The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09

\ Consideration for the laws OF war
tshcs in the face OF % great a catassrc N
| which violates she greater Law % nd
mon humanity.
Rasstasse saas rAe sisuasssr q. %
critical for PASSIONATE or vehement I'D
cry. Whether any American lives We
lost or not. we have arrived at sal
where ne must have a clear understap M
ing with Germany a. to the future vi
cannot allow american lives TO be enasI
, Kercd in species OF warfare wtthol
| precedent among civilized nations "A
which Is distinct return 10 the mol
| brutal practices OF barosrisin. Our -oJ
eminent VIII know how 20 deal with al
case. and u VIII not need any urstu|
from the press to do It's full duty. MI
can safely leave u IN the hands n
President who fears God but doe. ID
FEAR man. and who VIII preserve m
peace as long as u 10 humanity pos.ih1
TO do so.
Philadelphia Record, The s,,,.|
government has assumed the attItus
that under modern naval condition. M
soivins the employment of submarine |
onens,re operations. Il il impossible ;
take the precautions employed IN surf,
warfare to safeguard Innocent lives. vi
may challenge this position: but, bar
peipaoie EFFORT on the part OF .Ger,,, /, N
70 evade her responsibilities In any Sp@
enc case toward American citizens. a. !.
uoes not seem to be reason to be up ,,,X
alarmed about the International asps 4
.ne destruction OF the Lusitanla
affecting this country.
New Nsrk wsrlAs Nspully. tAe .,,S
| ING oil the Lusisania was no worse 2 a.
the sinking Of the Falaba. In each "a,
passenger ship carrying neutrslr sr
noncombatanta was DESTROYED nv a
man submarine. and hundreds OF h.Il
less men. women and children lef,
survive or drown. as luck decreed. n
destruction Of tho Lusitania makes
moro dramatic appeal to the huns
imseination than did the destruction
the Falaoa. but both were crimes axnIn
civilization IN equal degree. M
Germany expects to gain by her pnrId
10 something We cannot guess. Wa
advantage viii Il be to her 10 be 10
without friend or a weri-wishs-
the world? The war cannot last 20
ever. Peace win eventually como.
only through exhaustion. What viii
the attitude OF the other nations tow Al
Germany when the conflict Is nnisNed
How many decades must pass be'o
Germany can live down the crinlIn
record that she In writing for her 90
In the annals Of history.
New York Herald, Il n q tim.
gravity In American history unmai ID
since the civil war. This cold -biocde
premeditated outrage on colossal "a
will cause such . binding white *
of indignation throughout the neutr
portion Of the world. unhsppily grow ID
smaller and smaller. that there saun|
conceivably be in Washington Al
thought Of turning back from the 10
to Germany sent February 10.
The Lusitanla was British ship. 81
this fact does not mitigate the crinr
the kaiser's navy against this repubi
in killing peaceful American passenger
Nor does the fact that warnings We
given mitigate the crime; IL rather I
creases It's enormity. Americans had q
right to go by any steamship IN.
chose. They had the right to prote
ton by this government. No gover
men. can long last that does not pr
tect It's own citizens.
The grave crisis which was prscip
tatcd by the 'torpedoing Of the GuiiigS
grows greater each hour - the tidin
from Queenstown awell the list OF desS
New York Times, From our Departs
ment of State there must go to the
perial government at Berlin a DEF
that the Germans shall no longer md
war like savazes drunk with blood. "a
they shall cease to seek the attainnlt
of their ends by the assassination OF on
combatants and neutrais. In the his ID
of wars there Is no single deed com "a
able In Its inhumanity and It's horro
the destruction. without warning. by 'e