| Show I Sinking of Ancon Anci 7 Deliberate Milr-a Milr M d r ie sinkin sinking b 0 of the peaceful steamer Ancon Ancona by byan ii Austrian submarine i was wis the most flagrant t disregard disregard- of W right rig s. s a andl and l l pI l least st excusable o o of all t the le 9 outrages outrage aKe J Qu ll the he s e. e the sc t European war began X 4 v vv M i I in lii the first first- fi st st. pl pla j e f ethe the An was b bound u 4 for fo N NeV w y York l There WAS There no excuse euc that she might have been carrying war VW munitions muni to an ri enemy iP iU country nh as was a t the c the tle t nil v Most of o othe the passengers s 's were we're were wee women and children ren coming to toa o ot i longing for a home I a t where there there- there is peace and prosperity wh where re thet c could uld escape the horrors jf f war J I American an citi citizens ens were aboard ald ad the government lent of the tl e United States s has made it clear r. r to to Austria's ally Germany that 1 thi tion consider it DELIBERATELY LY L LY Y should American lives jives again be putiri put jeopardy dy JJ t The commander of the vessel declares that he brought the to a dead deaI halt upon the firing pf a shell hell across ros the thO b boy r I y r Res Rescued passengers verify this statement l t. t t IT jp IS ALSO STATED THAT WHEN WHEN PERSONS PERSONS FROM THE DOo DOOMED SHIP IP WERE IN T WATER THE AND T THE RINE TO TP AID WITH THE CREW CREW O OF E 1 THEM THE THE MEMBERS OF OP THE CREW JEERED AT THE THEM THEMA l lAND A AND D WARNED WARNE THEM TO STAY V Y FROM THAT O T tIt jIt Jt y was s' s i destro destroy not io s I t spoke to the commander of the tIm Ancona 1 1 thero would be be- bea a brief tes respite esit it during which he was to t et t his pass passengers oh off the vessel there was a pani 1 the that that the Austrians like lik demente r kept fusillade of shots to make the sc a horrible as possible J The continued firing of shells so frightened the e gei that they the th l I. I st t th their reason rr all and overturned l I iii many ny y lifeboats i f hc c crew rew watched w d them die in the water and d enJoy the enjoy th thi l to s scene euc eite immensely Nothing else so 50 has fiendish has been heen een reported as as- th the of the Austrians while the Ancona IT Il WAS VAS NOTHING LESS THAN WANTON MURDER iThe The government of the United States can not longer retain its solf and nd at the same ame time maintain friendly d diplomatic relations with a government so depraved by lust of war that it such an outrage GERMANY JERMANY HAD PREVIOUSLY APOLOGIZED TO THE THEUN UN UNITED ED STA STATES TES FOR FOI AN ACT ACl LESS HEINOUS THAN TITAN THE THEA A ANCONA AONA lONA ATTACK G GERMANY HAD DISA DISAVOWED THE THElO lO TORPEDOING OF THE TIlE ARABIC AND PROMISED THAT NO NOSI SI CRIME BE REPEATED nallY had so far far- acknowledged the wrongfulness of that of warfare that she had agreed cd to pay indemnity lives can call destroyed tHer Her ally knew all all' this and knew that the position of or the thel States had been made so plain lain larn i it could tolerate an- an such out outrage age and hope to escape f. f t e world fh flie lie American people want no more R in cOl conducted between the two governments over over- the Ancona crime It Jit is time for sterner measures i 4 |
