hull and the charge of APO pounds of explosive was detonated, 1t would have created an effect similar to the expIo- sion of magazine within ship. There Is little wonder therefore that the Lusitan!a sank so rapidly. or that so many persons were killed by the fumes of the explosive
 As to why no naval escort accom- panied the Lusitania, Mir. Churchill ex- plained that the policy of the Admiral ty fig that merchantmen must look af- ter themselves. This is due to the fact that the Admiralty has not sufH- cinet destroyers to escort all merchant ships The destroyers are needed to guard the continuous stream of trans- ports from England to France and to protect the English coast from German raids.
 Naval observers believe Germany is trying to force England to use de- stroyers to protect shipping. but that they will not succeed
 All this, however. has not lessened the anger of the people at the action of Germany. In some towns where the German population is large, riot ing has occurred. Business men have decided to exclude all men of enemy countries and naturaliSed Britishers of German descent from the exchanges of the country.
 Another effect of the sinking of the Lusitania has been to increase recruit ing. Every recruiting office report ed that more men had presented themselves than for weeks past. This also was helped by a German air raid on South End and vicinity. The air men dropped 120 bombs. but only two deaths resulted. An old woman was killed in her bed and her husband, who had attempted to rescue her, died from injuries reeeivd in jumping from window. The damage caused by fire started by the bombs is estimated at s50,000