Show lOG t ANIA r r s 1 i. i J y AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF GREAT CRIME IS I FOUND IN GERMANY official Record of Commander of U-Boat U Number Number Num Num- ber 20 T That at Sank Great Liner Shows Shows' That Thai He Happened on His Victim by Sheer Chance Iber- Iber and Not as as Supposed in P Pursuance an i of f Orders Order I I Copyright 1920 by t tine the e Intern International lonal N News t ws Service f 11 Publication rights in Great Britain Re Reserved X P PHOTOGRAPHIC copy o of the official l log of Captain- Captain z w Lieutenant commander of the German submarine U. U 20 O w which sank the Lusitania is today in n possession of the International News Service This doc document ment which describes one of oJ the t e most tragic incidents 1 in history ory sh shows ws that that w was was s not under specific orders orders to sink sink- the Lusitania He was on his hIS' return to hiS Ms base after afler tle al an assignment to harass shipping off Liverpool when the I Lusitania I w was s encountered knew he was sinking a agi gi giant nt passenger liner But he did not know it was the Lusitania Lusitani until after the fatal shot was fir fired d. d Only one torpedo was wasl l launched t and described the emotions which prevented Hrom shooting again into the struggling mass of humanity Sch official log ranks as one of the the most important papers iri iii- the history of the worlds world's greatest war and is IS here hore revealed for the tIie first time I By Frank Mason Maso t International News Service Staff Correspondent Copyright 1920 by the International News Service P Publication II rights in Great Groat Britain reserved ERLIN BERLIN March 3 By Special Courier Co to New York York Like Like a aI I voice from the vaults vaul of the dead the of official story of f the ruction of the Lusitania Lusitania written written on that historic afternoon n of ofay l y ay 7 1915 by the German submarine commander whose hand ire ted the fateful l shot shot shot-i is here g given ven to the world FIt It-is- It It is is a e p c me do T 11 if ir brief brief aces within the tiny cabin of a steel terror pf of the deep by Lieutenant L who co commanded the German Germ n U This I-This This archfiend is dead but his posthumous story Ho CH nv I Sank exists in tho archives of the German navy y yIt It is rotten over ove his signature and find the very lack of sentiment in m the narrative stands in weird hird contrast to the shock which the king ring o of the Lusitania with the loss of 1195 Jives lives f gave to to toiV iV Encounters Lusitania I y Mere Stroke of Chance the log shows had been ordered to the Irish sea IY Ji harass rass shipping off Liverpool fOn On On acc account of the vast network of barricades erected dby by the navy across the North channel he started to sail all theay the theay ay Y around Ireland but his fuel ran short and he decided to gard his orders and return to his base He had started back when he ho suddenly met the Lusitania The submarine commander was surprised to see seea a gi giant nt liner earning unconcernedly eastward past the south coast of Ireland l jotted down a criticism in his official diary He lIe thought t Was ryas bad management on the part of f the British admiralty to let great Cunard liner Jiner pass lass through St. St Georges George's channel instead 1 North orth channel between Ireland reland and Scotland Forbears to Launch Second ij Into Sinking Craft lei It remains inexplicable why the Lusitania was riot not n t sent nt in his f few hours trough rough North channel wrote log a jer er the Lusitania had been sent to the bottom LIr tells ells of h his s vigil at at the periscope A mighty liner Reflected reflected in the he mirrors It has four great funnels and is evi- evi one of the floating palaces of the Atlantic The U 20 and and plunge plunges ahead at high speed to intercept the doomed Ip T he e submarine rises to s see c the grey greyhound steaming ahead at ati two 1 sea ea miles an hour There is a sharp comman command A Gp I G I G Irp p do Is fired at 7 Q meters range It strikes A A. A gaping hole hole is IS i raHn in the proud liner on n the starboard side behind the bridge f explosion follows There is a second explosion and the skyward The ship suddenly keels over eons Drs and water spurt purt liere ire lii is tremendous excitement on board It appears t that at the the hf lifeboats b ats i have lost their heir heads They cannot get the I inched Another shot shott is tempted But adds ad ls m his log tI I couldn't l have a ye fired a sec second nd torpedo into Int this tillS throng lg of Ilm Sanity attempting to lo save themselves anyway y works coolly The he submarine goes l upon pon its way 1 is diary co considering sj ering the the h horror of his IllS act as a pa part t of the his hL h marine arine bearings and notes his Jus success ss 1 work lie He figures id it al cs his hi comments hese are official facts They are are contained in m In the official y v which utilized as his formal report of the voyage I ii ib great staff of the imperial Ger German an navy f here are twelve pages of typewritten ten n manuscript t. t with a com com- and charts It looks unimposing bound in a simple 1 1 ionic ilg maps of blue manila covers But it I is history I am am ll not t at la a ping illg explain how I secured po possession n of these important to arty v archives for thirty six tI h hours urs to enable me mc met 8 1 from the tho naval s 's p l' l M 0 U them 1 u v. v photographed But tl that ha t is un unimportant important mitt i p l' l s 's 0 U v. v M them 1 u photographed But ButS I l lave ve terse account Intended S s and ands contradicts 1 1 or official eyes false Germanys Germany's subsequent amis aJ s as that the captain whon who heus he lie lieSE did not know n the Lusitania L vessel us 18 SE the firing tiring on a a. passenger el qt It did not know until aCl after r the minutes J proximately ten tg stricken the that 11 iO was tired fired No stern the lip Ip was not until and it was waR as flying f IS' IS g tras the liners liner's letters on aw in an gold that he knew the tvs Lusitania of the vessel merchant of 0 tactic LaCtic The favorite avo i. i j tl that ha t is un unimportant important mitt i iI ships hunted l by submarines was to speed ahead on a zigzag course The I attacking boat U-boat without waiting to learn the name of ot its quarry would I I then set out to get in front of ot the I mortal blow vessel vesel to give a I I This apparently explains why did not seek to identity Identify the I II Lusitania before he fired tired Upon her I I From the standpoint of settling ng 1 I allied led conjectures and theories probably I ably one of the most va valuable revelations revelations I lions co contained in the log is Its proof J I Continued on page 2 I WESTERN GERMANY IS CONTROLLED BY RADICALS Continue from page page 1 1 of ot wounded soldiers and civilians as the result of ot the fighting fIghting- BATTLE RAGES AIX LA AIX-LA LA CHAPELLE Rhen ish Prussia March 23 Another Another battle Is reported to be going on between Spar Spar- and troops of the regular army at Wesel Vesel two twenty-two mites mUes northeast of ot Essen The regulars the report says appear to have been outflanked by the A d detachment of was surprised surprised surprised sur sur- Monday between Dusseldorf rf and Duisburg southeast o of ot Essen The officers and young joung soldiers of the detachment weer shot a enemies of the working classes classe's according to a Uhlan who was rescued by bya a Belgian RADICALS MOBILIZE DUSSELDORF DUSSELDORP March 23 By By the Associated Press Small Small mall squads of qt Independent Socialists wearing red brassards and having army rifles slung slang over oyer their shoulders are arriving here to strengthen the he forces U s numb numbering number number- rIng r- r ing several thousand men who are area I holding this ci city y while a awaiting a I threatened attack from government troops The re rep rell army In in which many Communists have j enlisted is now drilling near town S Socialist forces are patrolling the streets but are not molesting molesting molesting mo mo- I lesting the public No disorders were reported today The people of ot I expect gov government troops which were forced to retire to Wesel two thirty-two miles northwest of ot here to be reinforced sufficiently to capture the railway within a a. week FIGHT NEAR BERLIN BERLIN March 23 Heavy y fighting between and government troops has occurred at nora nera Forty orty were killed d and sixty five wounded Government troops were wern victorious disarming the Sparta- Sparta cis data Is one of ot the most Important Import import- ant arsenals In Germany and lies but buta a few miles west of ot Berlin SOVIET MONEY Bolshevik money Is being printed by the local Soviets established In l and the foreign for tor- foreign eign office announced Government troops are holding th the towns in those districts but the laborers are Imitating imitatIng imitating ing the Russian at and d ar are seizing large estates 1 Leipsic and Dresden are both controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled by government forces s it was announced STRIKE DWINDLING The government claims claims' 1 that the backbone of ot the general strike hrs has been broken Workers of ot the middle cl class and many unorganized are returning to the factories This city was still without gas and water however The situation in the Rhineland Is most critical The reds In ThuringIa are strongly organized ors and threaten to toIe give I e battle to any troops sent against them AFTER LUDENDORF LONDON LONDO March arch 23 A 23 A warrant arrant has hu been Issued in Berlin for tor th the arrest r e t of If 1 14 5 i A I General Erich an Exchange Exchange Exchange Ex Ex- Ex- Ex change Tel grah dispatch said today the dispatch said has disappeared Gustav President President President dent Eberts Ebert's minister of ot defense has been forced to resign a Berlin dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis patch said Other resignations of cabIn cabinet cabinet cab cab- In inet t members may be expected the dispatch said Ebert has promised complete reorganization with the labor laborI I unions participating COBLENZ March COBLENZ-March March 23 The 23 The special train sent from Coblenz early Saturday to bring away Americans and other allied nationals in Leipsic returned to to- to day ay It brought only one passenger passenger- J. J R. R Robinson On a London business man All Americans and other persons persons persons per per- I sons desiring to quit Leipsic left leet on a a. aGerman aGerman I German train train Saturday nightOn night I On 01 his arrival In Leipsic S Sunday Lieutenant Bernard Marvin one of ot the engineers In charge of ot the American train canvassed the city which was then in control of ot Ebert troops Except Except Except Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Mr Roberts all foreigners then in Leipsic decided to remain |