A LUSITANIA STORY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 4

A LUSITANIA STORY.

Last November stories appeared in American papers alleging that British ■liner's leaving New York were in the habit .of hoisting derisive signals in the international code as they passed the sterns' of the Vaterland and other big German liners that have been lying useless since the beginning oi the war in Hoboken. The New York "Times" sent a representative to interview Captain' Daniel Dow, who was the commander of the Lusitania until Captain Turner tool; charge. Captain Dow said:"l will tell you a story. When I was in New York four weeks ago I was asked a similar question on a Sunday, and, strangely enough. ] was dining that same evening at the Hotel Macalpino with Captain Hans Ruser, commander of the Vaterland, and his wife. I told him what I had heard, and he smiled. 'Friend Hans,' I said, 'wo will do something to give this report the lio when I sail on Wednesday morning for Liverpool. You have your crcn on ,'deck aft 1 with, a quartermaster standing by jthe : ensignl whou'l go out, nntl 1 will look out lor the ship. 1 As the Lusitania passed the Vatorland 1 dipped the ensign to the German liner. Captain lluser dipped his in return." The Manchester "Guardian" comments: "And it is this ship, which gave all the courtesies that could be given to the ships of Germany, that has been torpedoed and sunk at sight and: her huge complement of non-com-batant passengers left to drown."