The Detroit times., 1917-06-15

almost terrible in its intensity
THE German guilt is DOUBLE.
said Frost today In the nrst place
no civilized government would have
res0rted 90 such methods. even when
10 was possible To sink ships occa.
sionally without numbering non com
batants. Now that the arrning OF
merchant ships and the efiectycncas
of the patrols makes 10 impossible
Tor the submarines 10 risk giving
WARNING. they would drop n n they
were white
Now that the submarines have
been driven 10 attack Rhips sub
merged using the torpedo almost
exclusively the murder roll" is
bound 10 grow. Frost explained
Most ships when struck oy tor
pedo SO down In two OF three min
utes, which gives no opportunities OF
escape 10 hose below decks
Recent sinHngs which came un-
der his observance since tho begin
ming 81 the ruthless warfare show
this conclusively
a freighter loaded with iron ore
and conveyed hy destroyer went
down in two minutes Eighteen OF
her crew Of - Nero drowned
Another sank in two minutes after
being struck She was hit in day
llghi, hut the submarine was not
seen Twenty-eight OF her crew Of
20 persisted.
Tne Abosso sunk In three minutes
aud g0 women and children died.
Frost believes from the evidence
sifiod by him that the submarine
commanders widely differed Some
OF them delight IN making their
work "a nendish As possible Frost
said some Of them. when they can
lose nothing by a. pat on a little
"renilc1nnnlv huccaneer' comedy.
The, were very polite 10 tho
crews they showed on into the boats.
Expressed regret and hopes for
peedy rescue
IN no case. however did this 20
utencgs affect their interests 10
disappeared a. the smoke OF pa
rrol hesr was sighted
ln the case Of the Cairnhill
prti,l ~ ghter with a crew Of rs
men. dve az whom were Americans.
.ao GERMAN. deliberately quilted the
ifoboat took the provisions which
thr men had placed IN he boat and
threw them in'o the sea empued
The water kec OF fresh water and 10
make their iob CorSplete nlled ~
with salt water The boat sails
were taken on and that was ptac
ucair the only hope OF getting 10
land if the wind were favorable she
was attacked 80 miles out AZ sea
While the Germans were INDUCING
% these prank7 with ne lifcboal. a
comhing party was wreckng che
ship and The men were kept stand
ing on tine Deck of me submarine
G,rman officer searched them Now
of them had little kitty bags or ban
dana handkerc~~ In which they
carried f-8 n'fle personal keen
sakcs ,ucn as photos ~ their wect
hearts mother or wives Thc"
were taken from them and thrown
into he sea 1nc first officer. Mat
thevs. was kept below decks for an
hour and nut thru me third degree
as 10 the routes ~ other ships
Tho Germans overplsyed fhi- lt
o. drama Of frightfulnoss a. thev
used mp a whole hour in preparing
the litehost as a torture chamber for
INC men VINO were 10 set adrift IN is
A dc,troyers smoke was seen ON
INC horizon and the Germans made
haste 20 dive
Matthew Was thrust thru 'bo
hatChaay and ,he submarine dtved
with he l6 men sun standing on
Nor deck Trey we're left founder
inr n thc water to swim 20 the
empty lie boat a. best they could
IN a few instances there were
gns Of regret on Tho part OF the
submarine officer, one OF those
was related by Second Omcer Kohl
saat, nafurailzed British subject
who was allowed 70 touch on the
bombs which destroyed his own ship
In talking with tho submarine cap.
tain tho latter expressed disgust
with the work cut ont for him With
tears In his eyes he said that sub
marine captains had been put 70
death by slow fortune in Germany
for letting big passenger liners IS.
cape them.
Kohlsaat WAS asked by Frost II he
really believed that
"I don't know about IT," he an
swered II am ready 10 believe any
thing of Won Tirpitz But | do know
that whether any men have been
tortured 20 death or not, the captain
who was talking 10 me believed il
and feared st.