The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-22

been driven IL attack ships submcre-
ed-ussne the torpedo almost ex-|
clusively-the murder ron is bound 70
grow. Most ships whom struck by Al
torpedo go down In two or three in'n-
utcs. which gives no opportunity NJ
escape 90 those below decks.
Recent sInkings which came ur-
der my observation since the begin
ming OF the ruthless warfare. show
this c~onciusively A frelghter loaded
with iron ore and conveyed by a de-
stro,er went down IN tive minutes.
Eighteen Of her crew OF twenty-six
we're drowned. Another sun In two
minutes after being struck. she was
hit In daylight but the submarine was
not seen. T~wenty~eight OF her crew
OF thirty-two peris7hed. The Ahosso
sunk in three minutes and thirty
women and chiidren died.
~sinkiuKs or this sort from now on
will be the rule-noi the exception.
"Hideous as this assassination from
ambush Is. Il does not equal the
wan,on crimes committed in the days
before ruthless" warfare-when the
submarines came 10 the surface and
attacked with gun IRE.
The warning given In these cases
was simply the beginnig OF the at
tack and ailor were often killed by
the warning shots. This sors Of
warning was given only to saw the
expensive torpedoes-~orth $1,000
apiece-of which a submarine can
carry only q few. When th1 ship
gave signs Of surrender. the firms
reBeraIly stopped and a bcardins
party from the submarine DESTROYED
her with bombs The crew then took
to their bcat-.
Unless picked up they were lef'
to certain death by starvation ~
drow ming a. these ttacks took place
li5l end geo miles off shore. In only
zone ease did / find that the biz
-ihmarine offered to assist She vis-
tins by towing their boats 'oward the
llsnd, b.
The sufferings Of these crew
who were picked up By patrol boats
were terrible Many Of them were
never picked up. The men probahly
went mad and leaped into the sra. Ia
tie case ~ the CairnhiIi, a PritiHh
freighter with a crew ~ sixteen men,
I've Of whom were Americans tins
Germans deliberately quilted the life
boat. took the provisions which the
men had placed in the boat n threw
them into the sea. emptied the water
keg Of fresh water and To make then
job complete. filled II with sait water
1.-THE boats sails were taken off and
that was practically the only hope 81
rstting 20 land II the wind were favor
liable. she was attacked l50 miles oul
AZ sea.
while the Germans were ipdulg.
ing in these pranks with the lifoboal
a bombing party was wrecking ths
ship and the men we're kept STANDING
on the deck Of the submarine. Mos
OF them had little di,ty bags OF ban.
dana handkerchief IN which the
carried a few little personal keep.
sakes such as photos Of their sweet
hearts. mothers or wives. These were
taken from them aud thrown INTO th'
sea. The first officer Matthewsor
was kept below decks Tor an hou
aud pat through the third degree "a
4, 10 the routes Of other ships.
The Germans o,eIplayed this httl
drama Of nlghtfulness. AZ they use'
up a whole hour in preparing IA
l!feboat ss a torture chamber 10
the men who who were To- be- set adfr
u It. A d~e-troyer's smoke was see.
on the horizon and the German
j made haste 60 dis" Matthewso'
WAS thrust through the hatchwa.
ard the submarine Owed with tn
< sixteen men san standing ON ne
deck They were lcn n%oundering ID
the water 70 swim 20 N" empty 30
= boat as best they could"
81 b. such hideous crimes az thes'
and hsruarous acts like those commit
t,d by Germany during her reeen
. raid on England when bombr contain
" ms acid nuid were dropped from IA
sky unto inoffeusiye women an
children. causing them 90 writhe .
" hospital bcds for days suffering frnr
great burns. that causes q c%iNiize
" world to stand aghast with horror an
wonder how il h. that people Wh
have heretofore been considered hu
man beings could In such a snort TIM
Doe transformed INTO nends with Whor