"The German Warnings No Justification."

"The German Warnings No Justification."

This article discusses the notices issued by the German embassy before the Lusitania set sail, which informed passengers that they would be traveling in a war zone on a ship that might be subject to attack. The article argues that such warnings do not excuse the attack on civilians: "...perhaps...

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"The German Warnings No Justification."
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Lusitania (Steamship); World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects
description This article discusses the notices issued by the German embassy before the Lusitania set sail, which informed passengers that they would be traveling in a war zone on a ship that might be subject to attack. The article argues that such warnings do not excuse the attack on civilians: "...perhaps no overly prudent person would have taken the risk that was intimated...However, those warnings did not affect the right of the Lusitania to sail, nor to carry such merchandise as the United States Government considered not contraband. Neither did they affect the legal or moral right of any American to sail on that vessel...It is not clear that those public advertisements and private warnings were part of the deliberate design of the German authorities to use after the torpedoeing [sic] of the Lusitania in an effort to shift the blame upon the heads of the innocents who have been massacred."
spelling Q0000020114Q20114"The German Warnings No Justification."This article discusses the notices issued by the German embassy before the Lusitania set sail, which informed passengers that they would be traveling in a war zone on a ship that might be subject to attack. The article argues that such warnings do not excuse the attack on civilians: "...perhaps no overly prudent person would have taken the risk that was intimated...However, those warnings did not affect the right of the Lusitania to sail, nor to carry such merchandise as the United States Government considered not contraband. Neither did they affect the legal or moral right of any American to sail on that vessel...It is not clear that those public advertisements and private warnings were part of the deliberate design of the German authorities to use after the torpedoeing [sic] of the Lusitania in an effort to shift the blame upon the heads of the innocents who have been massacred."1915 May 91915-05-091910-1919Lusitania (Steamship); World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918--Social aspectsTextNewspapersThe Birmingham News37.5059v25Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.240 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2942
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