FEBRUARY 3, 1917.-U.S.A. AND BERLIN

Evening Star, Issue 16398, 14 April 1917, Page 9

FEBRUARY 3, 1917.- U.S. A. AND BERLIN

“TO VINDICATE OUR EIGHTS.” Tim chests are roving abroad to-night, ,Iu ills air, on the sea and the land; They wheel, they swim, they march to-uurh.t, They arc clasping the- President’s hand'.' Waking and sleeping the ghosts attend— The ghosts of the folk who were slain. Avenge us!” they cry; “wo thought you our friend! Cleause the ‘.Stars’ and the ‘Stripes’ from stain.” The ghosts arc circling around to-night O'er the Lusitania's grave. “Oh V. ilsou vindicate our right xo tno lives you dared not save! “To the whole .American people we Their brothers and sisters, cry; What does it profit, ‘the ilag of the free’

If her citizens murdered lie? “ 'We ghosts have vowed a ghostly vow, _ And wc sealed it under the sea, That unless 3 r ou avenge ua we’ll haunt 3-011 now .And through all the clays that ihay be.” Ghosts’ Chorus. “Wilson, avenge ns! Avenge us to-day That awful night of death, When wc mothers—with babes in our arms, who lay—

Were choked e’er they scarce drew breath! “Stifled and choked ’neath the flag of the free,

Our spirits yet haunt the deep; We search o’er the swollen faces we see, .’ And we hear the angels weep!” The ghosts are circling around to-night O’er the Lusitania’s grave. “Oh, Wilson, vindicate our right To the lives you dared not save!” E. M. Stout.