Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-29
SAYSLUS|TAN|AHAD
Il TONS OF POWDER
Malone Charges Facts in u
Boat Horror Concealed
bY Administration.

NEW YORK. octeber % (by the As
sociated/ Press)s-Dudley Field Ma
Iona. candidate for governor on the
|farner-labor ticket and former cell
lector Of the port Of New York. in an
address last night. declared that when
the Lusitania was sunk by q German
submarine she carried consignment
of 1900 cases of cartridges for the
British government, which contained
4 total OF nearly eleven tons of black
powder. The assertion was made In
citing the case of Senator La Toilette,
who charged that the Lusitania car
When the record of the Wilson ad"
mi nistration becomes a matter Of open
history" Mr.. Malone declared, the
world will realize that no govern
ment ever .perpetrated such reign
Of oppression and secrecy upon a
Nj. Malone said that when Senator
La Toilette declared tho Lusitan1a
carried explosives consigned to the
British government he was "imme-
Senate, and. as we all remember. came
within a hairs breadth Of that fate"
Malone Wrote Lusitania Report.
When Senator La Toilette was on
trial before the Senate elections COM
ul1lkco "ilUkh AIS iA6i I 40 q cSHesSSA'
he continued, ''he demanded from the
Treasury Department q copy of the
report Of the collector Of the port Of
New YORK. on the condition. and car
20 of the Lusitania. The Treasury
Department referred him to the State
Department, and the State Depart
ment refused on the ground that tho
report had become a part Of the Sc
cret archives.
LAS it happened. I wrote this report
on the Lusitania, because I had ex-
amined the Lusitania in my capacity
as collector Of the port of New York.
And it was upon the evidence sup
piled by me that the Lusitania was
not armed, that President Wilson
wrote his famous second Lusitania
note to the German imperial govern
ment But. in my view. the ruthless
ness OF the German U-boat warfare
ministration in prosecuting Senator
La Toilette for telling the truth. nor
could German militarism be offered
as a reason for refusing to tell the
American people just what the Lusf-
tania had on board when she was
sunk.
Why Charges Were Dropped.
IT consider then and consider now
that the persecution of La Toilette
on q charge which the administration
knew to be false from evidence in
it's own possession was frame-up
on Senator La Toilette and fraud
on the American people. When
heard that Senator La Toilette was
refused access to my report, I inform
ed his counsel and told his counsel
Ito inform the government that would
testify in support Of the senator's
statements. and that would not re-
main silent and see any man crucified
for telling the truth: Whereupon the
week and finally dropped. It has been
admitted by the German admiralty
that the Lusftania was struck by a
German torpedo. But 1t will never
be known whether or not there was
a second explosion in the Lusitania's
cargo which made her sink before she
could be beached. We do not know
and never will know actually what
was In all the boxes and cases which
made up this cargo. But we did know
that there was one consignment on
board the Lusttania Of 400 cases Of
Springfield metallic cartridges, each
case containing 1000 cartridges, with
hve pounds Of black powder to each
1.O00pArtridges. +,
Therefore there was concentrated in
one CONSIGNMENT in the hold of the YES
SCI shipment Of nearly eleven tons Of
black powder. which by the impact Of
the torpedo may very well have con-
tributed to the Incredibly rapid sinking
Of the great liner The other consie1i-
ments OF ammunition and shrapnel
known to have been on the Lusitania
were consigned to the British govern
ment. but contained no explosives
= Says Skip Was Not Armed.
President Wilson was perfectly
right when he denied the charge made
by the German government that the
Lutitania was armed. She was not
armed. But the administration was
dead wrong when 1t sought to keep from
public knowledge all the facts about the
Lusitania case
Concluding his address, Mr.. Malone
said:
mo matter what may be the individ-
ual opinions on the Lusitania or any
other question Of public knowledge, we
must teach our political leaders and our
government that the American people
are not afraid to learn tho whole truth
about anything. and are willing to draw
! their conclusions when all the facts are
| presented. The autocratic suppression
Of the truth through the arrogant
| autocracy of the leaders Of both old
parties Is merely another reason why
the people at this election are seeking
for new kind of administration, poll
tics and government"