The master and mate of the Ring Stephen' thought, accord-
,ing to their owl statements, that the Zeppelin, which towered trawler,: Would remain afloat' for a considerable' 'time, and- that therefore rescue would- come in good time when the matter was reported: But in .any case their point of view 'was perketly'intelligible.. AS the mate said, in a report pub- lished in the 'Times, `.; We acted' not from inhutnanity, but "from &as-mson-sense." They. saw a `vision Of tbtineetves being: ;put hekiwaiatches, while, their ingenious raid triumphant captors: :took theirs Ring Stephen'_ into a German port to receive iron erossetilterintle:'Eniperor.• It is utterly ieptign-iiii to British' seamen »ot to help pereons in distress, even though those personle-have outraged every decent. Man's feelings by acting :as theiinsfrinnehle-of Criminal Warfare:. ARA we Cannot escape the eie.telirSien-. that the fat2 of the Zeppelin's crew was the Netnesfs.0iieli Knot 1..---::.-4;vertake criminal& The British
seamen noti5iii lie the Germans' word. They coulilmettFnif tflieing so; Englishmen know exactly
where toii-L-14: the blealle when they:read-hiGermannewspapers _that Eaghish seamen are " disgraced fOr ever." It is not the -skipper:Oft-he,' King Stephen'. whon:they blame. •
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