Show 5 S I t t C o 3 I I I C s f f s I i t 1 MAYBE INCURABLE TOO A A T by the tho British L government go that the tho commander of 01 the was warned to change chang his usual course does not re relieve relieve reo re- re lieve that government of ot its share sharo in Sn responsibility for the terrible loss Joss of or l life ife It was remarked in this column the tho morning after the Lusitania was wag attacked attacked at at- at- at tacked cd that the incredible stupidity of ot the British Admiralty In tailing falling to protect the great grent vessel was It If the responsible oW- oW officers gore cers ers of tho the British navy still feel that thata a simple warning to the Lusitania was wa-s enough the tho phrase incredible stupidity stupid stupid- It ity ty I is not sufficient because it is also seemingly Incurable NOr Is it an any w defense to plead that nobody supposed the German government government government govern govern- ment would order or permit the sinking sink sink- i ing ng of ot a 0 vessel loaded with so many non combatants among whom were women and children If It the British cabinet has not learned by br this time that Its German opponents will stick at nothing the other allies ames would belter beter better bet bet- t ter er cut loose from Great Britain before before be be- fore tore such monumental doltishness extends extends ex ex- cx- cx t tends ends to them also I Winston Inston Spencer Churchill's remark t to o tho the House of or Commons yesterday that our resources do not enable us uso t to o provide destroyer escorts for tor mailand malt mall and pas passenger ships Is not a conclusive conclusive s sive ive answer to the tho criticism aroused arousell t throughout England and the world The Iho Lusitania is bc beyond ond the category of or ordinary ships and the circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances were unusual There had been specific and numerous warnings that it t was a to be attacked a n fact tact of ot which the he Admiralty could not have havo been ignorant for tor these were ere noted In the tho British press as attested by the circumstance circumstance cir cir- cir cir- that the tho captain of ot the was as advised to seek an unwonted unwonted unwonted un un- un- un wonted course If It two thou thousand and human beings a vessel worth a n stupendous sum and the pride of 01 the tho British merchant marine and arid the thc loss of ot prestige its destruction would inevitably entail were not riot considered considered considered con con- worth an on armed convoy when attack was a moral certainty certainly with every possibility of ot success the pol pal polIcy Ic Icy of 01 the British Admiralty passes all aU understanding |