The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-11-14
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa.
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II he did not actually order the sink
Ing Of the Lusitunia, therefore. I an
convinced that he was thorough,
aware Of the plan to blow It up ant
sanctioned it, That he could have
averted it If he had been prompted tc
to do so is clearly Indicated by anothe,
incident which left very deep i'm
preston upon me.
1 was Informed by one of the Ger
man aviators that plans had beer
made to drop gas bombs on London
which contained deadly gas which
would penetrate the cellars of houses
In which civilians were In the habi,
Of hiding during air raids.
shortly before this i,tdeous idea wa
to be put into effect the papers an.
nounced that bombs Of this character
had been dropped by the allies on
Baden-Baden. but that, fortunately
they had fallen In a clunp of woods
In the center Of the town and had fail.
ed to explode. which had given the
Germans an opportunity to take them
apart and ascertain their nature.
Tho purpose OF this announcement
c. -JG.s,. las to f.. -s...ii tile s.vl,n VI
r""a ;a.,''icn "'''N - Germans
" Wc",l r..y ia.!. l.y Of the
hoH'S; on London rrG~ which they
iId Invariably I...!cyrd w....esc~
they contemplated some fresh violation
Of the rules of international law and
the dictates of humanity.
1t happened that one of my patients
who resided In Baden-Baden called to
see me the day after the bombs had
been dropped on her town, and she
told Inc al about it..
"'r'll a,ip!arcs which dYcrn,l the
bombs had been dying over the cityu,
The morning" she declared. "IV,
thought they were our own machinss
OUT Tor practice and paid no phrticulGl
attention 90 them. Then they dropped
the bombs anu they landed in the
woods, and we knew we had been at.
tackled. What a dreadful thing for
them to dol"
What u foolish thing for allied mir.
planes to- do--to spend whole morn.
ing studying the layout of the town
and then to drop those deadly bombs
on Il clump of woods where they could
not possibly hurt anyone, and how
careless of the Germans not to modest
them while they were engaged in their
dcvillsh work
But the point wanted to bring out
was this: these gas bombs were never
used on London!
"Just as everything was In readiness
for the raid" the officer told me re
gretfully, 1--WE received orders direct
from the kaiser to hold Off saw his
signature to the order. OF course,
there was nothing for us to do but
comply, but If we had had the kaiser
there, believe we would have strung
him up by the neck We still have
those bombs, however, and you may
be sure they will yet be used"
For some unknown reason the kaiser
stopped the use of those lethal gas
bombs for the time being. Why didn't
he move to save the women and chill
dren on the Lusitania?
When l went back to Berlin In the
fan of 1915, after a visit to the United
States, the Kaiser was very anxious to
ascertain from ME. just How, America
felt towards the war.
I told him that before the sinking of
the Lusitania American opinion had
been divided. There had been many
who were strongly pro-ally, there had
been Others who were openly pro-
German and there had been still 9th.
ers who maintained an absolutely neu-
trail attitude. After the Lusitania
tragedy, however, there had been a
distinct change in public feeling, | told
him, practically the whole country
having become decidedly unti-Germun.
"Perhnps If the U-hoGt commander
had known so many women and chill.
dren were on board" WAS the kuisers
only comment, "he might not have sent
forth the torpedo which sent the vessel
to the bottom, but whut l., was think
ing Of most, OF course v.s.tbo ao10i
tons Of ammunition On board which
were '0stiDo1 TO 'r"~n.n my do.
PIER
OF course the kpisor know that If
the U-buay Commanders orders were
10 sink the LUs.iaDa, d,sOhedience
upon his part would have lert but one
course open for him: suicide If, on
the other hand, the kaiser meant to
intimate that the U-bOat commander
sank the Lusltanla on his own inltia-
tive or without special Instructions
from his superiors, the fact still re-
mains that the kaiser could undoubt-
nll hn it,.,r