FALSE WIRELESS TO THE LUSITANIA
amazing stories of activities OF GBEMAN SPIES, . ,\ ' • ■
Mr.- John Price Jones, of thei "Now York Sun," in his Irook, Tlio Gorman Spy iii America/'' includes a startling chapter'.which deals with the milking of tho Luaifaiiia. It is declared that spies wero on board her during many voyages and carefully observe*! and noted her overy movement, and know exactly when she met her convoys. Berlin, so it is stated, had carefully -picked out the exact spot where the wmtama was to sink, and tte Germans managed to get false instructions sent to Captain Turner by wireless. "The message was sent (from Berlin) by wireless to Kcw York, whero it was put on the Bntiali code, and Was substituted for the British instructions, and flashed to -tU Liisitama. There was an operator at Sayvillc speunlly trained for this particular work.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2 October 1917, Page 7
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