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vhfch arter all only infona us that such a vessel was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean, an d the Captain and crev ha d be en rescued and brought to MalaJ:'a
or elsewhere. This Le not sufficient, and 1s only a parrot explanation.. We
mtlet have details. and t.heee details must be obtained trOl'll the captains and
creve who 'Were the vlctlmt!l ot German brutality, and then in vritlng up the
history of the War in 'Which Newfoundlanders vere second to none, not alone viII
full justice be done to our iru:nortal Roral Ne1Jf'oundland Regiment, and the
heroism. and skill of our een in the Navy, but Justice viII be done to our vcr-Id-.
renowned sailors in our Mercantile Marine, who braved the storna of the Atlantic
at all eeascne of the 7ear, as \le11 as the piratical wrfara of the German Sea
Lords and their eubear-Inee and raiders to perform their part in enabling
Nevfoundland to carryon the t.rede \lith other countries and to which W9 may
attribute the pr-osper-cue condition of cO~;!1ercial life we have today, in compardeon
with mo~t of the other countries which have been in a state or cOlmerclal
et.egnatdon and semi-etarvatiQ...no._And this pr.~f1perou:'l state of a ffairs may be
attributed to the daring, hardihood and contempt of danger which has, from time
immemorial, been the chief characteristic of the Captain!! and crews of the
Nevfoundland Mercantile. JIIarlne. _
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