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Show REASON FOR ATTACKING SHIP Attache of German Embassy Says the Lusitania Carried Explosives. New York. Captain Franz von Pa-pen, Pa-pen, military attache of the imper'al German embassy, is quoted by the New York World as making the allowing allow-ing statement regarding the sinking ot the Lusitania: "It is deplorable, if true, that so many lives have been lost. I am shocked to hear the news, especially that American lives have been sacrificed. sacri-ficed. "But it was absolutely criminal for the cunard company to carry, and for the British government to allow the line to carry, neutral passengers in a ship which was transporting explosives and munitions of war to be used by Great Britain and her allies. "The ship's manifest will show that sue carried a large amount of picric acid and other explosive materials. They certainly were not Intended for peaceful uses. They were to be used against Germany and Germanv had to defend herself against them. The best way was to destroy the ship and such destruction was amply justified uuder the rules of war." |