Why did Charles Lightoller escape blame for the Titanic disaster?

The sinking of the Titanic was a conspiracy in order to smuggle British Finance to New York, without customs checking it. They hid it in the lifeboats, which they could then take away withtou anyone noticing, while it would be more difficult for them to take them off the Titanic in New York.

Now I'm imagining the following conversation. "So! Your report has been delayed! What the BLAZES is going on! We can count on you can't WE!"

"Yes sir, understand sir I had to have the facts before reporting. Did not want to report the situation worse than it actually is."

"WELL DAMMIT! Then REPORT! Lets have IT, get on with IT!!"

"Yes sir. It seems the Carpathian crew did not bring all the necessary lifeboats in. The boats were not actually marked as plannedThe crew collected as many as they found, and thought they had most of these indicated. It is clear they did not bring in hardly any containing the bullion. It appears two things occurred, some of the boats containing bullion were not taken aboard, probably because of a mishandled marking scheme. It also has been confirmed many of the boats with the bullion were not launched when the Titanic went down. I appears our man ____ lost control of the launching and the life boats in question were still on the davits."

"We do have another ship on the site of the sinking, searching for abandoned lifeboats still adrift. They report by wireless five have been found. None containing bullion."

"The total amount recovered by the Carpathian has not been large sir. Just over twelve millions Pounds Sterling value, or 7.3 % of the total sent...."
 
Getting back on-topic, it should be noted that Lightoller, after surviving the sinking, managed to get to Collapsible B and, after taking charge, managed to restore order to the overturned boat. He got everyone on the boat to stand, sit, or kneel to prevent everyone from falling off. Three of the 30 who got on board died. Eventually, they were transferred to another boat (after doing the aforementioned for a few hours) and Lightoller was the last to get aboard the Carpathia...
 
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