Show lri it R Remember b er t the h e L. L Lusitania I s Remember the Maine was the American slogan during f we the war ar with Spain Spam The one great diabolical act committed sup- sup f f sedlY lly by order of the Spanish government or one of its agents 14 fh has A s been duplicated many times by the Prussian government butt but t ho 01 the lie one one that stands out the strongest against the the stained blood-stained background of the Hun Hutt war plans is the sinking of the Cunard u liner Lusitania with the resultant murder of more than 1000 peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful ful noncombatants many of them women and children and among whom there were more than a hundred Am Americans ricans 6 This crime against the the law of of nations and of humanity was wast f t committed more than th three ee years ago but it has j just st been forcibly r recalled ed by the decision of Judge Mayer ayer sitting in the United States district ct court for the south southern rn district of New York in a damage suit against the C Cunard nard company and and in which the blame 1 for the disaster is placed squarely upon the imperial German govi gov- gov 1 1 tf Jf i I v i In Ill concluding his i decision Judge Mayer said The cause of the sinking of the Lusitania was the tho to I 1 1 illegal act of the imperial German Gennan government acting through its instrument ent the submarine commander and 1 violating a cherished and humane hu nane rule rule observed until this war by even the bitterest antagonists While in this ik lawsuit there may be no recovery it is not to be doubted dou ted k I t that t the United States of America and her allies will well Veil wellI ij I reme remember ber the e rights of those affected by the sinking of the Lusitania and when the time shall come will see sec to it t I tJ that reparation shall be made for one of the moat most indefensible indefensible inde inde- Jj acts of modern times r 1 The he sinking of the Lusitania was was timed so pe perfectly that Lilledal medals comm commemorating the event were struck k off in Germany aday a a. t i f da day Clay previous to the enactment of the crime and school children were yere given a a holiday to celebrate the d deaths of helpless women and d innocent nt children With these facts in mind the story of the atrocity should not e when the threatened offensive is Jt a forgotten ne new peace sprung yF i i upon w othe r th the world and d a the whining cry of kam kamerad rad comes from the streaked v-streaked throat of the Beast of Berlin Berhn 1 yellow streaked Beast |