in, or
of any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that
travellers sailing in the war zone on ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so at their own risk.

IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY.
_Washington, D. C., April 22, 1915._
_Advertisement published in New York newspapers._

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"_Well, have you nearly done?_"

The Cunard liner _Lusitania_ was yesterday torpedoed by a German
submarine and sank. The _Lusitania_ was naturally armed with guns.
Moreover, as is well know here, she had large quantities of war material
in her cargo.

BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORT, _May 8, 1915._

This report is not correct. The _Lusitania_ was inspected before
sailing, as is customary. No guns were found, mounted or unmounted, and
the vessel sailed without any armament.

COLLECTOR PORT OF NEW YORK, _May 9, 1915._

The sinking of the British passenger steamer _Falaba_ by a German
submarine on March 28, through which Leon C. Thrasher, an American
citizen, was drowned; the attack on April 28 on the American vessel
_Cushing_ by a German aeroplane; the torpedoing on May 1 of the American
vessel _Gulflight_ by a German submarine as a result of which two or
more American citizens met their death; and, finally, the torpedoing and
sinking of the steamship _Lusitania_, constitute a series of events
which the Government of the United States has observed with growing
concern, distress, and amazement.

FROM UNITED STATES NOTE TO GERMANY,
_May 13, 1915._

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_THE LUSITANIA--HEROD'S NIGHTMARE_

"_Are they crying 'Mother'--or 'Murder'?_"

This represents not merely piracy, but piracy on a vaster scale of
murder than old-time pirates ever practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvain and Dinant and hundreds of men, women, and children in
Belgium. It is a warfare against innocent men, women, and children
traveling on the ocean, and our own fellow-countrymen and countrywomen,
who are among the sufferers.

It seems inconceivable that we can refrain from taking action in this
matter, for we owe it not only to humanity, but to our own national
self-respect.

COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
_May 7, 1915._

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_VICTIMS OF GERMAN KULTUR_

Whatever be the other facts regarding the _Lusitania_, the principal
fact is that a great steamer, primarily and ch