AN ECHO OF THE LUSITANIA OUTRAGE
MR. W. J. BRYAN SHOUTED DOWN '•''." ;■'... . torohts, March 1. ■Returned soldiers'. shouted down Mr. William Jennings Bryan when he attempted to address a meeting on Prohibition. There were cries of "Lusitania" and "Dirty German." The soldiers sang "Rule Britannia" continu-iously.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
[The Lusitania was sunk on May 7, 1915. Following - this and other outrages against American merchantmen the United States Government on May" 14 published a Note to Germany, in Iwhich it was stated:—"Manifestly submarines cannot be' used against merchantmen, ■ as the lost few-weeks have tehown, without nn inevitable violation of many sacred principles of justice and ■humanity." The Note called upon Germany to disavow such acts, make reparation, and prevent a recurrence. The German Government treated this answer with scant respect, and did not answer it until May 31. The reply alleged that the Lusitania carried troops and ammunition. To this Note the United States replied on June 10 with a Note which led to the resignation of Mr. William Jennings Bryan, ■then Secretary of State,. becausei_ he considered the document too warlike, though it was in actual fact less, vigorous than; the Note of May 14.1
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 141, 4 March 1918, Page 6
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