THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 20 April 1912, Page 4

THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC.

■ The manner in which certain American journals appear to have drawn on their imagination to supply details of the appalling disaster which overtook the monster liner Titanic, degrading and heartless as it may be, is hardly less deserving of censure than the seeming suppression of definite news from the rescuing steamer. It is true that the general statement was made that all the women and children had been saved, and the names of some few of the male survivors were given, but otherwise the public were kept in complete ignorance of the circumstances surrounding the loss of the vessel and the calamitous loss of life associated I with it. Where such intense and widespread anxiety naturally existed r it is amazing that any attempt should have been made to keep back . any information available. Tho steamer Oarpathia is equipped with wireless telegraphy, and there should 'have been no difficulty in communicating the news so eagerly and anxiously awaited, not merely by the distressed relatives and friends of passengers and crew, but by practically the whole world. Yet for some reason so far unexplained the information which should have been available was kept back, and inquiries made left unanswered until the vessel arrived in port. As wo go to press news comes to hand of the Carpathia'a arrival at Now York, and the worst fears as to the loss of life through tho disaster are confirmed'. The death roll totals over 1500 souls, and the tragedy of the occasion is heightened! if that were possible, by the desperate determination of the commander of the vessel to make assurance doubly suro that he did not survive the catastrophe which had befallen those under his charge. Public feeling, which has already been so deeply stirred by the calamity of the Titanic, as evidenced by the widespread expressions of sympathy and tho eager response to the appeal for aid for such of the survivors as may need it, and also for the relatives of those lost, will be still further moved by tho details now coming to hand. Public opinion, also, it is certain, will be strengthened in tho determination that tho question of tho safety appliances on these largo ocean-going vessels should oo thoroughly examined into, and the risks to passengers and crew minimised by adequately supplementing the existing provision wherover inquiry shows it to be necessary.