Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12

wesley TTDSJ, IOTT4IEF IUILGu OLNLGS
consul at Queenstown. Ireland who came
into international prominence when the
Lusitania was torDedoed by the German
U-boat, and who knows more of German
frightfulness on the high seas than any
other man living, in all probability, was in
Augusta last Wednesday and made two
addresses before the Rotary Club in the
afternoon and at Partridge Inn in the
evening before the Chamber of Commerce.
This account deals with the evening adj
dress.
President James NJ. Hull, Jr., president
OF the Augusta Y. NJ. G.. A. and MEM
Der of the Chamber of Commerce intro
duced MIR. Frost, who proved to be a tall,
slender young man, with a seriousness of
manner and earnestness of utterance that
is undoubtedly due to the series of sea
horrors which he has witnessed and heard
from the lips of survivors as they landed
in open boats on the Irish shore.
Without any effort at oratory; with no
effort at inspiring hate; without mention
ing the very important part he has played
in securing evidence to convict the Ger
man of piracy and murder, he spoke for
an hour and after relating many instances
Of German friehtfulness, concluded with
outrage OF them all"
Three Killed BY She'll Fire.
On single day in Queenstown he has
seen the crews from six torpedoed ships
landed and in the three years Of his Of
fetal duties he has had reported TO him
the sinking of eighty one ships by Ger
man submarines which American lives
were either lost or imperilled. This is due
to the fact that the Atlantic ocean south
OF Ireland is the greatest ocean highway
on the face of the globe and is an ideal
spot for submarine operations. In many
cases. the only warnings given the crews
and passengers of these ships was the
Smelling and bombing of the Germans and
very recently three persons were killed
by shell fire while the Germans were in
open boats. Den day while at the dock
he saw the remains of the commander
of the California carried by him i'll a
gunnysack.
Haunted Drowning Men.
MIR. Frost stated that the commander of
the Carnhill was ordered to take his nine
teen men to the submarine and while they
were standing on the deck of the snbma-
rine, she dove under the water, leaving
tn nineteen men struggling in the heavy
sea. Many times men have been held in
small boats alongside submarines, while
the Germans tainted them and shouted
insulting epithets at them. Some of the
crews of submarines watched men drown
ing in the ocean and took photographs of
them. Mr.. Frost said: only the relent-
less avalanche Of facts, week after week,
month after month, convinced me that
this is Americas war.
Murder in First Degree.
THE U-boats sl5nlk up at night with
out warning. and in one instance, but one
out of thirty mine were saved while IN
another. four were saved out of thirty
two. Ships have sunk in the darkness of
night in sixty seconds, and fifty per cent.
of all the ships sink in ten minutes or
less. Murder in the f-rs- degree is the
verdict of the world It is said that to-
day the subs fire their torpedoes by mi
crophones and do not rise to the surface
The torpedo strikes amidships, causing
the boilers to explode and many brave
fellows are blown to ribbons or boiled to
death in the steam. 0ne-third of the
casualties are due to exploding boilers
Germany says war is a rough game but
that is no reason why it should be foul
Ruthlessness' is the only word that con-
veys any meaning of the outrages. but
the attempt to turn the waters south of
Ireland into marine inferno is failing.
Tribute to British Navy,
1.-TWO boatloads of British mu1etteers
who had been given up for cost were saved
by British tug and I want you to join
with me in saying: AN honor TO the Brit
ish navy which night and day has been
hunting down the jaclxals of the sea- 1t
was my privilege to receive the Amer
lean fotilla and | found the ships in fine
trim, ready to go into action at once. In
fact, the United States officers put into
effect four practical suggestions imme
diately after their arrival and surprised
the british with their nfFjcjencv.