El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
Halifax Has The Worlds Sympathy

HE disaster of Halifax Is so appalling to stagger
the imagination Never in the history Of this CONT
ueut: rarely in the history Of the world, have we
known anything compare with it. The Johnston Hood
the Chicago fire the San Francisco earthquake the Cal
weston floods small by comparison
A munition ship explOdes. Two thousand lives are
by the force Of the explosion, by coaPsng
buildings by tearing shTapnel and by the great wave OF
water hurled over the docks by the explosion Thousands
more were injured fatally, terribly, and some
slightly. Some only injured but were pinned under
debris and persisted by fire Some were only injured pIt
died IN the streets because aid could not be gwen to tho
sands in short time. Whole families were killed Whole
schools full Of children were destroyed taking almost every
life Parents killed, leaving orphans behind them
Buildings by hundreds homes and business houses nuIc
schools and theaters, were lett flat on the gouno many
with injured underneath their crumPed walls ana
roofs
coast garrison city of Canada Dispatches have been filled
with narratives horrible, pathetic that the hldeous-
ness of the whole calamity puts pail the mind as one
reads How much dreadful must have been TO De
# Is almost impossible to imagine an explosive force so
great as to cause the this did The American naval
commander who heard and the explosion from DIS
lance of 50 miles and steam Halifax to render aid,
reported to Washington that 5000 tons of tntrotoluene
in the munitions ship exploded It is the most powerful
explosive yet invented and the most dangerous to handle
We are familiar enough with incidents in the oil fields
when small quantities Of nogycern have exploded scat
terng wagons horses and in fragments 1t IS easier
then, TO realize how awful could be the EXPLOSION o. So
Of more powerful explosive togeIher VIII me
explosion Of quantities Of shells which were part OF the
ships cargo.
shin lived to get away the vessel and reach land 50
far as dispatches have informed u.s. most if not all mem
bers escaped safely and not injured after reach
ing the shore while thousands of others who had not been
near the ship and possibly did not know there was
munitions ship the harbOr lost their lives injured
Because of this tragedy, the American people have had
opportunity to show very practical sympathy Tor the
stricken city, and It is gratifying to know that no sooner
had Of the disaster reached this country than relief
trains were prepared and started rushing toward the scene
Doctors nurses hospital supplies food clothing and ma
teras of other kinds needed speeding from the United
States to Halifax within few hours after the first word
came.
Surely Halifax has paid heavy price in blood for loyal
participation the The heart Of the world goes out
in sympathy to the dominion and its stricken city.
As for Austria we're longer the fence but the Of
fensive.
If TucsOns city hall is sagging cracking and slowly
falling down. is going to sit in that building ana
read all the latest developments in the Halifax crash
The Santa Fe Nes Mexican heads mp the presidents ad
dress in this fashion, Consenceess hOnOress menace Of
Teuton frghtfulnes teaoherous intrigue and brute force
must be wiped out" From which must conclude that
z Dana Johnson and Woodrow Wilson in complete
agreement And, far known, the same sentiment Is
unanimously held in this part Of the country.