The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . kind of warfare which had destroyed Louvainand Dinant, and hundreds of men, women and children inBelgium had been applied to our fellow countrymen. The intensity of the feeling aroused may be gaged fromthe utterances of several leading papers. The New YorkTiibune closed a vigorous editorial with the words: The 256 SUBMARINES AND WAR-ZONE DECREES nation which remembered the sailors of the Maine will notforget the civilians of the Lusitania! From the Depa
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . kind of warfare which had destroyed Louvainand Dinant, and hundreds of men, women and children inBelgium had been applied to our fellow countrymen. The intensity of the feeling aroused may be gaged fromthe utterances of several leading papers. The New YorkTiibune closed a vigorous editorial with the words: The 256 SUBMARINES AND WAR-ZONE DECREES nation which remembered the sailors of the Maine will notforget the civilians of the Lusitania! From the Depart-ment of State, said the New York Times, there must go toBerlin a demand that the Germans shall no longer makewar like savages drunk with blood; that they shall cease toseek the attainment of their ends by the assassination ofnon-combatants and neutrals. While America had beensuddenly brought into the maelstrom of gigantic war bythis villainous blow, declared the Philadelphia Press,we have a right to expect that our Government will takesome quick and decided action on this foul deed ofenormous barbarity. America could and must demand. THE GULF STAR, A SISTER SHIP OF THE GULF LIGHT an immediate accounting, said the Boston Herald. TheGerman-American press emphasized the fact that the Lusi-tanias passengers had been amply warned, and argued thatwhen they disregarded these warnings they had only them-selves to blame for what happened. After the first shock of horror over the Lusitania therecame repeatedly into the public mind the ominous question:What are we going to do about it? Naturally the presssought the opinion of leaders of public thought. An im-posing and authoritative array of ex-Presidents, ex-CabinetoflScers, Senators, and Representatives came forward in thenewspapers from one end of the land to the other, andanalyzed this problem. No single spokesman failed torealize the gravity of the issue. All pronounced their views 257 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND OX THE SEA fearles
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