GERMAN AMERICANS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144710, 19 June 1915, Page 6

GERMAN AMERICANS.

TOAST LUSITANIA'S LOSS. In tho fashionable* Gorman Club, headquarters of the .Teuton elite and camping ground of German military officers unable i-o join the colours, tho .sinking of tluf Lusitania (says tho Now York Tribune) was tho principal topic of uni mated conversation. Everything else was forgotten in tho blow struck at Britain, the “arch enemy,” through tho torpedoing of tho Lusitania. “This is a master stroke, which will curb transatlantic travelling and isolate Groat Britain, more effectively than a whole fleet of super-drCadnoughts could possibly yccomulish, said a stalwart captain of cavalry. It’s the doom of Great Britain.” TOASTS TO U SAXLftRS. . And then followed Clio toasts to tho Kaiser, to von Tirpitz, and to tho boat heroes. At Lucchow’s. iu Fourteenth Street, tho .show of patriotism was exuberant. Tho orchestra had been instructed to play only patriotic songs, and these were sung with a vim by the Gormans, who packed tbo premises to suffocation. "With wives and children they had como to celebrate tho “victory.” Tiro goblet and stein wore raised often to tho Kaiser last night at tho Hofhrau Jiaus, Broadway and Thirtieth Street, and at tho Kaiserhof, I*ll Broadway. There was little noiso at either place, but there was a marked feeling of good cheer and camaraderie in tho news that tho Lusitania had been sunk by a Gorman submarine. “A thousand dollars is a fortune to me,” shouted the cashier at tho Hofbrau Haus, “but 1M willingly lose it for tho sake of hearing tho greatest bit of nows in many a day. .lust watch poor Britain sneaking back with a scorched tail.” “They wore warned!” exclaimed another enthusiast, as lie ordered a lound of drinks for all present. “They were told that if they sailed they ran chances of being torpedoed. Now they’vo.got it good and plenty.”