The blackest count in the indictment against Germany is foreshadowed in the warning by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington to all Americans, of the crime which was to follow on May 7th, 1915.
The Announcement.
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A SILENT COMPANY—Yet its voice is heard above the roar of Cannon.
On May 7th, 1915, by order of the Imperial German Government, a “U” boat torpedoed the great ship Lusitania without warning, drowning over 1,200 passengers. A sea crime unequaled by any pirate known to history.
A SILENT COMPANY—Yet its voice is heard above the roar of Cannon.
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