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By RALPH E. CROPLEY,
In New York Tribune.
iUi!i4TLii. we nave unci another rec
ord of German barbarity In the tor
pedoing of the hospital ship Rown,
made dramatic because the missile
of destruction struck her where the
red cross of mercy was painted on
her side, as If It were a bull's-eye
for just such murderous shots. I was
speaking to n merchant shin contain
about it and asked him why he had given up the
command of a certain British hospital ship, n berth
which to my landsman's eyes had seemed to be the
easiest on the sea today In spite of instances like
the Itewa.
He didn't look at me ns he answered. He looked
-far out through his cabin port at the tower of the
"Woolworth building. Ho finally told me that In
ssplte of the danger it was easier on hlra to take a
.merchant ship or a transport through the wnr zono
.than to have his heart torn asunder by the suffer
ing of humanity he had seen on hospital ships;
anen gassed and writhing In agony ; men wounded
-or mutilated out of sheer deviltry. Frightful ness
waste of manhood because the kaiser wanted to
.dominate the world that's what he saw on a hos
pital ship; and when his ship of mercy, like tho
Itewa, was torpedoed without warning and he man
. aged to beach her before she sank he simply went
to pieces, as have many hospital ship commanders
I before him.
Every hospital ship sunk means that tho aUles
must replace It with a ship which has been carry
ing food and munitions. That Is Germany's game.
Finding her hubniurlne warfare was not succeeding
-as she had hoped, she lessens the tonnage of he?
enemies uy louier means still and covers up her
uasrarmy motives by officially saying:
"The German government can no longer suffer
that the British government should forward troops
.and munitions to the main theater of war under
cover of the Red Cross, and It therefore declares
that from now on no enemy hospital ship will bo
sallowed In the sea zone comprised between a line
tlrnwn from Flamborough Heud to Terschelllng on
the one hand and Ushant and Land's End on the
.other If in this sea zone after tho expiry of the
stated time any enemy hospital ship Is encountered
Jt will be considered as a vei-sel of war and It will
ibe attacked without further ceremony."
And knowing full well that no allied hospltnl
-.ships were carrying either troops, munitions or
anything which they shouldn't In their garb of
mercy, Germany has lessened tonnage by sinking
.tho hospltnl ship Britannic (50,000 tons), Asturlos
.( 1,400 tons), Gloucester Castle (7,999 tons),
IDonegal (1,997 tons), Snlta (7,284 tons), Lnnfranc
.(0,27T tons), Dover Castle- (8,200 tons), Rewn
(7,267 tons), Glenart Castle (9,000 tons), Linn
.dovey Cuslle (10,000 tons), and others amounting
J"itTtfVaver 200,000 tons.
Gwjiinny has nlready begun paving tho way to
Messen American tonnage by sinking our hospital
-.ships whenever we get any. On May 1, 1918, sho
officially notified tho world that
T
ships before we entered the war and were driving
neutral ambulances.
When we entered tho war, nnturally they weren't
going to return to the United States to enlist when
they could enlist In their country's mllltnry forces
In France and get at punishing the Hun earlier
than the fellows at home. These enptured Ameri
can aviators Germany speaks about apparently had
on them certificates of service they had rendered
while driving American neutral ambulances.
As usual, Germany has distorted the truth. In
this Instance she simply wishes to give a semblanco
of excuse for the attempts she Is going to make to
lessen the number of ships available to transport
our boys overseas, because every hospital ship
sunk has to be replaced with some ship In military
or civil service.
The first hospital ship the Huns sank was the
Portugal, Hying the Russian flag. She wna anchored
off Rlzek, n Black sea port, when at about eight
o'clock on tho morning of March 17, 1910, a
periscope was seen approaching. The Portugal had
no wounded on board simply her hospital staff,
which Included mnny nuns nnd her full crew. The
Russian government hnd notified the central pow
ers that the Portugal wn3 n hospital ship and had
obtained from them a recognition of her status.
She was properly marked under the ruling of both
the Hague and Geneva conventions.
Of course, nobody thought for one Instant that
the submarine" would attack the Portugal, and
there was no panic until, when ubout 200 feet away,
the submarine fired a torpedo which missed Its
mark. Then tho beast circled arouiid the anchored
ship of mercy and fired a second torpedo at close
range. Tho second missile struck the Portugal In
the engine room. There was a terrific explosion
wllhln her nnd the hu'J broko In two.
The loss of life on the Portugal was 21 nuns",
who were nctlng ns nurses ; 24 others of the Red
Cross staff, ns well as 21 of the Russian crew nnd
19 of tho French, totaling 85, nil of whom wero
ruthlessly murdered without nny reason whatso
ever. Tho next torpedoing of note was that of the
new White Stnr liner Britannic, the largest British
ship afloat and one which the Germuns wished to
remove from competing with their ships a the
end of the wnr. The Britannic was sunk In the
Egean sea, and that but 50 Uvea wero lost out of
the 1,100 wounded and large crew she had aboard
Is remarkable, considering she went down In 53
minutes. A German newspaper, tho Kleler Zel
tung, was the first to admit publicly that a torpedo
and not n mine had caused the disaster, and fur
ther stated:
"The Britannic was transporting fresh troops for
our enemies. If she hnd not been doing so our sub
marine would never, of course, have torpedoed
her."
On November 24, 1010, shortly after the Brltnn-
"Amerlcnn aviators are crossing to Europe ns ft ic wns fiHnk, the British admiralty published a
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rmembers of tho Red Cross on hospltnl ships. This
imlsuse of the Red Cross appears from documentary
evidence found on American nvlntors who have
'.been shot down. An American brought down In
the region of the army of General von Hutler enr
iirled n jinss which referred to hi in as a member of
rthu American nmhulanco for France.
"Prisoners openly admit that It Is the general
practice for aviators to enter American ambulance
Ifiervlce for their passage to Europe nnd to cross on
hospital ships. After they are landed In Franco
-they Immediately transfer to the nutomobllo corps
.and thence Into the air service.
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the ambulance servico
Another carried a certificate
,-ernl transfers wero oW-
nilic.ifed."
Except for the naval hospltnl ship Solace and
liospltitl yacht Surf attached to our fleet, and two
Ward lliu-rs being converted luto the hospital ships
r.i'intnrr mul Mercy, solely for the use of the navy
nnd nt this writing not yet In service, tho United
States has had no hospltnl ships at nil. Conse
quently It would be Impossible for American nvln
tors to cross on such ships ns Germany stntcs they
Jinve. The aviators which Germany refers to us
bavins crossed to France for Red Cross work
rrosscd nt their own espens on regular passenger
', , jnnd thence into me air sen
"The captured aviator re
' I transferred directly from
I -into the nlr service. Anoll
Jyf .in-- dates of sevc
complete list of all persons on board. There wero
no troops. Germany continued her propogundn to
dull the mind of the world ns to her real intent
in sinking hospital ships by asserting that she had
conclusive proof that In several Instances enemy
hospltnl ships hnd often been misused for the trans
port of troops nnd munitions. Under the princi
ples of tho Geneva convention governing maritime
war belligerents have the right to stop and search
hospital ships. Germany never utilized this right.
Evidently it wns easier to sink the ship outright
and trust tho world to believe tho lmperlnl Ger
man word.
The big Asturlas, commanded by Captain Laws,
known to many Americans who traveled to Ber
muda, had her first experience with a U-boat on
February 1, 1915. Sho was the stnr hospital ship
of tho fleet, for at that time neither tho Britannic
nor Aqultnnln was doing hospital work. Only the
prompt action of tho second officer In turning the
ship as he saw tho torpedo saved her and the
scores of wounded she had on board. Having
made one miss at tho Asturlas, the Germans kept
nt It till thoy finally got her. The British ml
mlralty announced tho following:
"The British hospital ship Asturlas, while steam
lng with nil navigating lights nnd with nil tho
proper distinguishing Red Cross signs brilliantly
Illuminated, was torpedoed without warning on the
March 20-21 (1917). Tho torpedoing of
hospital ship Is Included In ihe list of nchtovc-
clnlmed by U-bonts ns reported In tho Gcr-
mnn wireless press message yesterday."
Tho Asturlas didn't sink, although 43 died In
the tragedy, Including two women, nnd 89 wero
Injured. Tho torpedo rendered her helpless, ns
her rudder had been carried nwny. Captain Laws
drove the sinking ship for shoal water. As she
was off the rocky shore of Cornwnll, If ho did suc
ceed in beaching her the chances of saving tho ship
would be slight. All Captain Laws thought of was
to get her somewhere where sho wouldn't sink ero
her wounded had been removed.
As luck would have it, the Asturlas took matters
Into her own hands and In the dnrkness minsed a
reef, rounded a headland nnd brought up on one
of the few sandy beaches to bo found nlong tho
Cornwall shore line. After three years In com
mand of her, severul times n week crossing tho
Channel nnd running tho risk of mines, ns well as
seeing the agony of human beings ho transported;
Captain Lnws, like many other hospital ship skip
pers, collnpsed. He's made several attempts to go
to sea again, but his nerve Is gone.
The nntlon responsible for the murder of Nurse
Cavell accepted the Asturlas Incident with com
posure, if not with satisfaction. For the Germnns
stated blandly :
"It would, moreover, be remarkable that the
English In the enso of the Asturlas should have
abstained from tho customary proceduro of using
hospital ships for the transport of troops and mu
nitions." The Asturlns was returning from France. That
Is n sufficient answer to Germany.
Ten dnys later the Gloucester Castle was tor
pedoed without warning In mldchunnel. All the
wounded were successfully removed from tho ship
nnd tho casualties wero five medical officers, nine
nursing sisters nnd 38 Royal Army Medical corps
men. On April 11 the Berlin official wireless again
cynically published a notification that tho Glouces
ter Castle was torpedoed by a U-boat, thus re
moving nny possible doubt In tho mutter.
Then on April 17 tho hospital ships Donegal and
Lnnfranc wero sunk by U-bonts. Tho British ad
miralty announced:
'The Donegal carried slightly wounded enses,
all British. Of these, 29 men, as well as 12 of tho
crew, are missing and presumed drowned. The
Lnnfranc, In addition to 234 wounded British offi
cers nnd men, carried 107 wounded German pris
oners, a medical personnel of 52 and n crew of
123. Of these the following arc missing and pre
suraed drowned:
"Two wounded British officers.
"Eleven wounded British, other ranks.
"One It. A. M. C. stnff.
"Flvo crew.
"Two wounded Germnn officers.
"Thirteen wounded German, other ranks.
"One hundred nnd fifty-two wounded German
prisoners were rescued by British patrol boats nt
the Imminent risk of being themselves torpedoed."
And then on tho 20th of February thoy sank tho
Glenart Castle, bound from Frunco to England.
Yes, sho carried troops, but they lay In whlto cots
within the Glenart Custle's white sides. Nice chap,
Fritz, for he'd agreed to respect hospital ships If
they carried n Spanish officer to guurnnteo their I
Red Cross mission. Tho Glennrt had her Spaniard
und he too wub nearly drowned In tho cntnstropho. i
Ono pleasing thing about tho tragedy was that It
gave un American destroyer, nt the risk of being
herself torpedoed, a chance to do a rescuo work
which mukes the blood run fnater In one's veins.
The sea wns vile and tho destroyer couldn't launch
n boat. Yet as sho passed men clinging to wreck
age me.n too weak to catch the llfe-dnes thrown
to them American seamen Jumped overboard
into ley wuter, swam to tho poor devils and held
them up till they could bo rescued. Mr. Dunlels,
I'm glad to say, has fittingly rewarded such gal
lantry. And shortly nftcr tho Glenart Cnstlo tho big
I.lundovey Cnstle, on mercy bent, wns torpedoed.
Shi! also curried u Spanish officer. I have n lotter
from an officer on the hospital ship Araguaya,
which has been transferred from passenger and
food service to tho work of mercy to replace lost
hospital ships, and he tells mo his ship Is most par
ticular ubout IMng up to the Geneva convention.
No nurses tiro curried except those who mnko the
round trip between England n ml Camilla. For If
Ciinadliin nurses worked their pasxage home Ger
many might say they worn troops.
ES CHANGE
IN DRAFT AGE
Baker Tells Senate
Body That He Has New
Army Program.
TO BE READY IN 90 DAYS
War Chief and General March Assert
Change Shoujd Be Deferred
3,300,000 Will Be In Army
by August.
Washington, Juno 28. After Secre
tary Baker nnd General March hud op
posed revision of draft ago limits und
nuuouuced that within 00 dnys the wur
department would submit n now nnd
enlarged nrmy program, tho senate
military committee on Wednesdny
voted against nny legislation to change
tho druft ngo limits from twenty-ouo
and thirty-ouo years to twenty nnd
forty years.
Senator Chamberlain announced
that It Is proposed to call In August
SOO.'OOO draft men, In September 100,
000, In October 150,000 In November
150,000 nnd In December 125,000.
These, ho said, nro expected to ex
haust class 1.
Senntor Hitchcock guvojlgurcs stat
ing that In August, when the final call
on men In class 1 will havo exhaust
ed that class, there will bo 3,300,000
men in the, nrmy nnd the highest estl
nmto of the number of American
troops which will be in Franco by that
time Is 1,450,000.
Secretary Baker said an "enlarged"
program for tho nrmy Is planned In n
formal statement made after he had
been closeted with tho committee for
nearly three hours with his nlds. Ho
said :
"I presented to tiro commlttco stnto
ments -the, for tho present thero nrc
cnoiifra men In clnss 1 sufficient for our
prosj. vnlw needs, nnd when tho en
larged p.rnm of tho United States Is
ready for presentation to congress wo
will at tho same time have complete
dntn on which to base nny rocominen
dutlons for change In tho nge limits
of the druft."
Most of the senntors who heard the
statements believed congress would
follow tho recommendution.
When tho senate reconvened nnd re-
mod tho consideration of the, nrmy
ill Senator Chamberlain said:
"Both tho secretary and General
March nre of the opinion thnt no
change ought to bo made in the age
limits nt this time. They sny that
no harm can be done and no delay
occasioned by postponement of chang
ing the ages until September, nnd they
very much advlso against a change un
til this investigation can bo had.
"The commlttco was advised that
troops nre being sent over partly in
French and British bottoms nnd thero
may be some changes in that arrange
ment July 1 either that the arrange
ment will continue or more American
tonnago will be available.
"They feel that before any chango
should be made thero should be n
full Investigation before disturbing the
soclnl nnd Industrial conditions of tho
country.
"Tho committee concluded by n ran
Jorlty vote It would not bo best to un
dertake nt this time n change In the
draft limits."
RUSSIA TO FIGHT KERENSKY
Former Premier Makes Statement at
British Labor Meet In London
Will Visit U. 8.
London, Juno 28. Alexander Keren-skyt-
former provlslonul premier of
Russia, who wns ousted from powor
by the bolshcvlki, hns arrived hero on
his wny to America.
ICcrensky reached London Incognito
four dnys ago from Moscow., Since
then he has moved about quietly,
though busily, conferring with promi
nent Russians In England over the ne
cessity of entente allied assistance In
Russia.
Kerensky was introduced to tho Brit
ish labor conference hero on Wednes
day, und wns received by the delegates
with loud cheers. Ho said:
"I liuvo Just como straight from Mos
cow, nnd It Is my. duty as a statesman
and a Socialist to tell you and the
people of tho world that tho Russian
people, the Russian democracy, ure
lighting against tyranny.
"1 believe, Indeed 1 am cortnln, that
the Russian people will shortly Join
you In the fight for the great cause of
freedom." Kerensky expects to go to
America In a week or ton days.
Kerensky's nppeurnnce beforo tho In
horltes was a cmnnluto surprise. When
Arthur Henderson, minister without
portfolio In tho British wnr council
and former labor leader In the houso
of parliament. Introduced him, he
spoke In Russian.
Hughltt, Jr., to Leave Rad.
Chicago, Juno 28. Marvin Hughltt,
Jr., has laft the servico of thtf Chicago
& Northwestern railroad, according to
news which ennio out, to become
manager of coal properties In which
he Is Interested.
$2,250,000 More for Belgium.
Washington, Juno'28. Belgium was
given unothor credit of $2,250,000,
mnklng Belgium's total loans from the
United Stntes $122,800,000. Aggregate
credits to the ullics now amount to
5572,50000.
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