THE TEXT OF THE REPLY.
LUSITANIA AN AUXILIARY CRUISER.
(Received May 31, 2.45 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, May 30. Germany's Note to America says_ the Lusitania was a big auxiliary cruiser. Trustworthy reports from German officials and neutral passengers showed that she had guns concealed under the deck and carried trained gunners. The British Admiralty, last February, advised merchantmen to ram submarines, and therefore the former were not undefended, and German commanders could not any longer^ observe the rules concerning naval prizes. Alao, amottgc the contents of tho Lusitania. she "earned Canadian troops war material, and Germany was justified in destroying tlio cnemv s munitions in Order to protect her o-,vn soldierK. ....
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9154, 31 May 1915, Page 5
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