THE WAR.
"LUSITANIA" INQUEST.
THE CAPTAIN'S ACCOUNT.
DEEP ANGER OF BRITISH.
THE FEELING IN AMERICA,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1915.
THE NEAR EAST
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THE DARDANELLES,
THRILLING STORY OF LANDING OF TROOPS.
LONDON, May 11th
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THE
LUSITANIA CRIME.
INQUEST ON THE VICTIMS.
VERDICT-OF-WILFUL MURDER AQAINST THE KAISER.
A correspondent at the Dardanelles, describing the landing of the English
LONDON, May 10th. troops of the southern extremity of At the inquest at Queenstown on the Gallipoli on April £3rd, says that the victims of the Zuritania tragedy, the jury landings were made on five different returned a verdict that the torpedoing beaches. In one of these, between Capo of the ship was an appalling crime con- Helles and Seddulbahr, the memorablo and novel experiment was tried of deli-trary to International law and the cen berately running a transport, crammed ventions of civilised nations, and added: with two thousand soldiers, on to the shore. The general opinion was that many lives would be saved by the cover thus afford ed. Great doors wero cut in the aides of
SHOOTING BRITISH PRISONERS. the transport to allow of rapid disem
THRILLING
DARDANELLES STORY.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
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EXPENSIVE GERMAN
"NO BRITISH PRISONERS.". FAILURES AGAINST BRITISH,
AUTHORITATIVE STORY OF
GERMAN MURDERS.
LONDON, May 11th
The Offeint Press Bureau publishes a acolaration by Mhr. Martin (Editor of the Rotterdamsche Nieuwsblad)
a
barkation, and machine-gans, mountal on heavily armoured bridge and bows, swept the shore. The transport, follow ing a bombardment by the warship Albion, and preceded by eight lines of towed boats, came in touch with the shore, bow on, close to a rocky reef. The water was too deep to permit of wading, but a steam hopper and lighter were brought up to the stranded portion of the vessel, thus providing a gangway. Mcan LONDON, May 10th. Fiold-Marshal Sir John French says while the transport was subjected to i that the Germans to the cast of Ypres tornado of fire, and it was certain des made five niguccessful attacks, yesterday.truction to leave her. Yet two hundred The German losses in these failures were soldiers dashed down the gongway, and very heavy..
few survivors reached the bench where
a sheltered bank. I was there was
would mean the annihilation of the whole fores, so the attempt was postponed, while the Albion, Cornwellia and the PARIS, May 10th. Queen Elizabeth furiously bombarded the Northward of Arras we maintained all | shore. The transport lay ashore the our important gains
whole day, Turkish sharpshooters pick There were artillery engagements clse-ing off everyone showing their head on deck, while Turkish Howitzers on the PARIS, May 11th.
Asiatic shore dropped shells on the trans The evening communiqué says:-
port. Four pierced the deck. North of Arras we maintained all
The attempt at landing was renewed a Kains, notwithstanding eight in the evening, when almost the yesterday's taken were not sent to Germany, but several Garman counter-attacks, and pro-whole fores landed without the Turks brought to the quarters with their hands gressed at several pointe, especially firing a shot, and they obtained a
and
There has only been an artillery action
We charge the officers of the submarine, the Kaiser, and the German Government with the orine of wilful and wholesnio
murder,"
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UNITED
- STATES' PROBABLE
COURSE.
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TRAVELLING AT 10 KNOTS.
LONDON, May-10th. The Unsord 8.5. Co, Ltd,, announce
PHILADELPHIA, May 11th that the Lusitania was travelling at the
President Wilson,
-speaking at a meet- rate of sixteen knots when she wasng of naturalised America dicated torpedoed. They also announce that she that the probabile course which wil be averaged twenty-one knots since Novem adopted by the United States in regard bar last and twenty-two during the last to the Lusitania horror will be that yoyage,
they will remain at peace and seek to convinco Germany, of the injustice to mankind of the tragedy,
GERMANS GLOAT OVER THE OUTRAGE.
LONDON, May 10th, A tolegram from Genera states that the German towns are decorated with flags, and the Kaiser has ordered a half holiday "TRANSYLVANIA" WARNED.
LONDON, May 10th. Messages from Washington and New -York state that a similar warning was jusued in regard to the Tramylvania as in the case of the Lunitama, but there was no appreciable affect on the bookings. ADMIRALTY AND PATROLLING ARRANGEMENTS.
LONDON, May 10th.
THE CROWNING HYPOCRISY. GERMANY'S "DEEP SYMPATHY.”
WASHINGTON, May 10th..
A German official message by wizeleka expresses the deepest sympathy at the loss of the American passougers on the liner. It says that the responsibility, however, THE CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE.
rests with Great Britain in forcing Germany to retaliate. Also, British Captain Turner, who was in command of the Lusitania, testified that when ha
vessels were armed and rammed sub marimes. reached the danger zono the boats were
The German Government
awung out and the bulkheads were closed.
asserts that the Lusitania carried 1,400 During a period of haze ho reduced spemons, informed various questioners that promises rather than the German warn- Me. Churchill, in the House of Com-that the Americans trusted the English cases of ammunition. Germany regrets to 15 knots, and afterwards resumed the inquiry into the lamentable loss of the speed of 18 knots. He reived wireless Intreitanic would be hdd without any messages but none were sent. Suddenly avoidable delay. He emphasised that it the second officer shouted Here's a torpedo." He ran to the side and saw
was impossible to announce the arrange- ments for patroking the coast. We had an insufficient number of destroyers to ROUSING THE BRITISH LION. tho wake. Then the torpedo hit the ship. He ordered the boats out, and gave the provide escorts for merchantinen, of which further order "women and children frat." We tried," said the witness,
more than 200 arrived and departed daily but could not check the speed of the
safely, The Admiralty sent a warning to the Lusitania and directions as to her ship. It was unsafe to lower the boats
Course. These were acknowledged. He making some headway when shy sank.could not detail the matter in view of the fulness have greatly stimulated recruit Shu floated exactly eighteen minutes. Wa inquiry.
Mhr. Van die Mar, a Rotterdam journa. along the front of the First Army to-day. obvious that a further landing of troops till the sped had slackened. She was
list, reproducing statements made to them on separaty occasions by three Ger man desertors, whose names, Regiments, Companies, etc., were fully given, All three said that the Bavarian Regiments under Prince Rupprecht received formal krders to make no British prisoners. The prder existed exclusively in the Bavarian Army. Soldiers contravening the order were severely punished. Prisoners thus
where.
FRENCH SUCCESSES.
between Carency and Bouchez. Bound to their backs and their eyes
The total number of prisoners captured Haulaged, and shot under the superviup to three o'clock in the afternoon tion of offers. They were not told they were going to be shot. They were mostly wounded men.
The dauerters gave full details" of several such shootings, together with the names of the officers present. One of the deserters himself shot five of the British prisonėra, though he disapproved of the the Hrder.
The principal reason given by the Deserters for deserting was the rough treatment they suffered at the bands of their officers and the lack of food. The soldiers in the trenches were practically starring.
exceeded 3,000, including a Colonel and 40 other officers. We captured yesterday and to-day ten gans and fifty machine-
'guns.
hold.
FRENCH COMMANDER
INDISPOSED.
PARIS, May 10th. General d'Amade, the Commander of the French Land Forces at the Dardanel- German attac's at Berry-au-Bac nod les has fallen ill. He will be succeeded Bois le Fretre were repulsed.
by the well-known Moroccan General, Bouraud.
GENERAL.
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GERMANY'S METHODS.
MR. ASQUITH AND NEUTRALS.
LONDON, May 10th.
At question-time in the House of Corn- mons, Mr, Asquith said that. Germany had carried on the war with a programive
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
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BOMBARDMENT OF NAGARA.
KILIDBAHR OCCUPIED.
ings.
Count Bernstorff called on Mr. Bryd and expressed regret at the loss of the Americane.
"FRIGHTFULNESS" STIMULATES
RECRUITING.
LONDON, May 10th. Recent instances of German "fright
ing, which has hoomed this week-end.
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had no convoy and saw no warship. We
Mr. Churchill further intimated that went 18 knots so as to reach Liverpool tho Admiralty acted on and studied veryUSSIAN FRONT. without within two or three hours for carefully the various warnings received. high water. I had double look-outs. They did not know the site or the number There was no panic Captain Torner of the submarine that sank the Linza. concluded with emphasis that he had AMERICAN OPINION, simply carried out his orders and would do so again.
The Coroner Captain,
cosuplimented
Tho
A BTRIKING CONTRAST..
LONDON, May 10th hostpapers contrast the jubilation in Germany and the congratulations to Admiral von Tirpitz and the Garnian Navy with this lamentable accounts of the despairing mothers who have los their children, and the rows of women sadd young people lying in the morgues and the hospitala filled with wonien suffering from wounds, shock and exhaustion.
BRITISH PEOPLE'S INTENSE. ANGER.
RAGE AND HORKOR.
NEW YORK, May 10th. All the newspapers expres rage and Lorror at the torpedoing of thin Lusitania.
he was entering an automobile, if he took Reporters, asked Count Bernstorff, as into consideration what American people would think. B would think. Bernstorff replied, with oath, them think." He then order ed his chauffeur to drive on.
NO JUSTIFICATION.
WASHINGTON, May 10th. President Wilson and Mr. Bryan Love been inundated with telegrams from all over America, many arging a rupture with Germany to prevent further affronts to American dignity.
President Wilson's law officers are un
Mr.
GALICIA
HOME PETROanán, May 11th** An official communique states: Our offensive in the region of Shale has con- tinged successfully. On the oth inst, our cavalry successfully attacked and chased for several score of verste, a Bavarian
Prussian Gaurd and an infantry regi- cavalry division, supported by the
ment which had surrounded our troops. operating in the direction of Koydany and Beyssagolia.
The enemy, after desperate battles in west Galicia, have succeeded in crossing the upper Wiloka, near Cross0,
We captured several thousands of Austrians and Germans in the past week.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.J
SITUATION IN CHINA. EXCITEMENT SUBSIDING.
PEKING, May 10th.
The excitement over the situation created by the Government's Receptac
LONDON, May 10th, Never was stronger language used in British pulpits than in yesterday's roteranimously agreed that there was no justi.THE ences to the Lusitance outrage. For fication for the sinking of the Lusitania LONDON, May 10th.
instance, the Rev. R. J. Campbell, in the simply because a warning was given, The Daily Chronicle correspondent at City Temple, said:-- How long, Oh AMERICA'S SEXLESS POLICY." Mitylene says that warships are bomos before the hellish Empire of the
A former Cabinet Minister, which is the only fort in the Narrows Satan, is utterly and finally destroyed?''
apprais to the Government to abandon The Times orgistellises public sentiment its sexless policy," and advises, the unsilenced.
when it says: It is impossible to think rapture of diplomatic relations with of retribution until Germany is over Germany, run and Berlin entered. Our energies must be devoted to that unshakable purneutral nations to join the United States National Salvation Fund shall be
One named Kaller, who was disregard of the accepted rules of war barding the eastern fort at Nagara. Prussian Anti-Christ, the stronghold of Wickersham, in a letter to the Press of the Japanese demands is simmering
Despite
wory dull-witted, subsequently disap- peared, boing short of money. all efforts to dissuade him he went to the A friend Gorman Consulate to get help.
waited outside three and a half hours, but Kuller never emerged, and never returned to his lodgings. The Consulats Bubsequently denied that he had been there.
One of the deserters related a story of the burning of 40 prisoners in a hangar. Tho perpetrators of this crime received a medal.
fare, but no object would be served in approaching neutrals unless the latter were prepared to take some...action.
Cheers.) "We trust that neutrals are rowingly realising that the issues in volved affect the whole civilized world
and the future of humanity." (Loud cheering)
ANTI-GERMAN FINANCIERS.
FEELING IN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.
Another said that on December 28th, 2 British prisoners, including many
LONDON, May 10th. The Liverpool Stock Exchange has officers, were shot by his Company. He was told that one reason for this was passed a resolution excluding Germans that they had blown up a bridge over and Austrians, even those who have been. the Beholdt, near Antwerp, white German naturalised. troops were crossing in pursuit of the were retreating English Army. They placed against a wall one after another. and fresh soldiers were called from the ranks to shoot each man, nearly every man in the battalion getting practice in This murder shooting an Englishmen. was done at Warwick by the orders of of Major Hofmann and Lieutenant Neumichle
On another occasion a British officer and four soldiers who had surrendered wero shot at the castle at Hollebeke after a hand-to-hand fight.
A SUCCESS BY FRENCH : MARINES.
PAR16, May 10th. Today's communiqué says:
At French Marines eastward of
farm at George's have captured L'Union, which had been most strongly fortified.
a
The Germans ared two shells into
Dunkirk to-day.
There is a strong anti-German senti- ment, in London. The Baltic Exchange und Mark Land opened with the singing of the National Anthem,
Thereafter buyers refused to talk with those of German extraction, and the Committees have requested such members not to attend until further notion.
ZEPPELINS VISIT SOUTHEND.
SOUTHEND, May 10th. The bombs dropped by the two Z.p- pelins at Westcliff were mostly incen diary They landed for the most part on the beach and roads, and damaged half a dozen houses. An aged man died in hospital.
KAISER VISITS GALICIA.
AMSTERDAM, May 10th The Kaiser has arrived in Galicia, and witnessed an engagement of the Guards
Division.
The land fores have occupied Kilid bahr and the neighbouring hoights,
BRITISH STEAMER
TORPEDOED.
LONDON, May 10th. The West Hartlepol steamer Queen Filhelmina has been sunk in the North
·Sea Sho withstond considerable shell- ing from a submarine, but was too slow to escape.
The crew were allowed to get into the boss. The submarine fed a torpedo, but missed.
A second torpedo hit the steamer.
A SUBMARINE'S "MISTAKE."
GERMANY APOLOGISES!
|
THE HE. May 10th. Germany has informed the Nether: ads that the Katryk was sunk by a German submarine in mistake for a belligerent Regret was expressed and comperisation offered."
OBITUARY.
COL. D. M. LUMSDEN.
Losnos, May Th The death is asnounced of Colonel D. M. Lumsden, who underwent a serious operation at the end of April.
pose.
The New York Times calls upon the
down.
The vernacular Press continues to express public indignation, and a public
National Park to consider how the meeting is called for Tuesday in the
The war is temporarily dwarfed by the and demand that Gerinany shall conduct utiliend and what'sť på stall be taken for
papers which are overflowing with details of the Lusitanía.
SURVIVORS NARRATIVES.
the war withou: Killing neutrals. PRESIDENT WILSON'S EXAMPLE.
the collection of further donations.
Geuetal Li Tang. Chiu attempted to President Wilson refuses to speak. He corum suicide on learning of the went golfing and motoring on Saturday Government's submission to the
Japanese
Mddi: Jolivet, the actress, sister-in-te an example, prestimably, to ili people law to Mr. Frohman, says that the latter not to become excited. refused to enter the boats, His last i words were :-" Why four death; it is the
most beautiful adventure in life,"
Several testify that Mr. Vanderbilt was most cool. Just before sinking ha fastened his life-belt round a solitary old woman who was passing. Mr. Vanderbilt was coming to Europe to equip and take motor ambulances to France.
Three survivors were sucked inside the funnels from the sea and were expelled by the rush of steam. One woman was thrown juto a bont
Lady Mackworth was found sveted in an armchair in the water, unconscious.
Two survivors stats that they saw the torpedo. fired from a distance of two
hundred yards,
A third des passenger says that during the voyage three Germans aboard were arrested and were in irons at the
THE MURDERERS SURVEY THE
[Colonel Dugdale Mavis Inmsden time the Lurilionia was torpedoed C,B., was a ten-plater is Assam from 1874 țo 1893. He was appointed Captain of the Durham Mounted Rifles in 1886, and in 1900 was appointed to Command the Assam Valley Light Horse. Deceased raised Lumsden's Horse, which served in South Africa from
SCENE.
LONDOS, May 30th.
RECOMMENDATION FROM CALIFORNIA.
The Ligislature of the State of Cali Ternia has sent a message to President Wilson recommending an increase in the Navy for the protection of th honour and lives of Americans, AMERICAN PULPIT REFERENCES,
References to the tragedy were mad in all the pulpits, speakers declaring that President Wilson should be upheld in whatever course he takes.
ANOTHER-VIEW.
The Chinese Bank remain unaffected by the situation.
FOREIGN TROOPS IN CHINA,
A London telegram to Peking anys that Sir Edward Grey, replyng to a question, enquiring the number of troops of each of the Powers stationed in China and suggesting a limitation in the intereats of general tranquillity, stated that thero are about 500 Brilish troops, 1,100 Ameri can troops, 400 French, 200 Italian, 50 each of Russian and Japaness (1) The numbers of German and Austrian troops were not available Russia and Japan, moreover, maintain according to Well-known Senators declare
Treaties, a certain number of railway that guards in Manchuria. The Japanese also President Wilson will suaumon an extra-have cops in Shantung on, scotans of
the war. The
agreement among the "rdinary session of Congress to als Powers fixes the numbers of troops to fi action in regard to the sinking of the maintained on accout of the variation and importance of other interests an Lusitania.
arrangment for maintaining an equal strength for vach Power was impossible.
AMERICA'S LEAD AWAITED. Other neutral Governments are anxious- to know America's decision, as they have frequently intimated their willingness to It is interesting to note that the British Engineers' Association is extend- join in a movement for she protzelioning its operations to Russia. A special coumissioner has been appointed to that country, and a Russian edition of the official
of directory
the British Engineers' Association has bren printed." The war certainly offers opportunities in
facturers are apparently determined to
of neutrals.
COUNT BERNSTORFF THREATENED.
Count Bernstorff has received
an
A Canadian cl.rgyman says that after March to December, 1900, and in this cam the Lusitania sank a submarine appear- paign he was mentioned in despatches, received the Queen's Medal and, three ed and the crew, after surveying the anonymous threat that the Embassy will that vast empire which British manu- clasps, and also the C.B.].
scene from the conning tower, dived,
be blown up to-day.
atilise.