Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-27
GERMAN PROFESSORS
 AGREE THAT SINKING OF LUSITANIA RIGHT
Many German Authorities on h. ternationaI Law Agree That, Under Known PrecedentS, Sinking Was Justified.

Sinking Was Justified.
 PRESLAU, Germany, Nov. 26.-The opinions of twenty-one of the most prominent German authorities on in ternational law. with few exceptions university professors, on the legal questions involved in the sinking of the Lusitania, have been collected in to one volume which is published and hailed as the concensus tof German opinion. In differing language but with unanimity, the authorities agree that the act of the submarine was Justified.
 As representative of all twenty-one, the Koelnische zeitung selects for publication and approving comment the opinion of Prof. Max Fleischmann of the University of Koenigsburg, who has written a comprehensive but con else introduction to the book, and ex- tracts from the opinion Of Dr. Karl Strupp of Frankfort-on-the-Ma
 Dr. Strupp begins by quotations from naval orders in the war of 1872, issued respectively to Lieut.. Allan of the American ship Argus and to Capt. Stewart, the first advising of the ad- yantageousness of attacking the enc my's commerce, and the second direct ing the sinking of English vessels when there is any risk of their being rescued while en route to a port as prizes.
 Tt cannot be expressed more clear l ly," says Dr. Strupp. "that the North American government orders the de- struction of enemy ships when they cannot be safely brought to friendly port
 He then asks the question whether lt is the duty of a war vessel to save passengers and crew of an enemy ship. admitting in doing so that exist ing rules of international law apply to submarines. He declares they are to be regarded as suspended when mil itary necessity, or even when serious need, arises
 The commander of a vessel he says, must weigh the circumstances, and did in the Lusitania case and decided rightly that such need did exist for ] his little ship before the giant vessel of iO,OOO tons which might at any | time ram him. and which probably had concealed cannon on board and perhaps even Canadian auxiliary troops
 Above an,' says Dr. Strupp eft is | settled that the Lusitania was an aux Hilary cruiser subsidized by the Eng ! fish government and carried as such iu the English lists, which as a natural consequence meant that she was nc longer a merchant vessel but was to l be regarded and treated as a vessel of war
 The submarine commander, cOntin ues Dr. Strupp, did not have to wait until his danger became acute. lr case the destruction of the Lusitania was justified. he was under no ueces sity to take heed of the presence o |non-comDatants. not even of neutrals | Whether two or 15OO were involved ii not a question ot law, but purely onC Of quantity. This number plays a rol only from humanitarian, not from { judicial standpoint
 The American contention that th' commander should have warned tn,
 Lusitania Dr. Strupp characterizes a
 wholly devious" In support of hi
 contention he again quotes from Am
 eriean precedent and reproduces an or
 der of Secretary of State Bayard O
 January 6, 1888, reading Tt is the duty of foreigners to with , draw from such risks and if they d
 not do so or if they yOlutarily expos
 themselves to such risks, they mus
 take the consequences"
 Likewise the author also denies tha any indemnity should be ' i'd for live
 or property lost on the Lusitania, an 7 cites a prize court finding in the FraI { co-German war. A French court rule that English, then neutral owners c
 cargoes that had been sunk in Germa S ships. could not collect damages II V also quotes the English authority O , international law, Hall who says tha
 neutral owners of cargoes destroye
 by acts Of war have no valid clail
 for damages.
 o In addition to the opinions of the professors. which take up 93 page i- the new book contains for future re rro,o, tbo .r,ott,, orr,,a,f .f t14a Ea .. man admiralty of February A. the Ar
 erican note of February 12, the Ge
 man answer of February IS and q
 note exchange following the Lusitan incident.
 n Total valuation of assessed esta