New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
WHAT OF THE LUSITANIA!
A New Outrage Threatens Unless Di
avowal Is Obtained.
F A T II E R :?
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune. n
Sir: Several times lately | have *
either in so many words or by imphea~'
the printed assertion that the Lusitanla mat
ter has been settled. l appeal to you "
refute it in your columns.
Has the Imperial German Government
avowed the Lusitania outrage? II no1
matter has not been settled. .
Has the Imperial German Government e''
ceded the important principles involved, rS
that Americans shall be spared, but mat 20
rights of non-combatants az sea snal I
inviolate? If not, the matter is as FAR '''1
settlement now as on the day wnen q
! infamy was committed.
| People, seem, curiously enough, 20 regal
the Sussex notes O. a settlement OF me Il
sitanIa case. In the first place, the Sussl
notes do not concede one jot OF prineii1
They merely repeat the pledges given a
fall and winter Though these former plecs1
are in part repudiated in the very say
note). They undertake to keep the imper1
word so long as it suits the imperial eSl
venierce. Referring 10 the British oloal
ade. the note says: SHOULD steps taken i
the government of the United states n
attain the object it desires. 10 have the hEi
of humanity followed by all belligeren' u
tons. the German Government would ~
be facing a new situation in which II ny
reserve to itself complete liberty OF del
sion.")
In the last Sussex note they do intsi
come to a practical dsavowal by punisi,1
the submarine commander. So much for n
Sussex. We may call that case settled. s1
7 larpr4foN
only concessions have been made by y
United States Government, in a gradual Y
cess;on from its first demands.
Now, I hold that .othing short Of al
avowal, nothing less than a full eoneess'l
of principles, should be accepted in the L@l
tania case. We must wiring from the W
man Government that disayowal, not fFon
spirit of vengeance, nor by way OF dongn''
Justice to the dead, but for more prac''oI
reasons. In plain words, a new LushH
outrage is brewing al this moment IN vi
man laboratories
! Prior to the Sussex settlement the "
man Government failed again and again
keep its pledge At frs, it tried out N
American temper with Austrian and Iu'ss
labels, and finding that no unpleasant eo's
quences ensued on the Ancona and the fe''sI
it elected to keep for the German hag
glory of The Sussex, the Bengairn, me ~.
chester Engineer. Eastern City, 20 meau'
only a few in which Americans figured
many others not gracod by the presence
American citizens. These breaches OF ~
should teach US that a German pledge 70
United States Government is as woHh's
as a German treaty with Belgium. besSe
which. since the last Sussex note, there -.
been ships sunk without warning IN ara
of the war zone. But as they were eon'D'.
ate enough not to ship any American -
sengers they were overlooked By me -
sighted spectacles OF the Washington $. 8,
ernment (Which cannot see anything ''''
than November. -,
In view Of the revival Of the suesS,
controversy in Germany and the inls1"s
tion openly put on the aboye-quoted e.,
il is our solemn duty 70 prevent repe-s
Of the Lusitania tragedy by timely ~
ence on the Lusitania demands. 4.
Since we Sre at present leaaerleS
Wilson having asked the American peopa.
play the horse 70 his cart. Mr. Hughes ~ ~
We very much fear. hopolessly "siekNess "
with the pale cast Of thought ana
Roosevelt private citizen will The INV
lead the way' ,o
CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFoh"
Rrooklvr Julv l9 1910