THE LUSITANIA
OUTBURST AGAINST ENEMY ALIENS GROWING DEMAND FOR INTERNMENT. ." ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL. LONDON, May 10. • Owing to the anti-Ger'nian riots at Liverpool, the-public houses have been ordered to close at six o'clock in th.e evening'. -'' • : ■"' - •
itONDON. May It There is a. growing agitation for the internment of alien enemies whether naturalised or riot: The .police are interning all Germans'at'Liverpool, and have warned naturalised Germans to leave the district. The committee of the London Stock Exchange.on Saturday advised Germans not to attend. A lady passenger by the Lnsitania pays a tribute to Mr Vanderbilt's glalantry. He devoted himself, with his to collecting and placing children in the boats until the sinking of the ' vessel. GERMANS AT METAL EXCHANGE. (Rec. May 12, 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 11. The Metal Exchange Committee uruea Germans to remain away during the war. RAND MINERS. (Rec. Mav 12. 9 a.m.) CAPETOWN, May 11. The majority of the men at the Brakpah power station are serving with the forces. Many of the Rand miners resolved to strike sinless naturalised and unnaturalised Germans were discharged. BRITAIN AND AMERICA BLAMED GERMAN "LAMENTS" AND HOPES. LONDON, May 11. The "Berliner Tageblatt" lamaitits the hard fate of the Lusitania victims, but claims that Germany is completely devoid of blame. It hopes that upon calm reflection the world will pronounce a verdict of. condemnation against the British Admiralty and "Mr Winston ! Churchill, whose conscienceless instruc- ' I tions must have been expected to bring j a curso - upon mankind. 'j 1 Count Reventlow says the disaster is ! the American Government's fault for j. not taking Germany's war zone declara- : tion seriously. j "DEEPEST SYMPATHY AT LOSS OF AMERICANS." WASHINGTON, May 10. The German Foreign Office despatched I a wireless message to Washington expressing the deepest sympathy in" the loss of Americans. It stated that the responsibility rested upon Britain;; as the Lusitania carried 5400 cases of ammunij tion, and the rest of her cargo was chiefly contraband. AMERICANS WARNED BY HERR DERNBURG. NEW YORK, May 11. Herr Derh'burg, in a message to the American people, declares* that Americans will only be safe if they-travel in American vessels not carrying contraband. An American ship with contraband will be torpedoed exactly the same as a British vessel, except that an attempt will be made to give warning in time for the passengers and crew to escape. THE MACKAY FAMILY. AUCKLAND, This Day. Mr. Jack Mackay, a son of. Mr J. C. Mackay, has cabled that he is safe in London. He arrived a week in advance of the Lusitania, on which his father and mother were passengers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19150512.2.28.6
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 May 1915, Page 5
Word Count
434THE LUSITANIA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 May 1915, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.