The sun., 1918-07-03
NO MORE SURVIVORS
OF HOSPITAL SHIP
Admiralty Places Official
Number Lost at 234
Out Of 258.
HORROR ROUSES BRITAIN
"Wild Beast Is at Large" Is
BOnar Laws Summary
Of Atrocity.
HORROR ROUSES BRITAIN

LONDON, July "A thorough search
OF the waters in the vicinity OF that spot
where the Canadian hospital ship
Llandovery Castle was sunk by Ger
man submarine has resulted in 20 fur
Their survivors being found. An official
statement issued by the Admiralty says
1t may be assumed that only twenty
four out of 25S persons on board were
saved The statement follows
The area between the spot where
the Llandovery Castle was sunk and
the southwest Irish coast has been
thoroughly searched by two groups Of
his MaJesty's ships, in addition to the
(destroyer) Lysander. Only little
wreckage and one empty boat were
found. II may be assumed that there
are no more survivors from the Liam
dovery Castle.
Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor OF the
Exchequer. speaking in the House Of
Commons to-day, said one would have
thought that nothing new as regards
German brutality could have happened,
but the sinking OF the Llandovery Castle
was an unspeakable outrage. Nothing
could be gained. he added, by talking
about this last example OF frightfulness.
The wild beast Is at large" said Mr..
Bonar Law. There Is no use arguing
or reasoning about IT. The only thing
to do is to destroy H. That is the duty,
and II is up to all the Allies to set their
teeth until that end Is achieved"
That the sinking Of hospital ships Is a
deliberate policy on the part of the Ger
mans. now Is placed beyond all doubt
the newspapers say in their editorial
comment to-day.
Survivor Describes AtrOcity.
Major T. Lyon OF the Canadian Medi-
cal Corps. who suffered sucn severe
treatment when he was taken from the
Captains boat and dragged aboard the
German submarine. has been brought
to hospital In London.
IL dread to think what would have
happened TO an American flying off
Ger had he been in my shoes" said
Major Lyon to-day. He then related
TO the Associated Press his experiences
with the Germans.
The Germans" he said. seemed OBJ
sessed with the idea that American avi-
ators were aboard. and II took us some
time to convince them otherwise. Al
most the first words they used wher
approaching our llfeboat were: Where
is the flying officer?
This WAS when the German COM
mander ordered us to come alongside
quickly. We explained that tho slight
delay in the darkness was due to an en-
deavor TO rescue man In tho water
Then II was that the German commander
threatened US, again asking: Where are
those Americans and then shot ove'
our heads with his revolver, and made
more threats
capt. Sylvester tmas,er OF the hos
pital ship went aboard the submarine
first. renal hing perhaps five or ten min
utes Then they came after me. The
second officer OF the submarine grabbed
me- by the hand. and 7 was jerket
aboard. hone in my foot being broken
Il ascertained afterward that tho
Germans had questioned sylvester as to
whether wireless message had beer
despatched asking for assistance anC
about American flying officers.
Il was taken to the coming tower and
kept standing about three minutes while
] was interrogated by the German com
mander regarding my being medica
officer. ] saw eight or ten men while
aboard. All of them spoke English
Finally they sent me back to the life
boat, my story having Tailed with Syl
westerns.