CARPATHIA'S SILENCE.
ALLEGED DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD. AND AN EXPLANATION. London, April 19. The Carpathia's unexpectedly early arrival prevented tho Senate's Investigation Committee from boarding her before she docked. The chairman states that he learned that the surviving officers and crow contemplated boarding the Cedric immediately to proceed to England, thus placing themselves beyond tho committee's jurisdiction. Tho chairman added that he Intondod to tell Mr. Joseph Bruce Ismay (chairman of the White Star Company) that, in order to avoid trouble, the ! company and officers should assist the inquiry by the Department of Justice at Washington.
It is bolioved that tho erroneous messages concerning the fate of the Titanic ■were a deliberate attempt to postpone knowledge of the wreck so as to give time to re-insure cargo.
Mr. Bruce Ismay says he welcomes the fullest inquiry. Ho left tho Titanic in the last boat, and has deferred making any statement.
The extreme secrecy displayed in regard to the disaster, and the withholding of dotails, is severely commented upon.
The Carpathia refused to take wireless messages from cruisers or to supply any information.
(Rec. April 21, 5.5 pjn.)
New York, April 20. The Carpathia's refusal to answer questions was duo to the physical exhaustion of the wireless operator.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19120422.2.37.10
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 22 April 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
207CARPATHIA'S SILENCE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 22 April 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in