| Show LUSITANIA ANIA BUT I SMALL INCIDENT James F. F J. J Archibald Blames England More Than He I Does Germany j J AMERICANS WERE WARNED Vessel Was Armed and List Listin Listed in British Navy Says War j Reporter I James J F. F J J. J Archibald tho the noted lr correspondent who ho I Is to give Ive an Iu descriptive talk on t. t tho thu war ar at the Salt St Lake theatre tonight under une auspices o of The Thc lI ar arrived Dr rived In Salt Lake last 1st nl night ht from Colorado Springs and Denver Concerning tho the sinking of ot the Luil tania Mr lr Archibald said aid Lus Unfortunately the sinking of rh the he with wih all aU Its Is attending her her- rone as far tar as tho the noncombatant g Is hut but a very et small smal Incident In this this terrible war It I simp simply l rings tring It nom hone to us because we know more Intimately sonic some of ot thoc those who o hae gone down But If 1 you had spent seme sc-me months n do at tho the front you would realize monts that th these e are aro not the first defenseless women and children who have paid th the thE ter toll toil as a n penalty of oC being In th the wa way of war var Hundreds and thou thousands thousand of oC women are aro subjected to artillery ans and aad rifle rife tir fire every day a In the towns town and villages which happen to come cone under the tho zone of or military necessity The fact that the Lu Lusitania has hag been sunk Te with man many Amerl Americans Ls on board simply Intensifies the attendant horrors of or the situation But as ns far as barbarism goes oes It I Is no more barbarous than any anT of or the rest of or this terrible war Suj-i Suj She Worn ni The Lusitania had been repainted Into battleship gray Her r regular commander com corn mander had been relieved and naval of or- or cors put In c command She was armed with wih a secondary battery batery of quick ared Ing guns and was carried on the tho newest new est eat la al naval paval list o of the British nav navy as a neW an auxiliary cruiser It I Is not to be sup sop posed that she would ho allowed to continue con con- n carrying munitions of oC war art and arl food rood supplies to England and for Cor my ray part I bel believe eVe that more moro b blame me will 1 eventually be laid upon the British au au who not only allowed but ac ac invited noncombatants nonCombatants to take tab passage on what Is not figuratively but actual actually a warship Would rould It I t to ta supposed that Germany would allor alor this supply of or munitions o of war which meant death heath to thou thousands of oC her young men inca and the tue proverbial aid and comfort com con fort t to tC her enemies to go o on without withof interruption Would anyone that we would have ha allowed the Spanish ship to run r regularly between beh Spain through our blockade Into nto Havana Ha lh ann vana carrying munitions and provisions provi pro lons o of war var ju Just t because she carried a n hundred or more English passengers passenger The amazing part o of the situation I 2 h that tho the British captain continued on os ona ona osa a a re regular ular route after aCer ho had received a sinister warning that appeared In Inthe Inthe inthe the New cw York press pres previous to of or tho the I It I Is also amazing that the British admiralty did not convoy convoy con con- vo voy such an enormously rich prize es especially especially u. u after this warning Th The Thorl orl world will 11 never ne know of or course the fact act ct that she was loaded to tc tC her very decks deks with wih the enormous cargo of gr war ar muni must tons That That will wi all al be suppressed sed d Inthe Inthe In la lathe the reports and the fact ct that the LI laii- laii tania carried Am American Amerlan rl n passengers passenger will willbo wl bo be played up tip to the extreme of an nn already inflamed public mIndI mInd aIM It I must be realized and eSP lIl by bv the American people that iii It k a a apure puro pure puro and simple war for tor n national exis existence els- els tence between nations and that thAl senti sentiment ment must riot not enter Into tho the question In the tho sl slightest degree sl There Is another p point int which should sMut I not bo be overlooked in this sinking t or of orthe the the Lusitania Jt It I simply comes down don donto downto to the fact act that this last incident of or orthis this war Is a a. theatrical spectacular incident In Incident In in- happening a at the Yer very edge cage of or our producing news news center and therefore there thero fore tore it Is played upon far beyond Import Im in port when one ono considers the terribleness terrible ness o of this war as a whole I do not mean meat to belittle beltle the enormity enor mit mity of ot this Incident but I merely mereY want to bring a realization to 10 every evey a person that it I la in simply war wr ar and that If It there Is an any blame to be attached Inthis inthis in inthis this particular Incident It should b be b attached to the managers of a gt steamship steam stealS m. m ship company compan which would deliberately deliberate deUber te teh ly h accept passengers on 01 an auxiliary warship carrying munitions of or war var These passengers enber were compelled w to sign a n release agreement from all al 1 lix which showed that that the tho officials realized the danger oven even en e If Ie the th passengers pas did not I 1 1 have havo o h been told In Berlin many the tie times that wo we must realize that British commerce Is going on as they expressed It It from behind American tn n women's skirts as that these pa gers gem were used merol merely as a protection rind and that It would not suffice to pro protect pro that war trade The submarine submarino blockade of or En land b by Germany Is simply a new condition eon con cn- cn iton Iton of or warfare and one ono that thaL Is 18 n not nt covered ered b by international law In statutes statute This his war wi sift all al that down 60 eo that In the future It I will wili wi be known But hut today toda It Is a now Hew problem s 4 |
