Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-30 | Page 5 | England May Adopt Retaliation Tactics

I. I ENGLAND MAY ADOPT REI RETALIATION ALIA TION T TACTICS Feeling Runs High in Great Britain Over Fryatt Execution By HAL LONDON July 29 England England was talking reprisals tonight While newspapers editorially held I Ithe the allies could not enter into a a competition in savagery nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless never never- feeling ran high that there should be some retaliation retaliation against Germany for the death sentence meted out to Captain Fryatt of ot the passenger steamer Brussels convicted convicted con COo according to the tho view held here German German Ger Ger- of self defense against a man submarine That feeling was increased when It became known that the kaiser himself himself himself him him- self and his entire had approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved the sentence Imposed by the Bruges against the BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish sea captain It reached an even higher pitch tonight when it was announced announced an an- flounced that American pleas In Ber Berlin lin un for delay in the accused captains captain's trial had been denied Sir Edward Grey communicated d a request to American Ambassador Page Pago here for full information through the mediation of American Ambassador Gerard in Berlin as to the circumstances of ot the tho Sir Edward Grey declared A A most serious condition of affairs affairs af af- af fairs has arisen If tho the German gov gov- In fact tact has perpetrated such sucha a crime Ambassador Page Pago handed to the foreign office today a brief report from Ambassador Gerard It declared de de- de I clarid the tho American ambassador In Berlin had brought Fryatt's case to the attention of the imperial foreign office and had requested a postponement postpone postpone- ment meat of ot the tho accused sea captains captain's trial fixed that day at Bruges The foreign office Gerard said agreed to the postponement if it possible It subsequently subsequently sub sub- found It was unable to acquiesce acquiesce acquiesce ac ac- ac- ac because witnesses In the U 33 the German submarine which Fryatt attacked and attempted to ram could not longer be detained on onshore onshore onshore shore as witnesses Gerard was informed informed informed in in- formed that Major and an attorney from civil life lIre were appointed appointed ap ap- pointed to defend Fryatt British newspapers tonight continued continued continued contin contin- their editorial vituperation expressing ex cx- pressing horror at Fryatt's execution