Show I I I I If If f the Deutschland Is Sunk I IVe I'Ve We Ve agree with the St. St Paul Dispatch when it says It will be i much better for the allies to let the Deutschland land than to awaken again the monster of warfare to a worse degree and of a more more terrible character than ever before J J- The submarine Deutschland is preparing to leave the shores of 1 the United States as a merchantman unarmed with a cargo of goods of the allies are reported assembled south for lr Germany Warships of the Chesapeake with the avowed purpose purpose of capturing or sinking the submarine which made the sensational dash across s the Atlantic about ten days das ago Under Tinder the ruling of the United States it would be illegal for a warship to attack the Deutschland without first calling upon its co commander to submit to search Should one of the allies' allies warships because of a wild desire to destroy this commerce raider fire upon it i without warning disa disagreeable consequences would follow The opponents of idea of ocean warfare finally gained control of the German government and have insisted on the observance observance ance of recognized international law dealing with merchantmen Should the Deutschland be sunk however it is e easy sy to see that ruthless warfare on commerce would be resumed Diplomatic relations relations relations rela rela- with the United States might even be endangered There would be a return to the kind of submarine warfare which resulted in the sinking of the Lusitania The Von party in Germany is now raving against the British blockade and demanding submarine warfare on commerce of f tho the allies and this party also cares nothing for p peace ace with the United States at this time With the Russians on the east cast the British and French on the western front and Italians down on the Austrian front beginning to tighten the band around the thc Teutonic empires the voice of the Von party crying for extreme measures finds more listen listen- ers era It is unlikely that the more peaceable element of Ge Germany many would be able to item stem the tide of this class in the wild indignation that would come come up should this merchant submarine be sunk on its return trip The New York Sun takes a different view of the Deutschland's r. r case resenting the alarm expressed by Dr von Jagow the German minister of f foreign affairs The Sun quotes him as saying It is quite possible that the British vessels are really preparing to do what it is suggested they may do assemble do-assemble assemble at the mouth of the Chesapeake and and attempt on sight to sink the Deutschland and her crew in spite of any information coming this way I cannot believe that the United States government would in the event of such a cowardly dastardly deed fail t to voice the energetic protest of civilization and hm humanity anitY We Ve claim nothing for this newer type of merchantman save C that she is entitled to be lie e hailed visited and the crew placed in safety before she is destroyed the recognized right which has been i insisted upon for every other merchant ship by your government the United States The New York Sun commenting editorially upon this statement says Rays It is is now considerably more than a year ear since the United I I Stat States s government gave voice to the energetic protest of civilization and humanity against the cowardly dastardly attack on the Lusitania Lusitania Lusitania Lusi Lusi- I tania merchantman which was sunk on sight by a single shot without without without with with- I out warning without hailing without visitation without the slightest attempt to place either crew or passengers in safety before the ship w was s destro destroyed ed and eleven leven hundred and fifty lives were destroyed with the ship sup Considerable more ore than a year has passed since the perpetration of that great crime against the law of nations the law of humanity the law of civilization There has been so far its as as the public knows no denunciation of the the crime no acknowledgement of its dastardly cowardly character no offer of such atonement as is possible for the death of the thousand and more innocent noncombatants noncombatants noncombatants noncom- noncom through either Dr von Jagow minister of foreign affairs or through any other German official channel One crime does not not jt another but under the circumstances the indignant language attributed to the German minister of foreign affairs in anticipation of f an event that has not happened must be regarded as insincere and must be described as fickle |