The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-23
LEST WE FORGET

Some Of our pacifist friends still
contend that the United States gov
eminent did not have sufficient JUST.
fication for our declaration Of war
against the imperial government of
Germany.
1t seems to us IL there ever was a
just cause for war, Germany gave the
United States that cause.
Our flag was repeatedly fred upon,
the property of our citizens destroy
ed, and the lives of men, women and
children were sacrificed without warn
ing.
Besides the plraIical sinking of our
ships and ruthlessly destroying life
and property, Germany endeavored to
incite our negro population to insur-
rection.
She sought to incite Mexico and
Japan to invasion. She blew up bridg-
es, set the incendiary torch to some
of our munition plants and endeavor-
ed to corrupt our congress.
One OF our representatives in con-
gress said upon the floor Of the house:
"If man will not fight under these
conditions he would not fight il an en-
envy entered his home and outraged
his wife or daughter in his presence"
What we have stated is NJ: mere
assertion.
The record shows that twenty-four
American ships were attacked by Ger
man and Austrian submarines and
other Teutonic raiders since the out
break of the European war, and be-
fore the United States became party
to it.
OF this number eight we're destroy
ed by submarines, and one, the Will
liam p. Frye, by the German convert
ed cruiser raider, the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
In addition, one American ship, the
Cushing, was attacked by German
airship on April %, 1915.
Lest we forget, we reprint the list:
William p Frye, January %, 1915
Sunk by German raider, Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Crew taken off.
Cushing, April %, 1915. Attacked
/ by German airship.
Nebraska, May 1, 1915. Torpedoed
by German submarine.
Gulfiight, May 90, 1915. Torpedoed
by German submarine. Proceeded.
Leelanaw, July %, 1915. Sunk by
torpedo and shell fire,
Oswego, August IA, 1915. Fired on
ten times, but made port.
Communipaw, December 3, 1915. Fir
ed on, but proceeded.
Petrolite, December 5, 1915. Fired
on by Austrian submarine repeatedly
after vessel had stopped.
Seaconnet, June Is, 1915. Damaged
by mine or torpedo.
Kansan, October -, 1916. Fired on
U-59, leaving United States. Struck
mine after reaching other side. Six
men injured in mine explosion
Tango (Philippine), October %,
1916. Destroyed by German subma-
rine
Columbia, November 7, 1916. Sunk
by German submarine.
Chemung, November 26. 1916. Sunk
by Austrian submarine.
st. Helens. December 10, 1916. At
tackled by German submarine.
Rebecca Palmer, December IA, 1916.
Fired on by German submarine. Dam
age slight
Galena, December Is, 1916. Fired
on by German submarine.
Sacramento, January 9, 1917. Fired
on by German submarine.
Westwego, January 81, 1917. Stop
ped by German submarine, but allow
ed to proceed.
Housatonic, February 8, 1917. Sunk
| by German submarine.
Lyman M. Law, February IS, 1917.
Burned by submarine.
Algonquin. March ~, 1917. Sunk
by German submarine.
City of Memphis, March Is, 1917.
Sunk by gunfire
Illinois, March IS, 1917. Sunk by
submarine
vigilancia, March 10. 1917. Sunk
by submarine
This list of course does not include
the sinking of the Lusitania, in which
$50 many American lives were lost,
and which sent thrill of horror
throughout the civilized world, and a
cry to high heaven manifestIy more
piercing and appealing than the blood
| OF Abel