Evening journal., 1917-03-13
NINE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS
PROPOUNDED TO REV. S. C. Won BOSSE,
ACTIVE PRO-CERMAN PROPACANDIST
DIT ORIAL)

questions not clear, we think he will have n
better opportunity to explain himself ii we address to
him set Of hypothetical questions which bring the war
and the German methods of conducting war; right home
to our own city and State. They are ms follows;
One--ATT. Won Bosse If the United States and Ger.
many resort TO war, and it, of necessity the American
flag becomes bClIigerent flag do you think that Ger
many win have legal or moral right TO send squad
ron of cruisers to this side of the Atlantic let
them lay OFF the towns Of Lewes and RehObOth and,
without warning and while most of the inhabitants Of
Lewes and RehObOth in bed and asleep, fire expIo
sive shells into those towns, killing nOn-cOmbatant
men, and children and destroying non.cOmbat-
ant property, done by the Germans i'm their at
tacks upon the seacOast towns of West HartlepOOI
Scarborough and Whitby, in Englandi
TwO-Mr. Won BOsse, II the United States and Ger
many resort TO war, do You think That Germany will
have legal moral right TO station a warship oil
the New Jersey coast, load aerOpane with high ex-
plosves launch It into the air. send it westward in
the nighttime and have IL drop those high and deadly
explosives upon sleeping men, women and children at
Eighth Jackson streets other places city
as has been done by the Germans in London and other
English cities and tOwns7
Three-Mr vOn BOsse, if the United States and Ger
many resort TO war; and II the Wilson line steamboat
City OF Philadelphia leaves Fourth street wharf loaded
with hundreds OF Wilmington men, women and children
and carrying its cargo deck commodities which It
has pleased Germany to class as cOntraband and if
the Germans have succeeded in working submarine up
the Delaware bay and river to point OF the mouth OF
the Christana river, do you think that Germany will
have legal right to torpedo the City of Phila
dephia, without warming TO Kill many of those inOf
fensiVe Wilmington men, women and children by the
force of the explosion and to leave those who escape
such death TO perish miserably by drowning, has
been done repeatedly in the OF the ships Great
Britain and other bclligerentsl
FOur-Mr. Won BOsse, IL the United States and Ger
many resort to war; and ii party of Wilmington men,
and children board an American passenger
steamship in Philadelphia New York or elsewhere and
If, in common with hundreds of other nOn-cOmbatant
men, women and children, they sail for foreign port
do think that Germany will have a moral or legal
right TO torpedo that American passenger ship without
warning, and TO kill outright, or by drowning those
Wilmington men, women and children simply because
that American steamship carries in its hold cOmmodi-
ties which Il has pleased Germany 10 class contra
band has been done in the of ships other bel.
lgerents9
Fiye-Mr. vOn BOsse, If the United States and Ger.
many resort to war, and ii the German troops sue
ceed In ehectng landing in lower Delaware; If they
approach the town of D0ver If prior to their arrival
the mayor of that town warn the Inhabitants not to
offer resistance, and If, following the arrival OF the
Germans, some azy-headed DOyerite fires gun do
you think that Germany will have a moral or legal
right TO destroy property, bind eleven of DOyers prom
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