German submarine warfare; a study of its methods and spirit, including the crime of the "Lusitania," a record of observations and evidence . red and ninety-three miles southwest of the Fastnet, received no lessthan four torpedoes. But in this case we can happilyadd that the U-boat had good and bitter cause to re-spect her adversary, for the Terence had stood heroff in three separate brushes during the precedingday. The Leyland horse-transport Canadian, hailingfrom Boston, was torpedoed without warning ateleven oclock on a bright moonlight night in thespring of 1917; and three additional torped
German submarine warfare; a study of its methods and spirit, including the crime of the "Lusitania," a record of observations and evidence . red and ninety-three miles southwest of the Fastnet, received no lessthan four torpedoes. But in this case we can happilyadd that the U-boat had good and bitter cause to re-spect her adversary, for the Terence had stood heroff in three separate brushes during the precedingday. The Leyland horse-transport Canadian, hailingfrom Boston, was torpedoed without warning ateleven oclock on a bright moonlight night in thespring of 1917; and three additional torpedoes weresent crashing into her at ten-minute intervals whileshe lay sending up rockets and getting her boats torpedo might have demolished a lifeboat andall its complement; and the fact that no casualtiesactually resulted cannot possibly be accounted untothe Teutons for righteousness. In the case of theFalaha, the reader is doubtless aware, a third tor-pedo launched by the submarine in broad daylightfrom within a few hundred yards did strike squarelybeneath a crowded lifeboat, killing two-score or morepassengers and seamen. 72. SHIPS TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING Tlie warningless use of torpedoes, we must re-member, is far more than simply a proof of ruthless-ness. It is a categorical and insolent repudiation ofthe time-honored formula of the law of nations, thatthe character and cargo of a ship must first he as-certained before she can be lawfully seized or de-stroyed,—a principle by which American diplo-macy has consistently taken its stand. It is abundantly clear that in nineteen cases outof twenty, at least, the submarines know nothingwhatever about the character of the ships which theysink without warning; except that from the sizethey can tell whether the victim is a passenger lineror not. Even when they are not in any fear of theirquarry, and emerge freely for the use of gunfire, theynever take the trouble to learn her nationality, cargoor destination before bombar
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