The German navy early realised the need for trained men, so it recalled, temporarily, for educational work the man who sank the Lusitania.
"But, who sank the Lusitania?" you ask.
"The torpedo which sank the Lusitania and killed over one hundred Americans and hundreds of other noncombatants was fired by Oberleutnant zur See (First Naval Lieutenant) Otto Steinbrink, commander of one of the largest German submarines."
"Was he punished?" you ask.
"Kaiser Wilhelm decorated him with the highest military order, the Pour le Merite!"
"Where is Steinbrink now?"
"On December 8, 1916, the German Admiralty announced that he had just returned from a special trip, having torpedoed and mined twenty-two ships on one voyage."
"What had he been doing?"
"For several months last summer he trained officers and crews in this branch of warfare, which gained him international notoriety."
It is said that Steinbrink has trained more naval men than any other submarine commander. If this be true, is there any wonder that Germany should be prepared to conduct a ruthless submarine warfare throughout the world? Is it surprising that American ships should be sunk, American citizens murdered and the United States Government defied when the German navy has been employing the man who murdered the passengers of the Lusitania as the chief instructor of submarine murderers?