Show Dutch Newspapers Condemn German Germanys Germany's s Submarine Warfare d i Lusitania Torpedoing Declared Opposed to Every Sentiment Sentiment Senti Senti- ment of Humanity u Holland Hf May Ia S. S S.- S. A AMSTERDAM Th The commenting on the tho Lusitania lIln ways Hi s 's s The torpedoing of the has caused c a a. profound impression ton h here re A people such a as ours our which always I has been a seafaring popie people people peo po pie has haM the right ht and it Is Its duty to express its ite indignation at nt the tho barbarous manner of the German wart warfare on the sea which violates that which tt always aJ has h been en re re- re I H Recently th lie Germans Gt sank more mure than twenty sy fishing fishing fish fish- ing in- boats beats Now Xo without warning the they thoy ha have p sunk t a big m mall steamer tho the This fills act Is hJ opposed opposed op op- op- op po posed d to e cr every law lair and el c every sentiment senti senti- merit ment of oC humanity W Pc raise our ourI I Continued on Page S. S I DUTCH NEWSPAPERS CONDEMN GERMANYS GERMANY'S SUBMARINE WARfARE Continued From Page PaJe 1 1 voice olce however powerless it ma may he be In protest A seafaring people which has an any self respect respect sel-respect does not make a war wor of ot annihilation upon defenseless people The says Neutrals who ho In these lamentable lamentable lamentable lament lament- able times have havo so 50 often oten imposed restraint upon themselves In order to silence their feelings of ot horror and Indignation must now flOW acknowledge ac SC- knowledge that another incident can bo be added to all the previous violations vio vie lations of ot laws latts to the atrocious interpretations of treaties and to the Inhuman and devilish contrivances contrivances ances which Germany has been guilty of ot using In committing murder murder murder mur mur- der on a great gret scale The commander of the German submarine which sank tho the Lusitania Lusitania Lusi Lusi- tania can look with pride upon hi his work Is not this so 50 Sa Satan tan The Berliner says sas With Ith deep emotion we learn of ot the tho Lusitania In which countless countess men lost their lives We re lament with sincere hearts their hard fate tate but we know we aro completely completo devoid of ot blame Calls Calia Cal Warship We e may be bo sure that through the English telegrams communicated communicated communicated to tho the world Indignation will wi a again aln be raised against Germany but we must hope that calm reflection reec- reec ion tion ton will wi later pronounce nce the verdict verdict ver ver- dict diet of ot condemnation against the tha the British admiralty The Tho man many who now aro are sorrowing sorrow ing ma may raise complaint against Winston Spencer Churchill British first frt lord of ot the admiralty who b by conscienceless Instructions which must bring him the curse curso of oC mankind mankind man man- kind conjured up this cruel war war- fare The Lusitania was a warship on the list of English auxiliary cruisers cruis cruis- ers ers and carried armament of ot twelve strongly mounted guns She was moro more moro strongly mounted with guns uns than an any German armored armore cruiser As an auxiliary cruiser she must have been prepared for attack atack Says Germany In I. II In Earnest London 1 May a 8 The S.-The Tho Central News correspondent at Amsterdam reports the Cologne Gazette as deprecating the drowning of ot noncombatants noncombatants non- non combatants and saying further Tho The news nests will wi be received by bythe bythe bytho the tho German people with wih satisfaction tion ton in that It I proves pro to En England land and the whole world that Germany German is quite Quie In earnest In regard to her submarine warfare This weapon capon of ours mo may hit hi the enem enemy as terribly terribly ter ter- and as painfully as the forty forty- t two o centimeter guns Juns Indeed It Is Isa Isa Isa a more terrible menace menace England now knows that our submarines will wi not allow the best and most valuable prizes to escape their attacks but will wll continue to destroy them wherever they meet them The English of ot course course will wi make a terrible cr cry about this so- so called caled barbarous method of warfare warfare war war- fare tare by Germans but will wi sa say nothIng nothing noth rioth- ing lag about the great rea quantity of ot war ar material for tor England and her allies which was on board the tho Lusitania Moreover er at least t two o guns of ot twelve centimeters were mounted on the liner which was so equipped as a to be able to inflict mortal InJury Injury injury In- In Jury on any submarino submarine she sho might be able to get near This made it impossible for tor submarines to take taka any steps to save the passengers before torpedoing tho the ship Calls It I Unpardonable Crime Stockholm May Ia 9 9 15 a. a m. m The m.-The The conservative newspaper Nya Na Da Dag- Dag which always has manifested pro German sympathies commenting toda today on the Lusitania says A cry r of ot horror and indignation will 1 rise from the civilized world If I the Germans have sunk Bunk the tho floatIng floating floating float float- ing palace sole solely because It was British it Is an unpardonable crime against humanity One can hardly understand how an officer of ot tho the I German arm army could be able to perpetrate perpetrate perpetrate per per- such an act act We e must presume presume presume pre pre- sume that the Germans had discovered discovered dis dis- covered co that there were arms and munitions aboard But But the tho act re remains remains re- re I mains nevertheless revolting and honl horrible bIe I T Terror Ter rr Dr Breeds l Hate May Ia 9 The The mad and reckless actions of ot German submarines sub sub- marines says th the tho editorially now has reached the culminating point The whole world lo looks k with wih horror and detestation detestation tation on the event ent e The says sas The sinking of ot the Lusitania puts for the time heln being all al other events In the background and arouses the whole world worM over a feeling of ot horror The Germans have meant to terrify the they have terrified their friends and terror breeds hate German trade will wIl feel teel this keen keenly when hen the war Is over especially In America Expect Am America to Act Ac Paris May Ia The S 8 The press characterizes characterizes char char- the torpedoing of ot tho the steamer as an act ot of supreme me cruelty surpassing every everything thinS yet perpetrated and violating the most elementary sentiments of ot human human- lt it ity The Matin expresses the opinion that the wave e a of indignation which will 11 be provoked In America America perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps ma may lead Washington to take tako measures which will be unpleasant ant for tor Germany n Impress Washington London May Ia S. S The Tho Tho Standard says sas editorially An n American citizen is an AmerIcan American Amer Amor- ican citizen whether he be a a comparatively com com- obscure passenger on a 3 West est African liner Inor the captain of ot ofa ota a tramp steamer or a millionaire In state a transAtlantic At trans traveling on 3 At lantic floating palace But Dut the mere vastness of ot the Lusitania disaster c cannot fall fail fal to Impress Washington with Ith a moro vivid sense of ot Its Is responsibility HI Blesses am en United States State Government Germent Berlin May raY 9 Count Count Ra the naval expert says sas In the Ta Tases The Tho American government go pro probably prop prop- ably will wi make the case the tho basis for tor for diplomatic action acton but It could coule have prevented the tho loss of ot AmerIcan Amor- Amor Ican lean lives b by appropriate Lions tons The American th governments government's fault faul therefore is It did not take take- Germans Germanys war zone declarations seriously enough rho Tho writer declares further that Germany German had bad full tul an and trustworthy a Information that the Lusitania carried carried car car- ried ned a n cargo of ot war material as she had on previous trips The also assumes that the steamer was carrying munitions munitions munitions mu mu- of ot war maintaining that this and the tho fact that she he was a atul tul fully armed cruiser completely Justifies justifies Jus jus- her her- destruction under the laws of at warfare Cnn Can Themselves The Krous after referring referring refer reter- ring to the tho warning issued by Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- von on Bernstorff Bernstorf added If It I citizens of ot neutral states were tero lost with the tho sunken ship the they must bear the full tul blame Some Somo papers further Justify the sinking of tho the steamer because on onA ona ona a A previous pre occasion sho she had re resorted resorted resorted re- re sorted to the expedient of ot flying tho the American flag taJ Germania the clerIcal clerical cler cler- ical organ d deprecates probable at attempts attempts attempts at- at tempts b by Germanys Germany's antagonists to tomake tomake tomako make mako moral capital against her out of ot the sinking of ot tho the steamer and the loss of ot life The paper says Wo We 0 can look tor forward ard t to such ef efforts of- of e- e forts with clear conscience for tor we wo have ha e proceeded correctly We can canon on only answer those who ho place their sympathies above c abo justice that war warI warIs waris I Is s Y war ar |