Show What Will Uncle I j 1 Sam Do About It e that we keen our u It It seems fo me that good sense dictates to get rattled et is bad time heads until we tive get our pur bearings It a and act impulsively United States Slates S ct Senator S en at 0 r These arc w words of w wisdom spoken token by relations committee co Stone chairman of the time senate foreign The Time The sinking of the Lusitania is probably without out parallel para II I We Ve Americans living in p peace ace ace- in ill the history o of f c civilized nations understand how men calling tl themselves ful conditions can not und nude send innocent men and and nd women cn to toI Christians could deliberately y lust nisi with the drunk I their deaths in such a manner for we arc are not for victor victory at any cost our and keep We Ye j r can not follow Senator Stones Stone's advice of the hor horrifying tragedy and and refuse refuse re re- heads if we c are to think only preceding receding it and the motives fuse fast to consider the time circumstances that prompted it the tue No amount of reasoning or 01 excuses can spare Americans grief they feel over the loss of so many of r their countrymen nn and the deaths of other noncombatants but in their then sorrow sorro of of the the present they must also take time to consider the future What Troubles Washington Official Washington is fearful lest public opinion will be be so so inflamed o over vr the sinking b of the Lusitania that reason will be brushed aside One former president of the United d S States ates had to clamor for war with a European na- na bow bov before public opinions opinion's 8 tion officials that Wilson will wll I And now flow it is feared by government find fled himself in the same position that tried the soul of McKinley y It 1 is s the p peoples people's duty y to weigh b carefully the facts and a act t with calmness If the tragedy off the coast of Ireland should len lead this nation into war there b would be thousands of mothers weeping for their theu sons where today tl there ere is one mother gri grieving ing over o the loss of a ason ason son or daughter from the Lusitania If the United States should be drawn into the European conflagration conflagration conflagration con con- there would be tens of thousands of widows weeping for their for their loved ones where today there are scores scores mourning the loss loss' of husbands who took pa passage sage on the Let t no one ono forget this Those Who Clamor for War Let ever every y one who clamors clangors for war first ask himself whether l' l he Le is willing willin b and ready to assume the burden of war and lay his Ins own life down Clown O on the battlefield Amel Americans cans were o officially y warned by hr the Germans that they tt would oil d take their lives lives' in their hands if the they r boarded the Lusi Lusi- I tania They were repeatedly urged not to assume the the- risk Advertisements Advertisements Ad Ad- were pub published br by authority of the German German government government govern govern- ment announcing the intention to attack the huge hugs English slip ship But it was pointed out ont b by y r many y that the wonderful speed of the Lusitania would make make it jt imn immune n from s submarines l The palatial i st steamer amer con could l skim th the the- waves at t the terrific speed of 2 25 knots mi nil nilI I hour No submarine it was argued anted x could overcome o that speed s eed Didn't the passengers gc r s w who t cross crossed d for business or pleasure then gamble amble with fate with the tIle full knowledge that they were gambling Sh Should hundreds of thousands more Americans die in battle to avenge th their ir deaths Y Sena Senator Stones Stone's Wise Advice Jo It is a tl question th that t sho should Jd not be answered without n mature ure judgment mid arid calm thought v. v Discussing e the case of the Lusitania Sem Senator tor Stone said yesterday yes yes- es We cannot overlook the fact th that t the was was a British ship flying the British flag and subject at any time to be put into actual na naval naval naval na- na val service of the th government Indeed it is stated that at the time she was attacked she he was carrying military reservists to England for service service service ice in the British army True thero were American citizens aboard but it must not be forgotten that they wont aboard a belligerent ship with full knowledge of the risk and after official warning by the German government When on board a British vessel they were on British soil Was not their position substantially equivalent to o being within the walls of af n A fortified d city I III express no opinion at this time I am merely suggesting reasons I why we should maintain our equilibrium and not rock the boat until we wo know what we are arc about Acido from the possible loss Iou of American lives five let lot us ask ourselves just where we come in At the present and with the light now before me I confess that it appears to me that from our standpoint as a n neutral nation tho the case ease presents a more delicate and serious complication than the tho caso case of the The largest single item on the ships ship's manifest was listed as as ast t cc cartridges and nd ammunition cases It is also I I i charged by br the Germans that she carried a large amount of acids and other explosive materials to be used against the kaisers kaiser's I I troops r Blame for i It seems to us that a grave glave responsibility rests upon the officials official 1 1 of the Cunard line for taking passengers on board a n ship whose I r hold carried munitions of war val i t I If one is to think of B Louvain Lou and the Lusitania together together to to- gether he will probably not give give r. r German Germany an any scintilla of excuse for sinking the big passenger ship Fridays Friday's horror will have to be I considered alone if there is to be any calm judgment whatever i A blockade prevents any shipments from reaching Germany She can not go into the worlds world's markets for ammunition for the t very reason that she has no commerce ships on the t he oceans A Aring Aring ring of steel has been drawn around her Regardless of who was to blame for the war regardless of the e outrages trag she has committed the fact is plain now DOW that she is isI I l' l I I fighting with her back to the wall and aud her situation seems des des- I It is very e evident that she cares nothing for tho the opinion of neutrals And neither does docs she care an anything thing for the rules of off f warfare i I I All rules have hav been broken Both sides as in ilL the present struggle b 1 tl I I gle have done things that were never done in in any previous war ar I. I FI I 1 between nations calling themselves civilized Probable Ger German an Explanation 1 The c conflict all the wa way has been like a barroom fight fight any any i l thing to w win n. n And Aud now Germany like a gangster in a corner with L blows coming from man many opponents and from all sides is using ii I every means at her command to destro destroy r her hel adversaries r The German n erm-n ar argument ment con concerning the Lusitania no doubt I f will be about like this I t If we ref refrained from attacking ammunition ships just beI because because be be- I ca cause case se they carried can passengers our enemies could continue to secure secure se se- t I I cure CUIC all the munitions of war they needed for as long a period as the war lasts lass t while we would be compelled to rely Y on our I own supplies entirely Under such a condition time would be on the side of the allies al nl- lies hes the longer the struggle gle continued the greater the handicap w we e would face r- r Therefore lher fore we issued fair warning that we would d do our best to sink tho the laden ammunition ship if it entered the tho war zone If innocent t persons c chose h ose to d. d disregard our warning and aril ad advice vi ee tJ that 18 t. t J i was their business t i A brutal wa way of looking at nt it you O l sa say Y Yes Y cs it is is But th there there- re have b been en s so mun many displays of brutality find and savagery y during this war one censes ceases CS to to be at anything though he lie is shocked r and horrified daily b by what he reads in ill the war war war-dis dispatches P. P One Horror After Another The world w was amazed when Belgium was inva invaded ed again it I p i S i iI I wept for Louvain When bombs were first dropped on noncombatants noncom noncom- and defenseless people were ere killed in a bombardment peaceful America melica shuddered and wondered how civilized nations nations' could carry warfare to such hideous pr practices tices When asphyxiating gases were turned loose in the trenches when bombs were hurled from one line to a another lOther that part of the world not in the maelstrom of the fighting began to realize th that thata a new definition was needed for war Many innocent and defenseless persons had been beery slain before the Lusitania was sent ent to the bottom fJ The e b big g problem that now confronts Americans is is this What will Uncle Sam do about it 7 v t During the congressional investigation of our state of preparedness preparedness preparedness pre pre- for war Avar it was shown conclusively that the United Sta States es was not in shape to meet any formidable foe Wh What Could We Do It has hus been cp charged ed by Representative Gardner that our navy is not up to standard find and is if in condition no-condition iMon ion to fight As for land ropp QUI t standing army is much smaller than the peace footing of little Montenegro l o. o Measured l in the terms of of forces now engaged on the European battlefields the thc United States I army army- arm is a joke in size It would require mon months lu and months of diligent diligent dili dili- I diU-I gent training to prepare an army for service abroad And after it was trained how could it be sent to Europe 1 William Villiam F. F McCombs l chairman of the Democratic national committee in discussing the Lusitania said This country is helpless Suppose that we should declare war against Germany it would amount to nothing more than the recall of the ambassadors of each ca h country We Ve could not fight because there are arc no German ships on the sea and no one would consi consider er the insane proposition of sending an army over there 1 i l- l am 1 abs absolutely neutral in t this this' is wa war H r r I |