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Show COURSE OF SHIP KNOWN TO ENEMY London. May 8, 1:58 a. m The Morning Post, in an editorial on the Lusitania, after remarking on the elaborate warnings issued at New York before the ship sailed, say "We find it difficult to understand how. with such warnings and such ample opportunities to take all precautions, pre-cautions, the Lusitania was caught. The conclusion that the vessel's exact ' course must have been known to the captain of the submarine is difficult ' to avoid, but uncomfortable to accept." ac-cept." The Post believes that the conditions condi-tions were favorable for the rescue of many of the passengers and supposes that everything was in readiness on board the" liner and that the mode of I procedure in case of attack had been carefully rehearsed. It states that the Lusitania was armed, "with a formidable battery of guns,' and adds "But it appears that New York le gal notices regarding international law prevented the boat from carrying ammunition am-munition for those guns, under pain of being interned in a neutral port as a ship of war "But, surely, if the United States regards these submarine attacks as Illegal, it should follow that guns may be used on merchantmen, to guard themselves acalnst such attacks without making the vessel which uses them a ship of war "In the face of this crime it Is Idle to waste words in condemnation We ! must set our teeth and go on with the war with more courage and deter-I deter-I initiation." |