New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-30

his Office the member of the staff who
was in charge of editing the copy useo
in the German Information service
press sheet and asked him what ne
thought of the attack. Mr.. Hale again
said the attack, II true, was a great
mistake on the part OF the German Ad.
miralty, and in reply to comment
added that il the Germans sunk any
more passengers ships, resulting in
loss Of American lives. cit was all oil
with them"
Waited for
Dernburg Speech
The following morning Mr. Hale
asked one Of the men il he would delay
going 70 the American Press Associa-
ton, where the daily news sheet was
printed, until he had received special
piece of copy. This copy, Mr.. Hale ex-
planned, would be ready for typesettlng
and should be set up Immediately for
printing, so that il might be rushed
out and mailed that afternoon to the
entire list of newspapers to which the
German Information Service press
sheet was sent.
The makeup man accordingly re-
NAMED at his desk and received this
copy, which was in typewriter form,
FIVE or six pages at a time. This copy
had been edited in Mr.. Hale's hand
writing.
The manuscript was the text OF a
speech which DR.. Bernhard Dernburg
was scheduled to delived at noon on
the same day before the City Club at
the Hotel Hollenden, in Cleveland, ONO.
II was the same speech in which Dr'
Dernburg defended the sinking OF the
Lusitania, and which later provoked
such feeling throughout the United
States that he was compelled to leave
this country.
The manuscript given the makeup
man bv Mr.. Hale bore the date line
cleveland. May s." and in substance
the first paragraph read: "Dr. Bern
hard Dernburg, Imperial Privy Coun-
cillor. in a speech on Germans At
titude in the Present War before the
CITY Club, at the Hotel Hollenden
to-day said":
Then followed three columns Of ma
terial giving DR.. Dernburg's speech, IN
which he asserted:
"Vessels of that kind can be seized
and be destroyed under the hague
rules, without any respect to a war
zone. The Lusitania was BRUSH
auxiliary cruiser. man OF war. On
the same day she sailed the Camera
MIA. another Cunsrder, was commani
deered in New York Harbor for mill
tary service.
"iThe fact is that the Lusitania was
British war vessel. under order OF the
Admiralty to carry cargo OF contra,
band. The passengers had had fuiI
warning. first. by the German note TO
England in February; second, by al
vertisemcnts. I consider it signihcant
that German warnings will reappear
hencetorth by advertisements.
Germany wants to do anything rea-
sonable so far as not to make the
limited States, or it's citizens, suffer IN
anv way but she cannot do so unless
will take necessary precau-
tions 10 protect themselves from dan-
gers Of which they are cognizant.'
Mr. Hale's assistant arranged by tel
ephone with the printing department OF
tbe American Press Association TO
have a special shift of men TO set up
.nd print this crush" piece of copy.
As soon as he had told Mr.. Hale that
H. headline ms written by him would
81 the space, Mr.. Hale's secretary
conied his manuscript on the type
writer and the complete speech was m
mediately taken to the printers Az
the printers it was arranged 10 nave
this copy in type by noon, so that
rough galley proof could be sent 10
Mr.. Hale at his ONCE.