The Lusitania.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 287, 13 May 1915, Page 5

The Lusitania.

AMERICA ABLAZE WITH INDIGNATION. ITKI.iX!: MAY' CAI'SIO WAR. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) 'London May 11. The Times, in a leader, says the full horror of the Lnsitania crime is now revealed and lias stirred the people more deeply than the other murderous acts cf the Germans. Never since the world began has there been such a spectacle of is whole race of many millions being scientifically organised for wholesale murder, lust, and devastation, Amerii in inlerventiuu in the war would not materially oil'crl the situation, but we can Icgitinißtcly ask whether a nation whose citizens have been wantonly destroyed can continue friendly official relations with a Power sunk 'in moral degradation. The latest massacre has stiffened a thousandfold the determination of Britain to avenge the crime. The onlv way to restore the peace of the world lis to carry the war throughout the | length and breadth of flcrmany. Unless ; Berlin is entered, blood will have been I shed vainly. However long the stri)'.; ;tliisjs the only permissible end. Tl'ie Times correspondent in New York sav i that America is ablaze with indig- . iiiir'ji'iV mid the universal horror may forte'- the Government to a declaration of wiir: The question is discussed in every part of America. There is no doubt that ('resident Wilson is firmly determined to avoid war if possible. President \Tf sou is anxious for the public to restrain the paroxysms of rage and give lii'm n free hand to deal with the crisis.

The Lusiiailia's crew, numbering CO.", nil belonged' to Liverpool. A number of their women-folk- kept a vigil throughout the night, their stained faces being the most vivid' contact to the stoical unconcern of arriving survivors.

One distraught mother tugged imploringly at the survivors l frying: "Has anyone seen IJali Haley,- fireman, my ko!i':" When told that lie was among the drowned idse flung, herself upon a packing (••is-. 'viMng. Her sorrow was pjinotieul !>•■ t!ie majority of those pres•it, who were engaged in happy reunions. One would hear exclamations of, "He's .saved, then," anil' witness the fortunate one being devoured fly kisses. Tun Canadian soldiers were seen embracing (heir mother, who had sailed l>y Ihe Lusitania with the intention of paving them a surprise visit. The first intimation the sons bad that tlieir mother was on board was the announcement that she was among the rescued'. A Russian manifested consid'erarj'p pride in a lfebelt, which he persisted in wearing over his topcoat.

AMERICA SETS AN EXAMPLE.! WHY SHE WILL NOT FIGHT. HEALING INFLUENCE OF PEACE. lteceived Mav 12, 8.5 p.m. . New York, May 12. President Wilson, addressing 4000 naturalised Americans at Philadelphia, referred to the Lusitania. He said'lAtaeniica must set an example by peace. The reason she would not light was becausepeace exerted a healing influence on the whole world. There was such a thing as a man being too proud to fight, and such a thing as being in the right and' there being no need to convince others by force. The President pleaded for welding tlie foreign blood that makes up the American nation, pointing out that the true goal of citizenship was loyalty to tlie country adopted.

NEUTRALITY TO CONTINUE

CHANGE OF AMERICAN OPINION.. ATROCITIES NOW BELIEVED. Received May 12, 11.5 p.m. London, May 12. The Daily Chronicle's New York correspondent states that the general impression is that President Wilson is determined to maintain neutrality, hoping i to wear down the national indignation and demand revenge by a diplomatic delay until something else absorbs the attention. There is deep resentment at the children in Herman schools heTng given a l-aW-holiday because of the Lusitamu disaster. American opinion, which hitherto hesitated to believe the atrocities in Belgium and France, is now convinced of their truth. DERNBURG WILL GO HOME. GERMANY MUST NOT REPEAT HRR ACTS. ; Received May 12, 11.5" pun. Washington, May 12. Cabinet is likely to intimate to llerr Dernburg that he had better return to Germany, as his presence in the United States is distasteful to tile Government, owing to his political activities and his attempts to justify the sinking of the I.usitania. It is understood that President Wilson will demand, that Germany should observe in future the recognised rules of warfare, and 1 give a guarantee against a repetition of tile Falaba. and Lusitauia outrages. STILL AWAITING FACTS. Received Mav 12, 11.0 p.m. New Y:.rk, Mav 12. President Wilson's statement at Philadelphia has aroused a tumult of enthusiasm. Thousands of small American (lags were waved. President Wilson afterwards stated (hat the I.usitania was not in his mind. He had not yet come to a decision, us he was still awaiting the facts.

Mnrn.Kß in the name of war. Received May 12, 10 p.m. Melbourne, May 12. In the Federal House members standing in silence adopted a resolution of sympathy with the relatives oF those who, by the sinking of the Lusitania, were'wantonly murdered in the name of war. Mr. A. Fisher (the Premier), in moving the resolution, said the only way to prevent such dreadful violations of'tinlaws of war would he a Court which would make the perpetrators suffer for their crimes. AUCKLAND.KR SAFE. Auckland, Mav 12. Mr. Jack Macky, son of Mr." J. C. JJacky, cables that he is safe in London, having arrived a week in advance of the Lusitania, on which his father and mother Yfcye, passengers.

I BOWKS RECOVERED. ——— i^ Received May 12, 8 p.m. '<! Ixmdon, May Jl. *.* A Dutch tii); specially chartered pick- • " oil up tiiu bodies of five women, nine ' men, and two children, who were pas- - -1 songers on tlic Lusitania. r - CUNAKJ) SAILINGS CANCELLED. Received May M, 5.5 p.m. London, May 12. 'llie Cunard Company has cancelled Saturday's sailings for New York and . the Mauretania, which was to have sailed on the s>!)th.