CHARGED WITH MURDER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2464, 18 May 1915, Page 5

CHARGED WITH MURDER

BUSINESS MEN'S VIEWS. The following motion was moved by tbe president of the Central Chamber of Commerce (Mr C. M. Luke) at tlw meeting of the chamber yesterday afternoon "That this chamber places on record its deepest sympathy with those bereaved of their loved ones, caused by the sinking of tlio Lusitania and other vessels by the German Admiralty,- and further we mark our strong condemnation of the diabolical deeds of botli the German Admiralty and the military authorities, who during the conduct of tlio war now waging sink to the lowest depths of infamy in order to achievn their ends. This Chamber strongly resents the action of Germany, in the case of tbe torpedoing of vessels, es-' pecially passenger vessels, witliout first, observing the provision provided for in international law, via., the riglit of search, and the giving of time to noncombatants to leave such ships. "We do not hesitate to charge with nulrder those who are responsible for the diabolical deeds which recently have marked the conduct of tho German authorities, stick deeds being more barbarous than those of the Middle Ages, seeing that together with their brutal instincts they have coupled up scientific methods, which modern developments have brought to their aid. "The failure to provide for the safety of innocent women and children in the recent sinking of ships is another great shock to every moral sense."

in moving the motion, Mr. Luke said that the use of gases by the Germans called for protest ns did tho roannei by which the German Admiralty sought to carry on the war by barbarous methods. He thought the resolution, strong as'it was, was not too strong. Mr. G. Winder, seconded the motion. No language of his, he said, could express the horror caused by the methods of the Germans, ITiey were supposed to come from a cultured nation, but he did not know what culture had come to if these were the methods of culture,. Mr. Luke also moved a vote ol sympathy to the relatives of those killed in the Dardanelles operations. Both motions were carried, the members standing in the latter case.