Tombstone epitaph., 1918-07-07

speaking 10 merchant snip captain
about 1t and asked him why he had given up the
command of a certain British hospital ship berth
which 10 my landsmans eyes had seemed To be the
easiest on the sea today in spite Of instances like
the Rewa.
He didn't look at me as he answered He looked
FAR out through his cabin port the tower Of the
Woolworth building He finally told that in
spite of the danger il easier him TO take a
merchant snip or Il transport through the
than to have his heart asunder by the suffer
ing of humanity he had hospital ships;
men gassed and wrihng in agony: men wounded
or mutated out of sheer deviltry Frightfulness-
waste Of manhood because. the kaiser wanted to
dominate the world-that's what he hos
pta ship: and when his ship of mercy like the
Rewa, was torpedoed without warning and he man
aged TO beach her before she sank he simply went
10 pieces. as have many hospital ship commanders
before him.
Every hospital ship sunk that the allies
must replace il with ship which has been carry
ing food and munitions. That is Germanys game
Finding her submarine warfare not succeeding
she had hoped, she lessons the tonnage of her
enemies by fouler means still and up her
dastardly motives by officially saying:
The German government longer suffer
that the British government should forward troops
and munitions 10 the main theater of under
Of the Red Cross. and it therefore declares
that from now on enemy hospital ship will be
allowed in the sea zone comprised between a line
drawn from Marlborough Head to Terschelling on
the one hand and Ushant and Lands End the
other. II In this zone after the expi-y of the
stated time any enemy hospital ship is encountered
il .;!I be considered vessel Of and it will
be attacked without further ceremony"
And knowing full we'll that no allied hospital
ships were carrying either troops, munitions or
anything which they shouldn't in their garb of
mercy. Germany has lessened tonnage by sinking
the hospital ship Britannia (J0.O0O tons). Asturas
III 400 tons). Gloucester Castle (7993 tons),
- Gal,
(6,275 tons), Dover Castle (s.26O tons). Rewa
G.261 tons). Genart Castle (9OOO tons). Liam
dovey Castle 10000 tons). and others amounting
to over 10000 tons
Germany has already begun paving the way to
lessen American tonnage by sinking hospital
ships whenever get any. On May j, 1915 she
officially notified the world that
American aviators are crossing to Europe as
members Of the Red Cross on hospital ships This
misuse of the Red Cross appears from documentary
evidence found American aviators who have
been shot down. An American brought down in
,he region of the army of General Won HutieT car
ried a pass which referred TO him as member OF
The American ambulance for France.
.Prisoners openly admit that IL Is the general
practice for aviators TO enter American ambulance
service for their passage to Europe and TO cross on
hoxni,ai ships After they are landed in France
they Immediately transfer to the automobile corps
and thence into the air service.
..rta can,ureJ aviator referred 10 had, however,
,r.nsferred directly from the ambulance service
info the air service. Another carried certificate
-. ths. a.. of several transfers were OIL
oily Indicated
u,xo.n, for the naval hospital ship Solace and
h,~n,taI Yacht Surf attached TO our fleet, and two
Ward liners being converted into the hospital ships
canfor, and Mercy. solely for the use OF the navy
- a, this writing not yet in service. the United
S,,,es has had no hospital ships at ALL Conse-
suentIy II would be impossible for American avia'
trs to cross on such ships as Germany states they
h.ve The aviators which Germany refers to as
having crossed to France for Red cross WORK