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Show Children Do Not Die In Vain Although more than three thousand child-refugees had been evacuated from Great Britain to escape the murderous rain of bombs, death overtook 83 children child-ren this month, when the ship on which they were traveling, was torpedoed and sunk six hundred miles west of England. Nearly three hundred persons, including the children went to their death when a torpedo exploded ex-ploded without warning and the ship sank in twenty minutes. We will not attempt to describe the argic circumstances, to recount re-count the tales of heroism or praise the bravery exhibited in the face of sudden death. Rather, let us call your attention to the inhuman warfare that violates all rules of humanity and strikes blindly, without regard to victims. Reaction to the sinking of the British refugee ship in Berlin, reported re-ported by the Associated Press from official circles, is that the story of the disaster is a "tear jerker" designed to get the United ; States into war on the side of Great Britain. While denying that any passenger vessel had been torpedoed, the Germans point out that if such a ship has been sunk "due notice has been given to all nations of a total blockade a-round a-round Britain." Such formal explanations from Berlin to justify this attack will not influence many Americans. Public opinion in 1 this country will be affected and if German torpedoes make many successful attacks, involving the death of little children, the demand for help "short of war" will become a demand for action regardless of consequences to avenge bru-i bru-i taLity and uphold human rights. |