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Show PLACES IRE BUS - ON SHIP 0B ' .:? GERMANS EXCUSE TORPErjr OF LUSITANIA ON GRo, ;e &c THAT IT WAS ARMED VESsV' " K ,;rioo. Warning Had Been Given But , Disregarded Under Belief 7 P0' English Fleet Could Safegua- Atlantic Traffic. ' -:A P" Berlin. The blame for the s;:. of the Lusitania is placed uporj "Ttl ship owners by the Germans. T;- 533 rt lowing official communication a, "Exi sued Saturday night, May 8: "The Cunard liner Lusitania - .,, s yesterday torpedoed by a German ; v , marine and sunk. " "The Lusitania was naturally i:- :?3ei with guns, as were recently n.K ..ye, the English mercantile stea;. ,:,e(j Moreover, as is well known here. ijjer had large quantities of war m-.-. '. in her cargo. "Her owners, therefore, kr;-; If1 what danger the passengers --. gj1 posed. They alone bear all th-sponsibility th-sponsibility for what has hap:. "Germany, on her part, ler't p. Tl undone to warn them repeal-:.; I 1 strongly. The imperial ami- :. Washington even went so far i-make i-make a public warning so as :& ; attention to this danger. The E:: press sneered then at this - pli and relied on the protection 0: English fleet to safeguard A:l.; traffic." |